Francesca de’Donato

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Francesca de’Donato is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca de’Donato has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 17 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Francesca de’Donato's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (43 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (19 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers). Francesca de’Donato is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (43 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (19 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers). Francesca de’Donato collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Greece. Francesca de’Donato's co-authors include Paola Michelozzi, Daniela D’Ippoliti, Carlo A. Perucci, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Richard Atkinson, Alexandra Schneider, Manuela De Sario, Bettina Menne and Claudia Marino and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesca de’Donato

45 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities: results from the EuroHEAT project

2010 562 citations Daniela D’Ippoliti, Paola Michelozzi et al. Environmental Health profile →
Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities

2025 29 citations Pierre Masselot, Malcolm Mistry et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca de’Donato Italy	20	1.4k	467	442	288	219	46	1.7k
Francesca De’ Donato Italy	13	1.3k 0.9×	343 0.7×	294 0.7×	401 1.4×	195 0.9×	33	1.5k
Junzhe Bao China	26	1.2k 0.9×	296 0.6×	281 0.6×	236 0.8×	132 0.6×	60	1.7k
Pavla Vaneckova Australia	13	1.4k 1.0×	525 1.1×	549 1.2×	175 0.6×	123 0.6×	26	1.7k
G. Pavillon France	14	748 0.5×	281 0.6×	327 0.7×	180 0.6×	164 0.7×	24	1.4k
Claudia Marino Italy	12	785 0.6×	300 0.6×	281 0.6×	140 0.5×	130 0.6×	48	1.2k
Maud Huynen Netherlands	16	1.1k 0.8×	526 1.1×	273 0.6×	150 0.5×	184 0.8×	35	1.6k
Whanhee Lee South Korea	20	909 0.7×	269 0.6×	227 0.5×	181 0.6×	110 0.5×	86	1.3k
Vérène Wagner France	19	1.3k 1.0×	283 0.6×	214 0.5×	320 1.1×	158 0.7×	42	1.7k
Giada Minelli Italy	18	567 0.4×	260 0.6×	164 0.4×	157 0.5×	81 0.4×	71	1.5k
F Laurent France	6	911 0.7×	241 0.5×	363 0.8×	210 0.7×	220 1.0×	7	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca de’Donato

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca de’Donato

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca de’Donato

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Metzendorf, Maria-Intí, Mehdi Aloosh, Javier Bracchiglione, et al.. (2025). Integrating planetary health considerations into health guidelines: decision-making bodies must show leadership. BMJ Leader. 10(1). 101–105. 1 indexed citations

Marinaccio, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Climate change and occupational health and safety. Risk of injuries, productivity loss and the co-benefits perspective. Environmental Research. 269. 120844–120844. 5 indexed citations

Masselot, Pierre, Malcolm Mistry, Shilpa Rao, et al.. (2025). Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under climate change, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities. Nature Medicine. 31(4). 1294–1302. 29 indexed citations breakdown →

Zafeiratou, Sofia, Massimo Stafoggia, Antonio Gasparrini, et al.. (2024). Independent effects of long and short-term exposures to non-optimal increased temperature on mortality. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125428–125428. 1 indexed citations

Sario, Manuela De, Francesca de’Donato, Michela Bonafede, et al.. (2023). Occupational heat stress, heat-related effects and the related social and economic loss: a scoping literature review. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1173553–1173553. 18 indexed citations

Turner, Grace, et al.. (2023). Climate change and public health: barriers and levers for implementation of climate adaptation in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 2 indexed citations

Bonafede, Michela, Miriam Levi, Alessandra Binazzi, et al.. (2022). Workers’ Perception Heat Stress: Results from a Pilot Study Conducted in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(13). 8196–8196. 20 indexed citations

Martínez, Gerardo Sánchez, Vladimir Kendrovski, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Francesca de’Donato, & Melanie Boeckmann. (2022). Heat-health action planning in the WHO European Region: Status and policy implications. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 1). 113709–113709. 28 indexed citations

Messeri, Alessandro, Michela Bonafede, Iole Pinto, et al.. (2021). A Web Survey to Evaluate the Thermal Stress Associated with Personal Protective Equipment among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8). 3861–3861. 34 indexed citations

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Madureira, Helena, et al.. (2021). Evidences on adaptive mechanisms for cardiorespiratory diseases regarding extreme temperatures and air pollution: A comparative systematic review. Geography and sustainability. 2(3). 182–194. 4 indexed citations

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Poupkou, A., Paraskevi Tzoumaka, Apostolos Kelessis, et al.. (2021). Future Climate Change Impact on Urban Heat Island in Two Mediterranean Cities Based on High-Resolution Regional Climate Simulations. Atmosphere. 12(7). 884–884. 24 indexed citations

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Michelozzi, Paola, Francesca de’Donato, Matteo Scortichini, et al.. (2020). Temporal dynamics in total excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in Italian cities. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1238–1238. 72 indexed citations

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Scortichini, Matteo, Francesca de’Donato, Manuela De Sario, et al.. (2018). The inter-annual variability of heat-related mortality in nine European cities (1990–2010). Environmental Health. 17(1). 66–66. 17 indexed citations

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de’Donato, Francesca, Matteo Scortichini, Manuela De Sario, Annamaria De Martino, & Paola Michelozzi. (2018). Temporal variation in the effect of heat and the role of the Italian heat prevention plan. Public Health. 161. 154–162. 35 indexed citations

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Rodopoulou, Sophia, Evangelia Samoli, Antonis Analitis, et al.. (2015). Searching for the best modeling specification for assessing the effects of temperature and humidity on health: a time series analysis in three European cities. International Journal of Biometeorology. 59(11). 1585–1596. 22 indexed citations

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de’Donato, Francesca, Michela Leone, Damia Noce, Marina Davoli, & Paola Michelozzi. (2013). The Impact of the February 2012 Cold Spell on Health in Italy Using Surveillance Data. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61720–e61720. 44 indexed citations

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D’Ippoliti, Daniela, Paola Michelozzi, Claudia Marino, et al.. (2010). The impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities: results from the EuroHEAT project. Environmental Health. 9(1). 37–37. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

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de’Donato, Francesca, Paola Michelozzi, Anna Maria Bargagli, et al.. (2008). The Italian Heat/Health Warning System for Prevention of Heat Health Effects; Evaluation of Summer 2008. Epidemiology. 19(6). 3 indexed citations

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Stafoggia, Massimo, Francesco Forastiere, Daniele Agostini, et al.. (2008). Factors affecting in-hospital heat-related mortality: a multi-city case-crossover analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 62(3). 209–215. 140 indexed citations

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Michelozzi, Paola, Francesca de’Donato, Daniela D’Ippoliti, et al.. (2007). The Definition of Heat-Wave Within the European Project “Improving Public Health Responses to Heat” (EuroHEAT). Epidemiology. 18(5). S130–S130. 1 indexed citations

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