Marco Narici

26.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
262 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Marco Narici is a scholar working on Physiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Narici has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Physiology, 104 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 87 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Marco Narici's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (78 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (77 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (58 papers). Marco Narici is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (78 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (77 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (58 papers). Marco Narici collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Marco Narici's co-authors include Constantinos N. Maganaris, Neil D. Reeves, Olivier Seynnes, Alberto E. Minetti, P. Cerretelli, Jeanette M. Thom, Martino V. Franchi, Luca Landoni, Philip J. Atherton and Christopher I. Morse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marco Narici

256 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Sarcopenia, Dynapenia, and the Impact of Advancing Age on Human Skeletal Muscle Size and Strength; a Quantitative Review

2012 987 citations Philip J. Atherton, Jonathan N. Lund et al. profile →
Changes in force, cross-sectional area and neural activation during strength training and detraining of the human quadriceps

1989 567 citations Marco Narici et al. profile →
Sarcopenia: characteristics, mechanisms and functional significance

2010 564 citations Marco Narici et al. profile →
Early skeletal muscle hypertrophy and architectural changes in response to high-intensity resistance training

2006 489 citations Marco Narici et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →
Impact of sedentarism due to the COVID‐19 home confinement on neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic health: Physiological and pathophysiological implications and recommendations for physical and nutritional countermeasures

2020 306 citations Marco Narici, Giuseppe De Vito et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Narici

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Narici. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Narici based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marco Narici. Marco Narici is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Twenty-one days of bed rest alter motor unit properties and neuromuscular junction transmission in young adults 2025 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Fabio Sarto, (unknown), (unknown), Martino V. Franchi, Daniel W. Stashuk, (unknown), Giacomo Valli, Samuele Negro, (unknown), Mladen Gasparini, Giovanni Martino, Giuseppe De Vito, Aleš Holobar, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Marco Narici	1
2	Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry derived body composition trajectories across adulthood: Reference values and associations with body roundness index and body mass index 2025 ·Clinical Nutrition ·Jedd Pratt, Marco Narici, Colin Boreham, Giuseppe De Vito	5
3	Plasma C‐terminal agrin fragment concentrations across adulthood: Reference values and associations with skeletal muscle health 2024 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Jedd Pratt, (unknown), (unknown), Marco Narici, Colin Boreham, Giuseppe De Vito	10
4	Spaceflight on the ISS changed the skeletal muscle proteome of two astronauts 2024 ·npj Microgravity ·Marta Murgia, Jörn Rittweger, Carlo Reggiani, Roberto Bottinelli, Matthias Mann, Stefano Schiaffino, Marco Narici	8
5	Upregulation of Sarcolemmal Hemichannels and Inflammatory Transcripts with Neuromuscular Junction Instability during Lower Limb Unloading in Humans 2023 ·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, (unknown), Luigi Ferrucci, Marco Narici	4
6	Handgrip strength asymmetry as a new biomarker for sarcopenia and individual sarcopenia signatures 2023 ·Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ·Jedd Pratt, (unknown), Marco Narici, Colin Boreham, Giuseppe De Vito	10
7	Genes encoding agrin (AGRN) and neurotrypsin (PRSS12) are associated with muscle mass, strength and plasma C-terminal agrin fragment concentration 2023 ·GeroScience ·Jedd Pratt, (unknown), Anthony W. Ryan, Thorhildur Juliusdottir, (unknown), Judith Conroy, Marco Narici, Giuseppe De Vito, Colin Boreham	9
8	DeepACSA: Automatic Segmentation of Cross-Sectional Area in Ultrasound Images of Lower Limb Muscles Using Deep Learning 2022 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·(unknown), (unknown), Neil J. Cronin, Fabio Sarto, Marco Narici, Oliver Faude, Martino V. Franchi	10
9	Metabolic and molecular responses of human patellar tendon to concentric- and eccentric-type exercise in youth and older age 2022 ·GeroScience ·Hannah Crossland, Matthew S. Brook, Jonathan I. Quinlan, Martino V. Franchi, Bethan E. Phillips, Daniel J. Wilkinson, Constantinos N. Maganaris, Paul L. Greenhaff, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Kenneth Smith, Marco Narici, Philip J. Atherton	8
10	Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial and Perilipin Content in a Cohort of Obese Subjects Undergoing Moderate and High Intensity Training 2022 ·Metabolites ·Giuseppe Sirago, (unknown), Stefano Lazzer, (unknown), Juana María Sanz, Marco Narici, Carlo Reggiani, Angelina Passaro, L. Toniolo	1
11	Plasma neurofilament light levels associate with muscle mass and strength in middle‐aged and older adults: findings from GenoFit 2022 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Jedd Pratt, Giuseppe De Vito, Ricardo Segurado, (unknown), (unknown), Marco Narici, Colin Boreham	37
12	Irisin Attenuates Muscle Impairment during Bed Rest through Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk 2022 ·Biology ·(unknown), Juana María Sanz, Stefano Lazzer, Rado Pišot, Boštjan Šimunič, Gianni Biolo, Giovanni Zuliani, Mladen Gasparini, Marco Narici, Bruno Grassi, Carlo Reggiani, Edoardo Dalla Nora, Angelina Passaro	3
13	Effects of short‐term unloading and active recovery on human motor unit properties, neuromuscular junction transmission and transcriptomic profile 2022 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Fabio Sarto, Daniel W. Stashuk, Martino V. Franchi, Elena Monti, Sandra Zampieri, Giacomo Valli, Giuseppe Sirago, Julián Candia, Lisa M. Hartnell, Matteo Paganini, Jamie S. McPhee, Giuseppe De Vito, Luigi Ferrucci, Carlo Reggiani, Marco Narici	37
14	Age‐related alterations in muscle architecture are a signature of sarcopenia: the ultrasound sarcopenia index 2021 ·Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle ·Marco Narici, Jamie S. McPhee, Maria Conte, Martino V. Franchi, (unknown), Sara Tagliaferri, Elena Monti, Giuseppe Marcolin, Philip J. Atherton, Kenneth Smith, Bethan E. Phillips, Jonathan N. Lund, Claudio Franceschi, Marcello Maggio, Gillian Butler‐Browne	56
15	Grip strength performance from 9431 participants of the GenoFit study: normative data and associated factors 2021 ·GeroScience ·Jedd Pratt, Giuseppe De Vito, Marco Narici, Ricardo Segurado, (unknown), Judith Conroy, Colin Boreham	38
16	Remodeling the Skeletal Muscle Extracellular Matrix in Older Age—Effects of Acute Exercise Stimuli on Gene Expression 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Barbara Wessner, Alexandra Gráf, Marco Narici, Christian Fink, Sepp Braun, Christian Hoser, Anthony J. Blazevich, Robert Csapo	20
17	Moderate Intensity Resistive Training Reduces Oxidative Stress and Improves Muscle Mass and Function in Older Individuals 2019 ·Antioxidants ·Alessandra Vezzoli, Simona Mrakic‐Sposta, Michela Montorsi, Simone Porcelli, Paola Vago, (unknown), S. Longo, Marcello Maggio, Marco Narici	54
18	Loss of maximal explosive power of lower limbs after 2 weeks of disuse and incomplete recovery after retraining in older adults 2017 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Enrico Rejc, (unknown), Paolo Taboga, Alberto Botter, L. Toniolo, (unknown), Marco Narici, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Gianni Biolo, Angelina Passaro, Jörn Rittweger, Carlo Reggiani, Stefano Lazzer	41
19	Greater loss in muscle mass and function but smaller metabolic alterations in older compared with younger men following 2 wk of bed rest and recovery 2016 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Rado Pišot, Uroš Marušič, Gianni Biolo, Sara Mazzucco, Stefano Lazzer, Bruno Grassi, Carlo Reggiani, L. Toniolo, P. E. di Prampero, Angelina Passaro, Marco Narici, (unknown), Jörn Rittweger, Mladen Gasparini, Mojca Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, Boštjan Šimunič	113
20	TWITCH PARAMETERS IN TRANSVERSAL AND LONGITUDINAL BICEPS BRACHII RESPONSE 2010 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Boštjan Šimunič, Dejan Križaj, Marco Narici, Rado Pišot	14

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