Francesca Frau

4.5k total citations
25 papers, 462 citations indexed

About

Francesca Frau is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Frau has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 462 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Oceanography and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Francesca Frau's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers). Francesca Frau is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers). Francesca Frau collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Francesca Frau's co-authors include Fabrizio Atzori, Nicola Glorioso, Luigi Piazzi, Giulia Ceccherelli, Roberta Zaninello, Daniele Cusi, Cristina Barlassina, Erika Salvi, Chiara Troffa and Giuseppe Argiolas and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Frau

22 papers receiving 449 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Frau Italy 13 99 89 85 85 79 25 462
Satoru Chiba Japan 17 151 1.5× 295 3.3× 225 2.6× 75 0.9× 103 1.3× 101 965
Rubén Díaz‐Rúa Spain 17 44 0.4× 185 2.1× 50 0.6× 170 2.0× 36 0.5× 28 649
Stephan Hohmann Germany 15 59 0.6× 105 1.2× 459 5.4× 23 0.3× 86 1.1× 51 891
Sayaka Kanai Japan 15 108 1.1× 338 3.8× 38 0.4× 30 0.4× 71 0.9× 17 796
Giovanni Di Cola Italy 11 112 1.1× 226 2.5× 69 0.8× 34 0.4× 28 0.4× 23 477
M Fernández Argentina 14 131 1.3× 89 1.0× 98 1.2× 13 0.2× 101 1.3× 43 895
Yukiko Matsui Japan 15 80 0.8× 117 1.3× 30 0.4× 139 1.6× 20 0.3× 38 1.0k
Shoko Imai Japan 15 28 0.3× 241 2.7× 27 0.3× 35 0.4× 58 0.7× 36 737
Patrick K. K. Leong United States 18 147 1.5× 447 5.0× 161 1.9× 75 0.9× 28 0.4× 20 791

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Frau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Frau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Frau

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

All Works

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Frau, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Non-Linear Association Between Phase Angle and Body Fat in a Sample of US Adults. Biology. 14(11). 1621–1621.
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Beaulieu‐Jones, Brett K., Francesca Frau, Karen J. Chandross, et al.. (2024). Disease progression strikingly differs in research and real-world Parkinson’s populations. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 58–58. 12 indexed citations
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Oprandi, Alice, Fabrizio Atzori, Annalisa Azzola, et al.. (2023). Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 3 indexed citations
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Azzola, Annalisa, Fabrizio Atzori, Carlo Nike Bianchi, et al.. (2022). Variability between observers does not hamper detecting change over time in a temperate reef. Marine Environmental Research. 177. 105617–105617. 7 indexed citations
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Atzori, Fabrizio, Francesca Frau, Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia, et al.. (2021). Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, presence and its exposure to floating marine litter in the Sardinia Channel and the Strait of Sicily: results from seven years of monitoring using ferry as platform of observation. ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (National Hellenic Research Foundation). 5 indexed citations
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Piazzi, Luigi, et al.. (2021). Animal Forest Mortality: Following the Consequences of a Gorgonian Coral Loss on a Mediterranean Coralligenous Assemblage. Diversity. 13(3). 133–133. 16 indexed citations
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Han, Yingnan, Erin Teeple, Srinivas Shankara, et al.. (2021). Genome-Wide Polygenic Risk Score Identifies Individuals at Elevated Parkinson’s Disease Risk (4286). Neurology. 96(15_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, William, Brett K. Beaulieu‐Jones, Richard C. Krolewski, et al.. (2021). Accelerating diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease through risk prediction. BMC Neurology. 21(1). 201–201. 18 indexed citations
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Piazzi, Luigi, Stefano Acunto, Francesca Frau, et al.. (2021). Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows. Water. 13(5). 661–661. 18 indexed citations
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Piazzi, Luigi, et al.. (2018). Benthic mucilage blooms threaten coralligenous reefs. Marine Environmental Research. 140. 145–151. 29 indexed citations
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Piazzi, Luigi, et al.. (2018). ALEX index enables detection of alien macroalgae invasions across habitats within a marine protected area. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 128. 318–323. 12 indexed citations
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Frau, Francesca, Daniel Crowther, Hartmut Ruetten, & Karla V. Allebrandt. (2017). Type-2 diabetes-associated variants with cross-trait relevance: Post-GWAs strategies for biological function interpretation. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 121(1). 43–50. 9 indexed citations
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Fenu, Giuseppe, Lorena Lorefice, Francesca Frau, et al.. (2015). Induction and Escalation Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis. Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 14(1). 26–34. 17 indexed citations
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Soldati, Laura, Simona Bertoli, Annalisa Terranegra, et al.. (2014). Relevance of Mediterranean diet and glucose metabolism for nephrolithiasis in obese subjects. Journal of Translational Medicine. 12(1). 34–34. 26 indexed citations
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Gaetano, Cornelia Di, Giovanni Fiorito, Fabio Rosa, et al.. (2014). Sardinians Genetic Background Explained by Runs of Homozygosity and Genomic Regions under Positive Selection. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91237–e91237. 33 indexed citations
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Gaetano, Cornelia Di, Simonetta Guarrera, Giovanni Fiorito, et al.. (2012). An Overview of the Genetic Structure within the Italian Population from Genome-Wide Data. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e43759–e43759. 46 indexed citations
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Citterio, Lorena, Marco Simonini, Laura Zagato, et al.. (2011). Genes Involved in Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation System Affect Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19620–e19620. 63 indexed citations
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Filigheddu, Fabiana, Fabiana Quagliarini, Filomena Campagna, et al.. (2009). Prevalence and clinical features of heterozygous carriers of autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia in Sardinia. Atherosclerosis. 207(1). 162–167. 23 indexed citations

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