Giorgia Melli

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Giorgia Melli is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giorgia Melli has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Neurology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Giorgia Melli's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (10 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (8 papers). Giorgia Melli is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (10 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (8 papers). Giorgia Melli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. Giorgia Melli's co-authors include David R. Cornblath, Vinay Chaudhry, Ahmet Höke, Ferdinand Binkofski, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Lucia Riggio, Vittorio Gallese, Giovanni Buccino, Francesca Camozzi and Giuseppe Lauria and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Giorgia Melli

43 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The diagnostic criteria for small fibre neuropathy: from symptoms to neuropathology

2008 570 citations Grazia Devigili, V. Tugnoli et al. Brain profile →
Listening to action-related sentences modulates the activity of the motor system: A combined TMS and behavioral study

2005 509 citations Giorgia Melli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giorgia Melli Italy	20	679	669	514	473	469	46	2.8k
Mustafa K. Başkaya United States	34	208 0.3×	1.4k 2.1×	733 1.4×	594 1.3×	717 1.5×	179	3.7k
Andrew Marshall United Kingdom	34	1.3k 1.9×	872 1.3×	214 0.4×	171 0.4×	245 0.5×	106	3.8k
Dana Mathews United States	21	386 0.6×	352 0.5×	111 0.2×	226 0.5×	366 0.8×	57	2.4k
Martin Marziniak Germany	32	1.4k 2.1×	525 0.8×	461 0.9×	289 0.6×	317 0.7×	85	3.7k
Shinsuke Ohta Japan	30	215 0.3×	866 1.3×	337 0.7×	132 0.3×	745 1.6×	102	3.7k
Jonathan Norton United States	32	251 0.4×	331 0.5×	615 1.2×	347 0.7×	450 1.0×	134	3.4k
Andreas Otte Germany	26	360 0.5×	620 0.9×	241 0.5×	156 0.3×	177 0.4×	91	2.8k
Hideki Mochizuki Japan	29	501 0.7×	258 0.4×	314 0.6×	57 0.1×	597 1.3×	95	2.7k
Rebekah M. Ahmed Australia	30	752 1.1×	1.6k 2.4×	206 0.4×	124 0.3×	351 0.7×	123	3.0k
Maria Ban United Kingdom	27	496 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	348 0.7×	88 0.2×	615 1.3×	48	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giorgia Melli

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Vacchi, Elena, et al.. (2025). Tau biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases: Current state and perspectives. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 134. 107772–107772. 2 indexed citations

Riccitelli, Gianna Carla, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment on Plasma BDNF Concentration and Executive Functions in Parkinson’s Disease: A Theoretical Translational Medicine Approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(3). 1205–1205.

Pérez‐Pérez, Jesús, Andrea Horta‐Barba, Elena Vacchi, et al.. (2024). Skin Tau Quantification as a Novel Biomarker in Huntington's Disease. Movement Disorders. 39(11). 2067–2074. 4 indexed citations

Burrello, Jacopo, Alessio Burrello, Elena Vacchi, et al.. (2024). Age- and sex-related variations in extracellular vesicle profiling for the assessment of cardiovascular risk: the EVaging index. PubMed. 10(1). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Vacchi, Elena, Sandra Pinton, Andrea Raimondi, et al.. (2024). Tau seeding activity in skin biopsy differentiates tauopathies from synucleinopathies. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 116–116. 13 indexed citations

Pinton, Sandra, Elena Vacchi, Andrea Raimondi, et al.. (2023). Amyloid detection and typing yield of skin biopsy in systemic amyloidosis and polyneuropathy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 10(12). 2347–2359. 6 indexed citations

Marchi, Francesco, Daniela Distefano, Lodovico Terzi di Bergamo, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of amyloid in ligamentum flavum of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Amyloid. 30(4). 416–423. 5 indexed citations

Vacchi, Elena, Edoardo Lazzarini, Sandra Pinton, et al.. (2022). Tau protein quantification in skin biopsies differentiates tauopathies from alpha-synucleinopathies. Brain. 145(8). 2755–2768. 19 indexed citations

Vacchi, Elena, Giulio Disanto, Sandra Pinton, et al.. (2021). Alpha-synuclein oligomers and small nerve fiber pathology in skin are potential biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 7(1). 119–119. 33 indexed citations

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Balbi, Carolina, Jacopo Burrello, Sara Bolis, et al.. (2021). Circulating extracellular vesicles are endowed with enhanced procoagulant activity in SARS-CoV-2 infection. EBioMedicine. 67. 103369–103369. 76 indexed citations

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Vacchi, Elena, Jacopo Burrello, Alessio Burrello, et al.. (2021). Profiling Inflammatory Extracellular Vesicles in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid: An Optimized Diagnostic Model for Parkinson’s Disease. Biomedicines. 9(3). 230–230. 15 indexed citations

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Vacchi, Elena, Alain Kaelin‐Lang, & Giorgia Melli. (2020). Tau and Alpha Synuclein Synergistic Effect in Neurodegenerative Diseases: When the Periphery Is the Core. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(14). 5030–5030. 32 indexed citations

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Vacchi, Elena, Jacopo Burrello, Dario Di Silvestre, et al.. (2020). Immune profiling of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles identifies Parkinson disease. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 7(6). 49 indexed citations

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Koetsier, Eva, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Giorgia Melli, et al.. (2020). Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for the Management of Intractable Painful Polyneuropathy: A Prospective Pilot Study. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 24(4). 685–694. 7 indexed citations

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Lai, Chian‐Hui, Giorgia Melli, Yu‐Jun Chang, et al.. (2009). Open muscle biopsy in suspected myopathy: diagnostic yield and clinical utility. European Journal of Neurology. 17(1). 136–142. 27 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thien Huu, Katherine Conant, Kee Jun Kim, et al.. (2009). Axonal Protective Effects of the Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(3). 630–637. 108 indexed citations

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Devigili, Grazia, V. Tugnoli, Paola Penza, et al.. (2008). The diagnostic criteria for small fibre neuropathy: from symptoms to neuropathology. Brain. 131(7). 1912–1925. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penza, Paola, Angela Campanella, Giorgia Melli, et al.. (2008). Short‐ and intermediate‐term efficacy of buprenorphine TDS in chronic painful neuropathies. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 13(4). 283–288. 9 indexed citations

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Melli, Giorgia & Ahmet Höke. (2007). Canadian Association of Neurosciences Review: Regulation of Myelination by Trophic Factors and Neuron-Glial Signaling. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 34(3). 288–295. 3 indexed citations

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Melli, Giorgia, Vinay Chaudhry, & David R. Cornblath. (2005). Rhabdomyolysis. Medicine. 84(6). 377–385. 438 indexed citations

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