Giovanni Fontana

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Fontana is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Fontana has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 48 papers in Physiology and 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Fontana's work include Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (61 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (37 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Giovanni Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (61 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (37 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Giovanni Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Giovanni Fontana's co-authors include J. G. Widdicombe, Federico Lavorini, Tito Pantaleo, Fulvia Bongianni, Maurizio Raiteri, Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, Kian Fan Chung, Mordecai P. Blaustein, Alyn H. Morice and M Tatár and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Fontana

134 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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ERS guidelines on the assessment of cough

2007 543 citations Giovanni Fontana, Peter V. Dicpinigaitis et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Fontana Italy	32	1.9k	1.3k	532	489	445	139	3.8k
Stephanie A. Shore United States	53	3.5k 1.8×	5.5k 4.1×	1.4k 2.6×	634 1.3×	944 2.1×	169	9.5k
John T. Fisher Canada	30	1.4k 0.7×	633 0.5×	590 1.1×	186 0.4×	866 1.9×	113	2.9k
David W. Walker Australia	50	1.9k 1.0×	539 0.4×	925 1.7×	399 0.8×	1.3k 2.9×	265	7.7k
John D. Johnson United States	39	1.0k 0.5×	529 0.4×	918 1.7×	282 0.6×	428 1.0×	139	5.0k
Y. S. Prakash United States	59	3.2k 1.6×	2.9k 2.2×	3.6k 6.7×	1.1k 2.2×	1.2k 2.7×	298	10.4k
Paul Andrews United Kingdom	50	780 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	696 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	771 1.7×	213	8.3k
Eliot R. Spindel United States	41	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	2.7k 5.1×	2.4k 5.0×	831 1.9×	119	6.4k
Kjell Alving Sweden	45	4.4k 2.3×	6.3k 4.7×	735 1.4×	512 1.0×	1.3k 2.9×	208	9.0k
Yoshiaki Saito Japan	38	448 0.2×	758 0.6×	1.5k 2.8×	406 0.8×	398 0.9×	326	5.5k
Edward S. Schelegle United States	32	1.1k 0.6×	968 0.7×	215 0.4×	107 0.2×	178 0.4×	101	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Fontana

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Fontana

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20 of 20 papers shown

Galloni, Enzo, et al.. (2025). Improving Ammonia Combustion in Spark-Ignition Engines Coupling Hydrogen Enrichment with Multiple Spark Plugs. Energy & Fuels. 39(14). 7137–7145. 1 indexed citations

Lavorini, Federico, Carlo Fumagalli, Marianna Noale, et al.. (2023). Somatically evoked cough responses help to identify patients with difficult-to-treat chronic cough: a six-month observational cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 57. 101869–101869. 5 indexed citations

Noale, Marianna, et al.. (2020). The demographic and clinical characteristics of an Italian population of adult outpatients with chronic cough. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 32(4). 741–746. 14 indexed citations

Page, Clive, et al.. (2019). Effect of Erdosteine on COPD Exacerbations in COPD Patients with Moderate Airflow Limitation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

Zanasi, Alessandro, et al.. (2016). Prospective study of the efficacy of antibiotics versus antitussive drugs for the management of URTI-related acute cough in children. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 11(1). 29–29. 13 indexed citations

Ioan, Iulia, Mathias Poussel, Laurianne Coutier, et al.. (2014). What is chronic cough in children?. Frontiers in Physiology. 5. 322–322. 13 indexed citations

Lavorini, Federico, et al.. (2014). Value of deflation cough in the exclusion of acid reflux in patients with gastro-oesophageal disorders and chronic cough. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P582–P582. 1 indexed citations

Blasio, Francesco De, et al.. (2014). Efficacy of Levodropropizine in Pediatric and Adult Population: 2 Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis of Published Clinical Studies. CHEST Journal. 146(4). 526A–526A. 1 indexed citations

Lavorini, Federico, et al.. (2013). Respiratory rate assessments using a dual-accelerometer device. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 191. 60–66. 36 indexed citations

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Zanasi, Alessandro, Luigi Lanata, Francesco De Blasio, et al.. (2013). Antibiotic or symptomatic therapy in URTI-related pediatric acute cough?. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). P1208–P1208. 1 indexed citations

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Zanasi, Alessandro, Luigi Lanata, Michela Bagnasco, et al.. (2013). Antibiotics in URTI-Related Acute Cough: Analysis of Two Studies in Children. CHEST Journal. 144(4). 784A–784A.

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Widdicombe, J. G., W. Robert Addington, Giovanni Fontana, & Robert E. Stephens. (2011). Voluntary and reflex cough and the expiration reflex; implications for aspiration after stroke. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 24(3). 312–317. 46 indexed citations

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Lavorini, Federico, et al.. (2010). Desensitization of the cough reflex by exercise and voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea. Journal of Applied Physiology. 108(5). 1061–1068. 31 indexed citations

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Lavorini, Federico, Giovanni Fontana, Tito Pantaleo, et al.. (2007). Fog-induced Cough with Impaired Respiratory Sensation in Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 176(8). 825–832. 20 indexed citations

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Bagno, Andrea, Monica Dettin, Paola Brun, et al.. (2006). Human osteoblast-like cell adhesion on titanium substrates covalently functionalized with synthetic peptides. Bone. 40(3). 693–699. 69 indexed citations

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Fassio, Anna, Giambattista Bonanno, Giovanni Fontana, et al.. (1996). Role of External and Internal Calcium on Heterocarrier‐Mediated Transmitter Release. Journal of Neurochemistry. 66(4). 1468–1474. 18 indexed citations

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Blaustein, Mordecai P., Giovanni Fontana, & Robert S. Rogowski. (1996). The Na⁺‐Ca²⁺ Exchanger in Rat Brain Synaptosomes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 779(1). 300–317. 30 indexed citations

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Fontana, Giovanni, et al.. (1996). Characterization of the Glutamate Receptors Mediating Release of Somatostatin from Cultured Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 66(1). 161–168. 20 indexed citations

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Bonanno, Giambattista, et al.. (1994). Heterocarrier-mediated reciprocal modulation of glutamate and glycine release in rat cerebral cortex and spinal cord synaptosomes. European Journal of Pharmacology. 252(1). 61–67. 15 indexed citations

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Bonanno, Giambattista, et al.. (1989). GABAB autoreceptors in rat cortex synaptosomes: response under different depolarizing and ionic conditions. European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology. 172(1). 41–49. 28 indexed citations

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