Marco Francone

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
197 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Marco Francone is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Francone has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 113 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 36 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Marco Francone's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (100 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (34 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers). Marco Francone is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (100 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (34 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers). Marco Francone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Marco Francone's co-authors include Jan Bogaert, Iacopo Carbone, Carlo Catalano, Luciano Agati, Nicola Galea, Francesco Fedele, Roberto Passariello, Matthias Gutberlet, Hölger Thiele and Peter Bernhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Marco Francone

183 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

Clinical Characteristics and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Findings in Stress (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy

2011 546 citations Iacopo Carbone, Marco Francone et al. profile →
Chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: correlation with disease severity and short-term prognosis

2020 460 citations Marco Francone, Maria Rosa Ciardi et al. European Radiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Clinical impact of CCT-FFR as first-strategy in patients with symptomatic stable coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography ·(unknown), (unknown), Ovidio De Filippo, Francesco Bruno, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, (unknown), Nicola Galea, Marco Francone, Marc Dewey, (unknown), Massimo Mancone	3
2	Cardiac Exposure Related to Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Patients Affected by Thymoma: A Dosimetric Comparison of Photon or Proton Intensity-Modulated Therapy 2025 ·Cancers ·(unknown), Luca Cozzi, Davide Franceschini, Luca Dominici, Ruggero Spoto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Giacomo Reggiori, (unknown), (unknown), Ciro Franzese, Marco Francone, Marta Scorsetti	0
3	Prognostic Value of Cardiovascular MRI in Asymptomatic Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Aortic Regurgitation: A Network Meta-Analysis 2025 ·Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging ·Stefano Figliozzi, (unknown), (unknown), Konstantinos Pateras, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marco Francone, Lorenzo Monti, João L. Cavalcante, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Pier Giorgio Masci	1
4	Trends in Clinical Cardiac Photon-Counting Detector CT Research: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis 2025 ·Diagnostics ·Arosh S. Perera Molligoda Arachchige, Federica Catapano, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stefano Figliozzi, Letterio S. Politi, Marco Francone	2
5	Prognostic value of stress CMR and SPECT-MPI in patients undergoing intermediate-to-high-risk non-cardiac surgery 2024 ·La radiologia medica ·Fabio Fazzari, (unknown), Federica Catapano, F. Cannata, (unknown), Stefano Figliozzi, Renato Bragato, Giulio Stefanini, Lorenzo Monti, Marco Francone	1
6	Effects of Enzyme Replacement Therapy on Cardiac MRI Findings in Fabry Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2024 ·Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging ·Stefano Figliozzi, (unknown), (unknown), Antonia Camporeale, (unknown), Pier Giorgio Masci, (unknown), Massimo Lombardi, (unknown), Marco Francone, Maurizio Pieroni, Georgios Georgiopoulos	5
7	CT-based radiogenomics of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma 2024 ·Digestive and Liver Disease ·Luca Viganò, Valentina Zanuso, Francesco Fiz, Luca Cerri, Maria Elena Laino, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luigi Terracciano, Marco Francone, Francesca Ieva, Luca Di Tommaso, Lorenza Rimassa	1
8	Comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function, pulmonary arterial elastic properties and ventricular-vascular coupling in adult patients with repaired tetralogy of fallot: clinical significance of 3D derived indices 2023 ·The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging ·Antonio Vitarelli, Fabio Miraldi, Lidia Capotosto, Nicola Galea, Marco Francone, Livia Marchitelli, Nicola Viceconte, Costantino Smaldone, Enrico Mangieri, Bich Lien Nguyen, Gaetano Tanzilli, Massimo Mancone, (unknown)	5
9	Fabry Disease: More than a Phenocopy of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), Stefano Figliozzi, (unknown), Federica Catapano, Marco Francone, Lorenzo Monti	6
10	State-of-the-art CT and MR imaging and assessment of atherosclerotic carotid artery disease: standardization of scanning protocols and measurements—a consensus document by the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) 2022 ·European Radiology ·Luca Saba, Christian Loewe, Thomas Weikert, Michelle C. Williams, Nicola Galea, Ricardo P.J. Budde, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Marco Francone, Jens Bremerich, Luigi Natale, Konstantin Nikolaou, Jean‐Nicolas Dacher, Charles Peebles, Federico Caobelli, Alban Redheuil, Marc Dewey, Karl‐Friedrich Kreitner, Rodrigo Salgado	31
11	Artificial Intelligence Applied to Pancreatic Imaging: A Narrative Review 2022 ·Healthcare ·Maria Elena Laino, (unknown), (unknown), Lorenzo Mannelli, Francesco Fiz, Marco Francone, Arturo Chiti, Luca Saba, (unknown), Victor Savevski	4
12	Cross-sectional analysis of follow-up chest MRI and chest CT scans in patients previously affected by COVID-19 2021 ·La radiologia medica ·Martina Pecoraro, Stefano Cipollari, Livia Marchitelli, Emanuele Messina, Maurizio Del Monte, Nicola Galea, Maria Rosa Ciardi, Marco Francone, Carlo Catalano, Valeria Panebianco	18
13	Impact of Intraventricular Haemodynamic Forces Misalignment on Left Ventricular Remodelling After Myocardial Infarction 2021 ·ESC Heart Failure ·Domenico Filomena, Sara Cimino, (unknown), Nicola Galea, (unknown), Marco Francone, Giovanni Tonti, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Viviana Maestrini, Francesco Fedele, Luciano Agati	20
14	Unexpected increase of myocardial extracellular volume fraction in low cardiovascular risk HIV patients 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Cristian Borrazzo, Gabriella d’Ettorre, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Massimiliano Pacilio, Letizia Santinelli, Eugenio Nelson Cavallari, (unknown), (unknown), Paolo Vassalini, Carolina Scagnolari, Marco Francone, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Iacopo Carbone	1
15	Early T1 Myocardial MRI Mapping: Value in Detecting Myocardial Hyperemia in Acute Myocarditis 2020 ·Radiology ·Anna Palmisano, Giulia Benedetti, Riccardo Faletti, Paola M. V. Rancoita, Marco Gatti, Giovanni Peretto, Simone Sala, (unknown), Marco Francone, Nicola Galea, Cristina Basso, Alessandro Del Maschio, Francesco De Cobelli, Antonio Esposito	27
16	Machine learning in cardiovascular radiology: ESCR position statement on design requirements, quality assessment, current applications, opportunities, and challenges 2020 ·European Radiology ·Thomas Weikert, Marco Francone, Suhny Abbara, Bettina Baeßler, Byoung Wook Choi, Matthias Gutberlet, Elizabeth M. Hecht, Christian Loewe, Élie Mousseaux, Luigi Natale, Konstantin Nikolaou, Karen Ordovás, Charles Peebles, Claudia Prieto, Rodrigo Salgado, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Jens Bremerich, Tim Leiner	18
17	T1 and extracellular volume fraction mapping in cardiac magnetic resonance: estimation of accuracy and precision of a novel algorithm 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Cristian Borrazzo, Massimiliano Pacilio, Nicola Galea, (unknown), Marco Carnì, Marco Francone, Carlo Catalano, Iacopo Carbone	2
18	Myocardial blood flow estimates from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: three quantitative methods 2017 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Cristian Borrazzo, Nicola Galea, Massimiliano Pacilio, Luisa Altabella, (unknown), Marco Carnì, Federica Ciolina, (unknown), Marco Francone, Carlo Catalano, Iacopo Carbone	4
19	CT Attenuation Analysis of Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage 2017 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Luca Saba, Marco Francone, Pier Paolo Bassareo, (unknown), Roberto Sanfilippo, Roberto Montisci, Jasjit S. Suri, Carlo N. De Cecco, Gavino Faa	58
20	High Prevalence of Myocarditis in Patients with Hypertensive Heart Disease and Cardiac Deterioration 2012 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Andrea Frustaci, Marco Francone, Nicola Petrosillo, Cristina Chimenti	9

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