Giulia Di Stefano

5.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Giulia Di Stefano is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Giulia Di Stefano has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Physiology, 45 papers in Neurology and 35 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Giulia Di Stefano's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (24 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (18 papers). Giulia Di Stefano is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (24 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (18 papers). Giulia Di Stefano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Denmark and United States. Giulia Di Stefano's co-authors include G. Cruccu, Andrea Truini, Stine Maarbjerg, Lars Bendtsen, S. La Cesa, Caterina Leone, A. Biasiotta, Eleonora Galosi, Turo Nurmikko and L. Scucchi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Giulia Di Stefano

125 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

European Academy of Neurology guideline on trigeminal neuralgia

2019 346 citations Lars Bendtsen, Joanna M. Zakrzewska et al. profile →
Trigeminal neuralgia – diagnosis and treatment

2017 326 citations Stine Maarbjerg, Giulia Di Stefano et al. profile →
Trigeminal Neuralgia

2020 261 citations G. Cruccu, Giulia Di Stefano et al. profile →
Trigeminal neuralgia

2024 37 citations Giulia Di Stefano, Mark Obermann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giulia Di Stefano Italy	34	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	749	369	128	3.7k
Anne M. Comi United States	35	1.1k 0.7×	721 0.5×	953 0.8×	429 0.6×	224 0.6×	106	3.9k
Niklas Norgren Sweden	24	1.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.6×	917 0.8×	592 0.8×	359 1.0×	26	4.6k
Massimiliano Mirabella Italy	41	947 0.6×	722 0.5×	468 0.4×	141 0.2×	665 1.8×	166	5.4k
Michael Linnebank Switzerland	33	815 0.5×	680 0.5×	319 0.3×	423 0.6×	458 1.2×	141	3.3k
Tanya Stojkovic France	42	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	724 0.6×	194 0.3×	479 1.3×	200	5.3k
Jae‐Kyu Roh South Korea	43	338 0.2×	1.9k 1.3×	525 0.5×	639 0.9×	466 1.3×	120	5.8k
Khema R. Sharma United States	27	352 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	323 0.3×	335 0.4×	486 1.3×	51	2.6k
Christoph J. Schankin Switzerland	29	1.4k 1.0×	446 0.3×	811 0.7×	2.9k 3.9×	140 0.4×	115	4.0k
Robert Swingler United Kingdom	34	880 0.6×	3.1k 2.1×	432 0.4×	300 0.4×	1.6k 4.5×	64	4.7k
Donatella Tampieri Canada	37	268 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	469 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	387 1.0×	112	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Giulia Di Stefano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giulia Di Stefano

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20 of 20 papers shown

Stefano, Giulia Di, et al.. (2025). Structural brain alterations and changes in resting-state functional connectivity in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: A meta-analysis. NeuroImage Clinical. 46. 103759–103759.

Galosi, Eleonora, Pietro Falco, Giuseppe Di Pietro, et al.. (2025). Epidermal Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 innervation is increased in patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy experiencing ongoing burning pain. Pain. 166(4). 824–834.

Coluzzi, Flaminia, Giulia Di Stefano, Monica Rocco, et al.. (2025). The Challenge of Managing Neuropathic Pain in Children and Adolescents with Cancer. Cancers. 17(3). 460–460.

Pietro, Giuseppe Di, Pietro Falco, Gianfranco De Stefano, et al.. (2023). Predicting value for incomplete recovery in Bell's palsy of facial nerve ultrasound versus nerve conduction study. Clinical Neurophysiology. 158. 35–42. 1 indexed citations

Stefano, Gianfranco De, Cristina Mollica, Giuseppe Di Pietro, et al.. (2023). Sex differences in trigeminal neuralgia: a focus on radiological and clinical characteristics. Neurological Sciences. 44(12). 4465–4472. 9 indexed citations

Falco, Pietro, Eleonora Galosi, Giulia Di Stefano, et al.. (2023). Autonomic Small-Fiber Pathology in Patients With Fibromyalgia. Journal of Pain. 25(1). 64–72. 6 indexed citations

Leone, Caterina, Giuseppe Di Pietro, Eleonora Galosi, et al.. (2023). Modulation of the spinal N13 SEP component by high- and low-frequency electrical stimulation. Experimental pain models matter. Clinical Neurophysiology. 156. 28–37. 4 indexed citations

Gualdani, Roberta, Philippe Gailly, Jun‐Hui Yuan, et al.. (2022). A TRPM7 mutation linked to familial trigeminal neuralgia: Omega current and hyperexcitability of trigeminal ganglion neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(38). e2119630119–e2119630119. 16 indexed citations

Pietro, Giuseppe Di, Giulia Di Stefano, Caterina Leone, et al.. (2021). The N13 spinal component of somatosensory evoked potentials is modulated by heterotopic noxious conditioning stimulation suggesting an involvement of spinal wide dynamic range neurons. Neurophysiologie Clinique. 51(6). 517–523. 9 indexed citations

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Cruccu, G., Giulia Di Stefano, Paolo Marchettini, & Andrea Truini. (2019). Micronized Palmitoylethanolamide: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Controlled Study in Patients with Low Back Pain – Sciatica. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets. 18(6). 491–495. 14 indexed citations

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Zakrzewska, Joanna M., Joanne Palmer, Lars Bendtsen, et al.. (2018). Challenges recruiting to a proof-of-concept pharmaceutical trial for a rare disease: the trigeminal neuralgia experience. Trials. 19(1). 704–704. 9 indexed citations

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Stefano, Giulia Di, Andrea Truini, & G. Cruccu. (2018). Current and Innovative Pharmacological Options to Treat Typical and Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia. Drugs. 78(14). 1433–1442. 73 indexed citations

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Leone, Caterina, Federico Verde, S. La Cesa, et al.. (2016). An observational study assessing peripheral neuropathy related to multiple myeloma. Neurological Sciences. 37(7). 1141–1143. 15 indexed citations

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Biasiotta, A., Milvia Casato, S. La Cesa, et al.. (2014). Clinical, neurophysiological, and skin biopsy findings in peripheral neuropathy associated with hepatitis C virus-related cryoglobulinemia. Journal of Neurology. 261(4). 725–731. 30 indexed citations

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Stefano, Giulia Di, S. La Cesa, A. Biasiotta, et al.. (2012). Laboratory tools for assessing neuropathic pain. Neurological Sciences. 33(S1). 5–7. 10 indexed citations

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Minniti, Giuseppe, Claudia Scaringi, Vitaliana De Sanctis, et al.. (2012). Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and continuous low-dose temozolomide in patients with recurrent or progressive malignant gliomas. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 111(2). 187–194. 53 indexed citations

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Truini, Andrea, A. Biasiotta, Giulia Di Stefano, et al.. (2010). Mechanisms of pain in distal symmetric polyneuropathy: A combined clinical and neurophysiological study. Pain. 150(3). 516–521. 59 indexed citations

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Schiappacassi, Mónica, Francesca Lovat, Vincenzo Canzonieri, et al.. (2008). p27Kip1 expression inhibits glioblastoma growth, invasion, and tumor-induced neoangiogenesis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(5). 1164–1175. 50 indexed citations

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Ferretti, Elisabetta, Giulia Di Stefano, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (2003). Human pituitary tumours express the bHLH transcription factors NeuroD1 and ASH1. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 26(10). 957–965. 10 indexed citations

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Basso, Nicola, A Materia, Gianfranço Silecchia, et al.. (1992). Time-related interference of misoprostol with experimental gastric cancer formation induced byN-methyi-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in the rat. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 118(6). 441–446. 3 indexed citations

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