Francesco Ferro

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Francesco Ferro is a scholar working on Physiology, Rheumatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Ferro has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Physiology, 34 papers in Rheumatology and 32 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Francesco Ferro's work include Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (44 papers), Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (27 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (21 papers). Francesco Ferro is often cited by papers focused on Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (44 papers), Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment (27 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (21 papers). Francesco Ferro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Greece. Francesco Ferro's co-authors include Chiara Baldini, Elena Elefante, Marta Mosca, Rosaria Talarico, Nicoletta Luciano, Giovanni Fulvio, Chiara Tani, Elena Bartoloni, Gaetano La Rocca and Stefano Bombardieri and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Ferro

103 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Update on the pathophysiology and treatment of primary Sjögren syndrome

2024 58 citations Chiara Baldini, Giovanni Fulvio et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Ferro Italy	28	692	453	391	276	267	110	1.7k
A. Hamzaoui Tunisia	28	717 1.0×	552 1.2×	296 0.8×	471 1.7×	797 3.0×	169	2.6k
Andrea Gallo Italy	32	542 0.8×	437 1.0×	860 2.2×	216 0.8×	161 0.6×	119	3.2k
Matteo Trimarchi Italy	21	202 0.3×	282 0.6×	700 1.8×	98 0.4×	98 0.4×	78	1.8k
C.L. Benhamou France	21	285 0.4×	710 1.6×	503 1.3×	133 0.5×	73 0.3×	37	2.1k
Francesca de Terlizzi Italy	27	241 0.3×	108 0.2×	408 1.0×	127 0.5×	226 0.8×	102	2.2k
Douglas D. Reh United States	25	341 0.5×	231 0.5×	1.4k 3.5×	86 0.3×	151 0.6×	78	2.9k
Min-Suk Heo South Korea	29	123 0.2×	345 0.8×	389 1.0×	85 0.3×	52 0.2×	169	3.3k
Jürgen Hoffmann Germany	37	280 0.4×	163 0.4×	1.8k 4.6×	223 0.8×	102 0.4×	272	4.6k
Petra Ambrosch Germany	30	708 1.0×	387 0.9×	1.4k 3.6×	81 0.3×	240 0.9×	99	3.4k
David Holzmann Switzerland	30	360 0.5×	257 0.6×	1.2k 3.0×	67 0.2×	173 0.6×	131	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Ferro

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Delvino, Paolo, Chiara Baldini, Martina Bonacini, et al.. (2025). Systemic vasculitis: one year in review 2025. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 43(4). 553–562. 1 indexed citations

Elefante, Elena, Davide Schiliró, Maria Laura Manca, et al.. (2025). Different phenotypes of severe flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results of a clustering analysis in a monocentric cohort. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1673350–1673350.

Sambataro, Domenico, Stefano Palmucci, Francesco Pallotti, et al.. (2025). Immunosuppressive Therapy for Usual Interstitial Pneumonia in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Review. Medicina. 61(4). 599–599.

Saraux, Alain, Guillermo Carvajal Alegria, Dewi Guellec, et al.. (2024). Reliability Exercise of Ultrasound Salivary Glands in Sjögren’s Disease: An International Web Training Initiative. Rheumatology and Therapy. 11(2). 411–423. 1 indexed citations

Rocca, Gaetano La, Francesco Ferro, Gianluca Sambataro, et al.. (2024). Interstitial Lung Disease Phenotypes and Predictive Risk Factors in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(16). 4963–4963. 2 indexed citations

Tani, Chiara, Viola Signorini, Dina Zucchi, et al.. (2024). When is the right time to change therapy? An observational study of the time to response to immunosuppressive drugs in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus Science & Medicine. 11(2). e001207–e001207.

Elefante, Elena, Davide Schiliró, Viola Signorini, et al.. (2024). Impact of disease activity patterns on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus Science & Medicine. 11(2). e001202–e001202. 5 indexed citations

Ferro, Francesco, Gaetano La Rocca, Elena Elefante, et al.. (2024). Pleural Irregularities: A new ultrasound marker for lung involvement in primary Sjögren's disease. Joint Bone Spine. 92(2). 105820–105820. 1 indexed citations

Moretti, Michele, Elena Elefante, Gaetano La Rocca, et al.. (2024). The role of tobacco smoking in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a systematic review. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 42(7). 1321–1332. 3 indexed citations

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Fulvio, Giovanni, et al.. (2023). POS1461 ADVANTAGES OF DOPPLER IN LABIAL SALIVARY GLAND ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND: CORRELATIONS WITH HISTOLOGICAL INFLAMMATION, pSS DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE ACTIVITY, AND PROGNOSIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 1085–1085. 1 indexed citations

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Trentin, Francesca, Viola Signorini, Maria Laura Manca, et al.. (2023). Gender differences in SLE: report from a cohort of 417 Caucasian patients. Lupus Science & Medicine. 10(1). e000880–e000880. 13 indexed citations

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Tani, Chiara, Elena Elefante, Linda Carli, et al.. (2023). Which extra-renal flare is ‘difficult to treat’ in systemic lupus erythematosus? A one-year longitudinal study comparing traditional and machine learning approaches. Lara D. Veeken. 63(2). 376–384. 6 indexed citations

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Zucchi, Dina, Chiara Tani, Francesca Trentin, et al.. (2023). POS1483 IS EARLY REMISSION A PREDICTIVE FACTOR FOR STEROID-FREE REMISSION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERITHEMATOSUS? A REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE FROM A MONOCENTRIC COHORT. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 1097–1098.

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Cecchettini, Antonella, Elena Michelucci, Giovanni Signore, et al.. (2022). Salivary Proteomics Markers for Preclinical Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Biomolecules. 12(6). 738–738. 11 indexed citations

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Signorini, Viola, Chiara Tani, Elena Elefante, et al.. (2021). How do systemic lupus erythematosus patients with very-long disease duration present? Analysis of a monocentric cohort. Lupus. 30(3). 439–447.

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Elefante, Elena, Chiara Tani, Chiara Stagnaro, et al.. (2020). Impact of fatigue on health-related quality of life and illness perception in a monocentric cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. RMD Open. 6(1). e001133–e001133. 32 indexed citations

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Elefante, Elena, Chiara Tani, Chiara Stagnaro, et al.. (2020). Articular involvement, steroid treatment and fibromyalgia are the main determinants of patient-physician discordance in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 22(1). 241–241. 27 indexed citations

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Gallo, Alessia, Serena Vella, Fabio Tuzzolino, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA-mediated Regulation of Mucin-type O-glycosylation Pathway: A Putative Mechanism of Salivary Gland Dysfunction in Sjögren Syndrome. The Journal of Rheumatology. 46(11). 1485–1494. 10 indexed citations

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Baldini, Chiara, Francesco Ferro, Marta Mosca, Poupak Fallahi, & Alessandro Antonelli. (2018). The Association of Sjögren Syndrome and Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 121–121. 28 indexed citations

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Ferro, Francesco, et al.. (2004). Il melone d'inverno conquista proseliti. 33(3). 44–46. 1 indexed citations

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