Franco Piovella

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Franco Piovella is a scholar working on Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Piovella has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Internal Medicine, 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 28 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Franco Piovella's work include Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (51 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (20 papers) and Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (18 papers). Franco Piovella is often cited by papers focused on Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (51 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (20 papers) and Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (18 papers). Franco Piovella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. Franco Piovella's co-authors include Harry R. Büller, Paolo Prandoni, M Pini, Martin H. Prins, Jack Hirsh, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Alexander Gallus, Alex C. Spyropoulos, Maria M.W. Koopman and Hervé Decousus and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Franco Piovella

85 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Treatment of Venous Thrombosis with Intravenous Unfractionated Heparin Administered in the Hospital as Compared with Subcutaneous Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Administered at Home

1996 810 citations Maria M.W. Koopman, Paolo Prandoni et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franco Piovella Italy	34	4.7k	3.3k	1.9k	1.3k	954	90	6.3k
Michael Gould Australia	18	3.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	680 0.5×	786 0.8×	45	6.0k
M Samama France	47	6.2k 1.3×	5.6k 1.7×	2.4k 1.3×	2.8k 2.1×	607 0.6×	200	9.6k
Rupert Bauersachs Germany	43	4.9k 1.0×	4.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	228	7.5k
Ross Baker Australia	33	2.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	800 0.8×	136	6.0k
Gary E. Raskob United States	24	5.7k 1.2×	5.1k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	949 1.0×	52	7.2k
Dominique Mottier France	33	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	483 0.5×	143	5.5k
Sebastian Schellong Germany	38	6.6k 1.4×	5.5k 1.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	957 1.0×	226	8.0k
Timothy A. Morris United States	25	5.3k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	952 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	67	6.6k
Robert D. McBane United States	44	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	988 0.7×	687 0.7×	262	6.7k
Sylvia Haas Germany	43	6.4k 1.4×	7.2k 2.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	537 0.6×	209	9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Piovella

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Franco Piovella'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 Piovella with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Franco Piovella more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Piovella

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Franco Piovella. 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 Piovella. The network helps show where Franco Piovella may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Piovella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Piovella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Piovella 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 Piovella. Franco Piovella 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

Piovella, Franco, et al.. (2015). New anticoagulants in the management of venous thromboembolism in women. Thrombosis Research. 135. S5–S7. 3 indexed citations

Spyropoulos, Alex C., Frederick A. Anderson, Gordon FitzGerald, et al.. (2011). Predictive and Associative Models to Identify Hospitalized Medical Patients at Risk for VTE. CHEST Journal. 140(3). 706–714. 376 indexed citations

Warkentin, Theodore E., Bruce L. Davidson, Harry R. Büller, et al.. (2011). Prevalence and Risk of Preexisting Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Antibodies in Patients With Acute VTE. CHEST Journal. 140(2). 366–373. 53 indexed citations

Gibson, Nadine Suzanne, Sebastian Schellong, Jan Beyer‐Westendorf, et al.. (2009). Safety and sensitivity of two ultrasound strategies in patients with clinically suspected deep venous thrombosis: a prospective management study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 7(12). 2035–2041. 65 indexed citations

Imberti, Davide, Marcello Di Nisio, Maria Benedetta Donati, et al.. (2009). Treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: Guidelines of the Italian Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET). Thrombosis Research. 124(5). e32–e40. 12 indexed citations

Capri, Stefano, Walter Ageno, Davide Imberti, et al.. (2009). Extended prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism with fondaparinux in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery in Italy: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 5(1). 33–40. 10 indexed citations

Piovella, Franco, et al.. (2008). Clinical Experience of Nadroparin in Patients with Cancer. European Oncology & Haematology. 4(1). 34–34. 1 indexed citations

Davidson, Bruce L., Harry R. Büller, Hervé Decousus, et al.. (2007). Effect of obesity on outcomes after fondaparinux, enoxaparin, or heparin treatment for acute venous thromboembolism in the Matisse trials. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 5(6). 1191–1194. 47 indexed citations

Piovella, Franco, Andrea Maria D’Armini, Marisa Barone, & Victor F. Tapson. (2006). Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 32(8). 848–855. 25 indexed citations

10.

Büller, H. R., et al.. (2005). Fondaparinux ou enoxaparin pour le traitement initial de la thrombose veineuse profonde symptomatique. Un essai randomisé. La Revue de Médecine Interne. 26(1). 82–83. 2 indexed citations

11.

Klerk, Clara, Susanne M. Smorenburg, Hans-Martin Otten, et al.. (2005). The Effect of Low Molecular Weight Heparin on Survival in Patients With Advanced Malignancy. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(10). 2130–2135. 481 indexed citations

12.

Scelsi, Laura, Stefano Ghio, Carlo Campana, et al.. (2004). Epoprostenol in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with distal lesions.. PubMed. 5(8). 618–23. 33 indexed citations

13.

Piovella, Franco. (2003). Clinical evidencies of prophylaxis in major orthopedic surgery: towards optimal results. Haematologica. 88(17). 24–26. 2 indexed citations

14.

Agnelli, Giancarlo, Franco Piovella, P Buoncristiani, et al.. (1998). Enoxaparin plus Compression Stockings Compared with Compression Stockings Alone in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism after Elective Neurosurgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 339(2). 80–85. 371 indexed citations

15.

Cogo, Alberto, Anthonie W.A. Lensing, Maria M.W. Koopman, et al.. (1998). Compression Ultrasonography for Diagnostic Management of Patients With Clinically Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 53(5). 284–285. 2 indexed citations

16.

Loredo, José S., Peter F. Fedullo, Franco Piovella, & Kenneth Μ. Moser. (1996). Digital Clubbing Associated With Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma. CHEST Journal. 109(6). 1651–1653. 8 indexed citations

17.

Almasio, Piero Luigi, et al.. (1983). Interactions between tumor cells and vascular endothelium.-II) Light and electron microscopic studies.. PubMed. 59(10). 1544–50. 1 indexed citations

18.

Almasio, Piero Luigi, et al.. (1983). Interactions between tumor cells and vascular endothelium.-I) Adhesion properties of cell lines with different metastasizing capacity.. PubMed. 59(10). 1538–43. 1 indexed citations

19.

Giddings, J. C., et al.. (1982). Immunohistological comparison of platelet factor 4 (PF4), fibronectin (Fn) and factor VIII related antigen (VIIIR:Ag) in human platelet granules. British Journal of Haematology. 52(1). 79–88. 35 indexed citations

20.

Lanzavecchia, Antonio, et al.. (1978). Common variable immunodeficiency: long term clinical consequencies of splenectomy in a case of late-onset hypogammaglobulinaemia.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 63(3). 326–32. 1 indexed citations

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