Carla Gianfrancesco

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 822 citations indexed

About

Carla Gianfrancesco is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carla Gianfrancesco has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 822 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Carla Gianfrancesco's work include Diabetes Management and Research (8 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (6 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (3 papers). Carla Gianfrancesco is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (8 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (6 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (3 papers). Carla Gianfrancesco collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Canada. Carla Gianfrancesco's co-authors include Simon Heller, Carolin Taylor, Stephanie A. Amiel, Jane Speight, Sue Roberts, Susan Robson, Peter James, Clare Bradley, Lynn D. Newton and Lindsay Oliver and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, Nutrients and Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Carla Gianfrancesco

14 papers receiving 765 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes : dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial
    2002 562 citations Stephanie A. Amiel, Clare Bradley et al. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) profile →

Peers

Carla Gianfrancesco
Carolin Taylor United Kingdom
Amy Hess-Fischl United States
Ian Blumer Canada
Joan Thomas United States
Anna Stahl‐Pehe Germany
Christina Bächle Germany
Natalie Walders‐Abramson United States
Nicole Prinz Germany
Astrid Atakov-Castillo United States
Simone von Sengbusch Germany
Carolin Taylor United Kingdom
Carla Gianfrancesco
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carla Gianfrancesco

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Zoysa, Nicole de, et al.. (2025). Training DAFNEplus facilitators in novel behaviour change approaches: A template for training design and delivery. Diabetic Medicine. 42(9). e70078–e70078.
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Gianfrancesco, Carla, et al.. (2022). Self‐completed online dietary recalls as an alternative method of dietary assessment for dietetic outpatient appointments: A feasibility study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 36(1). 126–138. 2 indexed citations
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Fay, Stephanie H., Kathryn Hamilton, Paul Chadwick, et al.. (2021). The DAFNEplus programme for sustained type 1 diabetes self management: Intervention development using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Diabetic Medicine. 38(5). e14548–e14548. 19 indexed citations
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Hamilton, K., Stephanie H. Fay, Paul Chadwick, et al.. (2020). Sustained type 1 diabetes self‐management: Specifying the behaviours involved and their influences. Diabetic Medicine. 38(5). e14430–e14430. 39 indexed citations
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Heller, Simon, Carla Gianfrancesco, Carolin Taylor, & Jackie Elliott. (2020). What are the characteristics of the best type 1 diabetes patient education programmes (from diagnosis to long‐term care), do they improve outcomes and what is required to make them more effective?. Diabetic Medicine. 37(4). 545–554. 16 indexed citations
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Gianfrancesco, Carla & Maxine Johnson. (2019). Exploring the provision of diabetes nutrition education by practice nurses in primary care settings. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 33(2). 263–273. 17 indexed citations
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Morris, Michelle, Jayne Hutchinson, Carla Gianfrancesco, et al.. (2019). Relationship of the Frequency, Distribution, and Content of Meals/Snacks to Glycaemic Control in Gestational Diabetes: The myfood24 GDM Pilot Study. Nutrients. 12(1). 3–3. 22 indexed citations
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Gianfrancesco, Carla, Zoë Darwin, Linda McGowan, et al.. (2018). Exploring the Feasibility of Use of An Online Dietary Assessment Tool (myfood24) in Women with Gestational Diabetes. Nutrients. 10(9). 1147–1147. 23 indexed citations
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Breckenridge, Jenna, Carla Gianfrancesco, Nicole de Zoysa, et al.. (2018). Mobilising knowledge between practitioners and researchers to iteratively refine a complex intervention (DAFNEplus) pre-trial: protocol for a structured, collaborative working group process. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4(1). 120–120. 18 indexed citations
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Rankin, David, Daisy Elliott, Debbie Cooke, et al.. (2014). Type 1 diabetes patients' experiences of, and need for, social support after attending a structured education programme: a qualitative longitudinal investigation. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 23(19-20). 2919–2927. 20 indexed citations
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Zoysa, Nicole de, Helen Rogers, Marietta Stadler, et al.. (2013). A Psychoeducational Program to Restore Hypoglycemia Awareness: The DAFNE-HART Pilot Study. Diabetes Care. 37(3). 863–866. 72 indexed citations
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Speight, Jane, Clare Bradley, Carla Gianfrancesco, et al.. (2005). Predicting outcomes in the dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) trial. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 13(1). 89–89. 4 indexed citations
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Amiel, Stephanie A., Clare Bradley, Carla Gianfrancesco, et al.. (2002). Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes : dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 325(366). 746–749. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gianfrancesco, Carla. (2002). Clinical applications. Clinical Nutrition. 21. 106–108. 1 indexed citations

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