Mara Cercignani

16.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
230 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Mara Cercignani is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mara Cercignani has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 94 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 53 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mara Cercignani's work include Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (121 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (82 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (62 papers). Mara Cercignani is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (121 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (82 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (62 papers). Mara Cercignani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Mara Cercignani's co-authors include Marco Bozzali, Derek K. Jones, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Massimo Filippi, Carlo Caltagirone, Laura Serra, Giancarlo Comi, Mark A. Horsfield, Neil A. Harrison and Alan J. Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mara Cercignani

227 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

About “axial” and “radial” diffusivities

2009 742 citations Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Mara Cercignani Magnetic Resonance in Medicine profile →
Twenty‐five pitfalls in the analysis of diffusion MRI data

2010 643 citations Derek K. Jones, Mara Cercignani profile →
The effect of filter size on VBM analyses of DT-MRI data

2005 490 citations Derek K. Jones, Mara Cercignani et al. NeuroImage profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mara Cercignani United Kingdom	58	6.3k	3.7k	2.7k	2.1k	1.5k	230	11.6k
Yongyue Zhang China	12	6.4k 1.0×	6.0k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	34	13.0k
Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott United Kingdom	59	10.1k 1.6×	4.1k 1.1×	4.6k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	278	15.7k
Sheng‐Kwei Song United States	43	7.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	129	10.4k
Andrea Falini Italy	71	5.2k 0.8×	4.8k 1.3×	4.5k 1.6×	3.2k 1.5×	3.4k 2.3×	382	16.9k
Marco Bozzali Italy	53	3.0k 0.5×	4.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	240	9.6k
Kuncheng Li China	62	5.8k 0.9×	9.6k 2.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	295	14.4k
Ivana Drobnjak United Kingdom	23	7.2k 1.2×	6.4k 1.7×	611 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	41	12.8k
James Saunders United States	11	5.7k 0.9×	5.7k 1.5×	576 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	26	11.2k
Achim Gass Germany	52	3.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.9×	236	9.8k
Rami K. Niazy United Kingdom	8	6.0k 1.0×	6.5k 1.8×	571 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	10	11.7k

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McNabb, Carolyn, Derek K. Jones, Craig Hedge, et al.. (2025). The cognitive cerebellum: linking microstructure to cognitive functions in a healthy population. NeuroImage. 317. 121356–121356.

Yalın, Nefize, Ivor Simpson, Riccardo De Marco, et al.. (2024). Altered oxidative neurometabolic response to methylene blue in bipolar disorder revealed by quantitative neuroimaging. Journal of Affective Disorders. 362. 790–798. 2 indexed citations

Jones, Derek K., Daniel C. Alexander, Mara Cercignani, et al.. (2024). Low field, high impact: democratizing MRI for clinical and research innovation. BJR|Open. 7(1). tzaf022–tzaf022. 1 indexed citations

Figini, Matteo, Antonella Castellano, Michele Bailo, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive Brain Tumour Characterisation with VERDICT-MRI: Evaluation of Cellular and Vascular Measures Validated by Histology. Cancers. 15(9). 2490–2490. 3 indexed citations

Cercignani, Mara, et al.. (2022). In vivo quantitative imaging of hippocampal inflammation in autoimmune neuroinflammatory conditions: a systematic review. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 210(1). 24–38. 5 indexed citations

Mancini, Matteo, Agâh Karakuzu, Julien Cohen‐Adad, et al.. (2022). An interactive meta-analysis of MRI biomarkers of myelin. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Serra, Laura, Davide Esposito, Giovanni Giulietti, et al.. (2021). Lesion distribution and substrate of white matter damage in myotonic dystrophy type 1: Comparison with multiple sclerosis. NeuroImage Clinical. 29. 102562–102562. 8 indexed citations

Figini, Matteo, Antonella Castellano, Andrea Falini, et al.. (2020). Estimation of the vascular fraction in brain tumors by VERDICT correlated with Perfusion MRI. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Gabel, Matt C., Alexandra L. Young, Sharon Abrahams, et al.. (2020). Evolution of white matter damage in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 7(5). 722–732. 16 indexed citations

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Mancini, Matteo, Agâh Karakuzu, Julien Cohen‐Adad, et al.. (2020). An interactive meta-analysis of MRI biomarkers of myelin. eLife. 9. 107 indexed citations

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Gabel, Matt C., Nicholas G. Dowell, David J. Schwartzman, et al.. (2018). Neurite orientation and dispersion density imaging (NODDI) detects cortical and corticospinal tract degeneration in ALS. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 90(4). 404–411. 74 indexed citations

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Makovac, Elena, Sarah N. Garfinkel, Andrea Bassi, et al.. (2017). Fear processing is differentially affected by lateralized stimulation of carotid baroreceptors. Cortex. 99. 200–212. 9 indexed citations

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Rae, Charlotte L., Geoff Davies, Sarah N. Garfinkel, et al.. (2017). Deficits in Neurite Density Underlie White Matter Structure Abnormalities in First-Episode Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry. 82(10). 716–725. 47 indexed citations

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Bodini, Benedetta, Mara Cercignani, Zhaleh Khaleeli, et al.. (2012). Corpus callosum damage predicts disability progression and cognitive dysfunction in primary‐progressive MS after five years. Human Brain Mapping. 34(5). 1163–1172. 44 indexed citations

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Bozzali, Marco, Giovanni Giulietti, Barbara Basile, et al.. (2011). Damage to the cingulum contributes to alzheimer's disease pathophysiology by deafferentation mechanism. Human Brain Mapping. 33(6). 1295–1308. 82 indexed citations

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Wheeler‐Kingshott, Claudia A. M. Gandini, et al.. (2009). Measuring axial and radial diffusivities in the brain.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Cercignani, Mara & Daniel C. Alexander. (2006). Optimal acquisition schemes for in vivo quantitative magnetization transfer MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 56(4). 803–810. 79 indexed citations

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Tofts, Paul S., et al.. (2005). Quantitative magnetization transfer mapping of bound protons in multiple sclerosis (vol 50, pg 83, 2003). UCL Discovery (University College London). 18 indexed citations

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Cercignani, Mara, Mark R. Symms, Klaus Schmierer, et al.. (2005). Three-dimensional quantitative magnetisation transfer imaging of the human brain. NeuroImage. 27(2). 436–441. 57 indexed citations

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Cercignani, Mara. (2001). Magnetisation transfer ratio and mean diffusivity of normal appearing white and grey matter from patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 70(3). 311–317. 233 indexed citations

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