Francesca Puledda

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Francesca Puledda is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Puledda has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 22 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Francesca Puledda's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (38 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (18 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (12 papers). Francesca Puledda is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (38 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (18 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (12 papers). Francesca Puledda collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Francesca Puledda's co-authors include Peter J. Goadsby, Christoph J. Schankin, Roberta Messina, Owen O’Daly, Kevin Shields, Dominic ffytche, Faraidoon Haghdoost, Steven Williams, Vittorio Di Piero and Alessandro Viganò and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Puledda

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Migraine: from pathophysiology to treatment 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 2023 25 50 75
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.

  1. Migraine: from pathophysiology to treatment
    2023 84 citations Francesca Puledda, Peter J. Goadsby et al. Journal of Neurology profile →
  2. Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials
    2023 76 citations Faraidoon Haghdoost, Francesca Puledda et al. Cephalalgia profile →
  3. Safety and tolerability of monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway and gepants in migraine prevention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
    2023 75 citations Roberta Messina, Francesca Puledda et al. Cephalalgia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Puledda United Kingdom 22 887 444 289 286 284 52 1.3k
Farooq Maniyar United Kingdom 12 857 1.0× 458 1.0× 265 0.9× 274 1.0× 221 0.8× 25 1.1k
Michele Viana Italy 22 1.2k 1.3× 575 1.3× 346 1.2× 201 0.7× 173 0.6× 64 1.4k
Margarida Martins-Oliveira United States 6 1.2k 1.4× 559 1.3× 408 1.4× 124 0.4× 270 1.0× 8 1.4k
Mohammad Sohail Asghar Denmark 13 1.0k 1.2× 511 1.2× 411 1.4× 134 0.5× 178 0.6× 36 1.3k
Nazia Karsan United Kingdom 19 846 1.0× 420 0.9× 315 1.1× 82 0.3× 142 0.5× 50 992
Laura Schulte Germany 19 1.8k 2.0× 928 2.1× 509 1.8× 348 1.2× 361 1.3× 30 2.1k
Samaira Younis Denmark 19 1.1k 1.3× 554 1.2× 338 1.2× 112 0.4× 199 0.7× 32 1.3k
Geneviève Demarquay France 19 794 0.9× 290 0.7× 152 0.5× 292 1.0× 164 0.6× 59 1.2k
Anne Stankewitz Germany 16 766 0.9× 405 0.9× 316 1.1× 403 1.4× 217 0.8× 30 1.1k
Antonio Di Renzo Italy 21 717 0.8× 268 0.6× 146 0.5× 381 1.3× 260 0.9× 65 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ornello, Raffaele, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, Francesca Puledda, et al.. (2025). Migraine management during pregnancy, breastfeeding and in women planning pregnancy. Cephalalgia. 45(11). 2235439001–2235439001.
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Sacco, Simona, Messoud Ashina, Hans‐Christoph Diener, et al.. (2025). Setting higher standards for migraine prevention: A position statement of the International Headache Society. Cephalalgia. 45(2). 2235365664–2235365664. 12 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, Teshamae Monteith, & Mário Fernando Prieto Peres. (2025). Editorial for ‘migraine care around the world’ topical collection for Cephalalgia Reports. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8.
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Puledda, Francesca, Irene de Boer, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2024). Worldwide availability of medications for migraine and tension-type headache: A survey of the International Headache Society. Cephalalgia. 44(11). 2225342744–2225342744. 7 indexed citations
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Santoro, Valentina, Paolo Belardinelli, Andrea Biondi, et al.. (2024). Investigating cortical excitability and inhibition in patients with schizophrenia: A TMS-EEG study. Brain Research Bulletin. 212. 110972–110972. 6 indexed citations
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Haghdoost, Faraidoon, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials. Cephalalgia. 43(4). 2215204422–2215204422. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Puledda, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Visual snow syndrome and migraine: a review. Eye. 37(12). 2374–2378. 11 indexed citations
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García‐Azorín, David, et al.. (2023). Differential Diagnosis of Visual Phenomena Associated with Migraine: Spotlight on Aura and Visual Snow Syndrome. Diagnostics. 13(2). 252–252. 8 indexed citations
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Raffaelli, Bianca, Eloísa Rubio‐Beltrán, Soo‐Jin Cho, et al.. (2023). Health equity, care access and quality in headache – part 2. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 24(1). 167–167. 35 indexed citations
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Messina, Roberta, et al.. (2023). Safety and tolerability of monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway and gepants in migraine prevention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 43(3). 2215197225–2215197225. 75 indexed citations breakdown →
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Puledda, Francesca, Samaira Younis, Faraidoon Haghdoost, et al.. (2023). Efficacy, safety and indirect comparisons of lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant for the acute treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of the literature. Cephalalgia. 43(3). 2215196475–2215196475. 23 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, Ottavia Dipasquale, Nazia Karsan, et al.. (2023). Abnormal Glutamatergic and Serotonergic Connectivity in Visual Snow Syndrome and Migraine with Aura. Annals of Neurology. 94(5). 873–884. 11 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Migraine: from pathophysiology to treatment. Journal of Neurology. 270(7). 3654–3666. 84 indexed citations breakdown →
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Graber, Michael, Adrian Scutelnic, Antonia Klein, et al.. (2022). Natural course of visual snow syndrome: a long-term follow-up study. Brain Communications. 4(5). fcac230–fcac230. 15 indexed citations
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O’Gallagher, Kevin, Francesca Puledda, Owen O’Daly, et al.. (2021). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase regulates regional brain perfusion in healthy humans. Cardiovascular Research. 118(5). 1321–1329. 30 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, Dominic ffytche, David J. Lythgoe, et al.. (2020). Functional and metabolic changes in visual snow syndrome: a combined BOLD fMRI and MRspectroscopy study (414). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 2 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, Dominic ffytche, Owen O’Daly, & Peter J. Goadsby. (2019). Imaging the Visual Network in the Migraine Spectrum. Frontiers in Neurology. 10. 1325–1325. 57 indexed citations
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Toscano, Massimiliano, Alessandro Viganò, Angela Verzina, et al.. (2018). Sapienza Global Bedside Evaluation of Swallowing after Stroke: theGLOBE‐3S study. European Journal of Neurology. 26(4). 596–602. 14 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca & Peter J. Goadsby. (2016). Current Approaches to Neuromodulation in Primary Headaches: Focus on Vagal Nerve and Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 20(7). 47–47. 21 indexed citations
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Puledda, Francesca, A. Biasiotta, Alessandro Viganò, et al.. (2013). Topiramate modulates habituation in migraine: evidences from nociceptive responses elicited by laser evoked potentials. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 14(1). 25–25. 30 indexed citations

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