Francesco Campa

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Francesco Campa is a scholar working on Physiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Campa has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Physiology, 62 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 6 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Francesco Campa's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (64 papers), Sports Performance and Training (59 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (33 papers). Francesco Campa is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (64 papers), Sports Performance and Training (59 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (33 papers). Francesco Campa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and United States. Francesco Campa's co-authors include Stefania Toselli, Analiza M. Silva, Catarina N. Matias, Giuseppe Coratella, Luís B. Sardinha, Luís Alberto Gobbo, Elisabetta Marini, Massimiliano Mazzilli, Silvia Stagi and Henry C. Lukaski and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Sensors and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Campa

87 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Assessment of Body Composition in Athletes: A Narrative Review of Available Methods with Special Reference to Quantitative and Qualitative Bioimpedance Analysis

2021 190 citations Francesco Campa, Stefania Toselli et al. Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Campa Italy	27	1.5k	1.1k	152	147	142	92	1.9k
João Pedro Nunes Brazil	22	593 0.4×	715 0.7×	21 0.1×	235 1.6×	221 1.6×	87	1.3k
Joseph L. Andreacci United States	16	514 0.4×	671 0.6×	34 0.2×	156 1.1×	156 1.1×	38	1.5k
Paolo M. Cunha Brazil	17	500 0.3×	226 0.2×	21 0.1×	145 1.0×	53 0.4×	50	866
Curt B. Dixon United States	12	314 0.2×	437 0.4×	17 0.1×	127 0.9×	105 0.7×	28	917
Denílson de Castro Teixeira Brazil	19	431 0.3×	167 0.2×	23 0.2×	86 0.6×	73 0.5×	58	1.1k
Gregory B. Dwyer United States	14	283 0.2×	316 0.3×	20 0.1×	44 0.3×	118 0.8×	34	876
Steven F. Siconolfi United States	12	452 0.3×	189 0.2×	33 0.2×	90 0.6×	53 0.4×	44	888
Kara I. Gallagher United States	12	562 0.4×	374 0.3×	6 0.0×	75 0.5×	95 0.7×	21	1.3k
Dieter Leyk Germany	19	291 0.2×	404 0.4×	8 0.1×	105 0.7×	158 1.1×	62	1.2k
Tom K. Tong Hong Kong	21	388 0.3×	429 0.4×	8 0.1×	93 0.6×	54 0.4×	46	1.3k

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Mascherini, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Reference Tolerance Ellipses in Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis Across General, Pediatric, Pathological, and Athletic Populations: A Scoping Review. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 10(4). 415–415.

Khazrai, Yeganeh Manon, et al.. (2025). The usefulness of the updated bioelectrical impedance vector analysis references for assessing malnutrition, sarcopenia and predicting mortality in hospitalized patients. Clinical Nutrition. 47. 187–195. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Ewan, Gustavo Adolfo Saavedra Pinto, Masatoshi Nakamura, et al.. (2025). Determinants of acute effects of stretching vs. foam rolling: Morphological, sensory and fluid responses. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 43. 130–136. 1 indexed citations

Campa, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Beyond somatotype categories: composition-based clustering of body types in young adults. Frontiers in Physiology. 16. 1722899–1722899.

Francisco, Rúben, Catarina L. Nunes, Francesco Campa, et al.. (2024). H2OAthletes study protocol: effects of hydration changes on neuromuscular function in athletes. British Journal Of Nutrition. 131(9). 1579–1590. 4 indexed citations

Holway, Francis E., et al.. (2024). Kinanthropometry and dietary habits of non-professional rugby players. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 6. 1439358–1439358. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Ewan, Antonino Patti, Pascal Izzicupo, et al.. (2024). Acute local and non-local morphological, sensory and fluid responses to stretching and foam rolling in young females. Heliyon. 10(20). e39023–e39023. 1 indexed citations

Annunziata, Giuseppe, Antonio Paoli, Evelyn Frías-Toral, et al.. (2024). Use of phase angle as an indicator of overtraining in sport and physical training. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 1084–1084. 6 indexed citations

Francisco, Rúben, Catarina L. Nunes, Francesco Campa, et al.. (2024). Comparison of series and parallel reactance to identify changes in intracellular water in response to physical training in athletes during a sports season. Nutrition. 123. 112414–112414. 1 indexed citations

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Piras, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) on Muscular Activation during Cycling: A Single-Blind Controlled Pilot Study. Healthcare. 11(6). 922–922. 11 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Giuseppe Coratella, Giuseppe Cerullo, et al.. (2023). New bioelectrical impedance vector references and phase angle centile curves in 4,367 adults: The need for an urgent update after 30 years. Clinical Nutrition. 42(9). 1749–1758. 38 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Catarina N. Matias, Tatiana Moro, et al.. (2023). Methods over Materials: The Need for Sport-Specific Equations to Accurately Predict Fat Mass Using Bioimpedance Analysis or Anthropometry. Nutrients. 15(2). 278–278. 18 indexed citations

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Nunes, João Pedro, João P. M. Araújo, Alex S. Ribeiro, et al.. (2022). Changes in Intra-to-Extra-Cellular Water Ratio and Bioelectrical Parameters from Day-Before to Day-Of Competition in Bodybuilders: A Pilot Study. Sports. 10(2). 23–23. 8 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Antonio Paoli, Francesco Casolo, et al.. (2022). Effect of resistance training on bioelectrical phase angle in older adults: a systematic review with Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. 24(3). 439–449. 28 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Diana M. Thomas, Krista Watts, et al.. (2022). Reference Percentiles for Bioelectrical Phase Angle in Athletes. Biology. 11(2). 264–264. 27 indexed citations

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Matias, Catarina N., Francesco Campa, Diana A. Santos, et al.. (2022). Development and Validation of an Anthropometric Equation to Predict Fat Mass Percentage in Professional and Semi-Professional Male Futsal Players. Nutrients. 14(21). 4514–4514. 9 indexed citations

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Stagi, Silvia, Analiza M. Silva, Francesco Campa, et al.. (2022). Usability of classic and specific bioelectrical impedance vector analysis in measuring body composition of children. Clinical Nutrition. 41(3). 673–679. 10 indexed citations

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Formenti, Damiano, Alessio Rossi, Tindaro Bongiovanni, et al.. (2021). Effects of Non-Sport-Specific Versus Sport-Specific Training on Physical Performance and Perceptual Response in Young Football Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1962–1962. 24 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Hannes Gatterer, Henry C. Lukaski, & Stefania Toselli. (2019). Stabilizing Bioimpedance-Vector-Analysis Measures With a 10-Minute Cold Shower After Running Exercise to Enable Assessment of Body Hydration. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 14(7). 1006–1009. 21 indexed citations

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Campa, Francesco, Catarina N. Matias, Elisabetta Marini, et al.. (2019). Identifying Athlete Body Fluid Changes During a Competitive Season With Bioelectrical Impedance Vector Analysis. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 15(3). 361–367. 57 indexed citations

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