Francesco Vergani

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Francesco Vergani is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Vergani has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Francesco Vergani's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (12 papers). Francesco Vergani is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Meningioma and schwannoma management (12 papers). Francesco Vergani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and France. Francesco Vergani's co-authors include Marco Catani, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Stephanie J. Forkel, Declan Murphy, Andrew Simmons, Prasun K. Roy, Harry Hodge, Romain Valabrègue and Farah Malik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Neurology and Journal of neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Vergani

31 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A lateralized brain network for visuospatial attention

2011 822 citations Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Flavio Dell’Acqua et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain

2011 559 citations Marco Catani, Flavio Dell’Acqua et al. Cortex profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Vergani United Kingdom	14	1.3k	900	220	194	162	39	1.9k
Yibao Wang China	15	773 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	122 0.6×	177 0.9×	170 1.0×	30	1.8k
Goran Vučurević Germany	27	1.1k 0.8×	805 0.9×	250 1.1×	594 3.1×	156 1.0×	65	2.2k
Silvio Sarubbo Italy	27	979 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	165 0.8×	146 0.8×	299 1.8×	72	2.0k
Alessandra Casarotti Italy	19	762 0.6×	664 0.7×	106 0.5×	160 0.8×	313 1.9×	34	1.5k
Yunting Zhang China	22	794 0.6×	477 0.5×	178 0.8×	162 0.8×	116 0.7×	45	1.5k
François Bonnetblanc France	19	1.0k 0.8×	496 0.6×	137 0.6×	199 1.0×	227 1.4×	50	1.5k
Marika Urbanski France	16	1.6k 1.3×	626 0.7×	179 0.8×	153 0.8×	160 1.0×	27	2.1k
Tuomas Neuvonen Finland	12	805 0.6×	485 0.5×	622 2.8×	100 0.5×	172 1.1×	21	1.4k
Henrietta Howells Italy	18	564 0.4×	420 0.5×	139 0.6×	92 0.5×	168 1.0×	36	972
Gabriele Polonara Italy	21	524 0.4×	381 0.4×	113 0.5×	192 1.0×	217 1.3×	82	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Vergani

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Plazier, Mark, Ismail Ughratdar, Francesco Vergani, et al.. (2025). Self-Assembling Peptide IEIK13 for Intraoperative Hemostasis in Cranial Neurosurgery: Clinical Trial on Efficacy and Safety. World Neurosurgery. 197. 123856–123856.

Mirza, Asfand Baig, Josephine Jung, Francesco Marchi, et al.. (2025). Preoperative and intraoperative neuromonitoring and mapping techniques impact oncological and functional outcomes in supratentorial function-eloquent brain tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 80. 103055–103055.

Schilling, Kurt G., Fan Zhang, Jacques‐Donald Tournier, et al.. (2025). Atlas-based templates vs. subject-specific tractography: resolving the debate. Brain Structure and Function. 230(7). 141–141.

Lavrador, José Pedro, et al.. (2024). MGMT methylation and its prognostic significance in inoperable IDH-wildtype glioblastoma: the MGMT-GBM study. Acta Neurochirurgica. 166(1). 394–394.

Jung, Josephine, José Pedro Lavrador, Kapil Rajwani, et al.. (2024). Asymmetry of the Frontal Aslant Tract and Development of Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome. Cancers. 16(22). 3739–3739. 2 indexed citations

Lavrador, José Pedro, Sabina Patel, Richard Gullan, et al.. (2023). Tractography-Enhanced Biopsy of Central Core Motor Eloquent Tumours: A Simulation-Based Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(3). 467–467. 1 indexed citations

Mirza, Asfand Baig, J. Jarosz, Richard Gullan, et al.. (2023). Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the Visual Pathway in Asleep Neuro-Oncology Surgery. Cancers. 15(15). 3943–3943. 3 indexed citations

Lavrador, José Pedro, et al.. (2020). Altered corticospinal microstructure and motor cortex excitability in gliomas: an advanced tractography and transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Journal of neurosurgery. 134(5). 1368–1376. 17 indexed citations

Lavrador, José Pedro, Francesco Vergani, Ranjeev Bhangoo, et al.. (2020). Primary Lumbar Paraganglioma: Clinical, Radiologic, Surgical, and Histopathologic Characteristics from a Case Series of 13 Patients. World Neurosurgery. 142. e66–e72. 6 indexed citations

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Jung, Josephine, Sabina Patel, Jordan Lam, et al.. (2018). First United Kingdom Experience of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Preoperative Mapping of Brain Tumors. World Neurosurgery. 122. e1578–e1587. 35 indexed citations

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Burford, Charlotte, John Hanrahan, Brandon Smith, et al.. (2018). Factors Influencing Medical Student Interest in a Career in Neurosurgery. World Neurosurgery. 122. e367–e374. 34 indexed citations

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Lavrador, José Pedro, Sabina Patel, Josephine Jung, et al.. (2018). Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patient with Cranioplasty in Situ: Safe and Accurate Procedure. World Neurosurgery. 122. 176–179. 1 indexed citations

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Forkel, Stephanie J., et al.. (2014). The white matter of the human cerebrum: Part I The occipital lobe by Heinrich Sachs. Cortex. 62. 182–202. 20 indexed citations

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Vergani, Francesco, et al.. (2014). Intralobar fibres of the occipital lobe: A post mortem dissection study. Cortex. 56. 145–156. 47 indexed citations

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Vergani, Francesco, Juan Martino, Catherine Gozé, Valérie Rigau, & Hugues Duffau. (2011). World Health Organization Grade II Gliomas and Subventricular Zone: Anatomic, Genetic, and Clinical Considerations. Neurosurgery. 68(5). 1293–1299. 14 indexed citations

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Catani, Marco, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Francesco Vergani, et al.. (2011). Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain. Cortex. 48(2). 273–291. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schotten, Michel Thiebaut de, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Stephanie J. Forkel, et al.. (2011). A lateralized brain network for visuospatial attention. Nature Neuroscience. 14(10). 1245–1246. 822 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martino, Juan, Francesco Vergani, Santiago Gil Robles, & Hugues Duffau. (2010). New Insights Into the Anatomic Dissection of the Temporal Stem With Special Emphasis on the Inferior Fronto-occipital Fasciculus. Operative Neurosurgery. 66(3). ons4–ons12. 91 indexed citations

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Pagni, Fabio, et al.. (2007). Malignant epidermoid cyst of the pineal region with lumbar metastasis. Neuropathology. 27(6). 566–569. 17 indexed citations

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Gialdroni-Grassi, G, Claudio Grassi, & Francesco Vergani. (2000). [Glucose tolerance tests during treatment with sulfonylurea: changes of blood levels of glucose, phosphorus, pyruvic acid & lactic acid].. PubMed. 11(5). 305–9.

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