Francesca Bravi

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Francesca Bravi is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Bravi has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 28 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Bravi's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (40 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (15 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers). Francesca Bravi is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (40 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (15 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (8 papers). Francesca Bravi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Francesca Bravi's co-authors include Carlo La Vecchia, Eva Negri, Ersilia Lucenteforte, Silvia Deandrea, Cristina Bosetti, Roberto Foschi, Monica Ferraroni, Adriano Decarli, Alessandra Tavani and Federica Turati and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Bravi

98 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Risk Factors for Falls in Community-dwelling Older People

2010 1.1k citations Francesca Bravi, Carlo La Vecchia et al. profile →
Impact of maternal nutrition on breast-milk composition: a systematic review,

2016 291 citations Francesca Bravi, Adriano Decarli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Bravi Italy	40	1.2k	1.0k	993	906	730	102	5.5k
Belong Cho South Korea	39	968 0.8×	245 0.2×	959 1.0×	746 0.8×	475 0.7×	283	5.5k
Paulo H. M. Chaves United States	51	581 0.5×	670 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	609 0.7×	882 1.2×	119	10.0k
Ersilia Lucenteforte Italy	31	542 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	695 0.7×	308 0.3×	796 1.1×	144	4.4k
Richard C. Woodman United States	28	253 0.2×	749 0.7×	507 0.5×	549 0.6×	754 1.0×	95	6.7k
Lucy Lennon United Kingdom	49	1.6k 1.3×	202 0.2×	2.0k 2.0×	221 0.2×	300 0.4×	163	9.2k
Trudy L. Bush United States	37	921 0.7×	181 0.2×	535 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	118 0.2×	74	6.4k
Leah M. Ferrucci United States	32	732 0.6×	178 0.2×	349 0.4×	669 0.7×	331 0.5×	83	4.6k
Yechiam Ostchega United States	36	1.4k 1.1×	96 0.1×	512 0.5×	843 0.9×	224 0.3×	69	6.2k
Robert J. MacInnis Australia	39	1.1k 0.9×	77 0.1×	505 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	163 0.2×	145	5.2k
José Juan Jiménez‐Moleón Spain	34	1.1k 0.9×	220 0.2×	236 0.2×	321 0.4×	160 0.2×	177	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Bravi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Bravi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Bravi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesca Bravi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesca Bravi 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 Francesca Bravi. Francesca Bravi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Polesel, Jerry, Livia S. A. Augustin, Eva Negri, et al.. (2025). Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2020) score and colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology. 95. 102771–102771. 1 indexed citations

Bravi, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Night shift work and breast cancer risk in healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational Medicine. 75(9). 596–607.

Bassi, Maria Chiara, et al.. (2024). Needs of breast cancer survivors: a systematic review of quantitative data. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 201. 104432–104432. 1 indexed citations

Vigna, Luisella, Amedea Silvia Tirelli, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2023). Vitamin D and Metabolic Syndrome in Working Age Subjects from an Obesity Clinic. Nutrients. 15(20). 4354–4354. 2 indexed citations

Franchi, Carlotta, Ilaria Ardoino, Cristina Bosetti, et al.. (2022). Inverse Association between Canned Fish Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Analysis of Two Large Case–Control Studies. Nutrients. 14(8). 1663–1663. 10 indexed citations

D’Avanzo, Barbara, Eva Negri, Diego Serraino, et al.. (2022). Canned Fish Consumption and Upper Digestive Tract Cancers. Nutrition and Cancer. 75(2). 707–712.

Maso, Matteo Di, Simone Eussen, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2021). Dietary Intake of Breastfeeding Mothers in Developed Countries: A Systematic Review and Results of the MEDIDIET Study. Journal of Nutrition. 151(11). 3459–3482. 6 indexed citations

Esposito, Giovanna, Francesca Bravi, Diego Serraino, et al.. (2021). Diabetes Risk Reduction Diet and Endometrial Cancer Risk. Nutrients. 13(8). 2630–2630. 29 indexed citations

Edefonti, Valeria, Carlo La Vecchia, Matteo Di Maso, et al.. (2020). Association between Nutrient-Based Dietary Patterns and Bladder Cancer in Italy. Nutrients. 12(6). 1584–1584. 14 indexed citations

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Turati, Federica, Michela Dalmartello, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2020). Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Recommendations and the Risk of Breast Cancer. Nutrients. 12(3). 607–607. 32 indexed citations

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Maso, Matteo Di, Paolo Boffetta, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia, & Francesca Bravi. (2020). Caffeinated Coffee Consumption and Health Outcomes in the US Population: A Dose–Response Meta-Analysis and Estimation of Disease Cases and Deaths Avoided. Advances in Nutrition. 12(4). 1160–1176. 39 indexed citations

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Dalmartello, Michela, Francesca Bravi, Diego Serraino, et al.. (2020). Dietary Patterns in Italy and the Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma. Nutrients. 12(1). 134–134. 10 indexed citations

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Bravi, Francesca, Mia Hashibe, Paolo Boffetta, et al.. (2020). Lessons learned from the INHANCE consortium: An overview of recent results on head and neck cancer. Oral Diseases. 27(1). 73–93. 35 indexed citations

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Dalmartello, Michela, Adriano Decarli, Monica Ferraroni, et al.. (2019). Dietary patterns and oral and pharyngeal cancer using latent class analysis. International Journal of Cancer. 147(3). 719–727. 15 indexed citations

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Maso, Matteo Di, Francesca Bravi, Jerry Polesel, et al.. (2019). Attributable fraction for multiple risk factors: Methods, interpretations, and examples. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 29(3). 854–865. 17 indexed citations

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Turati, Federica, Greta Carioli, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2018). Mediterranean Diet and Breast Cancer Risk. Nutrients. 10(3). 326–326. 117 indexed citations

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Bravi, Francesca, Jerry Polesel, Matteo Di Maso, et al.. (2018). Mediterranean Diet and Bladder Cancer Risk in Italy. Nutrients. 10(8). 1061–1061. 34 indexed citations

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Pozzi, Paolo, Elena Munarini, Francesca Bravi, et al.. (2015). A Combined Smoking Cessation Intervention within a Lung Cancer Screening Trial: A Pilot Observational Study. Tumori Journal. 101(3). 306–311. 23 indexed citations

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Sozzi, Gabriella, Mattia Boeri, Marta Rossi, et al.. (2014). Clinical Utility of a Plasma-Based miRNA Signature Classifier Within Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening: A Correlative MILD Trial Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32(8). 768–773. 318 indexed citations

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Fantini, Maria Pia, Laura Dallolio, Elisa Stivanello, Francesca Bravi, & Elena Savoia. (2005). Cesarean section rates in Italian regions: 1998-2002. Italian Journal of Public Health. 2(2). 2 indexed citations

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