Francesca Scazzina

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Francesca Scazzina is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Scazzina has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 39 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 30 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Francesca Scazzina's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (40 papers), Food composition and properties (29 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers). Francesca Scazzina is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (40 papers), Food composition and properties (29 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers). Francesca Scazzina collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United Kingdom. Francesca Scazzina's co-authors include Nicoletta Pellegrini, Daniele Del Rio, Furio Brighenti, Alice Rosi, Margherita Dall’Asta, Beatrice Biasini, Davide Menozzi, Susanne Siebenhandl‐Ehn, Silvia Valtueña and Ivana Zavaroni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Scazzina

103 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Underrated aspects of a true Mediterranean diet: understanding traditional features for worldwide application of a “Planeterranean” diet

2024 44 citations Francesca Scazzina, Giuseppe Grosso et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Scazzina Italy	34	1.1k	956	782	626	508	112	3.2k
Anthony Fardet France	31	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	966 1.2×	574 0.9×	546 1.1×	88	3.8k
Daniela Martini Italy	37	788 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	689 0.9×	609 1.0×	357 0.7×	160	4.2k
Donato Angelino Italy	29	573 0.5×	668 0.7×	728 0.9×	402 0.6×	483 1.0×	79	2.8k
Susanne Bügel Denmark	33	1.1k 1.0×	633 0.7×	582 0.7×	586 0.9×	573 1.1×	95	3.7k
Marta Bianchi Italy	21	578 0.5×	722 0.8×	753 1.0×	393 0.6×	508 1.0×	43	3.0k
Chris J. Seal United Kingdom	44	1.8k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	993 1.3×	1.2k 1.9×	886 1.7×	150	5.3k
Carol S. Johnston United States	40	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	369 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	317 0.6×	160	4.5k
Angela Bechthold Germany	18	1.1k 1.0×	2.4k 2.6×	385 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	379 0.7×	27	4.4k
Margreet R. Olthof Netherlands	30	638 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	483 0.6×	737 1.2×	337 0.7×	59	4.3k
Augustine Marchie Canada	20	1.3k 1.2×	776 0.8×	328 0.4×	692 1.1×	331 0.7×	26	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Scazzina

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Scazzina

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kalmpourtzidou, Αliki, Beatrice Biasini, Alice Rosi, & Francesca Scazzina. (2025). Environmental Impact of Current Diets and Alternative Dietary Scenarios Worldwide: A Systematic Review. Nutrition Reviews. 83(9). 1678–1710. 2 indexed citations

Güldaş, Metin, Noemí Boqué, Lorena Calderón-Pérez, et al.. (2025). Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Among Families from Four Countries in the Mediterranean Basin. Nutrients. 17(7). 1157–1157.

Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2024). Strengths and weaknesses of food eco-labeling: a review. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1381135–1381135. 15 indexed citations

Biasini, Beatrice, Michèle Donati, Alice Rosi, et al.. (2024). Nutritional, environmental and economic implications of children plate waste at school: a comparison between two Italian case studies. Public Health Nutrition. 27(1). e143–e143. 3 indexed citations

Scazzina, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Increasing the Consumption of Environmentally Friendly Foods in a University Dining Hall Using Menu Item Placement. Nutrients. 15(18). 3873–3873. 2 indexed citations

Pede, Giuseppe Di, et al.. (2023). Effect of the Pasta Making Process on Slowly Digestible Starch Content. Foods. 12(10). 2064–2064. 9 indexed citations

Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2021). Maternal postpartum depression in relation to child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Pediatrics. 181(3). 979–989. 9 indexed citations

Boqué, Noemí, Lucía Tarro, Alice Rosi, et al.. (2021). Study Protocol of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial to Tackle Obesity through a Mediterranean Diet vs. a Traditional Low-Fat Diet in Adolescents: The MED4Youth Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(9). 4841–4841. 4 indexed citations

Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2020). Weight Status, Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity Level, and Sleep Behavior of Italian Junior High School Adolescents. Nutrients. 12(2). 478–478. 47 indexed citations

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Martini, Daniela, Alice Rosi, Michele Tassotti, et al.. (2020). Effect of coffee and cocoa-based confectionery containing coffee on markers of cardiometabolic health: results from the pocket-4-life project. European Journal of Nutrition. 60(3). 1453–1463. 12 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2020). Validation of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire in Italian students attending the University of Parma. Public Health Nutrition. 23(9). 1527–1531. 12 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive dietary evaluation of Italian primary school children: food consumption and intake of energy, nutrients and phenolic compounds. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 72(1). 70–81. 9 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2020). The EnergyKids Pilot Study: Comparing Energy Balance of Primary School Children during School and Summer Camp. Nutrients. 13(1). 92–92. 2 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, Beatrice Biasini, Michèle Donati, Cristian Ricci, & Francesca Scazzina. (2020). Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Environmental Impact of the Diet on Primary School Children Living in Parma (Italy). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(17). 6105–6105. 18 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, et al.. (2017). How to improve food choices through vending machines: The importance of healthy food availability and consumers’ awareness. Food Quality and Preference. 62. 262–269. 32 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, Liborio Parrino, Giulia Milioli, et al.. (2017). Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children. Nutrients. 9(6). 579–579. 34 indexed citations

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Rosi, Alice, Margherita Dall’Asta, Furio Brighenti, et al.. (2016). The use of new technologies for nutritional education in primary schools: a pilot study. Public Health. 140. 50–55. 27 indexed citations

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Donati, Michèle, et al.. (2016). Towards a sustainable diet combining economic, environmental and nutritional objectives. Appetite. 106. 48–57. 122 indexed citations

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Vanelli, Maurizio, R Virdis, Sandro Contini, et al.. (2014). A hand-made supplementary food for malnourished children.. PubMed. 85(3). 236–42. 7 indexed citations

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Vanelli, Maurizio, et al.. (2014). "GIOCAMPUS" - An effective school-based intervention for breakfast promotion and overweight risk reduction.. PubMed. 84(3). 181–8. 3 indexed citations

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