Francesco Gianfagna

25.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Francesco Gianfagna is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Gianfagna has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Gianfagna's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (6 papers). Francesco Gianfagna is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (8 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (6 papers). Francesco Gianfagna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belgium and Spain. Francesco Gianfagna's co-authors include Stefania Boccia, Walter Ricciardi, Licia Iacoviello, Giovanni de Gaetano, Chiara Cerletti, Giuseppe La Torre, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Angelo Tagliabue, Andreina Baj and Lorenzo Azzi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Gianfagna

85 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Saliva is a reliable tool to detect SARS-CoV-2

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Gianfagna Italy	26	532	466	318	288	233	87	2.4k
Raffaele La Russa Italy	24	423 0.8×	409 0.9×	184 0.6×	141 0.5×	136 0.6×	127	2.1k
Aniello Maiese Italy	21	427 0.8×	330 0.7×	213 0.7×	138 0.5×	111 0.5×	118	1.8k
Helmuth Haslacher Austria	26	628 1.2×	212 0.5×	375 1.2×	236 0.8×	114 0.5×	139	2.6k
Angela J. Fought United States	26	244 0.5×	290 0.6×	275 0.9×	754 2.6×	154 0.7×	105	2.6k
‬‬‬‬Abdulla Watad Israel	42	446 0.8×	639 1.4×	527 1.7×	179 0.6×	211 0.9×	235	5.3k
Jing Xu China	28	581 1.1×	463 1.0×	207 0.7×	181 0.6×	174 0.7×	132	2.8k
Κassem Sharif Israel	27	1.4k 2.7×	486 1.0×	282 0.9×	113 0.4×	156 0.7×	101	3.7k
Coziana Ciurtin United Kingdom	24	629 1.2×	390 0.8×	227 0.7×	96 0.3×	195 0.8×	154	2.8k
James G. Taylor United States	38	233 0.4×	731 1.6×	164 0.5×	107 0.4×	279 1.2×	132	4.1k
Safeera Khan United States	23	226 0.4×	390 0.8×	239 0.8×	107 0.4×	139 0.6×	222	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Gianfagna

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Giusti, Emanuele Maria, Giovanni Veronesi, Andrea Mancini, et al.. (2025). Circulating bile acids and HOMA-IR: cross-sectional results from the RoCAV population-based study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1656942–1656942.

Bonaccio, Marialaura, Francesco Gianfagna, Simona Costanzo, et al.. (2024). Association of perceived mental health with mortality, and analysis of potential pathways in Italian men and women: Prospective results from the Moli-sani Study cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders. 360. 403–411. 1 indexed citations

Ietto, Giuseppe, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Francesco Gianfagna, et al.. (2024). Torque Teno Virus: A Promising Biomarker in Kidney Transplant Recipients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(14). 7744–7744. 4 indexed citations

Giusti, Emanuele Maria, et al.. (2024). Perceived work stressors and the transition to burnout among nurses in response to the pandemic: implications for healthcare organizations. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 50(3). 158–167. 5 indexed citations

Giusti, Emanuele Maria, Giovanni Veronesi, Francesco Gianfagna, et al.. (2024). The independent and interactive effects of changes in overtime and night shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic on burnout among nurses: a longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 50(6). 475–484. 2 indexed citations

Veronesi, Giovanni, Maurizio Ferrario, Emanuele Maria Giusti, et al.. (2023). Systematic Violence Monitoring to Reduce Underreporting and to Better Inform Workplace Violence Prevention Among Health Care Workers: Before-and-After Prospective Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e47377–e47377. 15 indexed citations

Azzi, Lorenzo, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Giovanni Veronesi, et al.. (2023). Mucosal immune response after the booster dose of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine. EBioMedicine. 88. 104435–104435. 23 indexed citations

Bonaccio, Marialaura, Francesco Gianfagna, Chiara Stival, et al.. (2022). Changes in a Mediterranean lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic among elderly Italians: an analysis of gender and socioeconomic inequalities in the “LOST in Lombardia” study. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 73(5). 683–692. 10 indexed citations

Bonaccio, Marialaura, Simona Costanzo, Francesca Bracone, et al.. (2022). Psychological Resilience, Cardiovascular Disease, and Metabolic Disturbances: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 817298–817298. 20 indexed citations

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Azzi, Lorenzo, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Giovanni Veronesi, et al.. (2021). Mucosal immune response in BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine recipients. EBioMedicine. 75. 103788–103788. 142 indexed citations

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Lasalvia, Paolo, Francesco Gianfagna, Giovanni Veronesi, et al.. (2020). Identification of dietary patterns in a general population of North Italian adults and their association with arterial stiffness. The RoCAV study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 31(1). 44–51. 11 indexed citations

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Azzi, Lorenzo, Giulio Carcano, Francesco Gianfagna, et al.. (2020). Saliva is a reliable tool to detect SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Infection. 81(1). e45–e50. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gianfagna, Francesco, Giovanni Veronesi, Lorenza Bertù, et al.. (2016). Influence of sleep disturbances on age at onset and long-term incidence of major cardiovascular events: the MONICA-Brianza and PAMELA cohort studies. Sleep Medicine. 21. 126–132. 30 indexed citations

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Veronesi, Giovanni, Francesco Gianfagna, Lloyd E. Chambless, et al.. (2013). Long-term prediction of major coronary or ischaemic stroke event in a low-incidence Southern European population: model development and evaluation of clinical utility. BMJ Open. 3(11). e003630–e003630. 7 indexed citations

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Gianfagna, Francesco, Branislav Vohnout, Marilena Crescente, et al.. (2012). Heritability, genetic correlation and linkage to the 9p21.3 region of mixed platelet–leukocyte conjugates in families with and without early myocardial infarction. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 23(7). 684–692. 8 indexed citations

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Gianfagna, Francesco, Daniela Cugino, Iolanda Santimone, & Licia Iacoviello. (2011). From candidate gene to genome-wide association studies in cardiovascular disease. Thrombosis Research. 129(3). 320–324. 20 indexed citations

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Cugino, Daniela, Francesco Gianfagna, Iolanda Santimone, et al.. (2011). Type 2 diabetes and polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21: A meta-analysis. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 22(8). 619–625. 39 indexed citations

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Iacoviello, Licia, Branislav Vohnout, Francesco Gianfagna, et al.. (2009). Genetic regulation of inflammation-mediated haemostasis activation: a family-based approach. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 7. 1 indexed citations

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Boccia, Stefania, Angelo De Lauretis, Francesco Gianfagna, Cornelia M. van Duijn, & Walter Ricciardi. (2006). CYP2E1PstI/RsaI polymorphism and interaction with tobacco, alcohol and GSTs in gastric cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis of the literature. Carcinogenesis. 28(1). 101–106. 37 indexed citations

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Cugini, P, Mirella Cilli, Piercarlo Ceccotti, et al.. (1998). Daily hunger sensation and body composition: I. Their relationships in clinically healthy subjects. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity. 3(4). 168–172. 16 indexed citations

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