Elena Spada

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Elena Spada is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Spada has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 16 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elena Spada's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (16 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (11 papers). Elena Spada is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (16 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (11 papers). Elena Spada collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Belarus. Elena Spada's co-authors include Silvano Milani, Gianni Bona, E Cacciari, Alessandro Cicognani, Giuseppe Tonini, L Gargantini, Nella Augusta Greggio, F. Cerutti, Luciano Cavallo and Antonio Balsamo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Elena Spada

43 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (2 to 20 yr)

2006 694 citations E Cacciari, Silvano Milani et al. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation profile →
Neonatal Anthropometric Charts: The Italian Neonatal Study Compared With Other European Studies

2010 369 citations Enrico Bertino, Elena Spada et al. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Spada

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Elexacaftor, Tezacaftor, and Ivacaftor in People with Cystic Fibrosis and Advanced Lung Disease: A Two-Year Multicenter Cohort Study 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Sonia Volpi, (unknown), Roberto Buzzetti, Giuseppe Cimino, Andrea Gramegna, Maria Cristina Lucanto, (unknown), (unknown), Donatello Salvatore, Elena Spada, C. Braggion	0
2	Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Subclinical Angioid Streaks in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Progression of the Disease at 2-Year Follow-Up 2025 ·Ophthalmology and Therapy ·Riccardo Sacconi, (unknown), Elena Spada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Francesco Bandello, Giuseppe Querques	0
3	Italian neonatal birthweight charts derived from INeS not separated by birth order 2024 ·The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics ·Elena Spada, Chiara Peila, Alessandra Coscia	0
4	The Gestational Pathologies Effect on the Human Milk Redox Homeostasis: A First Step towards Its Definition 2023 ·Nutrients ·Chiara Peila, (unknown), Elena Spada, Alessandra Coscia, Ignazio Barbagallo, Giovanni Li Volti, Fabio Galvano, Diego Gazzolo	3
5	Epigenome Wide Association and Stochastic Epigenetic Mutation Analysis on Cord Blood of Preterm Birth 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Elena Spada, Luciano Calzari, (unknown), Teresa Fazia, Monica Mencarelli, Anna Maria Di Blasio, Luisa Bernardinelli, (unknown), M. Vignali, Davide Gentilini	14
6	Congenital cytomegalovirus infection and audiological follow-up: electrophysiological auditory threshold before 3 months of age as a predictor of hearing outcome at 3 years of age 2020 ·Journal of Perinatology ·Alessandra Coscia, (unknown), Antonio Leone, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elena Spada, Chiara Peila, Enrico Bertino, Francesco Cresi	3
7	Longitudinal Doppler references for monochorionic twins and comparison with singletons 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Marcella Pellegrino, Ivan Cortinovis, Elena Spada, Mariano Lanna, S. Faiola, Irene Cetin, Maria Angela Rustico	9
8	Prevenire l’errore nella somministrazione della terapia endovenosa in terapia intensiva: revisione della letteratura 2018 ·Recenti Progressi in Medicina ·Emanuele Di Simone, Noemi Giannetta, Elena Spada, (unknown), Sara Dionisi, (unknown), Daniela Tartaglini, Marco Di Muzio	11
9	Prevalence of obesity in Italian adolescents: does the use of different growth charts make the difference? 2018 ·World Journal of Pediatrics ·Luca De Carli, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, (unknown), Lucia Ghizzoni, (unknown), Alessandra Coscia, Enrico Bertino, Simona Bo	7
10	A Novel Donkey Milk–derived Human Milk Fortifier in Feeding Preterm Infants 2018 ·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ·Enrico Bertino, Laura Cavallarin, Francesco Cresi, Paola Tonetto, Chiara Peila, (unknown), (unknown), A Varalda, Marzia Giribaldi, Amedeo Conti, Sara Antoniazzi, Guido E. Moro, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, Alessandra Coscia	26
11	Effect of maternal age, height, BMI and ethnicity on birth weight: an Italian multicenter study 2017 ·Journal of Perinatal Medicine ·Elena Spada, Giuseppe Chiossi, Alessandra Coscia, Francesca Monari, Fabio Facchinetti	25
12	Reliability, validity and normative data of the Italian version of the Bus Story test 2016 ·International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology ·Francesco Mozzanica, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maria Rosaria Barillari, Elena Spada, Federico Ambrogi, Antonio Schindler	7
13	Evaluation of the galactogogue effect of silymarin on mothers of preterm newborns (<32 weeks) 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Chiara Peila, Alessandra Coscia, Paola Tonetto, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, Guido E. Moro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Enrico Bertino	6
14	Normal serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels in the general female population and the relationship with reproductive history 2012 ·European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·Antonio La Marca, Elena Spada, Valentina Grisendi, Cindy Argento, Enrico Papaleo, Silvano Milani, Annibale Volpe	96
15	Growth of fetal lean mass and fetal fat mass in gestational diabetes 2010 ·Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·M. S. Nobile De Santis, Emanuela Taricco, Tatjana Radaelli, Elena Spada, S. Rigano, E. Ferrazzi, Silvano Milani, Irene Cetin	32
16	Adapting Häävikko's dental age for the assessment of Italian children: use of LMS and other models based on smoothing splines 2009 ·Statistics in Medicine ·Elena Spada, A Butti, Monica Ferraroni, Silvano Milani	1
17	Genetic control of resistance to hepatocarcinogenesis by the mouse Hpcr3 locus† 2008 ·Hepatology ·Giacomo Manenti, Antonella Galvan, Felicia Stefania Falvella, Rosa M. Pascale, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, Anna González‐Neira, Francesco Feo, Tommaso A. Dragani	9
18	A polygenic model with common variants may predict lung adenocarcinoma risk in humans 2008 ·International Journal of Cancer ·Antonella Galvan, Felicia Stefania Falvella, Monica Spinola, Elisa Frullanti, Vera P. Leoni, Sara Noci, (unknown), Anna Zolin, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, Ugo Pastorino, Matteo Incarbone, L. Santambrogio, Anna González‐Neira, Tommaso A. Dragani	10
19	Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (2 to 20 yr) breakdown → 2006 ·Journal of Endocrinological Investigation ·E Cacciari, Silvano Milani, Antonio Balsamo, Elena Spada, Gianni Bona, Luciano Cavallo, F. Cerutti, L Gargantini, Nella Augusta Greggio, Giuseppe Tonini, Alessandro Cicognani	694
20	Maternal and fetal amino acid concentrations in normal pregnancies and in pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus 2005 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Irene Cetin, M. S. Nobile De Santis, Emanuela Taricco, Tatjana Radaelli, Cecilia Teng, Stefania Ronzoni, Elena Spada, Silvano Milani, Giorgio Pardi	127

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