Maria Lorella Giannì

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Maria Lorella Giannì is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Lorella Giannì has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 82 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 55 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Maria Lorella Giannì's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (87 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (52 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (50 papers). Maria Lorella Giannì is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (87 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (52 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (50 papers). Maria Lorella Giannì collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Maria Lorella Giannì's co-authors include Fabio Mosca, Paola Roggero, Pasqua Piemontese, Daniela Morniroli, Orsola Amato, Nadia Liotto, Laura Morlacchi, Laura Plevani, Elena Bezze and Anna Orsi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Lorella Giannì

149 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Breastfeeding Difficulties and Risk for Early Breastfeeding Cessation

2019 221 citations Maria Lorella Giannì, Maria Enrica Bettinelli et al. Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Lorella Giannì Italy	34	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	885	585	164	3.5k
Paola Roggero Italy	32	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	891 1.0×	446 0.8×	124	2.9k
Jean‐Charles Picaud France	33	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 2.1×	396 0.7×	135	4.8k
Camilia R. Martin United States	29	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	870 0.7×	2.0k 2.3×	249 0.4×	119	4.5k
Jacques Rigo Belgium	30	2.2k 1.3×	836 0.6×	908 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	612 1.0×	77	3.4k
Laurie Nommsen‐Rivers United States	30	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	2.7k 2.2×	340 0.4×	1.3k 2.2×	88	4.0k
Joaquín Escribano Spain	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	668 0.5×	301 0.3×	496 0.8×	104	3.4k
Donna T. Geddes Australia	45	3.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	3.1k 2.5×	908 1.0×	797 1.4×	255	6.0k
Jacqueline C. Kent Australia	29	1.4k 0.8×	744 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	341 0.4×	589 1.0×	64	3.1k
Iva Hojsak Croatia	35	2.1k 1.2×	650 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	517 0.6×	893 1.5×	148	5.4k
Sunita Taneja India	33	2.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	200 0.2×	948 1.6×	141	4.7k

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Raffaeli, Genny, et al.. (2025). A survey on the perception of health degree students on the use of Instagram and TikTok as learning tools. Educación Médica. 26(4). 101044–101044.

Arioli, Martina, et al.. (2025). Newborns' Asymmetrical Processing of Order From Sequentially Presented Magnitudes. Child Development. 96(6). 2079–2096. 1 indexed citations

Morniroli, Daniela, Giulia Vizzari, Stefano Turolo, et al.. (2024). Enhancing human milk studies: Introducing a less invasive human milk collection technique for the measurement of fatty acids. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 79(5). 1024–1030. 1 indexed citations

Agostoni, Carlo & Maria Lorella Giannì. (2024). Supplementing human milk for preterm infants: a nutritional challenge?. Pediatric Research. 95(6). 1404–1405.

Davanzo, Riccardo, Maria Enrica Bettinelli, Maria Elisabetta Baldassarre, et al.. (2024). Tele-support in breastfeeding: position statement of the Italian society of Neonatology. The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 50(1). 240–240.

Rose, Domenico Umberto De, Daniela Morniroli, Giulia Vizzari, et al.. (2024). Improving growth in preterm infants through nutrition: a practical overview. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1449022–1449022. 2 indexed citations

Consales, Alessandra, Emilia Biffi, Simone Pittaccio, et al.. (2024). Inclusivity is child’s play: pilot study on usability, acceptability and user experience of a sensory-motor PC game for children with cerebral palsy (GiocAbile). The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 50(1). 263–263.

Consales, Alessandra, Carlo Agostoni, Roberta Cazzola, Roberta Ottria, & Maria Lorella Giannì. (2024). Tracing Zinc’s Role in Preterm Infants’ Health: A Narrative Review. Advances in Nutrition. 15(12). 100295–100295. 3 indexed citations

Giannì, Maria Lorella, Alessandra Consales, Daniela Morniroli, Giulia Vizzari, & Fabio Mosca. (2023). The “Breastfeeding Paradox” as a Guide for the Assessment of Premature Infants Growth: It Is More Than Just Weigh-Ins. Breastfeeding Medicine. 18(5). 385–387. 2 indexed citations

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Consales, Alessandra, Matteo Porro, Silvana Gangi, et al.. (2023). In-hospital growth and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 11. 1180068–1180068. 4 indexed citations

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Milani, Gregorio P., Antonio Corsello, Marta Fadda, et al.. (2022). Perception, knowledge and attitude towards childhood fever: A survey among final‐year medical students. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 89(1). 261–267. 9 indexed citations

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Colombo, Carla, Gianfranco Alicandro, Valeria Daccò, et al.. (2021). Breastfeeding in Cystic Fibrosis: A Systematic Review on Prevalence and Potential Benefits. Nutrients. 13(9). 3263–3263. 5 indexed citations

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Vizzari, Giulia, Daniela Morniroli, Alessandra Consales, et al.. (2020). Knowledge and attitude of health staff towards breastfeeding in NICU setting: are we there yet? An Italian survey. European Journal of Pediatrics. 179(11). 1751–1759. 10 indexed citations

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Consales, Alessandra, Beatrice Letizia Crippa, Daniela Morniroli, et al.. (2020). Overcoming Rooming-In Barriers: A Survey on Mothers' Perspectives. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 8. 53–53. 21 indexed citations

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Roggero, Paola, Nadia Liotto, Chiara Pozzi, et al.. (2020). Analysis of immune, microbiota and metabolome maturation in infants in a clinical trial of Lactobacillus paracasei CBA L74-fermented formula. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2703–2703. 59 indexed citations

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Bettinelli, Maria Enrica, et al.. (2019). A priori choice of neuraxial labour analgesia and breastfeeding initiation success: a community-based cohort study in an Italian baby-friendly hospital. BMJ Open. 9(3). e025179–e025179. 3 indexed citations

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Morniroli, Daniela, Angelica Dessì, Maria Lorella Giannì, et al.. (2018). Is the body composition development in premature infants associated with a distinctive nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomic profiling of urine?. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 32(14). 2310–2318. 4 indexed citations

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Mosca, Fabio, et al.. (2017). Critical questions on nutrition of preterm infants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Sannino, Patrizio, Maria Lorella Giannì, Camilla Fontana, et al.. (2016). Support to mothers of premature babies using NIDCAP method: a non-randomized controlled trial. Early Human Development. 95. 15–20. 28 indexed citations

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Siena, Salvatore, Marco Bregni, Bruno Brando, et al.. (1991). Flow cytometry to estimate circulating hematopoietic progenitors for autologous transplantation: comparative analysis of different CD34 monoclonal antibodies.. PubMed. 76(4). 330–3. 36 indexed citations

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