Francesca Rovida

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Rovida is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Rovida has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Epidemiology, 43 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Francesca Rovida's work include Respiratory viral infections research (35 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (17 papers). Francesca Rovida is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (35 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (21 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (17 papers). Francesca Rovida collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Francesca Rovida's co-authors include Fausto Baldanti, Giulia Campanini, Antonio Piralla, Giuseppe Gerna, Elena Percivalle, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Antonietta Marchi, Raffaele Bruno, Ilaria Brambilla and Martina Votto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Rovida

72 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Children and Adolescents
    2020 715 citations Raffaele Bruno, Francesca Rovida et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Rovida Italy 27 1.6k 1.2k 430 304 296 74 2.6k
Marianne Leruez‐Ville France 33 1.9k 1.2× 2.1k 1.7× 250 0.6× 350 1.2× 200 0.7× 114 3.4k
Philip N Britton Australia 27 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 276 0.6× 200 0.7× 406 1.4× 148 2.3k
Kristine Macartney Australia 38 2.0k 1.3× 3.1k 2.5× 171 0.4× 456 1.5× 567 1.9× 220 5.0k
Janice K. Louie United States 31 1.5k 1.0× 3.1k 2.5× 308 0.7× 108 0.4× 364 1.2× 59 4.2k
Ari Bitnun Canada 28 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 443 1.0× 122 0.4× 140 0.5× 112 2.5k
Anne‐Mette Lebech Denmark 32 1.9k 1.2× 621 0.5× 551 1.3× 583 1.9× 317 1.1× 196 3.9k
Hsin Chi Taiwan 29 919 0.6× 950 0.8× 454 1.1× 601 2.0× 128 0.4× 138 2.5k
Lina S. Sy United States 30 1.1k 0.7× 2.3k 1.9× 123 0.3× 236 0.8× 103 0.3× 124 3.6k
Chia Yin Chong Singapore 21 933 0.6× 522 0.4× 205 0.5× 134 0.4× 514 1.7× 94 1.8k
Julu Bhatnagar United States 26 1.5k 0.9× 665 0.5× 990 2.3× 84 0.3× 148 0.5× 59 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Rovida

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Rovida

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferrari, Guglielmo, et al.. (2024). Tracing the Origin, Spread, and Molecular Evolution of Dengue Type 1 Cases That Occurred in Northern Italy in 2023. Pathogens. 13(12). 1124–1124. 1 indexed citations
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Piralla, Antonio, Federica Giardina, Guglielmo Ferrari, et al.. (2024). Molecular characterization of emerging Echovirus 11 (E11) shed light on the recombinant origin of a variant associated with severe hepatitis in neonates. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(5). e29658–e29658. 5 indexed citations
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Colaneri, Marta, Raffaella Lissandrin, Elena Seminari, et al.. (2023). The WEST Study: A Retrospective and Multicentric Study on the Impact of Steroid Therapy in West Nile Encephalitis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(3). ofad092–ofad092. 10 indexed citations
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Gaiarsa, Stefano, Federica Giardina, Gherard Batisti Biffignandi, et al.. (2022). Comparative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 quasispecies in the upper and lower respiratory tract shows an ongoing evolution in the spike cleavage site. Virus Research. 315. 198786–198786. 6 indexed citations
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Ebranati, Erika, Elena Percivalle, Francesca Rovida, et al.. (2019). Time-scaled phylogeography of complete Zika virus genomes using discrete and continuous space diffusion models. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 73. 33–43. 4 indexed citations
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Canuti, Marta, Silvia Bianchi, María Gori, et al.. (2019). Genetic variability of the measles virus hemagglutinin gene in B3 genotype strains circulating in Northern Italy. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 75. 103943–103943. 7 indexed citations
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Grossi, Paolo, Elena Percivalle, Giulia Campanini, et al.. (2018). An autochthonous sexually transmitted Zika virus infection in Italy 2016.. PubMed. 41(1). 80–82. 6 indexed citations
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Savasta, Salvatore, Francesca Rovida, Thomas Foiadelli, et al.. (2018). West-Nile virus encephalitis in an immunocompetent pediatric patient: successful recovery. ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 44(1). 140–140. 7 indexed citations
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Percivalle, Elena, Davide Sassera, Francesca Rovida, et al.. (2017). Usutu Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors and Healthy Forestry Workers in the Lombardy Region, Northern Italy. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17(9). 658–661. 34 indexed citations
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Zehender, Gianguglielmo, Erika Ebranati, Francesca Rovida, et al.. (2017). Reconstructing the recent West Nile virus lineage 2 epidemic in Europe and Italy using discrete and continuous phylogeography. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0179679–e0179679. 48 indexed citations
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Piralla, Antonio, B Mariani, Francesca Rovida, & Fausto Baldanti. (2017). Frequency of respiratory viruses among patients admitted to 26 Intensive Care Units in seven consecutive winter-spring seasons (2009–2016) in Northern Italy. Journal of Clinical Virology. 92. 48–51. 33 indexed citations
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Barzon, Luisa, Anna Papa, Enrico Lavezzo, et al.. (2015). Phylogenetic characterization of Central/Southern European lineage 2 West Nile virus: analysis of human outbreaks in Italy and Greece, 2013–2014. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 21(12). 1122.e1–1122.e10. 50 indexed citations
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Rovida, Francesca, Antonella Sarasini, Giulia Campanini, et al.. (2015). West Nile Virus Outbreak in the Lombardy Region, Northern Italy, Summer 2013. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(4). 278–283. 11 indexed citations
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Selleri, Marina, Antonio Piralla, Gabriella Rozera, et al.. (2012). Detection of haemagglutinin D222 polymorphisms in influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-infected patients by ultra-deep pyrosequencing. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 19(7). 668–673. 30 indexed citations
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Zehender, Gianguglielmo, Elena Pariani, Antonio Piralla, et al.. (2012). Reconstruction of the Evolutionary Dynamics of the A(H1N1)pdm09 Influenza Virus in Italy during the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Phases. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e47517–e47517. 16 indexed citations
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Baldanti, Fausto, Giulia Campanini, Antonio Piralla, et al.. (2010). Severe outcome of influenza A/H1N1/09v infection associated with 222G/N polymorphisms in the haemagglutinin: a multicentre study. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 17(8). 1166–1169. 45 indexed citations
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Rovida, Francesca, Elena Percivalle, Giulia Campanini, et al.. (2010). Viremic Dengue virus infections in travellers: Potential for local outbreak in Northern Italy. Journal of Clinical Virology. 50(1). 76–79. 15 indexed citations
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Piralla, Antonio, Francesca Rovida, Giulia Campanini, et al.. (2009). Clinical severity and molecular typing of human rhinovirus C strains during a fall outbreak affecting hospitalized patients. Journal of Clinical Virology. 45(4). 311–317. 98 indexed citations
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Campanini, Giulia, Elena Percivalle, Fausto Baldanti, et al.. (2007). Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) RNA quantification in nasopharyngeal secretions identifies the hRSV etiologic role in acute respiratory tract infections of hospitalized infants. Journal of Clinical Virology. 39(2). 119–124. 24 indexed citations
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Lilleri, Daniele, Fausto Baldanti, Marta Gatti, et al.. (2004). Clinically‐based determination of safe DNAemia cutoff levels for preemptive therapy or human cytomegalovirus infections in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Journal of Medical Virology. 73(3). 412–418. 35 indexed citations

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