Debora Rizzuto

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
131 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Debora Rizzuto is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epidemiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Debora Rizzuto has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 34 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Debora Rizzuto's work include Frailty in Older Adults (35 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (33 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (29 papers). Debora Rizzuto is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (35 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (33 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (29 papers). Debora Rizzuto collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Italy and United States. Debora Rizzuto's co-authors include Laura Fratiglioni, Alessandra Marengoni, Anna‐Karin Welmer, Weili Xu, Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Bengt Winblad, Giulia Grande, Hui‐Xin Wang and Chengxuan Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Debora Rizzuto

122 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Assessing and Measuring Chronic Multimorbidity in the Older Population: A Proposal for Its Operationalization

2016 324 citations Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga, Davide Liborio Vetrano et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Chinese Adults: Role of Adiposity Indicators and Age

2016 305 citations Weili Xu, Debora Rizzuto et al. profile →
Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and incident dementia in the community

2025 29 citations Giulia Grande, Martina Valletta et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Debora Rizzuto Sweden	37	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	783	131	5.1k
Barbara I. Nicholl United Kingdom	35	848 0.6×	893 0.8×	930 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	585 0.7×	96	4.6k
René J. F. Melis Netherlands	37	2.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.9k 2.4×	158	6.1k
Katie Palmer Italy	39	799 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	2.2k 2.1×	1.7k 1.7×	656 0.8×	106	5.9k
Deborah A. Levine United States	34	1.4k 1.0×	441 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	670 0.6×	783 1.0×	151	5.7k
Anita Karp Sweden	11	1.7k 1.3×	719 0.6×	758 0.7×	428 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	16	3.6k
Ling Han United States	35	684 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	924 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	131	5.7k
Isabelle Carrière France	43	528 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	348 0.4×	135	5.6k
Colleen J. Maxwell Canada	50	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.9×	852 0.8×	2.2k 2.8×	238	7.6k
Blossom C. M. Stephan United Kingdom	46	755 0.6×	614 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	2.0k 1.9×	706 0.9×	189	6.8k
Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga Sweden	39	2.7k 2.0×	1.3k 1.2×	628 0.6×	667 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	178	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debora Rizzuto

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Grande, Giulia, Jing Wu, Grégoria Kalpouzos, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter and Structural Brain Changes in Older Adults. Stroke. 56(7). 1816–1822.

Trevisan, Caterina, Caterina Gregorio, Anna‐Karin Welmer, et al.. (2025). Air Pollution Exposure and Muscle Mass and Strength Decline in Older Adults: Results From a Swedish Population–Based Study. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 16(6). e70111–e70111.

Xia, Xin, Linus Jönsson, Chengxuan Qiu, et al.. (2024). Associations of Orthostatic Hypotension and Frailty With Dementia and Mortality in Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(4). 3 indexed citations

Larsson, Maria, Ingrid Ekström, Jonas Olofsson, et al.. (2024). Odor identification and progression to dementia: The role of odor characteristics and set size. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(4). e70035–e70035.

Wu, Jing, Giulia Grande, Federico Triolo, et al.. (2023). Air pollution, social engagement, and depression in older adults: Results from a Swedish population-based cohort study. Environmental Pollution. 336. 122394–122394. 5 indexed citations

Valletta, Martina, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Xin Xia, et al.. (2023). Multimorbidity patterns and 18‐year transitions from normal cognition to dementia and death: A population‐based study. Journal of Internal Medicine. 294(3). 326–335. 24 indexed citations

Xia, Xin, Chengxuan Qiu, Debora Rizzuto, et al.. (2023). Role of Orthostatic Hypotension in the Development of Dementia in People With and Without Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension. 80(7). 1474–1483. 5 indexed citations

Grande, Giulia, Babak Hooshmand, Davide Liborio Vetrano, et al.. (2023). Association of Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Dementia Risk. Neurology. 101(12). e1231–e1240. 10 indexed citations

Kootar, Scherazad, Md Hamidul Huque, Ranmalee Eramudugolla, et al.. (2023). Validation of the CogDrisk Instrument as Predictive of Dementia in Four General Community-Dwelling Populations. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 10(3). 478–487. 9 indexed citations

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Koch, Sarah, Sasha Khomenko, Marta Cirach, et al.. (2022). Impacts of changes in environmental exposures and health behaviours due to the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular and mental health: A comparison of Barcelona, Vienna, and Stockholm. Environmental Pollution. 304. 119124–119124. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Jing, Giulia Grande, Massimo Stafoggia, et al.. (2022). Air pollution as a risk factor for Cognitive Impairment no Dementia (CIND) and its progression to dementia: A longitudinal study. Environment International. 160. 107067–107067. 32 indexed citations

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Grande, Giulia, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Grégoria Kalpouzos, et al.. (2022). Brain Changes and Fast Cognitive and Motor Decline in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(2). 326–332. 5 indexed citations

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Kriit, Hedi Katre, Eva M. Andersson, Hanne Krage Carlsen, et al.. (2022). Using Distributed Lag Non-Linear Models to Estimate Exposure Lag-Response Associations between Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(5). 2630–2630. 15 indexed citations

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Rizzuto, Debora, Giulia Grande, Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga, et al.. (2022). Impact of Pneumonia on Cognitive Aging: A Longitudinal Propensity-Matched Cohort Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(8). 1453–1460. 7 indexed citations

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Calderón‐Larrañaga, Amaia, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Debora Rizzuto, et al.. (2020). High excess mortality in areas with young and socially vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Stockholm Region, Sweden. BMJ Global Health. 5(10). e003595–e003595. 43 indexed citations

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Ekström, Ingrid, Maria Larsson, Debora Rizzuto, et al.. (2020). Predictors of Olfactory Decline in Aging: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(12). 2441–2449. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei, Weili Xu, Simon Englund, et al.. (2020). Can health behaviours prolong survival and compress the period of survival with the disability? A population-based cohort study. Age and Ageing. 50(2). 480–487. 6 indexed citations

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Trevisan, Caterina, Debora Rizzuto, Stina Ek, et al.. (2020). Peak Expiratory Flow and the Risk of Injurious Falls in Older Adults: The Role of Physical and Cognitive Deficits. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 21(9). 1288–1294.e4. 5 indexed citations

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Marseglia, Anna, Weili Xu, Debora Rizzuto, et al.. (2014). Cognitive functioning among patients with diabetic foot. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 28(6). 863–868. 21 indexed citations

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Marengoni, Alessandra, Eva von Strauss, Debora Rizzuto, Bengt Winblad, & Laura Fratiglioni. (2008). The impact of chronic multimorbidity and disability on functional decline and survival in elderly persons. A community‐based, longitudinal study. Journal of Internal Medicine. 265(2). 288–295. 260 indexed citations

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