Elena Gangitano

721 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 474 citations indexed

About

Elena Gangitano is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Gangitano has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 474 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 11 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Elena Gangitano's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (8 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (5 papers). Elena Gangitano is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (8 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (5 papers). Elena Gangitano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Elena Gangitano's co-authors include Lucio Gnessi, Carla Lubrano, Stefania Mariani, Andrea Lenzi, Mikiko Watanabe, Rossella Tozzi, Dario Tuccinardi, Davide Masi, Maria Elena Spoltore and Renata Risi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Elena Gangitano

30 papers receiving 468 citations

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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.

Central obesity, smoking habit, and hypertension are associated with lower antibody titres in response to COVID‐19 mRNA vaccine

2021 190 citations Mikiko Watanabe, Angela Balena et al. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Gangitano Italy	11	184	93	80	67	64	32	474
Davide Masi Italy	11	208 1.1×	117 1.3×	76 0.9×	61 0.9×	49 0.8×	33	489
Angela Balena Italy	7	215 1.2×	172 1.8×	102 1.3×	65 1.0×	44 0.7×	12	496
Rossella Tozzi Italy	12	212 1.2×	395 4.2×	229 2.9×	170 2.5×	95 1.5×	23	793
Schafer Boeder United States	11	126 0.7×	84 0.9×	264 3.3×	30 0.4×	61 1.0×	20	490
Richard Davies United Kingdom	10	104 0.6×	152 1.6×	23 0.3×	42 0.6×	166 2.6×	18	499
K. Shiwaku Japan	11	44 0.2×	112 1.2×	64 0.8×	50 0.7×	84 1.3×	24	505
Douae El Fatouhi France	12	81 0.4×	114 1.2×	34 0.4×	37 0.6×	19 0.3×	19	406
Abhinav Vepa United Kingdom	7	39 0.2×	165 1.8×	39 0.5×	36 0.5×	25 0.4×	9	439
Lixia Li China	15	62 0.3×	34 0.4×	31 0.4×	130 1.9×	72 1.1×	54	516
Alexander Lang Germany	8	52 0.3×	87 0.9×	149 1.9×	60 0.9×	61 1.0×	20	378

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Gangitano

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Barrea, Luigi, Mara Boschetti, Elena Gangitano, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Nutritional and Pharmacological Strategies for Obesity. Current Obesity Reports. 14(1). 1–1. 7 indexed citations

Recalchi, Serena, Davide Masi, Rebecca Rossetti, et al.. (2025). The Impact of a Very-Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet on Monocyte Subsets of Patients with Obesity: A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 17(2). 312–312. 1 indexed citations

Masi, Davide, Maria Elena Spoltore, Elena Gangitano, et al.. (2025). Growth hormone replacement therapy enhances humoral response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in patients with adult-onset growth hormone deficiency. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 48(5). 1283–1288.

Barrea, Luigi, Massimiliano Caprio, Sebastio Perrini, et al.. (2025). Diabetes mellitus secondary to endocrine diseases: a position statement of the working group of the club of the Italian society of endocrinology (SIE)-Nutrition hormones and metabolism. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 48(8). 1739–1758.

Gangitano, Elena, Orietta Gandini, Davide Masi, et al.. (2024). Bone Quality Indices Correlate with Growth Hormone Secretory Capacity in Women Affected by Weight Excess: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(17). 5064–5064. 1 indexed citations

Mischitelli, Monica, Eleonora Poggiogalle, Giulia Tozzi, et al.. (2024). Reduced Intra- and Extracellular Circulating Postprandial Lysosomal Acid Lipase Activity in Patients with MASLD. Metabolites. 14(12). 725–725. 1 indexed citations

Gangitano, Elena, Frank A. Scannapieco, Carla Lubrano, & Lucio Gnessi. (2024). Metabolic Syndrome, Hepatic Steatosis and Testosterone: A Matter of Sex. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 534–549. 4 indexed citations

Masi, Davide, Elena Gangitano, Anna Criniti, et al.. (2023). Obesity-Associated Hepatic Steatosis, Somatotropic Axis Impairment, and Ferritin Levels Are Strong Predictors of COVID-19 Severity. Viruses. 15(2). 488–488. 3 indexed citations

Gangitano, Elena, Noelia Martínez‐Sánchez, Maria Irene Bellini, et al.. (2023). Weight Loss and Sleep, Current Evidence in Animal Models and Humans. Nutrients. 15(15). 3431–3431. 10 indexed citations

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Cimini, Flavia Agata, Antonella Tramutola, Ilaria Barchetta, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Changes of BVRA Protein Levels Occur in Response to Insulin: A Pilot Study in Humans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(8). 7282–7282. 4 indexed citations

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Gangitano, Elena, et al.. (2023). The interplay between macronutrients and sleep: focus on circadian and homeostatic processes. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1166699–1166699. 6 indexed citations

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Sciarra, Francesca, et al.. (2023). How Food Choices Impact on Male Fertility. Current Nutrition Reports. 12(4). 864–876. 15 indexed citations

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Tozzi, Rossella, Davide Masi, Savina Contini, et al.. (2022). Circulating SIRT1 and Sclerostin Correlates with Bone Status in Young Women with Different Degrees of Adiposity. Nutrients. 14(5). 983–983. 7 indexed citations

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Gangitano, Elena, Giuseppe Bárbaro, Rebecca Rossetti, et al.. (2022). Growth Hormone Secretory Capacity Is Associated with Cardiac Morphology and Function in Overweight and Obese Patients: A Controlled, Cross-Sectional Study. Cells. 11(15). 2420–2420. 9 indexed citations

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Bellini, Maria Irene, Giovanni Iannetti, Elena Gangitano, et al.. (2022). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes. World Journal of Diabetes. 13(9). 668–682. 11 indexed citations

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Gangitano, Elena, Niall Dempster, Sherly George, et al.. (2021). Differential activity and expression of human 5β-reductase (AKR1D1) splice variants. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 66(3). 181–194. 6 indexed citations

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Gangitano, Elena, Lucio Gnessi, Andrea Lenzi, & David Ray. (2021). Chronobiology and Metabolism: Is Ketogenic Diet Able to Influence Circadian Rhythm?. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 756970–756970. 23 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Mikiko, Angela Balena, Dario Tuccinardi, et al.. (2021). Central obesity, smoking habit, and hypertension are associated with lower antibody titres in response to COVID‐19 mRNA vaccine. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 38(1). e3465–e3465. 190 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gangitano, Elena, Rossella Tozzi, Stefania Mariani, et al.. (2021). Ketogenic Diet for Obese COVID-19 Patients: Is Respiratory Disease a Contraindication? A Narrative Review of the Literature on Ketogenic Diet and Respiratory Function. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. 771047–771047. 16 indexed citations

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Tozzi, Rossella, Antonietta Moramarco, Mikiko Watanabe, et al.. (2021). Case Report: Pituitary Morphology and Function Are Preserved in Female Patients With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Under Pharmacological Treatment. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 613054–613054. 2 indexed citations

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