Francesco Emma

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
184 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Francesco Emma is a scholar working on Nephrology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Emma has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Nephrology, 70 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 52 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Francesco Emma's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (61 papers), Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology (49 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (38 papers). Francesco Emma is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (61 papers), Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology (49 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (38 papers). Francesco Emma collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Belgium. Francesco Emma's co-authors include Marina Vivarelli, Kevin Strange, Paul Jackson, Laura Massella, Giovanni Montini, Leonardo Salviati, Barbara Ruggiero, Elena Levtchenko, Samir M. Parikh and Gian Marco Ghiggeri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Emma

177 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Cellular and molecular physiology of volume-sensitive anion channels

1996 535 citations Francesco Emma et al. profile →
Minimal Change Disease

2016 322 citations Marina Vivarelli, Laura Massella et al. profile →
Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphataemia

2019 316 citations Dieter Haffner, Francesco Emma et al. Nature Reviews Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Emma Italy	41	2.7k	2.4k	1.5k	945	812	184	6.3k
Robert Kleta United Kingdom	42	1.1k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	851 0.9×	863 1.1×	147	5.7k
Emile de Heer Netherlands	47	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	927 0.6×	608 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	204	8.5k
Liliane J. Striker United States	48	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	491 0.3×	592 0.6×	456 0.6×	115	6.9k
Hermann Pavenstädt Germany	41	4.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.2×	584 0.4×	266 0.3×	489 0.6×	122	7.6k
Maria Pia Rastaldi Italy	43	4.1k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	871 0.6×	262 0.3×	890 1.1×	120	7.3k
Hans J. Baelde Netherlands	41	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	405 0.3×	582 0.6×	814 1.0×	160	5.8k
Matsuhiko Hayashi Japan	46	1.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	498 0.3×	247 0.3×	675 0.8×	203	6.1k
Gavin I. Welsh United Kingdom	47	2.0k 0.8×	3.5k 1.5×	400 0.3×	216 0.2×	429 0.5×	141	6.6k
Paul Goodyer Canada	39	957 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	609 0.4×	899 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	137	5.0k
Zsuzsanna K. Zsengellér United States	39	622 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	541 0.3×	793 0.8×	480 0.6×	96	5.6k

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Seefried, Lothar, Ferdinando Aliberti, Martin Biosse Duplan, et al.. (2025). XLH Matters: an evolving programme to discuss new advances and share clinical experiences to improve patient outcomes. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 19(S2). 497–497.

Bökenkamp, Arend, Gema Ariceta, Detlef Böckenhauer, et al.. (2025). Dent disease: clinical practice recommendations. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 40(5). 852–864.

Trepiccione, Francesco, Irene Sambri, Barbara Ruggiero, et al.. (2024). RRAGD-Associated Autosomal Dominant Kidney Hypomagnesemia with Cardiomyopathy: A Review on the Clinical Manifestations and Therapeutic Options. Kidney & Blood Pressure Research. 49(1). 637–645. 1 indexed citations

Levtchenko, Elena, Gema Ariceta, Daniel G. Bichet, et al.. (2024). International expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin resistance). Nature Reviews Nephrology. 21(2). 83–96. 7 indexed citations

Bellomo, Francesco, Sara Cairoli, Cristiano De Stefanis, et al.. (2024). Ketogenic Diet and Progression of Kidney Disease in Animal Models of Nephropathic Cystinosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(11). 1493–1506. 6 indexed citations

Seefried, Lothar, Ali S. Alzahrani, Justine Bacchetta, et al.. (2023). XLH Matters 2022: Insights and recommendations to improve outcomes for people living with X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH). Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(S2). 333–333. 4 indexed citations

Antonucci, Luca, Manuela Colucci, Francesco Emma, & Marina Vivarelli. (2023). A pediatric case of IgA nephropathy benefitting from targeted release formulation–budesonide. Pediatric Nephrology. 38(11). 3849–3852. 4 indexed citations

Taranta, Anna, Elena Polishchuk, Valentina Doria, et al.. (2022). Genistein improves renal disease in a mouse model of nephropathic cystinosis: a comparison study with cysteamine. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(7). 1090–1101. 8 indexed citations

Bellomo, Francesco, Anna Taranta, Laura Giaquinto, et al.. (2021). Drug Repurposing in Rare Diseases: An Integrative Study of Drug Screening and Transcriptomic Analysis in Nephropathic Cystinosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12829–12829. 15 indexed citations

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Trepiccione, Francesco, Gema Ariceta, Olivia Boyer, et al.. (2021). Distal renal tubular acidosis: ERKNet/ESPN clinical practice points. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 36(9). 1585–1596. 25 indexed citations

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Elmonem, Mohamed A., Marine Berquez, Beatrice Paola Festa, et al.. (2020). Cell-Based Phenotypic Drug Screening Identifies Luteolin as Candidate Therapeutic for Nephropathic Cystinosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(7). 1522–1537. 34 indexed citations

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Bizzarri, Carla, Germana Giannone, Jacopo Gervasoni, et al.. (2020). Unusual Presentation of Denys-Drash Syndrome in a Girl with Undisclosed Consumption of Biotin. Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology. 13(3). 347–352. 1 indexed citations

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Servais, Aude, Kay Thomas, Luca Dello Strologo, et al.. (2020). Cystinuria: clinical practice recommendation. Kidney International. 99(1). 48–58. 65 indexed citations

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Haffner, Dieter, Francesco Emma, Deborah M. Eastwood, et al.. (2019). Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphataemia. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 15(7). 435–455. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gruppen, Mariken, Antonia H. Bouts, Patrick Niaudet, et al.. (2012). The levamisole study in steroid sensitive idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (SSINS): inclusion completed. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3 indexed citations

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Besouw, Martine, Jerry A. Schneider, Francesco Emma, et al.. (2012). Copper deficiency in cystinosis patients. Pediatric Nephrology. 27(9). 1634–1635. 2 indexed citations

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Besouw, Martine, Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, Jean-Paul Dutertre, et al.. (2010). Cysteamine Toxicity in Cystinosis Patients and Cultured Human Cells. Pediatric Nephrology. 25(10). 2197–2198. 1 indexed citations

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Walle, Johan Vande, Patrick Niaudet, Jean‐Claude Davin, et al.. (2009). ESPN-WINS : European working group on idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology. 24(9). 1807–1807. 2 indexed citations

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Lewis, Gareth, David A. Savage, C. C. Patterson, et al.. (2007). Genetics and development. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 22(suppl 6). vi3–vi4. 1 indexed citations

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Caridi, Gianluca, Monica Dagnino, Andrea Rossi, et al.. (2006). Nephronophthisis type 1 deletion syndrome with neurological symptoms: Prevalence and significance of the association. Kidney International. 70(7). 1342–1347. 28 indexed citations

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