Francesco Prada

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Francesco Prada is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Prada has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 31 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Francesco Prada's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (30 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (21 papers). Francesco Prada is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (30 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (21 papers). Francesco Prada collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Francesco Prada's co-authors include Francesco DiMeco, Massimiliano Del Bene, Ignazio G. Vetrano, Marco Saini, Luca Mattei, Federico Legnani, Cecilia Casali, Alessandro Perin, Andrea Saladino and Luigi Solbiati and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Prada

100 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disorders: Exploring mitochondrial transplantation

2020 231 citations Pedro Norat, Sauson Soldozy et al. npj Regenerative Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Prada Italy	27	719	709	658	506	414	105	2.3k
Yoshinaga Kajimoto Japan	28	560 0.8×	434 0.6×	548 0.8×	470 0.9×	180 0.4×	89	2.1k
Mark G. Burnett United States	17	313 0.4×	600 0.8×	249 0.4×	339 0.7×	417 1.0×	35	1.8k
Wai Hoe Ng Singapore	27	264 0.4×	260 0.4×	648 1.0×	504 1.0×	407 1.0×	115	2.3k
Dilantha B. Ellegala United States	22	390 0.5×	286 0.4×	310 0.5×	480 0.9×	573 1.4×	55	2.5k
Henk van Santbrink Netherlands	19	249 0.3×	448 0.6×	303 0.5×	1.0k 2.0×	683 1.6×	67	2.2k
Marcel A. Kamp Germany	28	474 0.7×	275 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	757 1.5×	180 0.4×	139	2.6k
Clifford J. Eskey United States	22	156 0.2×	536 0.8×	447 0.7×	624 1.2×	306 0.7×	58	1.9k
Xiaoyuan Feng China	23	210 0.3×	467 0.7×	381 0.6×	229 0.5×	129 0.3×	106	1.5k
Ralf‐Ingo Ernestus Germany	30	142 0.2×	400 0.6×	527 0.8×	926 1.8×	544 1.3×	145	2.8k
William C. Olivero United States	29	178 0.2×	282 0.4×	365 0.6×	608 1.2×	344 0.8×	77	2.4k

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Slika, Hasan, Danielle Golub, Michael Schulder, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic insights and basis for real-time monitoring and closed-loop feedback control in sonodynamic therapy for glioblastoma. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 190. 118433–118433. 1 indexed citations

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

Porto, Edoardo, Giorgio Fiore, Massimiliano Del Bene, et al.. (2025). Spheno-orbital meningiomas: predictors of recurrence and novel strategies for surgical management. Journal of neurosurgery. 143(2). 365–374.

Uva, Laura, Francesco Guidi, Piero Tortoli, et al.. (2025). Ultrasound guided blood brain barrier opening using a diagnostic probe in a whole brain model. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10674–10674. 1 indexed citations

Pellegatta, Serena, Edoardo Porto, Giovanni Durando, et al.. (2024). The Immunomodulatory Effects of Fluorescein-Mediated Sonodynamic Treatment Lead to Systemic and Intratumoral Depletion of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in a Preclinical Malignant Glioma Model. Cancers. 16(4). 792–792. 6 indexed citations

Padayachy, Llewellyn & Francesco Prada. (2024). Multimodality Structural and Functional Monitoring in Brain Tumor Surgery: The Role of IONM and IOUS. Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery. 53. 1–12. 1 indexed citations

Padilla, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Theranostics in the vasculature: bioeffects of ultrasound and microbubbles to induce vascular shutdown. Theranostics. 13(12). 4079–4101. 31 indexed citations

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

Jacobsen, Niels, Christian Nolsøe, Lars Konge, et al.. (2021). Development of and Gathering Validity Evidence for a Theoretical Test in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 48(2). 248–256. 1 indexed citations

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Norat, Pedro, Sauson Soldozy, Jennifer D. Sokolowski, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disorders: Exploring mitochondrial transplantation. npj Regenerative Medicine. 5(1). 22–22. 231 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vetrano, Ignazio G., Antonio Giulio Gennari, Alessandra Erbetta, et al.. (2020). Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Assisted Surgery of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: Analysis of Technical Benefits and Intra-operative Microbubble Distribution Characteristics. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 47(3). 398–407. 9 indexed citations

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Pinzi, Valentina, et al.. (2018). Radiotherapy of meningioma: a treatment in need of radiobiological research. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 94(7). 621–627. 10 indexed citations

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Franzini, Andrea, Federico Legnani, Elena Beretta, et al.. (2018). Piezoelectric Surgery for Dorsal Spine. World Neurosurgery. 114. 58–62. 18 indexed citations

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Vetrano, Ignazio G., Francesco Prada, Alessandro Perin, et al.. (2018). Piezosurgery for Infra- and Supratentorial Craniotomies in Brain Tumor Surgery. World Neurosurgery. 122. e1398–e1404. 9 indexed citations

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Mattei, Luca, Francesco Prada, Marcello Marchetti, Paola Gaviani, & Francesco DiMeco. (2017). Differentiating brain radionecrosis from tumour recurrence: a role for contrast-enhanced ultrasound?. Acta Neurochirurgica. 159(12). 2405–2408. 7 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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Legnani, Federico, Andrea Saladino, Cecilia Casali, et al.. (2013). Craniotomy vs. craniectomy for posterior fossa tumors: a prospective study to evaluate complications after surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica. 155(12). 2281–2286. 43 indexed citations

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Prada, Francesco, Andrea Saladino, S. Giombini, et al.. (2012). Spinal cord herniation: Management and outcome in a series of 12 consecutives patients and review of the literature. Acta Neurochirurgica. 154(4). 723–730. 26 indexed citations

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Caroli, Manuela, Marco Locatelli, Francesco Prada, et al.. (2005). Surgery for intracranial meningiomas in the elderly: a clinical—radiological grading system as a predictor of outcome. Journal of neurosurgery. 102(2). 290–294. 59 indexed citations

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Prada, Francesco, et al.. (2001). The retinoid fenretinide inhibits proliferation and downregulates cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression in human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines. Cancer Letters. 164(1). 15–23. 21 indexed citations

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