Francesco Alessandri

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Francesco Alessandri is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Alessandri has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Infectious Diseases, 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 18 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Alessandri's work include COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (10 papers). Francesco Alessandri is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (14 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (11 papers) and Nosocomial Infections in ICU (10 papers). Francesco Alessandri collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Francesco Alessandri's co-authors include Francesco Pugliese, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Gabriella d’Ettorre, Mario Venditti, Alessandro Russo, Alessandra Oliva, Cristian Borrazzo, Gabriele d’Ettorre and Carlo Catalano and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Alessandri

67 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: correlation with disease severity and short-term prognosis

2020 460 citations Lucia Manganaro, Claudio Maria Mastroianni et al. profile →
Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Healthcare Workers Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

2021 196 citations Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Letizia Santinelli et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Alessandri Italy	21	867	442	317	298	283	73	2.1k
Adarsh Bhimraj United States	19	1.5k 1.7×	940 2.1×	612 1.9×	138 0.5×	166 0.6×	38	2.9k
Justin G. Aaron United States	8	1.1k 1.3×	655 1.5×	278 0.9×	130 0.4×	234 0.8×	18	1.7k
Hans Pargger Switzerland	29	904 1.0×	640 1.4×	720 2.3×	113 0.4×	811 2.9×	95	3.5k
Valéry Lavergne Canada	34	1.7k 1.9×	485 1.1×	776 2.4×	158 0.5×	183 0.6×	85	4.1k
Qingyuan Zhan China	24	855 1.0×	440 1.0×	675 2.1×	131 0.4×	305 1.1×	128	2.1k
Hossein Khalili Iran	27	1.0k 1.2×	322 0.7×	525 1.7×	82 0.3×	232 0.8×	169	3.1k
Ann C. Long United States	18	597 0.7×	248 0.6×	1.4k 4.5×	184 0.6×	585 2.1×	33	3.2k
Mirko Belliato Italy	24	953 1.1×	525 1.2×	230 0.7×	169 0.6×	208 0.7×	77	2.7k
Emily G. McDonald Canada	28	1.2k 1.4×	245 0.6×	655 2.1×	88 0.3×	175 0.6×	166	2.7k
Klaus Kaier Germany	29	444 0.5×	503 1.1×	742 2.3×	68 0.2×	208 0.7×	198	2.8k

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Alessandri, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Time to Intubation in Immunocompromised Patients. Minutes or Hours? That Is the Question. Critical Care Medicine. 53(3). e747–e748.

Giordano, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Heart Rate Variability During Weaning from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(24). 7634–7634. 1 indexed citations

Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Francesco Branda, Alessandra Ciccozzi, et al.. (2024). Reassessing the Risk of Severe Parvovirus B19 Infection in the Immunocompetent Population: A Call for Vigilance in the Wake of Resurgence. Viruses. 16(9). 1352–1352. 9 indexed citations

Santinelli, Letizia, Francesca Sciarra, Federica Frasca, et al.. (2023). Cellular Immune Profiling of Lung and Blood Compartments in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Pathogens. 12(3). 442–442. 5 indexed citations

Alessandri, Francesco, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Migliara, et al.. (2023). High Incidence of Candidemia in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Supported by Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Retrospective Study. Journal of Fungi. 9(1). 119–119. 11 indexed citations

Alessandri, Francesco, Matteo Di Nardo, Kollengode Ramanathan, Daniel Brodie, & Graeme MacLaren. (2023). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a narrative review. Journal of Intensive Care. 11(1). 5–5. 19 indexed citations

Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Francesco Alessandri, Giuseppe Migliara, et al.. (2023). Reduced Reliability of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a Biomarker of Bacterial Superinfection: Concerns about PCT-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients—Results from a Retrospective Observational Study in Intensive Care Units. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(19). 6171–6171. 3 indexed citations

Dezza, Francesco Cogliati, Federica Sacco, Agnese Viscido, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) bloodstream infections and related mortality in critically ill patients with CRAB colonization. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 5(4). dlad096–dlad096. 18 indexed citations

Ruberto, Franco, Francesco Alessandri, Daniele Diso, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative use of extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) and emergency ECMO requirement in patients undergoing lung transplant: a case-matched cohort retrospective study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 22–22.

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Borrazzo, Cristian, Paolo Vassalini, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, et al.. (2022). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Trajectories the Year after COVID-19 Hospitalization. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(14). 8452–8452. 13 indexed citations

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Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Francesco Alessandri, Sonia Moretti, et al.. (2022). Clinical Impact of Colonization with Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Critically Ill Patients Admitted for Severe Trauma. Pathogens. 11(11). 1295–1295. 6 indexed citations

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Anastasi, Emanuela, Lucia Manganaro, Miriam Dolciami, et al.. (2022). Association of serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 and chest CT as potential prognostic factors in severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary experience. La radiologia medica. 127(7). 725–732. 10 indexed citations

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Vassalini, Paolo, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, et al.. (2021). Depressive Symptoms among Individuals Hospitalized with COVID-19: Three-Month Follow-Up. Brain Sciences. 11(9). 1175–1175. 8 indexed citations

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Alessandri, Francesco, Rafael Badenes, & Federico Bilotta. (2021). Seizures and Sepsis: A Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(5). 1041–1041. 6 indexed citations

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Tarsitani, Lorenzo, Paolo Vassalini, Alexia E. Koukopoulos, et al.. (2021). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among COVID-19 Survivors at 3-Month Follow-up After Hospital Discharge. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(6). 1702–1707. 97 indexed citations

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Concistrè, Antonio, Francesco Alessandri, Enrica Rosato, et al.. (2021). A case of chronic systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) exacerbated during SARS-CoV2 infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Alessandri, Francesco, Guglielmo Tellan, Massimo Ralli, et al.. (2020). Awake fiberoptic intubation in patients with stenosis of the upper airways: Utility of the laryngeal nerve block.. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 171(4). e335–e339. 6 indexed citations

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Spaziante, Martina, Simone Giuliano, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, et al.. (2020). Gram-negative septic thrombosis in critically ill patients: A retrospective case–control study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 94. 110–115. 8 indexed citations

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Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Cristian Borrazzo, Francesco Alessandri, et al.. (2020). qSOFA as a new community-acquired pneumonia severity score in the emergency setting. Emergency Medicine Journal. 38(12). 906–912. 8 indexed citations

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Alessandri, Francesco, et al.. (2008). Perioperative Management in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Surgery: The Anesthesiologist's Point of View. Transplantation Proceedings. 40(4). 1195–1199. 22 indexed citations

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