Giovanni Cirillo

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Cirillo is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Cirillo has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Neurology and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Cirillo's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Giovanni Cirillo is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Giovanni Cirillo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Giovanni Cirillo's co-authors include Michèle Papa, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Lilia Alberghina, Maria Rosaria Bianco, Carlo Cavaliere, Anna Maria Colangelo, Vincenzo Todisco, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Federico Ranieri and Fabrizio Esposito and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Cirillo

70 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Neurobiological after-effects of non-invasive brain stimulation

2016 320 citations Giovanni Cirillo, Giovanni Di Pino et al. Brain stimulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Cirillo Italy	24	671	623	582	473	419	71	2.1k
Eugene V. Golanov United States	28	774 1.2×	500 0.8×	646 1.1×	361 0.8×	403 1.0×	77	2.5k
José Vicente Lafuente Spain	26	527 0.8×	608 1.0×	588 1.0×	181 0.4×	306 0.7×	166	2.5k
Mustafa K. Başkaya United States	34	733 1.1×	448 0.7×	1.4k 2.4×	471 1.0×	208 0.5×	179	3.7k
Witold Libionka Poland	12	591 0.9×	388 0.6×	382 0.7×	180 0.4×	191 0.5×	34	1.5k
Pascale Schumann‐Bard France	22	736 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	342 0.6×	354 0.7×	503 1.2×	39	3.2k
Daisuke Kato Japan	16	453 0.7×	759 1.2×	357 0.6×	181 0.4×	211 0.5×	48	1.7k
Govert Hoogland Netherlands	28	1.2k 1.7×	416 0.7×	635 1.1×	408 0.9×	319 0.8×	103	2.6k
Ditte Lovatt United States	12	1.2k 1.8×	718 1.2×	310 0.5×	293 0.6×	392 0.9×	13	2.6k
Cindy Casteels Belgium	26	1.0k 1.5×	245 0.4×	584 1.0×	247 0.5×	268 0.6×	70	2.1k
Fabienne de Bilbao Switzerland	25	462 0.7×	309 0.5×	352 0.6×	307 0.6×	330 0.8×	39	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Cirillo

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Cirillo, Giovanni, et al.. (2025). Evidence for direct dopaminergic connections between substantia nigra pars compacta and thalamus in young healthy humans. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 18. 1522421–1522421. 1 indexed citations

Cirillo, Giovanni, Mattia Siciliano, Domenico Ippolito, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Neuromodulatory Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Plasmatic Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) Levels and Visuospatial Abilities in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3231–3231. 20 indexed citations

Amitrano, Federica, Armando Coccia, Vincenzo Todisco, et al.. (2022). Neurophysiological Hallmarks of Axonal Degeneration in CIDP Patients: A Pilot Analysis. Brain Sciences. 12(11). 1510–1510. 2 indexed citations

Cirillo, Giovanni, Assunta Virtuoso, Ciro De Luca, et al.. (2022). Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Personalized Therapeutic Approach for Crohn’s and Other Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Cells. 11(24). 4103–4103. 21 indexed citations

Luca, Ciro De, et al.. (2022). Altered Spinal Homeostasis and Maladaptive Plasticity in GFAP Null Mice Following Peripheral Nerve Injury. Cells. 11(7). 1224–1224. 11 indexed citations

Virtuoso, Assunta, Ciro De Luca, Giovanni Cirillo, et al.. (2022). Tumor Microenvironment and Immune Escape in the Time Course of Glioblastoma. Molecular Neurobiology. 59(11). 6857–6873. 13 indexed citations

Cirillo, Giovanni, Mehran Emadi Andani, Francesca Morgante, et al.. (2021). Changes in Corticospinal Circuits During Premovement Facilitation in Physiological Conditions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 15. 684013–684013. 5 indexed citations

Cirillo, Giovanni, Alessandro Tessitore, Mattia Siciliano, et al.. (2021). Fatigue in hypokinetic, hyperkinetic, and functional movement disorders. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 86. 114–123. 14 indexed citations

González‐Nieto, Daniel, José Pérez‐Rigueiro, Francisco J. Rojo, et al.. (2020). First steps for the development of silk fibroin-based 3D biohybrid retina for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Journal of Neural Engineering. 17(5). 55003–55003. 7 indexed citations

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Abbadessa, Gianmarco, Luigi Lavorgna, Giovanni Cirillo, et al.. (2019). Right phrenic nerve palsy following transcatheter radiofrequency current atrial fibrillation ablation: Case report. Journal of International Medical Research. 47(7). 3438–3443. 1 indexed citations

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Todisco, Vincenzo, et al.. (2019). Anti-MuSK ocular myasthenia with extrinsic ocular muscle atrophy: a new clinical phenotype?. Neurological Sciences. 41(1). 221–223. 8 indexed citations

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Sala, Luca, Giovanni Cirillo, Gabriele Riva, et al.. (2019). Specific Expression of a New Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Isoform (p65BTK) in the Glioblastoma Gemistocytic Histotype. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 12. 2–2. 17 indexed citations

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Todisco, Vincenzo, et al.. (2018). Stimulated single-fiber electromyography (sSFEMG) in Lambert-Eaton syndrome. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice. 3. 148–150. 6 indexed citations

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Santoro, Claudia, Teresa Giugliano, Mariarosa Anna Beatrice Melone, et al.. (2017). Multiple spinal nerve enlargement and SOS1 mutation: Further evidence of overlap between neurofibromatosis type 1 and Noonan phenotype. Clinical Genetics. 93(1). 138–143. 15 indexed citations

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Cirillo, Giovanni, Giovanni Di Pino, Fioravante Capone, et al.. (2016). Neurobiological after-effects of non-invasive brain stimulation. Brain stimulation. 10(1). 1–18. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perna, Alessandra, Guido Bellinghieri, Vincenzo Savica, et al.. (2012). Therapy of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Hemodialysis Patients: Effects of Folates and N-Acetylcysteine. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 22(5). 507–514.e1. 13 indexed citations

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Bianco, Maria Rosaria, Martina Fragni, Giovanni Cirillo, et al.. (2011). Cross‐talk between cell cycle induction and mitochondrial dysfunction during oxidative stress and nerve growth factor withdrawal in differentiated PC12 cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 89(8). 1302–1315. 18 indexed citations

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Cirillo, Giovanni, Anna Maria Colangelo, Maria Rosaria Bianco, et al.. (2011). BB14, a Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)-like peptide shown to be effective in reducing reactive astrogliosis and restoring synaptic homeostasis in a rat model of peripheral nerve injury. Biotechnology Advances. 30(1). 223–232. 43 indexed citations

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Tolone, Carlo, Giovanni Cirillo, Alfonso Papparella, et al.. (2008). A common CTLA4 polymorphism confers susceptibility to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in celiac children. Digestive and Liver Disease. 41(6). 385–389. 12 indexed citations

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Giovannoni, Roberto, Nicola Maggio, Maria Rosaria Bianco, et al.. (2007). Reactive astrocytosis and glial glutamate transporter clustering are early changes in a spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 transgenic mouse model. PubMed. 3(4). 335–351. 26 indexed citations

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