Luigi Fontana

385 total papers · 31.2k total citations
226 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Luigi Fontana is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Luigi Fontana has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Physiology, 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 31 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Luigi Fontana's work include Diet and metabolism studies (65 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (59 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (31 papers). Luigi Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (65 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (59 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (31 papers). Luigi Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Australia. Luigi Fontana's co-authors include Linda Partridge, Valter D. Longo, Samuel Klein, John O. Holloszy, Dennis T. Villareal, Edward P. Weiss, Valeria Tosti, Timothy E. Meyer, J. Christopher Eagon and María Elena Trujillo Ortega and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Luigi Fontana

214 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

Extending Healthy Life Sp... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2010 2011 2007 2015 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Extending Healthy Life Span—From Yeast to Humans
    2010 2.2k citations Luigi Fontana, Linda Partridge et al. Science profile →
  2. Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans
    2011 1.4k citations Brian D. Muegge, Justin Kuczynski et al. Science profile →
  3. Visceral Fat Adipokine Secretion Is Associated With Systemic Inflammation in Obese Humans
    2007 1.1k citations Luigi Fontana, J. Christopher Eagon et al. Diabetes profile →
  4. Promoting Health and Longevity through Diet: From Model Organisms to Humans
    2015 858 citations Luigi Fontana, Linda Partridge Cell profile →
  5. Long-term calorie restriction is highly effective in reducing the risk for atherosclerosis in humans
    2004 669 citations Luigi Fontana, Timothy E. Meyer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population
    2014 651 citations Morgan E. Levine, Jorge Suárez et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  7. Absence of an Effect of Liposuction on Insulin Action and Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
    2004 562 citations Samuel Klein, Luigi Fontana et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  8. Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet: Metabolic and Molecular Mechanisms
    2017 524 citations Valeria Tosti, Beatrice Bertozzi et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  9. Molecular mechanisms of dietary restriction promoting health and longevity
    2021 401 citations Cara L. Green, Dudley W. Lamming et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  10. Intermittent Fasting Confers Protection in CNS Autoimmunity by Altering the Gut Microbiota
    2018 400 citations Francesca Cignarella, Claudia Cantoni et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  11. Meal frequency and timing in health and disease
    2014 396 citations Mark P. Mattson, David B. Allison et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Dietary fiber and health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    2018 300 citations Nicola Veronese, Marco Solmi et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  13. 2 years of calorie restriction and cardiometabolic risk (CALERIE): exploratory outcomes of a multicentre, phase 2, randomised controlled trial
    2019 269 citations William E. Kraus, Manjushri Bhapkar et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →
  14. Trends in age‐related disease burden and healthcare utilization
    2018 266 citations Vincenzo Atella, Andrea Piano Mortari et al. Aging Cell profile →
  15. Vegetarian and vegan diets: benefits and drawbacks
    2023 81 citations Tian Wang, Andrius Masedunskas et al. European Heart Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Luigi Fontana 10.7k 5.6k 4.2k 2.6k 2.5k 226 21.0k
Valter D. Longo 10.9k 1.0× 9.5k 1.7× 6.6k 1.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 183 23.7k
Nir Barzilai 8.9k 0.8× 7.4k 1.3× 3.4k 0.8× 892 0.3× 4.3k 1.7× 278 23.2k
John O. Holloszy 13.7k 1.3× 8.7k 1.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 198 22.4k
James L. Kirkland 17.9k 1.7× 11.5k 2.1× 4.0k 1.0× 802 0.3× 5.7k 2.3× 291 32.6k
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh 11.0k 1.0× 11.3k 2.0× 2.3k 0.5× 786 0.3× 3.6k 1.4× 321 26.5k
Rafael de Cabo 14.8k 1.4× 13.6k 2.4× 5.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.4× 4.0k 1.6× 344 33.0k
José Viña 7.9k 0.7× 8.3k 1.5× 1.2k 0.3× 934 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 375 25.1k
Abraham Aviv 10.5k 1.0× 5.6k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 817 0.3× 236 17.3k
Arlan Richardson 8.0k 0.8× 10.5k 1.9× 4.4k 1.1× 536 0.2× 2.1k 0.9× 273 21.5k
P. Eline Slagboom 4.8k 0.5× 8.6k 1.5× 2.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 462 22.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luigi Fontana

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