Franco Iafrate

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Franco Iafrate is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Iafrate has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Oncology, 31 papers in Surgery and 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Franco Iafrate's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (32 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (14 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (13 papers). Franco Iafrate is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (32 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (14 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (13 papers). Franco Iafrate collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Franco Iafrate's co-authors include Andrea Laghi, Cesare Hassan, Angelo Zullo, Marco Rengo, Carlo Catalano, Pasquale Paolantonio, Roberto Passariello, Giorgio Maria Masci, Valeria Panebianco and Paolo Ricci and has published in prestigious journals such as Gut, Radiology and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Franco Iafrate

69 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: correlation with disease severity and short-term prognosis

2020 460 citations Franco Iafrate, Giorgio Maria Masci et al. European Radiology profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Iafrate

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Franco Iafrate's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Franco Iafrate with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Franco Iafrate more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Iafrate

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Franco Iafrate. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Franco Iafrate. The network helps show where Franco Iafrate may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Iafrate

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Iafrate. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Iafrate 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 Franco Iafrate. Franco Iafrate is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Insights into Long COVID: Unraveling Risk Factors, Clinical Features, Radiological Findings, Functional Sequelae and Correlations: A Retrospective Cohort Study 2024 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·Patrizia Pasculli, Maria Antonella Zingaropoli, (unknown), Angelo G. Solimini, Giorgio Maria Masci, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, (unknown), (unknown), Franco Iafrate, Valeria Panebianco, Gioacchino Galardo, Massimo Mancone, Carlo Catalano, Francesco Pugliese, Paolo Palange, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Maria Rosa Ciardi	4
2	Imaging of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies 2024 ·Journal of Surgical Oncology ·Damiano Caruso, Paolo Sammartino, Michela Polici, Giorgio Maria Masci, Daniele Biacchi, Marta Zerunian, (unknown), (unknown), Franco Iafrate, Andrea Laghi	2
3	Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) and Pulmonary Involvement in COVID-19 Pneumonia 2023 ·Biomolecules ·Maria Antonella Zingaropoli, Tiziana Latronico, Patrizia Pasculli, Giorgio Maria Masci, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cosmo Del Borgo, Miriam Lichtner, Franco Iafrate, Gioacchino Galardo, Francesco Pugliese, Valeria Panebianco, Paolo Ricci, Carlo Catalano, Maria Rosa Ciardi, Grazia Maria Liuzzi, Claudio Maria Mastroianni	8
4	The management of oligometastatic disease in colorectal cancer: Present strategies and future perspectives 2023 ·Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology ·(unknown), (unknown), Michela Roberto, (unknown), Giancarlo D’Ambrosio, Francesca De Felice, (unknown), Franco Iafrate, Pierleone Lucatelli, Fabio Massimo Magliocca, Andrea Picchetto, Vincenzo Picone, Carlo Catalano, Enrico Cortesi, (unknown), (unknown), Federica Tomao	6
5	Role of CT texture analysis for predicting peritoneal metastases in patients with gastric cancer 2022 ·La radiologia medica ·Giorgio Maria Masci, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fabio Accarpio, Carlo Catalano, Andrea Laghi, Paolo Sammartino, Franco Iafrate	34
6	Intensified Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Phase II Trial 2021 ·Clinical Oncology ·Francesca De Felice, Giancarlo D’Ambrosio, Franco Iafrate, Alain Gelibter, Fabio Massimo Magliocca, Daniela Musio, (unknown), Giovanni Casella, (unknown), Andrea Picchetto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Giorgio De Toma, Vincenzo Tombolini, Enrico Cortesi	7
7	Prevalence and distribution of colonic diverticula assessed with CT colonography (CTC) 2015 ·European Radiology ·Carlo N. De Cecco, Maria Ciolina, Bruno Annibale, Marco Rengo, Davide Bellini, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Antonello Maruotti, Luca Saba, Franco Iafrate, Andrea Laghi	32
8	Colon capsule versus CT colonography in patients with incomplete colonoscopy: a prospective, comparative trial 2014 ·Gut ·Cristiano Spada, Cesare Hassan, Brunella Barbaro, Franco Iafrate, Paola Cesaro, Lucio Petruzziello, (unknown), Carlo Senore, (unknown), (unknown), Giuseppe Alvaro, (unknown), Marco Salsano, Maria Ciolina, Andrea Laghi, Lorenzo Bonomo, Guido Costamagna	93
9	Perforation rate in CT colonography: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis 2014 ·European Radiology ·Davide Bellini, Marco Rengo, Carlo N. De Cecco, Franco Iafrate, Cesare Hassan, Andrea Laghi	41
10	Adverse events of computed tomography colonography: An Italian National Survey 2013 ·Digestive and Liver Disease ·Franco Iafrate, (unknown), Loredana Correale, Cesare Hassan, Daniele Regge, Emanuele Neri, (unknown), Maria Ciolina, (unknown), (unknown), Davide Diacinti, Andrea Laghi	17
11	High concentration (400mgI/mL) versus low concentration (320mgI/mL) iodinated contrast media in multi detector computed tomography of the liver: A randomized, single centre, non-inferiority study 2012 ·European Journal of Radiology ·Marco Rengo, Damiano Caruso, Carlo N. De Cecco, (unknown), Davide Bellini, (unknown), Riccardo Ferrari, Pasquale Paolantonio, Franco Iafrate, Iacopo Carbone, (unknown), Andrea Laghi	16
12	Gallbladder and muscular endometriosis: a case report 2012 ·Abdominal Imaging ·Franco Iafrate, Maria Ciolina, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marco Rengo, Carlo N. De Cecco, Andrea Laghi	8
13	What caused gastrointestinal bleeding in a woman with a history of pleural mesothelioma? 2010 ·Gut ·Franco Iafrate, Simone Sibio, Paolo Sammartino, (unknown), (unknown), Fabio Accarpio, Antonio Ciardi, Cesare Hassan, (unknown), Silvia Quadrini, Andrea Laghi, (unknown), (unknown)	1
14	Predominant Brenner Tumor Combined with Struma Ovarii Containing a Papillary Microcarcinoma Associated with Benign Peritoneal Strumosis: Report of a Case and Histologic Features 2010 ·Endocrine Pathology ·Simone Sibio, Francesco Borrini, Paolo Sammartino, Fabio Accarpio, Daniele Biacchi, (unknown), Franco Iafrate, (unknown), (unknown), Angelo Di Giorgio	7
15	Diagnostic accuracy of translucency rendering to differentiate polyps from pseudopolyps at 3D endoluminal CT colonography: a feasibility study 2010 ·La radiologia medica ·Antonino Guerrisi, Daniele Marin, Andrea Laghi, Michele Di Martino, Franco Iafrate, Riccardo Iannaccone, Carlo Catalano, Roberto Passariello	1
16	Impact of Computer-aided Detection on the Cost-effectiveness of CT Colonography 2009 ·Radiology ·Daniele Regge, Cesare Hassan, Perry J. Pickhardt, Andrea Laghi, Angelo Zullo, David H. Kim, Franco Iafrate, S. Morini	22
17	CT colonography with reduced bowel preparation after incomplete colonoscopy in the elderly 2008 ·European Radiology ·Franco Iafrate, Cesare Hassan, Angelo Zullo, (unknown), Riccardo Ferrari, (unknown), Andrea Laghi	33
18	Portrait of a polyp: the CTC dilemma 2008 ·Abdominal Imaging ·Franco Iafrate, Cesare Hassan, Perry J. Pickhardt, (unknown), (unknown), Angelo Zullo, Emilio Di Giulio, Andrea Laghi	5
19	Q&A on diagnosis, screening and follow-up of colorectal neoplasia 2007 ·Digestive and Liver Disease ·Cesare Hassan, Andrea Laghi, Angelo Zullo, Franco Iafrate, S. Morini	5
20	Pre‐operative assessment of extramural invasion and sphincteral involvement in rectal cancer by magnetic resonance imaging with phased‐array coil 2005 ·Colorectal Disease ·(unknown), Andrea Laghi, P Mingazzini, Franco Iafrate, (unknown), (unknown), Roberto Passariello, Vincenzo Ziparo	36

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact