Carlo Lai

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Carlo Lai is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlo Lai has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Clinical Psychology, 28 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 27 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Carlo Lai's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (15 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (11 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (9 papers). Carlo Lai is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (15 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (11 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (9 papers). Carlo Lai collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Japan and United States. Carlo Lai's co-authors include Paola Aceto, Marianna Mazza, Giuseppe Marano, Luigi Janiri, Gabriele Sani, Daniela Altavilla, Massimiliano Luciani, Teresa Farroni, Mark H. Johnson and Marco Cecchini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Carlo Lai

141 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Danger in danger: Interpersonal violence during COVID-19 ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Danger in danger: Interpersonal violence during COVID-19 quarantine
    2020 344 citations Marianna Mazza, Giuseppe Marano et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlo Lai Italy 23 613 531 339 299 294 151 2.3k
Jerzy Leppert Sweden 35 963 1.6× 304 0.6× 347 1.0× 307 1.0× 193 0.7× 111 3.5k
Christopher C. H. Cook United Kingdom 27 525 0.9× 351 0.7× 300 0.9× 300 1.0× 172 0.6× 157 2.8k
Chara Tzavara Greece 29 679 1.1× 867 1.6× 388 1.1× 212 0.7× 143 0.5× 159 3.1k
Paola Aceto Italy 23 330 0.5× 317 0.6× 175 0.5× 618 2.1× 175 0.6× 144 2.0k
Joseph T. Hepworth United States 32 490 0.8× 393 0.7× 386 1.1× 281 0.9× 153 0.5× 89 3.0k
Tom Loeys Belgium 29 642 1.0× 338 0.6× 554 1.6× 134 0.4× 302 1.0× 135 2.9k
Benjamin D. Schalet United States 24 810 1.3× 271 0.5× 300 0.9× 398 1.3× 169 0.6× 61 3.3k
Robert Rush United Kingdom 34 677 1.1× 423 0.8× 126 0.4× 211 0.7× 183 0.6× 85 3.4k
Patrick R. Steffen United States 26 609 1.0× 461 0.9× 252 0.7× 114 0.4× 143 0.5× 62 2.6k
Petros Skapinakis Greece 35 1.2k 1.9× 192 0.4× 460 1.4× 398 1.3× 379 1.3× 101 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Carlo Lai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carlo Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlo Lai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carlo Lai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carlo Lai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carlo Lai. Carlo Lai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lai, Carlo, et al.. (2025). Italian validation and network analysis of SHAME (SHAME-I) and its associations with perceived dysfunctional parenting. Current Psychology. 44(5). 3503–3518. 1 indexed citations
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Marano, Giuseppe, Georgios D. Kotzalidis, Gianandrea Traversi, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Autistic Brain: A Systematic Review of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Studies on Neural Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sciences. 15(8). 824–824.
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Cavicchioli, Marco, Antonio Caruso, Andrea Scalabrini, et al.. (2025). An ALE meta-analysis of pain processing alterations in fibromyalgia: Toward an evidence-based process model. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 176. 106303–106303.
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Galli, Federica, Filippo Maria Nimbi, Alessia Renzi, et al.. (2024). Best practice recommendations for clinical psychological interventions in patients with fibromyalgia. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 43(6). 1112–1121. 1 indexed citations
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Miceli, Mathieu Di, et al.. (2024). Inside the gamer's mind: How violent video games and emotional dysregulation affect EEG interbrain synchronization. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 16. 100509–100509. 1 indexed citations
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Paolucci, Teresa, et al.. (2024). Illness representation in patients with multiple sclerosis: A preliminary narrative medicine study. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental Translational and Clinical. 10(3). 3110634955–3110634955. 1 indexed citations
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Trani, Michela Di, et al.. (2024). Childhood traumatic experiences in people with obesity with and without eating disorders who are seeking bariatric surgery: the role of attachment relationships and family functioning. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity. 29(1). 9–9.
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Gennaro, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Insights into eco-anxiety in Italy: Preliminary psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale, age and gender distribution. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 92. 102180–102180. 22 indexed citations
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Aceto, Paola, Andrea Russo, Bruno Romanò, et al.. (2023). Relationship between Middle Cerebral Artery Pulsatility Index and Delayed Neurocognitive Recovery in Patients undergoing Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 1070–1070. 1 indexed citations
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Tanzilli, Annalisa, Cristina Trentini, Alessandro Grecucci, et al.. (2022). Therapist reactions to patient personality: A pilot study of clinicians’ emotional and neural responses using three clinical vignettes from in treatment series. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 16. 1037486–1037486. 4 indexed citations
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Aceto, Paola, Valter Perilli, Emilia De Luca, et al.. (2021). Predictive power of modified frailty index score for pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery in the elderly: a single centre prospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Caponnetto, Pasquale, et al.. (2020). Reducing Life Dissatisfaction by Ecological Intelligence: Psychological and Psychopathological Implications. The Open Psychology Journal. 13(1). 74–78. 2 indexed citations
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Lai, Carlo, et al.. (2016). Emotional management and biological markers of dietetic regimen in chronic kidney disease patients. Renal Failure. 39(1). 173–178. 7 indexed citations
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Aceto, Paola, et al.. (2013). Update on post-traumatic stress syndrome after anesthesia.. PubMed. 17(13). 1730–7. 26 indexed citations
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Lai, Carlo, Paola Aceto, Massimiliano Luciani, et al.. (2011). Preoperative Psychological Factors Predicting Graft Rejection in Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant: A Pilot Study. Transplantation Proceedings. 43(4). 1006–1009. 20 indexed citations
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Cosmo, Germano De, et al.. (2007). Epidural infusion of levobupivacaine and sufentanil following thoracotomy*. Anaesthesia. 62(10). 994–999. 5 indexed citations
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Tonioni, Federico, et al.. (2006). Serum magnesium profile in heroin addicts: according to psychiatric comorbidity.. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 19(3). 162–6. 8 indexed citations

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