Mark DiFrancesco

1.7k total citations
53 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Mark DiFrancesco is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark DiFrancesco has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Mark DiFrancesco's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (13 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (8 papers). Mark DiFrancesco is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (13 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (8 papers). Mark DiFrancesco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Australia. Mark DiFrancesco's co-authors include Scott K. Holland, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Tzipi Horowitz‐Kraus, Dean W. Beebe, Benjamin P. Kay, Jennifer Vannest, Christi Banks, Jean Gotman, Claudio Toro‐Serey and Michael Privitera and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mark DiFrancesco

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark DiFrancesco United States 20 673 197 197 194 166 53 1.2k
Anna Prinster Italy 23 609 0.9× 532 2.7× 256 1.3× 115 0.6× 93 0.6× 60 2.0k
A.W. Toga United States 15 739 1.1× 390 2.0× 318 1.6× 139 0.7× 88 0.5× 42 1.5k
Johan Mårtensson Sweden 22 803 1.2× 587 3.0× 205 1.0× 168 0.9× 181 1.1× 53 1.8k
Leena Lauronen Finland 26 811 1.2× 137 0.7× 229 1.2× 57 0.3× 74 0.4× 63 1.6k
G Deutsch United States 25 760 1.1× 251 1.3× 390 2.0× 126 0.6× 117 0.7× 58 1.8k
Juan Álvarez‐Linera Spain 28 815 1.2× 699 3.5× 490 2.5× 270 1.4× 78 0.5× 70 2.3k
Katrin Morgen Germany 16 642 1.0× 204 1.0× 223 1.1× 316 1.6× 20 0.1× 21 1.5k
Lisa Ronan United Kingdom 21 851 1.3× 562 2.9× 385 2.0× 95 0.5× 41 0.2× 30 1.6k
Yukuo Konishi Japan 22 850 1.3× 639 3.2× 212 1.1× 189 1.0× 176 1.1× 86 2.1k
Masashi Kameyama Japan 18 1.0k 1.5× 224 1.1× 371 1.9× 133 0.7× 65 0.4× 89 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark DiFrancesco

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All Works

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Wang, Lily, Bin Zhang, Yasmin Aziz, et al.. (2025). Microstructural and microvascular features of white matter hyperintensities and their association with small vessel disease markers. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 18567–18567.
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Greiner, Hansel M., James Leach, Leonid Rozhkov, et al.. (2025). Prognostic application of lesion network mapping to epilepsy surgery outcomes in pediatric tuberous sclerosis complex. Epilepsia. 66(6). 1854–1864. 1 indexed citations
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Hutton, John, Jonathan A. Dudley, Mark DiFrancesco, et al.. (2023). Maternal education as an environmental factor related to reading in children with reading difficulties: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Dyslexia. 29(3). 217–234. 1 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, et al.. (2022). Cerebral blood flow is lower in youth with type 2 diabetes compared to obese controls: A pilot study. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(3). 291–300. 5 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, et al.. (2021). Neuronal activation and performance changes in working memory induced by chronic sleep restriction in adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(5). e13304–e13304. 16 indexed citations
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Horowitz‐Kraus, Tzipi, Mark DiFrancesco, Jennifer Vannest, et al.. (2020). Longer Screen Vs. Reading Time is Related to Greater Functional Connections Between the Salience Network and Executive Functions Regions in Children with Reading Difficulties Vs. Typical Readers. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 52(4). 681–692. 10 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Jennifer M., et al.. (2020). Correlation of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Response to Visual Food Stimuli With Clinical Measures in Adolescents With Restrictive Eating Disorders. Journal of Adolescent Health. 67(2). 209–217. 5 indexed citations
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Dolan, Lawrence M., et al.. (2019). Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes and the Developing Brain. Current Diabetes Reports. 19(1). 3–3. 4 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, Tori R. Van Dyk, Mekibib Altaye, Sean P. A. Drummond, & Dean W. Beebe. (2019). Network-based Responses to the Psychomotor Vigilance Task during Lapses in Adolescents after Short and Extended Sleep. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13913–13913. 11 indexed citations
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Domany, Keren Armoni, Md Monir Hossain, Michael C. K. Khoo, et al.. (2018). Cardioventilatory Control in Preterm-born Children and the Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(12). 1596–1603. 25 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, Abu Shamsuzzaman, Keith McConnell, et al.. (2017). Age-related changes in baroreflex sensitivity and cardiac autonomic tone in children mirrored by regional brain gray matter volume trajectories. Pediatric Research. 83(2). 498–505. 8 indexed citations
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Pedapati, Ernest V., Mark DiFrancesco, Steve W. Wu, et al.. (2015). Neural correlates associated with symptom provocation in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder after a single session of sham-controlled repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 233(3). 466–473. 17 indexed citations
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Horowitz‐Kraus, Tzipi, Mark DiFrancesco, Benjamin P. Kay, Yingying Wang, & Scott K. Holland. (2015). Increased resting-state functional connectivity of visual- and cognitive-control brain networks after training in children with reading difficulties. NeuroImage Clinical. 8. 619–630. 61 indexed citations
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Horowitz‐Kraus, Tzipi, Claudio Toro‐Serey, & Mark DiFrancesco. (2015). Increased Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the Cingulo-Opercular Cognitive-Control Network after Intervention in Children with Reading Difficulties. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133762–e0133762. 77 indexed citations
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Horowitz‐Kraus, Tzipi, et al.. (2014). Right is not always wrong: DTI and fMRI evidence for the reliance of reading comprehension on language-comprehension networks in the right hemisphere. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 9(1). 19–31. 26 indexed citations
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Kay, Benjamin P., Xiangxiang Meng, Mark DiFrancesco, Scott K. Holland, & Jerzy P. Szaflarski. (2012). Moderating effects of music on resting state networks. Brain Research. 1447. 53–64. 49 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, Jerod M. Rasmussen, Ronald G. Pratt, et al.. (2008). Comparison of SNR and CNR for in vivo mouse brain imaging at 3 and using well matched scanner configurations. Medical Physics. 35(9). 3972–3978. 23 indexed citations
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DiFrancesco, Mark, Scott K. Holland, M. Douglas Ris, et al.. (2007). Functional magnetic resonance imaging assessment of cognitive function in childhood‐onset systemic lupus erythematosus: A pilot study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 56(12). 4151–4163. 55 indexed citations

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