Francesco DiMeco

56.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Francesco DiMeco is a scholar working on Genetics, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco DiMeco has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Genetics, 43 papers in Surgery and 39 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Francesco DiMeco's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (59 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (37 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (19 papers). Francesco DiMeco is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (59 papers), Meningioma and schwannoma management (37 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (19 papers). Francesco DiMeco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Francesco DiMeco's co-authors include Angelo L. Vescovi, Elena Binda, Angela Gritti, Rossella Galli, Chiara Foroni, Barbara Cipelletti, Ugo Orfanelli, Sara Piccirillo, Alessandro Olivi and Francesco Prada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Francesco DiMeco

159 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

Isolation and Characterization of Tumorigenic, Stem-like Neural Precursors from Human Glioblastoma

2004 2.0k citations Elena Binda, Francesco DiMeco et al. Cancer Research profile →
Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells

2006 914 citations Elena Binda, Giovanni Broggi et al. profile →
NOTCH Pathway Blockade Depletes CD133-Positive Glioblastoma Cells and Inhibits Growth of Tumor Neurospheres and Xenografts

2009 506 citations Xing Fan, Thant S. Zhu et al. profile →

Peers

Francesco DiMeco

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ONCOL

Ryo Nishikawa Japan

Emmanuelle di Tomaso United States

Steven Brem United States

Chetan Bettegowda United States

Manmeet S. Ahluwalia United States

Daniel P. Cahill United States

Jeffrey N. Bruce United States

Annick Desjardins United States

Roberto Pallini Italy

Shakti Ramkissoon United States

Ryo Nishikawa Japan

Francesco DiMeco

3.3k ×0.9

4.3k ×1.4

GENET

2.1k ×0.7

ONCOL

1.9k ×1.1

513 ×0.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Francesco DiMeco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco DiMeco

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Tariciotti, Leonardo, B. Patel, J. Manuel Revuelta Barbero, et al.. (2025). Volume of Operative Maneuverability as a New Measurement in Neuroanatomical Research: A Methodological Quantitative Study and Translational Use in the Operating Room. World Neurosurgery. 196. 123761–123761.

Mazurek, Mercy H., Llewellyn Padayachy, Alessandro Perin, et al.. (2025). An International Course on Intraoperative Ultrasound in Neurosurgery: Evaluation of a Multicenter, Hands-On Course in Promoting Familiarity and Use of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Neurosurgery. World Neurosurgery. 204. 124524–124524. 1 indexed citations

Cepeda, Santiago, O Esteban Sinovas, Prakash Shetty, et al.. (2025). Real-time brain tumor detection in intraoperative ultrasound: From model training to deployment in the operating room. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 193. 110481–110481. 1 indexed citations

Laurentis, Camilla de, M.P. Bussa, Laura Antolini, et al.. (2025). Comparison of operative microscope and exoscope for execution of microanastomoses on an artificial model. Frontiers in Surgery. 12. 1573333–1573333.

Cepeda, Santiago, O Esteban Sinovas, Aliasgar Moiyadi, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Modeling of Overall Survival in Glioblastoma Using Radiomic Features Derived from Intraoperative Ultrasound: A Multi-Institutional Study. Cancers. 17(2). 280–280.

Restelli, Francesco, Morgan Broggi, Marco Gemma, et al.. (2025). The Use of a 405-nm Blue Light System in a Neurosurgical Department as an Adjunct for Lowering Environmental Contamination and Perioperative Infections: Results from a Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Neurosurgery. 97(3). 727–735.

Porto, Edoardo, Cecilia Casali, Mario Stanziano, et al.. (2025). Evolution of Surgical Approaches for Trigeminal Schwannomas: A Meta-Regression Analysis from Past to Present. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(13). 4488–4488.

Porto, Edoardo, Giulio Bertani, Hani J. Marcus, et al.. (2024). The burden of skull base chordomas: insights from a meta-analysis of observational studies. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 56(5). E13–E13. 3 indexed citations

Pascuzzo, Riccardo, Domenico Aquino, Marco Moscatelli, et al.. (2024). The Role of Amide Proton Transfer (APT)-Weighted Imaging in Glioma: Assessment of Tumor Grading, Molecular Profile and Survival in Different Tumor Components. Cancers. 16(17). 3014–3014. 1 indexed citations

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Visioli, Alberto, Fabrizio Giani, Massimiliano Copetti, et al.. (2023). Different states of stemness of glioblastoma stem cells sustain glioblastoma subtypes indicating novel clinical biomarkers and high-efficacy customized therapies. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 42(1). 244–244. 5 indexed citations

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Moiraghi, Alessandro, Valentina Baro, Alberto Delaidelli, et al.. (2022). Surgical Treatment of Spinal Meningiomas in the Elderly (≥75 Years): Which Factors Affect the Neurological Outcome? An International Multicentric Study of 72 Cases. Cancers. 14(19). 4790–4790. 7 indexed citations

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Restelli, Francesco, Jacopo Falco, Morgan Broggi, et al.. (2022). Sporadic and von Hippel–Lindau Related Hemangioblastomas of Brain and Spinal Cord: Multimodal Imaging for Intraoperative Strategy. Cancers. 14(22). 5492–5492. 4 indexed citations

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Shofty, Ben, et al.. (2022). Predicting EGFR mutation status by a deep learning approach in patients with non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 157(1). 63–69. 20 indexed citations

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Perin, Alessandro, Andrea Saladino, Luca Mattei, et al.. (2021). The “STARS-CASCADE” Study: Virtual Reality Simulation as a New Training Approach in Vascular Neurosurgery. World Neurosurgery. 154. e130–e146. 15 indexed citations

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Osti, Daniela, Massimiliano Del Bene, Germana Rappa, et al.. (2018). Clinical Significance of Extracellular Vesicles in Plasma from Glioblastoma Patients. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(1). 266–276. 212 indexed citations

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Munzone, Elisabetta, Cecilia Casali, Gaetano Aurilio, et al.. (2016). ecancermedicalscience. ecancermedicalscience. 7. 309–309. 1 indexed citations

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Mattei, Luca, Francesco Prada, Federico Legnani, et al.. (2016). Neurosurgical tools to extend tumor resection in hemispheric low-grade gliomas: conventional and contrast enhanced ultrasonography. Child s Nervous System. 32(10). 1907–1914. 19 indexed citations

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Zhu, Thant S., Mark A. Costello, Caroline E. Talsma, et al.. (2011). Endothelial Cells Create a Stem Cell Niche in Glioblastoma by Providing NOTCH Ligands That Nurture Self-Renewal of Cancer Stem-Like Cells. Cancer Research. 71(18). 6061–6072. 293 indexed citations

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Rhines, Laurence D., Prakash Sampath, Francesco DiMeco, et al.. (2003). Local Immunotherapy with Interleukin-2 Delivered from Biodegradable Polymer Microspheres Combined with Interstitial Chemotherapy: A Novel Treatment for Experimental Malignant Glioma. Neurosurgery. 52(4). 872–880. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Khan W., Elisa Ciceri, Giovanni Lasio, C. L. Solero, & Francesco DiMeco. (2003). Shunt Migration into the Sphenoid Sinus: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 53(2). 441–443. 1 indexed citations

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