Franco Salomon

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Franco Salomon is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Salomon has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 14 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Franco Salomon's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (20 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (5 papers). Franco Salomon is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (20 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (5 papers). Franco Salomon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Australia. Franco Salomon's co-authors include Ross C. Cuneo, Peter H. Sönksen, Richard Hesp, Gill McGauley, C M Wiles, R. Hesp, Peter H. S ouml nksen, Jörg Muntwyler, Gerald F. Watts and Peter Wilmshurst and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Franco Salomon

47 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Effects of Treatment with Recombinant Human Growth Ho... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. The Effects of Treatment with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone on Body Composition and Metabolism in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency
    1989 1.1k citations Franco Salomon, Ross C. Cuneo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franco Salomon United Kingdom 23 2.8k 1.2k 994 582 577 48 3.6k
C. G. D. Brook United Kingdom 35 1.5k 0.5× 781 0.6× 297 0.3× 997 1.7× 802 1.4× 90 3.7k
Patricia P. Moll United States 27 733 0.3× 506 0.4× 917 0.9× 534 0.9× 288 0.5× 51 3.3k
Dana S. Hardin United States 33 793 0.3× 492 0.4× 369 0.4× 398 0.7× 360 0.6× 73 3.2k
Lynne L. Levitsky United States 34 1.6k 0.6× 473 0.4× 264 0.3× 693 1.2× 561 1.0× 106 3.5k
Takara L. Stanley United States 34 1.1k 0.4× 785 0.7× 479 0.5× 749 1.3× 205 0.4× 118 4.0k
Eric S. Knochenhauer United States 15 1.3k 0.5× 182 0.2× 663 0.7× 818 1.4× 352 0.6× 28 5.3k
Per Ovesen Denmark 35 1.2k 0.5× 434 0.4× 416 0.4× 301 0.5× 1.4k 2.5× 132 4.6k
Saúl Malozowski United States 24 1.7k 0.6× 277 0.2× 268 0.3× 370 0.6× 263 0.5× 52 2.3k
K Schärer Germany 33 334 0.1× 399 0.3× 273 0.3× 956 1.6× 843 1.5× 179 3.9k
Firdevs Baş Türkiye 24 1.0k 0.4× 247 0.2× 193 0.2× 705 1.2× 572 1.0× 157 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Salomon

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Salomon, Franco, et al.. (2015). Health Technology Assessment Tools for Technologies Incorporation into Public Health System. Value in Health. 18(7). A560–A560. 2 indexed citations
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Salomon, Franco, et al.. (2007). Ärzte als Vorbilder für ihre Patienten?. Schweizerische Ärztezeitung. 88(38). 1591–1595. 2 indexed citations
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Linka, A., Christine H. Attenhofer Jost, Hans‐Peter Brunner‐La Rocca, et al.. (2003). Mechanical Complications after Myocardial Infarction Reliably Predicted Using C-Reactive Protein Levels and Lymphocytopenia. Cardiology. 99(1). 25–31. 51 indexed citations
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Scharf, Christoph, Erwin Oechslin, Franco Salomon, & Wolfgang Kiowski. (2001). Amiodarone-induced pulmonary mass and cutaneous vasculitis. The Lancet. 358(9298). 2045–2045. 11 indexed citations
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Muntwyler, Jörg, et al.. (2000). Diagnostic errors in three medical eras: a necropsy study. The Lancet. 355(9220). 2027–2031. 152 indexed citations
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Kacl, G. M., Elisabeth Bruder, Thomas Pfammatter, et al.. (1998). Primary Angiosarcoma of the Pulmonary Arteries: Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 22(5). 687–691. 35 indexed citations
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Salomon, Franco, et al.. (1997). Protein, fat and glucose metabolism during treatment with recombinant human growth hormone in adults with growth hormone deficiency. Short-and long-term effects. View. 2 indexed citations
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McGauley, Gill, Ross C. Cuneo, Franco Salomon, & Peter H. S ouml nksen. (1996). Growth Hormone Deficiency and Quality of Life. Hormone Research. 45(1-2). 34–37. 36 indexed citations
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Boehler, Annette, Andreas Schaffner, Franco Salomon, & G Keusch. (1994). Cytomegalovirus Disease of Late Onset Following Renal Transplantation: A Potentially Fatal Entity. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 26(4). 369–373. 24 indexed citations
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Attenhofer, Christine, et al.. (1994). Ventricular Fibrillation in a Patient With Exercise-induced Anaphylaxis, Normal Coronary Arteries, and a Positive Ergonovine Test. CHEST Journal. 105(2). 620–622. 11 indexed citations
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Salomon, Franco, Ross C. Cuneo, A. Margot Umpleby, & Peter H. Sönksen. (1994). Glucose and fat metabolism in adults with growth hormone deficiency. Clinical Endocrinology. 41(3). 315–322. 22 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Roger, et al.. (1994). Symptomatic Hypoparathyroidism in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Hormone Research. 42(6). 295–299. 14 indexed citations
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Salomon, Franco, Ross C. Cuneo, & Peter H. S ouml nksen. (1993). Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Resistance in Growth-Hormone-Deficient Adults. Hormone Research. 40(1-3). 34–36. 9 indexed citations
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Cuneo, Ross C., Franco Salomon, Joan M. Round, et al.. (1992). Histology of Skeletal Muscle in Adults with GH Deficiency: Comparison with Normal Muscle and Response to GH Treatment. Hormone Research. 37(1-2). 23–28. 41 indexed citations
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Cuneo, Ross C., Franco Salomon, Gill McGauley, & Peter H. Sönksen. (1992). The growth hormone deficiency syndrome in adults. Clinical Endocrinology. 37(5). 387–397. 304 indexed citations
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nksen, Peter H. S ouml, Franco Salomon, & Ross C. Cuneo. (1991). Metabolic Effects of Hypopituitarism and Acromegaly<sup>1</sup>. Hormone Research. 36(1). 27–31. 22 indexed citations
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Salomon, Franco, et al.. (1991). Growth Hormone and Protein Metabolism. Hormone Research. 36(1). 41–43. 34 indexed citations
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Sönksen, Peter H., Ross C. Cuneo, Franco Salomon, et al.. (1991). Growth Hormone Therapy in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Acta Paediatrica. 80(s379). 139–146. 25 indexed citations
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McGauley, Gill, Ross C. Cuneo, Franco Salomon, & Peter H. S ouml nksen. (1990). Psychological Well-Being before and after Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Hormone Research. 33(4). 52–54. 150 indexed citations
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Cuneo, Ross C., et al.. (1990). Skeletal Muscle Performance in Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Hormone Research. 33(4). 55–60. 109 indexed citations

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