Francesca Foltran

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Francesca Foltran is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Emergency Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Foltran has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 16 papers in Emergency Medicine and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Francesca Foltran's work include Foreign Body Medical Cases (17 papers), Restraint-Related Deaths (11 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (10 papers). Francesca Foltran is often cited by papers focused on Foreign Body Medical Cases (17 papers), Restraint-Related Deaths (11 papers) and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (10 papers). Francesca Foltran collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Argentina and Slovakia. Francesca Foltran's co-authors include Darío Gregori, Paola Berchialla, Francesco Giunta, Dinna N. Cruz, Roberto Fumagalli, Desiderio Passàli, Nicola Brienza, Massimo Antonelli, Flavia Petrini and F. Rottoli and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Foltran

48 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Early Use of Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion in Abdominal Septic Shock

2009 557 citations Dinna N. Cruz, Massimo Antonelli et al. JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Foltran Italy	15	415	348	279	262	234	49	1.3k
Yoo Seok Park South Korea	22	429 1.0×	72 0.2×	97 0.3×	338 1.3×	207 0.9×	100	1.4k
Pieter R. Tuinman Netherlands	26	333 0.8×	204 0.6×	196 0.7×	405 1.5×	1.1k 4.8×	119	2.1k
Flavia Petrini Italy	17	423 1.0×	36 0.1×	428 1.5×	397 1.5×	492 2.1×	62	1.6k
Lars Heslet Denmark	17	480 1.2×	59 0.2×	182 0.7×	439 1.7×	314 1.3×	42	1.4k
Michael C. Plewa United States	19	149 0.4×	232 0.7×	82 0.3×	361 1.4×	126 0.5×	44	1.3k
Ronna L. Campbell United States	30	100 0.2×	123 0.4×	104 0.4×	575 2.2×	192 0.8×	138	3.4k
Joseph Österwalder Switzerland	18	322 0.8×	95 0.3×	94 0.3×	214 0.8×	92 0.4×	50	1.5k
Glyn D. Williams United States	28	349 0.8×	32 0.1×	384 1.4×	697 2.7×	323 1.4×	71	2.1k
Madelyn Kahana United States	21	426 1.0×	42 0.1×	76 0.3×	390 1.5×	472 2.0×	43	1.7k
Jonathan Millar United Kingdom	15	238 0.6×	77 0.2×	37 0.1×	351 1.3×	446 1.9×	42	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Foltran

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Foltran, Francesca, et al.. (2014). An epidemiological study investigating the relationship between chorangioma and infantile hemangioma. Pathology - Research and Practice. 210(9). 548–553. 6 indexed citations

Baldi, Ileana, Giuseppe Costa, Francesca Foltran, et al.. (2013). Effect of educational attainment on incidence and mortality for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases: A systematic review and trend estimation. International Journal of Cardiology. 168(5). 4959–4963. 11 indexed citations

Ballali, Simonetta, et al.. (2012). Foreign bodies injuries in children: Analysis of Thailand data. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 76. S80–S83. 9 indexed citations

Foltran, Francesca, et al.. (2012). Fostering design for avoiding small parts in commonly used objects. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 76. S57–S60. 3 indexed citations

Berchialla, Paola, Ezio Nicola Gangemi, Francesca Foltran, et al.. (2012). Predicting severity of pathological scarring due to burn injuries: a clinical decision making tool using Bayesian networks. International Wound Journal. 11(3). 246–252. 16 indexed citations

Foltran, Francesca, et al.. (2012). Foreign bodies in children: A comparison between Argentina and Europe. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 76. S76–S79. 12 indexed citations

Gregori, Darío, et al.. (2012). Familial environment in high- and middle–low-income municipalities: A survey in Italy to understand the distribution of potentially obesogenic factors. Public Health. 126(9). 731–739. 9 indexed citations

Foltran, Francesca, Paola Berchialla, Darío Gregori, et al.. (2012). Stationery injuries in the upper aerodigestive system: Results from the Susy Safe Project. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 76. S67–S72. 1 indexed citations

Foltran, Francesca, Francesco Maria Passàli, Paola Berchialla, et al.. (2012). Toys in the upper aerodigestive tract: New evidence on their risk as emerging from the Susy Safe Study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 76. S61–S66. 19 indexed citations

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Ballali, Simonetta, Desiderio Passàli, Giselle Cuestas, et al.. (2011). Epidemiology of foreign bodies injuries in Ecuador: A first look based on a single centre experience. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 75(6). 854–857. 5 indexed citations

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Foltran, Francesca, Darío Gregori, Desiderio Passàli, et al.. (2011). Toys in the upper aerodigestive tract: Evidence on their risk as emerging from the ESFBI study. Auris Nasus Larynx. 38(5). 612–617. 16 indexed citations

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Gregori, Darío, Francesca Foltran, Elvira Verduci, et al.. (2011). A Genetic Perspective on Nutritional Profiles: Do We Still Need Them?. Lifestyle Genomics. 4(1). 25–35. 5 indexed citations

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Foltran, Francesca, Darío Gregori, Laura Franchin, Elvira Verduci, & Marcello Giovannini. (2011). Effect of alcohol consumption in prenatal life, childhood, and adolescence on child development. Nutrition Reviews. 69(11). 642–659. 47 indexed citations

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Baldi, Ileana, et al.. (2010). Studying factors related to pressure ulcers prevention: a marginal scale model for modelling heterogeneity among hospitals. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 16(6). 1085–1089. 5 indexed citations

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Foltran, Francesca, Paola Berchialla, Francesco Giunta, et al.. (2010). Using VLAD scores to have a look insight ICU performance: towards a modelling of the errors. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 16(5). 968–975. 4 indexed citations

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Foltran, Francesca, Darío Gregori, & Desiderio Passàli. (2010). Foreign bodies inhalation as a research field: What can we learn from a bibliometric perspective over 30 years of literature?. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 75(5). 721–722. 12 indexed citations

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Gregori, Darío, Francesca Foltran, Marco Ghidina, & Paola Berchialla. (2010). Understanding the influence of the snack definition on the association between snacking and obesity: a review. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 62(3). 270–275. 59 indexed citations

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Gregori, Darío, Francesca Foltran, & Desiderio Passàli. (2010). Foreign body injuries in children: need for a step forward against an old yet neglected epidemic. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 25(2). 98–99. 11 indexed citations

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Foltran, Francesca, Ileana Baldi, Guido Bertolini, Franco Merletti, & Darío Gregori. (2009). Monitoring the performance of intensive care units using the variable life‐adjusted display: a simulation study to explore its applicability and efficiency. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 15(3). 506–513. 11 indexed citations

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Cruz, Dinna N., Massimo Antonelli, Roberto Fumagalli, et al.. (2009). Early Use of Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion in Abdominal Septic Shock. JAMA. 301(23). 2445–2445. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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