Massimo Leone

10.5k total citations
206 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Massimo Leone is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Leone has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 125 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 78 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Massimo Leone's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (167 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (86 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (72 papers). Massimo Leone is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (167 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (86 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (72 papers). Massimo Leone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Massimo Leone's co-authors include Gennaro Bussone, Angelo Franzini, Domenico D’Amico, Giovanni Broggi, Licia Grazzi, Arne May, Alberto Proietti Cecchini, F. Moschiano, Eliana Mea and Gennaro Bussone and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Leone

199 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Leone Italy 44 5.5k 3.9k 2.9k 1.2k 601 206 6.9k
Gennaro Bussone Italy 49 6.4k 1.2× 4.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 789 1.3× 273 8.0k
Sheena K. Aurora United States 39 5.7k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 994 0.8× 802 1.3× 113 6.8k
Lars Bendtsen Denmark 52 6.6k 1.2× 4.7k 1.2× 3.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 431 0.7× 164 9.2k
Manjit Matharu United Kingdom 39 5.0k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 398 0.7× 224 6.2k
Michael Bjørn Russell Norway 39 4.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 529 0.4× 644 1.1× 124 5.4k
SD Silberstein United States 34 4.4k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 958 0.8× 295 0.5× 56 5.2k
Ninan T. Mathew United States 45 5.1k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 303 0.5× 103 6.1k
Patricia Pozo‐Rosich Spain 37 4.1k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 598 1.0× 206 5.2k
Grazia Sances Italy 39 4.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 381 0.3× 453 0.8× 187 5.2k
Sait Ashina United States 34 3.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 725 0.6× 429 0.7× 111 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Massimo Leone

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Fields of papers citing papers by Massimo Leone

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Leone

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Leone. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Leone 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 Massimo Leone. Massimo Leone is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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May, Arne, Stefan Evers, Peter J. Goadsby, et al.. (2023). European Academy of Neurology guidelines on the treatment of cluster headache. European Journal of Neurology. 30(10). 2955–2979. 37 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Stefania, Anna Nigri, Luca Giani, et al.. (2022). Mesocorticolimbic system abnormalities in chronic cluster headache patients: A neural signature?. Cephalalgia. 42(10). 1039–1049. 11 indexed citations
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Demichelis, Greta, Chiara Pinardi, Luca Giani, et al.. (2021). Chronic cluster headache: A study of the telencephalic and cerebellar cortical thickness. Cephalalgia. 42(6). 444–454. 7 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, et al.. (2021). Pandemics and Burden of Stroke and Epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experience from a Longstanding Health Programme. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(5). 2766–2766. 13 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo. (2021). Face-to-Face: The Semiotics of Online Teaching (or, in Praise of the Classroom). 7(1). 34–56. 1 indexed citations
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Giani, Luca, et al.. (2020). Cluster headache not responsive to sumatriptan: A retrospective study. Cephalalgia. 41(1). 117–121. 4 indexed citations
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Agostoni, Elio Clemente, Piero Barbanti, Paolo Calabresi, et al.. (2019). Current and emerging evidence-based treatment options in chronic migraine: a narrative review. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 92–92. 125 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Stefania, Anna Nigri, Maria Grazia Bruzzone, et al.. (2018). Defective functional connectivity between posterior hypothalamus and regions of the diencephalic-mesencephalic junction in chronic cluster headache. Cephalalgia. 38(13). 1910–1918. 28 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, Alberto Proietti Cecchini, Giuseppe Messina, & Angelo Franzini. (2016). Long-term occipital nerve stimulation for drug-resistant chronic cluster headache. Cephalalgia. 37(8). 756–763. 66 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, Alberto Proietti Cecchini, V. Tullo, et al.. (2013). Cluster headache: what has changed since 1999?. Neurological Sciences. 34(S1). 71–73. 2 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, et al.. (2010). Influence of trigger factors on the efficacy of almotriptan as early intervention for the treatment of acute migraine in a primary care setting: the START study. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 10(9). 1399–1408. 18 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo & Gennaro Bussone. (2009). Pathophysiology of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. The Lancet Neurology. 8(8). 755–764. 134 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, Alberto Proietti Cecchini, Eliana Mea, et al.. (2007). Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias - From Pathophysiology to Neurostimulation. European Neurological Review. 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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May, Arne, Massimo Leone, Henning Boecker, et al.. (2006). Hypothalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Positron Emission Tomography. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(13). 3589–3593. 131 indexed citations
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Aridon, Paolo, et al.. (2004). Elusive amines and cluster headache: mutational analysis of trace amine receptor cluster on chromosome 6q23. Neurological Sciences. 25(S3). s279–s280. 11 indexed citations
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Franzini, Angelo, Paolo Ferroli, Massimo Leone, & Giovanni Broggi. (2003). Stimulation of the Posterior Hypothalamus for Treatment of Chronic Intractable Cluster Headaches: First Reported Series. Neurosurgery. 52(5). 1095–1101. 133 indexed citations
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Moschiano, F., Massimo Leone, Carmelina Ariano, et al.. (1998). Genetic abnormalities of the protein C system: shared risk factors in young adults with migraine with aura and with ischemic stroke?. Cephalalgia. 18(9). 618–621. 49 indexed citations
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Leone, Massimo, Valeria Lucini, Domenico D’Amico, et al.. (1998). Abnormal 24-hour urinary excretory pattern of 6-sulphatoxymelatonin in both phases of cluster headache. Cephalalgia. 18(10). 664–667. 43 indexed citations
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Grazzi, Licia, Domenico D’Amico, Massimo Leone, F. Moschiano, & Gennaro Bussone. (1998). Pharmacological and behavioral treatment of pediatric migraine and tension-type headache. Neurological Sciences. 19(2). 59–64. 4 indexed citations

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