Gianluca Testa

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Gianluca Testa is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluca Testa has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 34 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gianluca Testa's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (34 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (15 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (13 papers). Gianluca Testa is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (34 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (15 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (13 papers). Gianluca Testa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Gianluca Testa's co-authors include Pasquale Abete, Francesco Cacciatore, David Della‐Morte, Gaetano Gargiulo, Domenico Bonaduce, Francesco Curcio, Ilaria Liguori, Giulia Bulli, G. Russo and Luisa Aran and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Gianluca Testa

119 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Oxidative stress, aging, and diseases

2018 2.8k citations Ilaria Liguori, G. Russo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianluca Testa Italy	31	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	805	480	124	5.9k
Domenico Bonaduce Italy	36	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	2.3k 2.2×	451 0.6×	875 1.8×	153	7.3k
Francesco Curcio Italy	40	2.0k 1.2×	2.6k 1.9×	511 0.5×	419 0.5×	651 1.4×	221	8.2k
Pasquale Abete Italy	43	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	2.4k 2.2×	1.2k 1.5×	1.0k 2.1×	209	9.2k
Umberto Senin Italy	48	2.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	539 0.5×	439 0.5×	509 1.1×	165	8.3k
Amelia Filippelli Italy	36	874 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	826 0.8×	381 0.5×	296 0.6×	215	4.2k
Maria Cristina Polidori Germany	48	2.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	437 0.4×	584 0.7×	471 1.0×	218	8.5k
Achille P. Caputi Italy	60	2.1k 1.3×	2.8k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	447 0.6×	1.3k 2.6×	311	13.0k
Gaetano Gargiulo Italy	34	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	614 0.8×	1.3k 2.7×	167	6.6k
Giovambattista De Sarro Italy	59	1.4k 0.9×	4.4k 3.2×	523 0.5×	293 0.4×	680 1.4×	579	15.1k
Arshag D. Mooradian United States	52	2.8k 1.7×	2.0k 1.5×	790 0.8×	175 0.2×	1.7k 3.5×	297	10.8k

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Sapienza, Marco, et al.. (2026). Clinical, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Brace Compliance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 11(1). 68–68.

Moccia, Francesco, Antonio Totaro, Germano Guerra, & Gianluca Testa. (2025). Ca2+ Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts: An Emerging Signaling Pathway Driving Fibrotic Remodeling in Cardiac Disorders. Biomedicines. 13(3). 734–734. 3 indexed citations

Mone, Pasquale, Germano Guerra, Urna Kansakar, et al.. (2025). Stress hyperglycemia ratio and physical frailty in HFpEF. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 25(1). 6–6.

Totaro, Antonio, et al.. (2023). Huge right atrial mass in mantle cell lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology. 204(2). 377–378. 1 indexed citations

Carrabba, Michele, et al.. (2022). Recent Advances in KEAP1/NRF2 -Targeting Strategies by Phytochemical Antioxidants, Nanoparticles, and Biocompatible Scaffolds for the Treatment of Diabetic Cardiovascular Complications. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 36(10-12). 707–728. 15 indexed citations

Cinelli, Giuseppe, Gianluca Paventi, Gianluca Testa, et al.. (2022). Poly(Lactic-co-glycolic) Acid and Phospholipids Hybrid Nanoparticles for Regeneration of Biological Tissue. ChemEngineering. 6(1). 10–10. 1 indexed citations

Curcio, Francesco, Antonio Cittadini, Ivan Gentile, et al.. (2022). Reliability of fr-AGILE tool to evaluate multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older adults with COVID-19. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 34(4). 939–944. 2 indexed citations

Testa, Gianluca, Michele Russo, Silvia Parisi, et al.. (2020). Bmi1 inhibitor PTC-209 promotes Chemically-induced Direct Cardiac Reprogramming of cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7129–7129. 31 indexed citations

Testa, Gianluca, Francesco Curcio, Ilaria Liguori, et al.. (2020). Physical vs. Multidimensional Frailty in Older Adults with and Without Heart Failure. ESC Heart Failure. 7(3). 1371–1380. 19 indexed citations

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Passaro, Fabiana & Gianluca Testa. (2018). Implications of Cellular Aging in Cardiac Reprogramming. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 5. 43–43. 11 indexed citations

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Passaro, Fabiana, Gianluca Testa, Ciro Costagliola, et al.. (2017). Nanotechnology-Based Cardiac Targeting and Direct Cardiac Reprogramming: The Betrothed. Stem Cells International. 2017. 1–12. 18 indexed citations

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Liguori, Ilaria, Luisa Aran, Giulia Bulli, et al.. (2017). Statins in cardiovascular prevention in the oldest-old. A black hole. 65(4). 263–270. 4 indexed citations

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Abete, Pasquale, Claudia Basile, Giulia Bulli, et al.. (2017). The Italian version of the “frailty index” based on deficits in health: a validation study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 29(5). 913–926. 50 indexed citations

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Galizia, Gianluigi, Assunta Langellotto, Francesco Cacciatore, et al.. (2012). Association Between Nocturia and Falls-Related Long-Term Mortality Risk in the Elderly. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 13(7). 640–644. 28 indexed citations

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Testa, Gianluca, Francesco Cacciatore, David Della‐Morte, et al.. (2011). Role of permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) on long-term mortality in community-dwelling elderly people with and without chronic heart failure (CHF). Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 55(1). 91–95. 13 indexed citations

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Haugen, Øyvind P., T. H. Johansen, V. V. Yurchenko, et al.. (2007). High Resolution Thermal Imaging of Hotspots in Superconducting Films. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 17(2). 3215–3218. 11 indexed citations

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Santis, Domenico De, Pasquale Abete, Gianluca Testa, et al.. (2005). Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular End-Systolic Elastance in the Elderly. European Journal of Heart Failure. 7(5). 829–833. 4 indexed citations

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Testa, Gianluca, E. Sarnelli, E. Esposito, et al.. (2005). Evidence of midgap-state-mediated transport in 45° symmetric [001] tiltYBa2Cu3O7−xbicrystal grain-boundary junctions. Physical Review B. 71(13). 38 indexed citations

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Abete, Pasquale, Gianluca Testa, David Della‐Morte, et al.. (2004). La comorbilità nell'anziano: Epidemiologia e caratteristiche cliniche. 52(5). 267–272. 2 indexed citations

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Abete, Pasquale, Francesco Cacciatore, Nicola Ferrara, et al.. (2003). Body mass index and preinfarction angina in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(4). 796–801. 27 indexed citations

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