Riccardo Polosa

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
355 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Riccardo Polosa is a scholar working on Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Riccardo Polosa has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Physiology, 113 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 42 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Riccardo Polosa's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (123 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (114 papers) and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (68 papers). Riccardo Polosa is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (123 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (114 papers) and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (68 papers). Riccardo Polosa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Riccardo Polosa's co-authors include Stephen T. Holgate, Cristina Russo, Pasquale Caponnetto, Jaymin B. Morjaria, Davide Campagna, Konstantinos Farsalinos, Pasquale Caponnetto, Massimo Caruso, Fabio Cibella and Neil C. Thomson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature reviews. Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Riccardo Polosa

338 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

EffiCiency and Safety of an eLectronic cigAreTte (ECLAT) as Tobacco Cigarettes Substitute: A Prospective 12-Month Randomized Control Design Study

2013 557 citations Pasquale Caponnetto, Davide Campagna et al. profile →
Treatment strategies for allergy and asthma

2008 488 citations Stephen T. Holgate, Riccardo Polosa profile →
Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: a systematic review

2014 463 citations Konstantinos Farsalinos, Riccardo Polosa profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Riccardo Polosa Italy	57	7.6k	3.1k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	355	11.9k
Christine Cole Johnson United States	63	3.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	327	13.9k
Terence Dwyer Australia	74	4.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	6.1k 3.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	465	20.1k
Lars Alfredsson Sweden	87	2.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	3.3k 2.4×	506	29.2k
Monica Kraft United States	52	6.3k 0.8×	4.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	840 0.5×	665 0.5×	219	11.4k
Mílton A. Martins Brazil	46	3.2k 0.4×	3.1k 1.0×	885 0.5×	602 0.4×	788 0.6×	331	8.1k
Karl J. Lackner Germany	65	2.0k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	680 0.4×	400 0.2×	4.5k 3.3×	516	18.3k
Allan Linneberg Denmark	63	4.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 1.2×	744 0.5×	2.0k 1.5×	453	15.6k
John W. Holloway United Kingdom	57	3.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	556 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	339	10.0k
John Murray United States	53	4.4k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	429 0.2×	191 0.1×	1.3k 0.9×	188	11.3k
Lyle J. Palmer Australia	60	4.6k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	886 0.5×	590 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	266	12.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Riccardo Polosa

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Rosa, Giusy Rita Maria La, et al.. (2025). Smoking Detection and Cessation: An Updated Scoping Review of Digital and Mobile Health Technologies. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 29(7). 5191–5204. 1 indexed citations

Rosa, Giusy Rita Maria La, Juan Yu, Giulio Geraci, et al.. (2025). Vascular and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Smoking Cessation and Switching to Electronic Cigarette Use: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Prospective Studies. JMIR Research Protocols. 14. e74949–e74949.

Rosa, Giusy Rita Maria La, Cinzia Del Giovane, Silvia Minozzi, et al.. (2025). Oral health effects of non‑combustible nicotine products: a systematic review and network meta‑analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Dentistry. 160. 105910–105910. 3 indexed citations

Kowalski, Jan, Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Vaibhav Sahni, et al.. (2025). Navigating the dual burden of dental and periodontal care in individuals who also smoke: an expert review. Journal of Dentistry. 157. 105744–105744. 5 indexed citations

Rosa, Giusy Rita Maria La, Cinzia Del Giovane, Silvia Minozzi, et al.. (2025). Oral adverse event reporting in smoking cessation trials using non-combustible nicotine products: A quality assessment. Journal of Dentistry. 162. 106057–106057.

Russell, Christopher, et al.. (2024). A Global Health Survey of People Who Vape but Never Smoked: Protocol for the VERITAS (Vaping Effects: Real-World International Surveillance) Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e54236–e54236. 3 indexed citations

Rosa, Giusy Rita Maria La, et al.. (2023). Clinical testing of the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette substitution for smoking: a living systematic review. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 18(3). 917–928. 11 indexed citations

Pavlović, D., Carl Randall Harrell, Riccardo Polosa, et al.. (2023). Cigarette smoke attenuates mesenchymal stem cell-based suppression of immune cell-driven acute liver failure. Toxicology Letters. 385. 12–20. 4 indexed citations

Farsalinos, Konstantinos, Christopher Russell, Riccardo Polosa, et al.. (2023). Patterns of flavored e-cigarette use among adult vapers in the USA: an online cross-sectional survey of 69,233 participants. Harm Reduction Journal. 20(1). 147–147. 6 indexed citations

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Vernooij, Robin W.M., et al.. (2023). Respiratory health effects of e-cigarette substitution for tobacco cigarettes: a systematic review. Harm Reduction Journal. 20(1). 143–143. 12 indexed citations

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Caponnetto, Pasquale, et al.. (2022). Smoking Addiction in Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Its Perception and Intervention in Healthcare Personnel Assigned to Psycho-Rehabilitation Programs: A Qualitative Research. Healthcare. 10(11). 2275–2275.

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Polosa, Riccardo, Rosalia Emma, Fabio Cibella, et al.. (2021). Impact of exclusive e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products use on muco-ciliary clearance. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease. 12. 364083843–364083843. 15 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Renée, Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Robin W.M. Vernooij, et al.. (2021). Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health Effects of e-Cigarette Substitution: Protocol for Two Living Systematic Reviews. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(5). e29084–e29084. 6 indexed citations

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Polosa, Riccardo, Venera Tomaselli, Pietro Ferrara, et al.. (2021). Seroepidemiological Survey on the Impact of Smoking on SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Outcomes: Protocol for the Troina Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(11). e32285–e32285. 5 indexed citations

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Caponnetto, Pasquale & Riccardo Polosa. (2020). Approved and emerging smoking cessation treatments for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A narrative review. Health psychology research. 8(2). 1–1. 5 indexed citations

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Caponnetto, Pasquale, et al.. (2011). Effect of a nicotine-free inhalator as part of a smoking-cessation programme. European Respiratory Journal. 38(5). 1005–1011. 36 indexed citations

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Piccillo, Giovita, et al.. (2007). Changes in airway hyperresponsiveness following smoking cessation: Comparisons between Mch and AMP. Respiratory Medicine. 102(2). 256–265. 41 indexed citations

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Polosa, Riccardo, Sarah M. Puddicombe, Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, et al.. (2002). Expression of c-erbB receptors and ligands in the bronchial epithelium of asthmatic subjects. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 109(1). 75–81. 100 indexed citations

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Polosa, Riccardo, G Prosperini, Shih‐Hsing Leir, et al.. (1999). Expression of c-erbB Receptors and Ligands in Human Bronchial Mucosa. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 20(5). 914–923. 107 indexed citations

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Crimi, Nunzio, et al.. (1992). Effect of topical application with capsaicin on skin responses to bradykinin and histamine in man. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 22(10). 933–939. 20 indexed citations

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