Raffaele Ornello

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Raffaele Ornello is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffaele Ornello has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 50 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 30 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Raffaele Ornello's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (75 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (36 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (21 papers). Raffaele Ornello is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (75 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (36 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (21 papers). Raffaele Ornello collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Raffaele Ornello's co-authors include Simona Sacco, Francesca Pistoia, Cindy Tiseo, Antonio Carolei, Diana Degan, Patrizia Ripa, Ilaria Frattale, Uwe Reuter, Bianca Raffaelli and Valeria Caponnetto and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Stroke and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Raffaele Ornello

102 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. European Headache Federation guideline on the use of monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene related peptide pathway for migraine prevention – 2022 update
    2022 214 citations Simona Sacco, Faisal Mohammad Amin et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain profile →
  2. Primary headache epidemiology in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2023 86 citations Agnese Onofri, William Wells-Gatnik et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain profile →

Peers

Raffaele Ornello
Christina Kruuse Denmark
Soo‐Jin Cho South Korea
Francesca Pistoia Italy
Jakob Møller Hansen Denmark
Charly Gaul Germany
Christian Lampl Austria
Marco Bartolini Italy
Byung‐Kun Kim South Korea
Claudia Altamura Italy
Matthew S. Robbins United States
Christina Kruuse Denmark
Raffaele Ornello
Citations per year, relative to Raffaele Ornello Raffaele Ornello (= 1×) peers Christina Kruuse

Countries citing papers authored by Raffaele Ornello

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raffaele Ornello

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raffaele Ornello

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

All Works

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Ornello, Raffaele, Antoinette MaassenVanDenBrink, Francesca Puledda, et al.. (2025). Migraine management during pregnancy, breastfeeding and in women planning pregnancy. Cephalalgia. 45(11). 2235439001–2235439001.
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Sacco, Simona, Messoud Ashina, Hans‐Christoph Diener, et al.. (2025). Setting higher standards for migraine prevention: A position statement of the International Headache Society. Cephalalgia. 45(2). 2235365664–2235365664. 12 indexed citations
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Ornello, Raffaele, Federico Salfi, Federico Bruno, et al.. (2025). The potential role of sleep quality in the relationship between glymphatic function and migraine frequency: Insights from a cross‐sectional study. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 66(3). 576–583.
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Tana, Claudio, Dilara Onan, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2025). From Headache to Heart Health: Investigating the Migraine–Cardiovascular Disease Connection. Neurology and Therapy. 14(4). 1229–1268. 1 indexed citations
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Caponnetto, Valeria, Agnese Onofri, Marcello Silvestro, et al.. (2024). Monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide pathway improve the effectiveness of acute medication—a real-world study. Neurological Sciences. 45(7). 3305–3312. 1 indexed citations
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Wardlaw, Joanna M., Hugues Chabriat, Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, et al.. (2024). European stroke organisation (ESO) guideline on cerebral small vessel disease, part 2, lacunar ischaemic stroke. European Stroke Journal. 9(1). 5–68. 19 indexed citations
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D’Anna, Lucio, Samir Abu‐Rumeileh, Giovanni Merlino, et al.. (2024). Safety and Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Attributable to Cardiological Diseases: A Scoping Review. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(17). e034783–e034783. 5 indexed citations
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Ornello, Raffaele, Francesca Baldini, Agnese Onofri, et al.. (2024). Impact of duration of chronic migraine on long‐term effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene‐related peptide pathway—A real‐world study. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 65(1). 61–67. 1 indexed citations
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Vernieri, Fabrizio, Nicoletta Brunelli, Simona Guérzoni, et al.. (2023). Retreating migraine patients in the second year with monoclonal antibodies anti-CGRP pathway: the multicenter prospective cohort RE-DO study. Journal of Neurology. 270(11). 5436–5448. 10 indexed citations
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Ornello, Raffaele, Federico Bruno, Ilaria Frattale, et al.. (2023). White matter hyperintensities in migraine are not mediated by a dysfunction of the glymphatic system—A diffusion tensor imaging magnetic resonance imaging study. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 63(8). 1128–1134. 8 indexed citations
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Raffaelli, Bianca, Eloísa Rubio‐Beltrán, Soo‐Jin Cho, et al.. (2023). Health equity, care access and quality in headache – part 2. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 24(1). 167–167. 35 indexed citations
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Pistoia, Francesca, Federico Salfi, Raffaele Ornello, et al.. (2022). Behavioral and psychological factors in individuals with migraine without psychiatric comorbidities. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 23(1). 110–110. 34 indexed citations
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Sacco, Simona, Christian Lampl, Faisal Mohammad Amin, et al.. (2022). European Headache Federation (EHF) consensus on the definition of effective treatment of a migraine attack and of triptan failure. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 23(1). 133–133. 47 indexed citations
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Ornello, Raffaele, Giuseppe Quatrosi, A de Torrenté, et al.. (2021). Medication overuse and drug addiction: a narrative review from addiction perspective. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 22(1). 32–32. 46 indexed citations
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Degan, Diana, Raffaele Ornello, Cindy Tiseo, et al.. (2018). The Role of Inflammation in Neurological Disorders. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 24(14). 1485–1501. 58 indexed citations
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Lupi, Chiara, Valentina Favoni, Antonio Granato, et al.. (2018). Rare primary headaches in Italian tertiary Headache Centres: Three year nationwide retrospective data from the RegistRare Network. Cephalalgia. 38(8). 1429–1441. 14 indexed citations
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Negro, Andrea, T. A. Ivanova, Sabrina Khan, et al.. (2017). Headache and pregnancy: a systematic review. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 18(1). 106–106. 136 indexed citations

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