Luciano Molinari

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Luciano Molinari is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Luciano Molinari has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 18 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Luciano Molinari's work include Infant Development and Preterm Care (18 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers). Luciano Molinari is often cited by papers focused on Infant Development and Preterm Care (18 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers). Luciano Molinari collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Luciano Molinari's co-authors include R. H. Largo, Oskar G. Jenni, A. Prader, Théo Gasser, Michael Zimmermann, Helene Werner, Caroline Guyer, Jon Caflisch, Soumik Kumar Kundu and Gabriel Due and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Luciano Molinari

116 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

  1. Sleep Duration From Infancy to Adolescence: Reference Values and Generational Trends
    2003 967 citations Oskar G. Jenni, Luciano Molinari et al. profile →
  2. Physical growth of Swiss children from birth to 20 years of age. First Zurich longitudinal study of growth and development.
    1989 568 citations A. Prader, R. H. Largo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luciano Molinari Switzerland 45 2.1k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 117 7.3k
R. H. Largo Switzerland 40 2.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 839 0.7× 867 0.8× 677 0.6× 114 6.0k
Harold Snieder Netherlands 65 1.8k 0.8× 900 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 541 0.5× 1.8k 1.6× 404 15.4k
Sarah L. Berga United States 56 802 0.4× 519 0.4× 2.8k 2.4× 430 0.4× 1.7k 1.6× 194 9.5k
Susan M. Ring United Kingdom 49 3.4k 1.6× 394 0.3× 1.6k 1.4× 708 0.6× 522 0.5× 139 10.4k
Jari Haukka Finland 57 673 0.3× 741 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 586 0.5× 582 0.5× 321 12.1k
Roland von Känel Switzerland 62 448 0.2× 1.4k 1.1× 765 0.7× 729 0.7× 656 0.6× 523 14.1k
M. Koskenvuo Finland 50 419 0.2× 744 0.6× 937 0.8× 631 0.6× 390 0.4× 170 7.8k
Barry Taylor New Zealand 54 1.7k 0.8× 813 0.6× 2.2k 1.9× 722 0.6× 195 0.2× 273 9.4k
Henriëtte A. Delemarre‐van de Waal Netherlands 46 2.5k 1.2× 209 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 646 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 115 6.9k
Eero Kajantie Finland 66 9.1k 4.3× 1.4k 1.1× 3.6k 3.1× 721 0.6× 776 0.7× 487 16.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luciano Molinari

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luciano Molinari

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barbati, Giulia, Andrea Villatore, Luciano Molinari, et al.. (2025). Predictors of Disease Progression in Patients with Left Ventricular Nondilated Cardiomyopathy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
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Herter‐Aeberli, Isabelle, Giatgen A. Spinas, Roger Lehmann, et al.. (2009). Diet Determines Features of the Metabolic Syndrome in 6- to 14-Year-Old Children. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 79(1). 14–23. 22 indexed citations
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Dimitropoulos, Anastasia, Luciano Molinari, Toni Torresani, et al.. (2009). Children With Congenital Hypothyroidism: Long-Term Intellectual Outcome After Early High-Dose Treatment. Pediatric Research. 65(2). 242–248. 77 indexed citations
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Herter‐Aeberli, Isabelle, Luciano Molinari, Giatgen A. Spinas, et al.. (2006). Dietary intakes of fat and antioxidant vitamins are predictors of subclinical inflammation in overweight Swiss children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 84(4). 748–755. 107 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Michael, Luciano Molinari, Sonja Y. Hess, et al.. (2005). Serum transferrin receptor and zinc protoporphyrin as indicators of iron status in African children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 81(3). 615–623. 69 indexed citations
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Molinari, Luciano & Michael Hermanussen. (2005). The effect of variability in maturational tempo and midparent height on variability in linear body measurements. Annals of Human Biology. 32(5). 679–682. 7 indexed citations
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Hauspie, Roland, et al.. (2004). Methods in Human Growth Research. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 90 indexed citations
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Valsangiacomo, Emanuela, Edith R. Schmid, D. Schmidlin, et al.. (2002). Early postoperative arrhythmias after cardiac operation in children. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 74(3). 792–796. 89 indexed citations
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Largo, R. H., et al.. (2001). Neuromotor development from 5 to 18 years. Part 1: timed performance. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 43(7). 436–436. 139 indexed citations
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Bauersfeld, Urs, Bernd Nowak, Luciano Molinari, et al.. (1999). Low-energy epicardial pacing in children: the benefit of autocapture. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 68(4). 1380–1383. 35 indexed citations
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Eiholzer, Urs, et al.. (1998). Longitudinal monthly body measurements from 1 to 12 months of age: a study by practitioners for practitioners. European Journal of Pediatrics. 157(7). 547–552. 3 indexed citations
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Eiholzer, Urs, et al.. (1998). Low insulin, IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels in children with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome. European Journal of Pediatrics. 157(11). 890–893. 78 indexed citations
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Micheloyannis, Sifis, et al.. (1996). Electroencephalographic Evaluation of Children Without Neuropsychiatric Disturbances but With Poor School Performance. Journal of Child Neurology. 11(4). 309–312. 4 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Bernhard, L. Thun‐Hohenstein, Luciano Molinari, Andrea Superti‐Furga, & Eugen Boltshauser. (1994). Somatosensory Evoked Potentials with High Cortical Amplitudes: Clinical Data in 31 Children. Neuropediatrics. 25(2). 78–84. 13 indexed citations
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Schoenle, Eugen J., et al.. (1994). Epidemiology of IDDM in Switzerland: Increasing incidence rate and rural-urban differences in Swiss men born 1948-1972. Diabetes Care. 17(9). 955–960. 18 indexed citations
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Gasser, Théo, et al.. (1991). The dynamics of linear growth in distance, velocity and acceleration. Annals of Human Biology. 18(3). 187–205. 72 indexed citations
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Largo, R. H., Luciano Molinari, Soumik Kumar Kundu, U. A. Hunziker, & G. Duc. (1990). Neurological outcome in high risk weight appropriate for gestational age preterm children at early school age. European Journal of Pediatrics. 149(12). 835–844. 17 indexed citations
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Gasser, Théo, W Köhler, Hans‐Georg Müller, et al.. (1985). Human height growth: correlational and multivariate structure of velocity and acceleration. Annals of Human Biology. 12(6). 501–515. 30 indexed citations

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