Francis A. Cucinotta

19.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
374 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Francis A. Cucinotta is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis A. Cucinotta has authored 374 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 138 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 80 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francis A. Cucinotta's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (264 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (98 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (70 papers). Francis A. Cucinotta is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (264 papers), Effects of Radiation Exposure (98 papers) and Radiation Dose and Imaging (70 papers). Francis A. Cucinotta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Francis A. Cucinotta's co-authors include Marco Durante, John Wilson, Myung‐Hee Y. Kim, K. George, Lori J. Chappell, Eliedonna Cacao, H. Nikjoo, Ianik Plante, Dimitris Emfietzoglou and Lawrence W. Townsend and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Francis A. Cucinotta

361 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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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.

Cancer risk from exposure to galactic cosmic rays: implications for space exploration by human beings

2006 509 citations Francis A. Cucinotta et al. profile →
Heavy ion carcinogenesis and human space exploration

2008 431 citations Francis A. Cucinotta et al. profile →
Measurements of Energetic Particle Radiation in Transit to Mars on the Mars Science Laboratory

2013 428 citations C. Zeitlin, Donald M. Hassler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis A. Cucinotta United States	53	7.3k	4.2k	2.6k	2.6k	1.7k	374	11.8k
Marco Durante Germany	63	10.2k 1.4×	5.1k 1.2×	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	6.1k 3.5×	475	15.9k
D.T. Goodhead United Kingdom	53	4.9k 0.7×	4.4k 1.0×	4.0k 1.5×	267 0.1×	2.0k 1.1×	146	10.3k
John Wilson United States	44	4.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	206 0.1×	761 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	483	8.2k
Nobuyuki Hamada Japan	46	1.6k 0.2×	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	604 0.2×	543 0.3×	327	7.8k
Yoshiya Furusawa Japan	46	5.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	246 0.1×	3.1k 1.8×	245	8.6k
Kevin M. Prise United Kingdom	65	8.1k 1.1×	6.8k 1.6×	4.3k 1.6×	349 0.1×	3.7k 2.1×	340	13.9k
Cornelius A. Tobias United States	40	2.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	419 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	179	5.2k
C. Zeitlin United States	31	1.9k 0.3×	480 0.1×	170 0.1×	470 0.2×	877 0.5×	182	3.4k
Gérard Friedlander France	56	1.4k 0.2×	228 0.1×	3.5k 1.3×	851 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	271	11.8k
G. Reitz Germany	30	1.5k 0.2×	533 0.1×	252 0.1×	1.1k 0.4×	582 0.3×	171	3.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cucinotta, Francis A. & Premkumar B. Saganti. (2023). Residual radiation risk disparities across sex and race or ethnic groups for lifetime never-smokers on lunar missions. Life Sciences in Space Research. 40. 72–80. 1 indexed citations

Little, Mark P., Tamara V. Azizova, David B. Richardson, et al.. (2023). Ionising radiation and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 380. e072924–e072924. 75 indexed citations

Saganti, Premkumar B., et al.. (2021). Study of total, absorption, and 3He and 3H production cross sections in 4He-proton collisions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 502. 136–141. 1 indexed citations

Sridharan, Deepa, Lung-Chang Chien, Francis A. Cucinotta, & Janice M. Pluth. (2020). Comparison of signaling profiles in the low dose range following low and high LET radiation. Life Sciences in Space Research. 25. 28–41. 4 indexed citations

Wimmer‐Schweingruber, R. F., Jan Köhler, Donald M. Hassler, et al.. (2015). On determining the zenith angle dependence of the Martian radiation environment at Gale Crater altitudes. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(24). 21 indexed citations

Cucinotta, Francis A.. (2015). A New Approach to Reduce Uncertainties in Space Radiation Cancer Risk Predictions. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120717–e0120717. 58 indexed citations

Berger, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Depth dose distribution study within a phantom torso after irradiation with a simulated Solar Particle Event at NSRL. 38. 8. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Myung‐Hee Y., Matthew J. Hayat, Alan H. Feiveson, & Francis A. Cucinotta. (2008). Propensity and Risk Assessment for Solar Particle Events: Consideration of Integral Fluence at High Proton Energies. 37. 1514.

Ponomarev, Artem L., M. Belli, Philip Hahnfeldt, et al.. (2007). Subtraction of background damage in PFGE experiments on DNA fragment-size distributions. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 46(2). 155–160. 2 indexed citations

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Nguyen, David H., et al.. (2007). Image-Based Modeling Reveals Dynamic Redistribution of DNA Damage into Nuclear Sub-Domains. PLoS Computational Biology. 3(7). 20 indexed citations

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Cleghorn, T., et al.. (2004). Heavy ion observations by MARIE in cruise phase and Mars orbit. Advances in Space Research. 33(12). 2211–2214. 4 indexed citations

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Zeitlin, C., T. Cleghorn, Francis A. Cucinotta, et al.. (2003). Results from the Martian Radiation Environment Experiment MARIE. 2 indexed citations

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Pinsky, L., et al.. (2003). Cosmic Ray Flux Measurements Made by MARIE in Mars Orbit. ICRC. 4. 1769. 1 indexed citations

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Cavinato, Maria, R. Cherubini, Francis A. Cucinotta, et al.. (2002). Relative Biological Effectiveness of Light Ions in Human Tumoural Cell Lines: Role of Protein p53. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 99(1). 211–214. 14 indexed citations

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Nealy, John E., et al.. (2002). Transport of Space Environment Electrons: A Simplified Rapid-Analysis Computational Procedure. Insecta mundi. 2. 41463. 11 indexed citations

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Tripathi, R. K., Francis A. Cucinotta, & John Wilson. (1998). Extraction of In-Medium Nucleon-Nucleon Amplitude From Experiment. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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Tripathi, R. K., John Wilson, & Francis A. Cucinotta. (1997). Accurate universal parameterization of absorption cross sections II — neutron absorption cross sections. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 129(1). 11–15. 54 indexed citations

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Wilson, John, et al.. (1997). Galactic and Solar Cosmic Ray Shielding in Deep Space. 32 indexed citations

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Cucinotta, Francis A.. (1994). Multiple-scattering model for inclusive proton production in heavy ion collisions. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations

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Wilson, John, Lawrence W. Townsend, John E. Nealy, et al.. (1989). BRYNTRN: A baryon transport model. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 89. 17562. 87 indexed citations

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