Igor Branchi

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
103 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Igor Branchi is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Branchi has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 29 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 28 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Igor Branchi's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (36 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (29 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers). Igor Branchi is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (36 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (29 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers). Igor Branchi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Igor Branchi's co-authors include Enrico Alleva, Ivana D’Andrea, Lucio G. Costa, Daniela Santucci, Francesca Cirulli, Francesca Capone, Luigi Aloe, Laura Maggi, S. Poggini and Cristina Limatola and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Igor Branchi

98 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Psychedelics and the essential importance of context

2018 428 citations Igor Branchi et al. profile →
The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves

2021 277 citations Mirko Manchia, Anouk W. Gathier et al. European Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 200 citations Benedetta Vai, Mario Gennaro Mazza et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor Branchi Italy	45	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	993	103	6.6k
Bart P. F. Rutten Netherlands	48	923 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	878 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	243	9.3k
Francesca Cirulli Italy	47	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	707 0.7×	172	6.7k
Audrey R. Tyrka United States	50	1.1k 0.8×	3.4k 2.4×	2.5k 1.9×	543 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	140	9.0k
Zóltan Sarnyai Australia	41	1.7k 1.1×	628 0.4×	2.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	134	7.3k
Jill M. Goldstein United States	65	1.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	960 1.0×	203	13.8k
Michael Deuschle Germany	43	767 0.5×	714 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	529 0.5×	977 1.0×	191	6.7k
Bruce S. McEwen United States	35	2.3k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	3.9k 3.0×	1.7k 1.5×	825 0.8×	50	8.6k
Zeev Kaplan Israel	42	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	820 0.7×	850 0.9×	125	6.3k
Janine D. Flory United States	54	1.2k 0.8×	3.4k 2.4×	1.8k 1.3×	942 0.9×	827 0.8×	144	9.8k
Günter Kenis Netherlands	55	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	3.0k 2.3×	1.5k 1.4×	3.4k 3.4×	147	10.9k

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Colli, Claudia, Aurelia Viglione, Alessandro Giuliani, & Igor Branchi. (2025). Anticipating depression trajectories by measuring plasticity and change through symptom network dynamics. European Psychiatry. 68(1). e128–e128.

Colli, Claudia, Aurelia Viglione, S. Poggini, et al.. (2025). A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 32–32. 3 indexed citations

Branchi, Igor. (2024). Uncovering the determinants of brain functioning, behavior and their interplay in the light of context. European Journal of Neuroscience. 60(5). 4687–4706. 5 indexed citations

Colli, Claudia, Flavia Chiarotti, Patrizia Campolongo, Alessandro Giuliani, & Igor Branchi. (2024). Towards a network-based operationalization of plasticity for predicting the transition from depression to mental health. Nature Mental Health. 2(2). 200–208. 5 indexed citations

Poggini, S., et al.. (2024). Adolescent social isolation induces sex-specific behavioral and neural alterations. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 172. 107264–107264. 1 indexed citations

Poggini, S., et al.. (2023). Social environment affects the vulnerability to adolescent-onset depression and determines antidepressant efficacy in a preclinical model. Neuroscience Applied. 2. 102606–102606. 1 indexed citations

Branchi, Igor. (2023). A mathematical formula of plasticity: Measuring susceptibility to change in mental health and data science. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 152. 105272–105272. 3 indexed citations

Colli, Claudia, Marta Borgi, S. Poggini, et al.. (2022). Time moderates the interplay between 5-HTTLPR and stress on depression risk: gene x environment interaction as a dynamic process. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 274–274. 20 indexed citations

Benedetti, Francesco, Igor Branchi, Sara Poletti, et al.. (2021). Adiponectin predicts poor response to antidepressant drugs in major depressive disorder. Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental. 36(6). e2793–e2793. 6 indexed citations

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Manchia, Mirko, Anouk W. Gathier, Hale Yapıcı Eser, et al.. (2021). The impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on stress resilience and mental health: A critical review across waves. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 55. 22–83. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vai, Benedetta, Mario Gennaro Mazza, Claudia Colli, et al.. (2021). Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 8(9). 797–812. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Branchi, Igor, S. Poggini, Lucile Capuron, et al.. (2020). Brain-immune crosstalk in the treatment of major depressive disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 45. 89–107. 46 indexed citations

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Cisbani, Giulia, et al.. (2020). The Intellicage system provides a reproducible and standardized method to assess behavioral changes in cuprizone-induced demyelination mouse model. Behavioural Brain Research. 400. 113039–113039. 5 indexed citations

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Vinkers, Christiaan H., Thérèse van Amelsvoort, Jonathan I. Bisson, et al.. (2020). Stress resilience during the coronavirus pandemic. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 35. 12–16. 309 indexed citations

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Milior, Giampaolo, Cynthia Lecours, Kanchan Bisht, et al.. (2015). Fractalkine receptor deficiency impairs microglial and neuronal responsiveness to chronic stress. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 55. 114–125. 189 indexed citations

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Pendolino, Valentina, Vincenza Bagetta, Veronica Ghiglieri, et al.. (2014). l-DOPA reverses the impairment of Dentate Gyrus LTD in experimental parkinsonism via β-adrenergic receptors. Experimental Neurology. 261. 377–385. 6 indexed citations

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Branchi, Igor, James P. Curley, Ivana D’Andrea, et al.. (2012). Early interactions with mother and peers independently build adult social skills and shape BDNF and oxytocin receptor brain levels. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38(4). 522–532. 96 indexed citations

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Alleva, Enrico & Igor Branchi. (2011). An evolutionary perspective for contemporary psychiatric research. Rivista di psichiatria. 46(5). 288–91.

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Branchi, Igor. (2010). The double edged sword of neural plasticity: Increasing serotonin levels leads to both greater vulnerability to depression and improved capacity to recover. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 36(3). 339–351. 110 indexed citations

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Tirassa, Paola, Angela Iannitelli, Francesca Cirulli, et al.. (2000). 10.1708/1178.13059. Time to knit. 1(6). 527–34. 25 indexed citations

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