Luigi Ferrucci

275.9k citations

1.6k papers · 128.0k indexed · 44 hit papers · h-index 158

Impact in

Geriatrics and Gerontology top 0.01%
- Frailty in Older Adults
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation top 0.01%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Papers in

Geriatrics and Gerontology 177
- Frailty in Older Adults 172
Aging 60

Co-authors: Jack M. Guralnik Stefania Bandinelli Robert B. Wallace Eleanor M. Simonsick Linda P. Fried Fulvio Lauretani Elisa Fabbri Stephanie A. Studenski
Journals: The Journals of Gerontology Series A (166 papers)Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (111 papers)Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (42 papers)Aging Cell (42 papers)Innovation in Aging (27 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Luigi Ferrucci

1.5k papers receiving 124.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

From geroscience to precision geromedicine: Understanding and managing aging 2025 · 61 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Cell
2023 Neuron
2023 Nature Metabolism
2020 Ageing Research Reviews
2020 PLoS Biology
2020 Frontiers in Physiology
2019 Aging
2019 Aging Cell
2019 Nature Medicine
2018 Aging
2018 Journal of Internal Medicine
2018 Nature Reviews Cardiology
2018 Aging Cell
2018 PLoS Medicine
2017 Alzheimer s & Dementia
2015 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2015 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
2015 Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
2014 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2014 The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
2013 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2013 JAMA Neurology
2013 eScholarship (California Digital Library)
2011 Neuropsychology
2011 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2011 Archives of Neurology
2010 PLoS Genetics
2008 Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care
2006 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2006 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2006 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2006 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
2004 Blood
2004 Blood
2004 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2004 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
2004 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2003 Journal of Applied Physiology
2000 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2000 The Journals of Gerontology Series A
1999 The American Journal of Medicine
1999 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
1995 New England Journal of Medicine
1994 Journal of Gerontology

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Luigi Ferrucci, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Neuronal microstructural changes in the human brain are associated with neurocognitive aging Aging Cell ·Kavita Singh, Stephanie Barsoum, Kurt G. Schilling, Yang An, Luigi Ferrucci, Dan Benjamini	2024	9
2	Longitudinal association between muscle and bone loss: Results of US and Japanese cohort studies Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Yusuke Osawa, Yang An, Yukiko Nishita, Yasumoto Matsui, Marie Takemura, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka, Hidenori Arai, Luigi Ferrucci	2024	8
3	Age and objectively measured sleep: investigating associations and interactions by sex and race in middle-aged and older adults SLEEP Advances ·Linchen He, Jill A. Rabinowitz, Yang An, Chandra L. Jackson, Ryan Hellinger, Sarah Wanigatunga, Jennifer A. Schrack, Luigi Ferrucci, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Kirsten Koehler, Adam P. Spira	2024	2
4	Upregulation of Sarcolemmal Hemichannels and Inflammatory Transcripts with Neuromuscular Junction Instability during Lower Limb Unloading in Humans Biology ·Giuseppe Sirago, Julián Candia, Martino V. Franchi, Fabio Sarto, Elena Monti, L. Toniolo, Carlo Reggiani, Emiliana Giacomello, Sandra Zampieri, Lisa M. Hartnell, Giuseppe De Vito, Marco Sandri, Luigi Ferrucci, Marco Narici	2023	4
5	Multi-ancestry meta-analysis and fine-mapping in Alzheimer’s disease Molecular Psychiatry ·Julie Lake, Caroline Warly Solsberg, Jonggeol Jeffrey Kim, Juliana Acosta‐Uribe, Mary B. Makarious, Zizheng Li, Kristin Levine, Peter Heutink, Chelsea X. Alvarado, Dan Vitale, Sarang Kang, Jungsoo Gim, Kun Ho Lee, Stefanie Danielle Piña‐Escudero, Luigi Ferrucci, Andrew Singleton, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Mike A. Nalls, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Hampton L. Leonard	2023	30
6	Muscle quality, physical performance, and comorbidity are predicted by circulating procollagen type III N-terminal peptide (P3NP): the InCHIANTI follow-up study GeroScience ·Raffaello Pellegrino, Roberto Paganelli, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefania Bandinelli, Antimo Moretti, Giovanni Iolascon, Eleonora Sparvieri, Domiziano Tarantino, Luigi Ferrucci	2023	4
7	Moving towards the detection of frailty with biomarkers: A population health study Aging Cell ·Lana Sargent, Mike A. Nalls, Andrew B. Singleton, Priya Palta, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, James S. Pankow, Hunter J Young, Weihong Tang, Pamela L. Lutsey, Amy Olex, Jered M. Wendte, Danni Li, Álvaro Alonso, Michael Griswold, B. Gwen Windham, Stefania Baninelli, Luigi Ferrucci	2023	9
8	Accelerated decline in white matter microstructure in subsequently impaired older adults and its relationship with cognitive decline Brain Communications ·Andrea T. Shafer, Owen A. Williams, Evian Perez, Yang An, Bennett A. Landman, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick	2022	20
9	Causal links among amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration Brain Communications ·Murat Bilgel, Dean F. Wong, Abhay Moghekar, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick, (unknown)	2022	14
10	Comparative metabolomic analysis in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of humans and in plasma and brain of mice following antidepressant-dose ketamine administration Translational Psychiatry ·Ruin Moaddel, Panos Zanos, Cristan Farmer, Bashkim Kadriu, Patrick J. Morris, Jacqueline Lovett, Elia E. Acevedo-Diaz, Grace W. Cavanaugh, Peixiong Yuan, Mani Yavi, Craig J. Thomas, Lawrence T. Park, Luigi Ferrucci, Todd D. Gould, Carlos A. Zarate	2022	20
11	Analysis of CYP2C19 genetic variants with ischaemic events in UK patients prescribed clopidogrel in primary care: a retrospective cohort study BMJ Open ·Luke C. Pilling, Deniz Türkmen, Hannah Fullalove, Janice L. Atkins, João Delgado, Chia‐Ling Kuo, George A. Kuchel, Luigi Ferrucci, Jack Bowden, Jane Masoli, David Melzer	2021	6
12	Independent and interactive associations of dietary nitrate and salt intake with blood pressure and cognitive function: a cross-sectional analysis in the InCHIANTI study Australasian Journal of Paramedicine ·Andrea McGrattan, Blossom C. M. Stephan, Oliver M. Shannon, Mohsen Mazidi, Mark Gilchrist, Miranda J. Smallwood, Paul G. Winyard, Nicholas McMahon, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Devi Mohan, Stefania Bandinelli, Louise Robinson, Luigi Ferrucci, Mario Siervo	2021	10
13	Age‐associated expression of p21and p53 during human wound healing Aging Cell ·Chee W. Chia, Cheryl A. Sherman‐Baust, Sara A. Larson, Ritu Pandey, Roxanne Withers, Ajoy Karikkineth, Linda Zukley, Judith Campisi, Josephine M. Egan, Ranjan Sen, Luigi Ferrucci	2021	21
14	Underlying features of epigenetic aging clocks in vivo and in vitro Aging Cell ·Zuyun Liu, Diana L. Leung, Kyra Thrush, Wei Zhao, Scott M. Ratliff, Toshiko Tanaka, Lauren Schmitz, Jennifer A. Smith, Luigi Ferrucci, Morgan E. Levine	2020	141
15	Effects of Transdermal Testosterone Gel or an Aromatase Inhibitor on Prostate Volume in Older Men The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Jenny Pena Dias, Denise Melvin, Michelle Shardell, Luigi Ferrucci, Chee W. Chia, Mohsen Gharib, Josephine M. Egan, Shehzad Basaria	2016	16
16	Menopause accelerates biological aging Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Morgan E. Levine, Ake T. Lu, Brian H. Chen, Dena Hernández, Andrew Singleton, Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli, Elias Salfati, JoAnn E. Manson, Austin Quach, Cynthia Kusters, Diana Kuh, Andrew Wong, Andrew E. Teschendorff, Martin Widschwendter, Beate Ritz, Devin Absher, Themistocles L. Assimes, Steve Horvath	2016	319
17	Effects of aromatase inhibition vs. testosterone in older men with low testosterone: randomized‐controlled trial Andrology ·Jenny Pena Dias, Denise Melvin, Eleanor M. Simonsick, OD Carlson, Michelle Shardell, Luigi Ferrucci, Chee W. Chia, Shehzad Basaria, Josephine M. Egan	2015	46
18	Longitudinal cognitive decline is associated with fibrillar amyloid-beta measured by [ ¹¹ C]PiB Neurology ·Susan M. Resnick, Jitka Sojkova, Zhou Yu, Youzhong An, W. Ye, Daniel P. Holt, Robert F. Dannals, Chester A. Mathis, William E. Klunk, Luigi Ferrucci, Michael A. Kraut, Dean F. Wong	2010	212
19	Metabolic Factors Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·J. Kellogg Parsons, H. Ballentine Carter, Alan W. Partin, B. Gwen Windham, E. Jeffrey Metter, Luigi Ferrucci, Patricia Landis, Elizabeth A. Platz	2006	262
20	Analysis of HLA-DQA, HLA-DQB Frequencies in a Group of Sardinian Centenarians Rejuvenation Research ·Letizia Scola, Domenico Lio, Antonio Crivello, Giuseppina Candore, Giusi Irma Forte, Giuseppina Colonna‐Romano, Giovanni Mario Pes, Ciriaco Carru, Luigi Ferrucci, Luca Deiana, Giovannella Baggio, Claudio Franceschi, Calogero Caruso	2006	5

About Luigi Ferrucci

Luigi Ferrucci is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aging, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and Physiology, having authored 1.6k papers that have together received 128.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nutrition and Health in Aging (269 papers), Frailty in Older Adults (172 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (110 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (106 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (106 papers), Peripheral Artery Disease Management (101 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (81 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (78 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geriatrics and Gerontology (20.2k citations), Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (10.3k citations), Aging (3.0k citations), Physiology (43.9k citations) and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (1.7k citations). Luigi Ferrucci has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jack M. Guralnik, Stefania Bandinelli, Robert B. Wallace, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Linda P. Fried, Fulvio Lauretani, Elisa Fabbri, Stephanie A. Studenski, Lisa Berkman and Susan M. Resnick. Their work appears in journals such as The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Aging Cell and Innovation in Aging.

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