Giovanni Scapagnini

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Scapagnini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Scapagnini has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Physiology and 24 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Scapagnini's work include Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (25 papers), Biochemical effects in animals (19 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (17 papers). Giovanni Scapagnini is often cited by papers focused on Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (25 papers), Biochemical effects in animals (19 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (17 papers). Giovanni Scapagnini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Giovanni Scapagnini's co-authors include Vittorio Calabrese, Sergio Davinelli, A. M. Giuffrida Stella, D. Allan Butterfield, D. Allan Butterfield, Claudia Colombrita, Davide Zella, Michael Engelbrecht Nielsen, D. Craig Willcox and Graziamaria Corbi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Scapagnini

174 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Astaxanthin in Skin Health, Repair, and Disease: A Comprehensive Review

2018 330 citations Sergio Davinelli, Michael Engelbrecht Nielsen et al. Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Scapagnini Italy	52	3.8k	2.4k	1.0k	822	784	179	9.2k
David Vauzour United Kingdom	40	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	655 0.8×	870 1.1×	120	7.7k
Cesare Mancuso Italy	55	4.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	556 0.5×	880 1.1×	470 0.6×	102	8.4k
Liang‐Jun Yan United States	48	4.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	475 0.5×	558 0.7×	630 0.8×	129	9.7k
Nady Braidy Australia	57	3.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	549 0.5×	951 1.2×	594 0.8×	168	9.2k
Kanwaljit Chopra India	62	3.1k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	940 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	1.0k 1.3×	304	11.9k
Maria Cristina Polidori Germany	48	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	516 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	218	8.5k
Dominique Bonnefont‐Rousselot France	43	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	850 0.8×	737 0.9×	811 1.0×	226	9.4k
Myeong Ok Kim South Korea	53	3.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	617 0.6×	864 1.1×	418 0.5×	184	8.7k
Federico V. Pallardó Spain	60	5.4k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	698 0.7×	403 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	225	13.7k
Gerald Münch Australia	60	3.3k 0.9×	4.1k 1.7×	626 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	561 0.7×	203	11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Scapagnini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Scapagnini

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Medoro, Alessandro, Sergio Davinelli, Luca Scuderi, et al.. (2025). Targeting Senescence, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation: Quercetin-Based Strategies for Ocular Diseases in Older Adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 20. 791–813. 4 indexed citations

Medoro, Alessandro, Francesca Graziano, Tiziana Zotti, et al.. (2025). The influence of FADS1 and ELOVL2 genetic polymorphisms on polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in response to fish oil supplementation. Lipids in Health and Disease. 24(1). 102–102. 1 indexed citations

Medoro, Alessandro, Andrea Buonsenso, Giuseppe Calcagno, et al.. (2024). Omega-3 Index as a Sport Biomarker: Implications for Cardiovascular Health, Injury Prevention, and Athletic Performance. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 9(2). 91–91. 2 indexed citations

Davinelli, Sergio, Alessandro Medoro, Rosa Savino, & Giovanni Scapagnini. (2024). Sleep and Oxidative Stress: Current Perspectives on the Role of NRF2. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 44(1). 52–52. 33 indexed citations

Medoro, Alessandro, Sergio Davinelli, Federica Fogacci, et al.. (2024). Palmitoylethanolamide in Postmenopausal Metabolic Syndrome: Current Evidence and Clinical Perspectives. Nutrients. 16(24). 4313–4313. 3 indexed citations

Medoro, Alessandro, Sergio Davinelli, Luigi Milella, et al.. (2023). Dietary Astaxanthin: A Promising Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Agent for Brain Aging and Adult Neurogenesis. Marine Drugs. 21(12). 643–643. 32 indexed citations

Medoro, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Astaxanthin as a metabolic regulator of glucose and lipid homeostasis. Journal of Functional Foods. 112. 105937–105937. 18 indexed citations

Savino, Rosa, Alessandro Medoro, Sawan Alì, et al.. (2023). The Emerging Role of Flavonoids in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(10). 3520–3520. 13 indexed citations

Alì, Sawan, Giovanni Scapagnini, & Sergio Davinelli. (2022). Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on the telomere length: A mini meta-analysis of clinical trials. BioMolecular Concepts. 13(1). 25–33. 19 indexed citations

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Sorrenti, Vincenzo, Francesca Benedetti, Alessandro Buriani, et al.. (2022). Immunomodulatory and Antiaging Mechanisms of Resveratrol, Rapamycin, and Metformin: Focus on mTOR and AMPK Signaling Networks. Pharmaceuticals. 15(8). 912–912. 46 indexed citations

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Alì, Sawan, Graziamaria Corbi, Michaël Maes, Giovanni Scapagnini, & Sergio Davinelli. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Flavonoids on Symptoms of Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antioxidants. 10(11). 1644–1644. 35 indexed citations

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Davinelli, Sergio, Graziamaria Corbi, & Giovanni Scapagnini. (2021). Frailty syndrome: A target for functional nutrients?. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 195. 111441–111441. 17 indexed citations

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Montalcini, Tiziana, Arturo Pujia, Lorenzo M. Donini, et al.. (2020). A Call to Action: Now Is the Time to Screen Elderly and Treat Osteosarcopenia, a Position Paper of the Italian College of Academic Nutritionists MED/49 (ICAN-49). Nutrients. 12(9). 2662–2662. 13 indexed citations

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Edge, Deirdre, et al.. (2019). FLUORESCENT LIGHT ENERGY: The Future for Treating Inflammatory Skin Conditions?. PubMed Central. 12(5). E61–E68. 20 indexed citations

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Davinelli, Sergio, Graziamaria Corbi, Stefano Righetti, et al.. (2018). Cardioprotection by Cocoa Polyphenols and ω -3 Fatty Acids: A Disease-Prevention Perspective on Aging-Associated Cardiovascular Risk. Journal of Medicinal Food. 21(10). 1060–1069. 37 indexed citations

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Corbi, Graziamaria, Valeria Conti, Klara Komici, et al.. (2018). Phenolic Plant Extracts Induce Sirt1 Activity and Increase Antioxidant Levels in the Rabbit’s Heart and Liver. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2018(1). 2731289–2731289. 39 indexed citations

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Davinelli, Sergio, Antonia Trichopoulou, Graziamaria Corbi, Immaculata De Vivo, & Giovanni Scapagnini. (2018). The potential nutrigeroprotective role of Mediterranean diet and its functional components on telomere length dynamics. Ageing Research Reviews. 49. 1–10. 48 indexed citations

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Marrazzo, Giuseppina, Paolo Bosco, Giovanni Scapagnini, et al.. (2011). Neuroprotective effect of silibinin in diabetic mice. Neuroscience Letters. 504(3). 252–256. 70 indexed citations

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Calabrese, Vittorio, Anna Signorile, Carolin Cornelius, et al.. (2008). Practical Approaches to Investigate Redox Regulation of Heat Shock Protein Expression and Intracellular Glutathione Redox State. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 441. 83–110. 31 indexed citations

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Calabrese, Vittorio, Agrippino Ravagna, Claudia Colombrita, et al.. (2005). Acetylcarnitine induces heme oxygenase in rat astrocytes and protects against oxidative stress: Involvement of the transcription factor Nrf2. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 79(4). 509–521. 139 indexed citations

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