Francesco Ursini

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Francesco Ursini is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Surgery and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Ursini has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Rheumatology, 21 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Ursini's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (30 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (15 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (15 papers). Francesco Ursini is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (30 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (15 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (15 papers). Francesco Ursini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Francesco Ursini's co-authors include Roberto Giacomelli, Rosa Daniela Grembiale, Saverio Naty, Piero Ruscitti, Paola Cipriani, Giovambattista De Sarro, Jacopo Ciaffi, Emilio Russo, Onorina Berardicurti and Riccardo Melicòni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Ursini

121 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Beyond the joints, the extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis

2020 241 citations Alessandro Conforti, Ilenia Di Cola et al. profile →

Peers

Francesco Ursini

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Manuela Di Franco Italy

Seong‐Kyu Kim South Korea

Stacey S. Cofield United States

Maria Teresa Garcı́a-Unzueta Spain

Cristina Iannuccelli Italy

Antonios Stavropoulos‐Kalinoglou United Kingdom

Daniel Zehnder United Kingdom

Maria Andersson Sweden

Idit Lavi Israel

Björn Guðbjörnsson Iceland

Manuela Di Franco Italy

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449 ×1.1

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765 ×2.0

PMH

464 ×1.4

350 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Francesco Ursini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesco Ursini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Ursini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesco Ursini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesco Ursini based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francesco Ursini. Francesco Ursini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ciaffi, Jacopo, Giovanni Trisolino, Elisa Storni, et al.. (2025). Ten-Year Experience with Native Joint Septic Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Center. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(18). 6403–6403.

Ciaffi, Jacopo, Francesco Ursini, Giuliano Peta, et al.. (2025). Bridging the gap to arthroplasty: genicular artery embolization and semaglutide in a patient with severe obesity and refractory knee osteoarthritis. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 54(6). 478–480.

Ursini, Francesco, et al.. (2025). A precision approach: selective genicular artery embolization for knee pain in chronic tophaceous gout. Lara D. Veeken. 64(8). 4865–4866.

D’Onghia, Martina, Francesco Ursini, Élisa Cinotti, et al.. (2024). Psoriasis and Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(2). 165–165. 5 indexed citations

Ciaffi, Jacopo, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, Eva M. Hoekstra, et al.. (2024). Untangling the relationship between smoking and systemic sclerosis: an analysis of the EUSTAR cohort. RMD Open. 10(2). e004101–e004101. 3 indexed citations

Assirelli, Elisa, Jacopo Ciaffi, Veronica Brusi, et al.. (2024). PIM Kinases as Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Arthritides. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3123–3123. 2 indexed citations

Raimondo, Vincenzo, Maurizio Caminiti, Domenico Olivo, et al.. (2024). Real-Life Use of Filgotinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(23). 7185–7185.

Ciaffi, Jacopo, Lucia Lisi, Luana Mancarella, et al.. (2023). Efficacy, safety and tolerability of very low-calorie ketogenic diet in obese women with fibromyalgia: a pilot interventional study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1219321–1219321. 7 indexed citations

Ciaffi, Jacopo, Luana Mancarella, Veronica Brusi, et al.. (2023). Post-Acute COVID-19 Joint Pain and New Onset of Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Systematic Review. Diagnostics. 13(11). 1850–1850. 20 indexed citations

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Conforti, Alessandro, Federico Bruno, Damiano Currado, et al.. (2023). The assessment of atlantoaxial joint involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, results from an observational “real-life” study. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20146–20146. 2 indexed citations

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González‐Lorenzo, Marien, Francesco Ursini, Cesare Faldini, et al.. (2023). Acupuncture as an alternative or in addition to conventional treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Integrative Medicine Research. 12(3). 100972–100972. 16 indexed citations

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D’Onghia, Martina, Jacopo Ciaffi, Lucia Lisi, et al.. (2021). Fibromyalgia and obesity: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 51(2). 409–424. 68 indexed citations

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Ciaffi, Jacopo, et al.. (2021). May polyenthesitis follow COVID-19?. Joint Bone Spine. 88(3). 105158–105158. 2 indexed citations

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Chiaravalloti, Agostino, et al.. (2019). Overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with primary brain tumors after treatment: is the outcome of [18F] FDOPA PET a prognostic factor in these patients?. Annals of Nuclear Medicine. 33(7). 471–480. 9 indexed citations

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Ruscitti, Piero, Francesco Ursini, Paola Cipriani, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis. Medicine. 96(34). e7896–e7896. 39 indexed citations

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Ursini, Francesco, Saverio Naty, Caterina Bruno, & Rosa Daniela Grembiale. (2017). Old But Good: Modified-Release Prednisone in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials. 12(2). 124–128. 13 indexed citations

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Ursini, Francesco, Franco Arturi, Salvatore D’Angelo, et al.. (2016). High Prevalence of Achilles Tendon Enthesopathic Changes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Without Peripheral Neuropathy. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 107(2). 99–105. 16 indexed citations

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Ursini, Francesco, Alessandro Grembiale, Saverio Naty, & Rosa Daniela Grembiale. (2013). Serum complement C3 correlates with insulin resistance in never treated psoriatic arthritis patients. Clinical Rheumatology. 33(12). 1759–1764. 23 indexed citations

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Ursini, Francesco, et al.. (2012). Improvement in insulin resistance after short-term treatment with abatacept: case report and short review. Clinical Rheumatology. 31(9). 1401–1402. 23 indexed citations

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Ursini, Francesco, et al.. (2009). Nutritional Supplementation for Osteoarthritis. Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 15(4). 173–177. 6 indexed citations

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