Francesca Bella

957 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 438 citations indexed

About

Francesca Bella is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Bella has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 438 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cancer Research, 3 papers in Health and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Bella's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (3 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers) and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies (2 papers). Francesca Bella is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (3 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (3 papers) and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies (2 papers). Francesca Bella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Gibraltar. Francesca Bella's co-authors include Justyna Godos, Salvatore Sciacca, Fabio Galvano, Sumantra Ray, Daniele Del Rio, Edward L. Giovannucci, Giuseppe Grosso, Rosario Tumino, Mario Fusco and Milena Sant and has published in prestigious journals such as Epidemiology, Nutrition Reviews and Frontiers in Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Bella

10 papers receiving 426 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.

Possible role of diet in cancer: systematic review and multiple meta-analyses of dietary patterns, lifestyle factors, and cancer risk

2017 320 citations Giuseppe Grosso, Francesca Bella et al. Nutrition Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Bella Italy	6	163	155	89	88	70	13	438
María‐Dolores Chirlaque Spain	15	168 1.0×	174 1.1×	98 1.1×	93 1.1×	105 1.5×	36	681
Émilie Barrandon France	4	115 0.7×	126 0.8×	110 1.2×	58 0.7×	54 0.8×	6	427
Chelsea Catsburg United States	10	225 1.4×	177 1.1×	104 1.2×	86 1.0×	81 1.2×	12	472
E. A. Platz United States	4	102 0.6×	165 1.1×	91 1.0×	77 0.9×	80 1.1×	4	527
Giséle Acosta Uruguay	15	172 1.1×	271 1.7×	56 0.6×	60 0.7×	56 0.8×	23	511
Dina Gifkins United States	11	116 0.7×	150 1.0×	85 1.0×	40 0.5×	48 0.7×	27	438
Markus Dines Knudsen Norway	10	143 0.9×	85 0.5×	52 0.6×	52 0.6×	32 0.5×	29	352
Xiao-Ou Shu United States	13	73 0.4×	220 1.4×	138 1.6×	84 1.0×	51 0.7×	22	572
Ilaria Ermini Italy	10	105 0.6×	111 0.7×	94 1.1×	81 0.9×	25 0.4×	23	358
Jaak Janssens Belgium	10	97 0.6×	112 0.7×	133 1.5×	70 0.8×	56 0.8×	18	510

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Bella

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Bella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Bella

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Bella, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Descriptive Analysis. Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health. 19(2).

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Fiorilla, Claudio, et al.. (2025). Factors Influencing Influenza Vaccination: A Survey-Based Cross-Sectional Study in the City of Syracuse, Italy. Journal of Community Health. 50(6). 1067–1078.

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Bella, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infectious diseases reporting. PubMed. 65(2). E145–E153. 1 indexed citations

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Bella, Francesca, et al.. (2024). burden of Tuberculosis in a province of a low incidence country: epidemiological differences between Italy-born, regular foreigner and irregular foreigner TB cases.. PubMed. 66(1). E67–E74.

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Mangone, Lucìa, Maria Michiara, Antonino Musolino, et al.. (2022). Breast Cancer in Italy: Stage and Region Distribution. Breast Cancer Targets and Therapy. Volume 14. 125–131. 3 indexed citations

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Bella, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Childhood immunization coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Province of Siracusa, Italy. PubMed. 63(4). E513–E519. 3 indexed citations

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Trama, Annalisa, Laura Botta, Roberto Foschi, et al.. (2019). Quality of Care Indicators for Head and Neck Cancers: The Experience of the European Project RARECAREnet. Frontiers in Oncology. 9. 837–837. 14 indexed citations

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Grosso, Giuseppe, Francesca Bella, Justyna Godos, et al.. (2017). Possible role of diet in cancer: systematic review and multiple meta-analyses of dietary patterns, lifestyle factors, and cancer risk. Nutrition Reviews. 75(6). 405–419. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bella, Francesca, et al.. (2016). Differences in the association between empirically derived dietary patterns and cancer: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 68(4). 402–410. 13 indexed citations

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Baili, Paolo, Roberto Agresti, Maria Grazia Daidone, et al.. (2015). A Breast Cancer Clinical Registry in An Italian Comprehensive Cancer Center: An Instrument for Descriptive, Clinical, and Experimental Research. Tumori Journal. 101(4). 440–446. 11 indexed citations

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Bella, Francesca, Pamela Minicozzi, Adriano Giacomin, et al.. (2013). Impact of diabetes on overall and cancer-specific mortality in colorectal cancer patients. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 139(8). 1303–1310. 35 indexed citations

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Minicozzi, Pamela, Francesca Bella, Angela Toss, et al.. (2013). Relative and disease-free survival for breast cancer in relation to subtype: a population-based study. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 139(9). 1569–1577. 36 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Margherita, Gea Oliveri Conti, Caterina Ledda, et al.. (2009). First Results about an Ostreopsis Ovata Monitoring along the Catania Coast (Sicily-Italy). Epidemiology. 20. S159–S159. 2 indexed citations

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