Laura Sciacca

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Laura Sciacca is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Sciacca has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Laura Sciacca's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (34 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (24 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (14 papers). Laura Sciacca is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (34 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (24 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (14 papers). Laura Sciacca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Australia. Laura Sciacca's co-authors include Riccardo Vigneri, Giuseppe Pandini, Francesco Frasca, Antonino Belfiore, Paolo Vigneri, Rossana Mineo, Ira D. Goldfine, Sebastiano Squatrito, Angela Costantino and Pierluigi Scalia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Laura Sciacca

76 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Insulin Receptor Isoforms and Insulin Receptor/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Hybrids in Physiology and Disease

2009 805 citations Antonino Belfiore, Francesco Frasca et al. profile →
Diabetes and cancer

2009 803 citations Paolo Vigneri, Francesco Frasca et al. Endocrine Related Cancer profile →
Insulin Receptor Isoform A, a Newly Recognized, High-Affinity Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor in Fetal and Cancer Cells

1999 724 citations Francesco Frasca, Giuseppe Pandini et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Sciacca Italy	33	3.8k	2.8k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	81	6.2k
Annekatrin Lukanova Sweden	28	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	266 0.2×	49	4.6k
David S. Geller United States	38	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	887 0.7×	966 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	130	7.2k
Nicoletta Biglia Italy	41	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	477 0.4×	195	5.0k
Bruce G. Robinson Australia	56	3.4k 0.9×	5.0k 1.8×	2.6k 1.9×	2.2k 1.7×	3.0k 2.7×	227	11.3k
Olaf Ortmann Germany	41	1.6k 0.4×	842 0.3×	925 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	368 0.3×	346	6.3k
Masataka Kudo Japan	40	1.8k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	395 0.3×	311 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	128	4.9k
Cornelis J.M. Lips Netherlands	37	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	517 0.4×	960 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	96	4.5k
Anthony N. Hollenberg United States	50	2.9k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	312 0.2×	362 0.3×	485 0.4×	115	6.9k
Andrea Lania Italy	41	1.7k 0.4×	3.4k 1.2×	359 0.3×	593 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	274	6.0k
Cheryl R. Greenberg Canada	54	6.3k 1.7×	1.7k 0.6×	535 0.4×	522 0.4×	935 0.9×	218	10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Sciacca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Sciacca

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Tumminia, Andrea, Federica Vinciguerra, Lucia Frittitta, et al.. (2025). Clinical Assessment of Altered Eating Behaviors in People with Obesity Using the EBA-O Questionnaire. Nutrients. 17(7). 1209–1209.

Milluzzo, Agostino, et al.. (2024). Cancer drugs and diabetic retinopathy: a dangerous, underestimated association. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

Sciacca, Laura, Cristina Bianchi, Silvia Burlina, et al.. (2023). Position paper of the Italian Association of Medical Diabetologists (AMD), Italian Society of Diabetology (SID), and the Italian Study Group of Diabetes in pregnancy: Metformin use in pregnancy. Acta Diabetologica. 60(10). 1421–1437. 13 indexed citations

Sciacca, Laura, et al.. (2023). Efficacia e sicurezza di Tirzepatide per il trattamento di soggetti affetti da obesità e sovrappeso. L Endocrinologo. 24(1). 95–96.

Sciacca, Laura, Nicolina Di Biase, Andrea Tumminia, et al.. (2022). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus pregnancy by pregnancy: early, late and nonrecurrent GDM. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 188. 109911–109911. 13 indexed citations

Formoso, Gloria, Cristina Bianchi, Silvia Burlina, et al.. (2022). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on the nutritional management of diabetes in pregnancy: an online national survey. Acta Diabetologica. 59(12). 1597–1607. 1 indexed citations

Formoso, Gloria, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant and lactating diabetic women. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 31(7). 2151–2155. 13 indexed citations

Torlone, Elisabetta, Gloria Formoso, Marina Scavini, et al.. (2020). Italian recommendations for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic: Position statement of the Italian Association of Clinical Diabetologists (AMD) and the Italian Diabetes Society (SID), diabetes, and pregnancy study group. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 30(9). 1418–1422. 16 indexed citations

Scavini, Marina, et al.. (2020). Follow‐up of women with a history of gestational diabetes in Italy: Are we missing an opportunity for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 37(5). e3411–e3411. 3 indexed citations

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Vigneri, Riccardo, Laura Sciacca, & Paolo Vigneri. (2020). Rethinking the Relationship between Insulin and Cancer. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 31(8). 551–560. 54 indexed citations

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Dalfrà, Maria Grazia, Paolo Moghetti, Simonetta Lombardi, et al.. (2015). Diabetic pregnancy outcomes in mothers treated with basal insulin lispro protamine suspension or NPH insulin: a multicenter retrospective Italian study. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 29(7). 1061–1065. 9 indexed citations

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Massimino, Michele, Maria Mesuraca, Fabio Stagno, et al.. (2014). IRF5 is a target of BCR-ABL kinase activity and reduces CML cell proliferation. Carcinogenesis. 35(5). 1132–1143. 25 indexed citations

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Avnet, Sofia, Francesca Perut, Manuela Salerno, Laura Sciacca, & Nicola Baldini. (2012). Insulin receptor isoforms are differently expressed during human osteoblastogenesis. Differentiation. 83(5). 242–248. 26 indexed citations

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Sciacca, Laura, Rosario Le Moli, & Riccardo Vigneri. (2012). Insulin Analogs and Cancer. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 3. 21–21. 37 indexed citations

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Sciacca, Laura, Maria Francesca Cassarino, Marco Genua, et al.. (2010). Insulin analogues differently activate insulin receptor isoforms and post-receptor signalling. Diabetologia. 53(8). 1743–1753. 109 indexed citations

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Vigneri, Paolo, Francesco Frasca, Laura Sciacca, Giuseppe Pandini, & Riccardo Vigneri. (2009). Diabetes and cancer. Endocrine Related Cancer. 16(4). 1103–1123. 803 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frasca, Francesco, Giuseppe Pandini, Laura Sciacca, et al.. (2008). The role of insulin receptors and IGF-I receptors in cancer and other diseases. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 114(1). 23–37. 325 indexed citations

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Frasca, Francesco, Giuseppe Pandini, Pierluigi Scalia, et al.. (1999). Insulin Receptor Isoform A, a Newly Recognized, High-Affinity Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor in Fetal and Cancer Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(5). 3278–3288. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frittitta, Lucia, Laura Sciacca, A Ippolito, et al.. (1999). Functional insulin receptors are overexpressed in thyroid tumors. Cancer. 85(2). 492–498. 39 indexed citations

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Belfiore, Antonino, Lucia Frittitta, Angela Costantino, et al.. (1996). Insulin Receptors in Breast Cancer. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 784(1). 173–188. 57 indexed citations

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