Roberta Messina

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Roberta Messina is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Messina has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 43 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Roberta Messina's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (46 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (35 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (10 papers). Roberta Messina is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (46 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (35 papers) and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments (10 papers). Roberta Messina collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Roberta Messina's co-authors include Massimo Filippi, Maria A. Rocca, Bruno Colombo, Peter J. Goadsby, Andrea Falini, Francesca Puledda, Gıancarlo Comı, Giuseppe Craparo, Paola Valsasina and Palmira Faraci and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Messina

73 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials

2023 76 citations Faraidoon Haghdoost, Francesca Puledda et al. Cephalalgia profile →
Safety and tolerability of monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway and gepants in migraine prevention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

2023 75 citations Roberta Messina, Francesca Puledda et al. Cephalalgia profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta Messina Italy	27	1.2k	780	289	288	237	79	1.8k
Laetitia L. Thompson United States	26	568 0.5×	253 0.3×	475 1.6×	93 0.3×	715 3.0×	43	3.0k
Benito Pereira Damasceno Brazil	25	821 0.7×	252 0.3×	225 0.8×	144 0.5×	587 2.5×	78	1.8k
William S. MacAllister United States	22	632 0.5×	913 1.2×	95 0.3×	115 0.4×	269 1.1×	64	1.8k
Sanne B. Schagen Netherlands	46	1.4k 1.2×	110 0.1×	140 0.5×	162 0.6×	365 1.5×	151	8.3k
Giuseppe Cazzato Italy	35	809 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	380 1.3×	480 1.7×	311 1.3×	83	3.3k
Helmut Hildebrandt Germany	29	578 0.5×	657 0.8×	122 0.4×	317 1.1×	1.1k 4.7×	157	2.7k
Michael Anthony Australia	28	1.4k 1.2×	845 1.1×	692 2.4×	160 0.6×	63 0.3×	88	2.2k
Gábor Perlaki Hungary	21	210 0.2×	167 0.2×	139 0.5×	137 0.5×	311 1.3×	84	1.3k
Margherita Alberoni Italy	28	797 0.7×	226 0.3×	453 1.6×	440 1.5×	1.0k 4.3×	55	2.4k
Heather A. Wishart United States	29	1.4k 1.2×	290 0.4×	630 2.2×	283 1.0×	1.2k 5.0×	69	3.1k

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Calabrese, Vincenzo, Roberta Messina, Valeria Cernaro, et al.. (2025). Hypercalcemia: A Practice Overview of Its Diagnosis and Causes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 7–7.

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

Chaudhry, Basit Ali, Samaira Younis, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2025). Cortical thickness studies in migraine: Current evidence and future directions. Cephalalgia. 45(6). 2235386260–2235386260.

Barbanti, Piero, Cinzia Aurilia, Gabriella Egeo, et al.. (2025). Super- and absolute responders to anti-cgrp monoclonal antibodies in migraine: A one-year multicenter, prospective, observational study. Journal of Neurology. 272(10). 683–683.

Puledda, Francesca, Irene de Boer, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2024). Worldwide availability of medications for migraine and tension-type headache: A survey of the International Headache Society. Cephalalgia. 44(11). 2225342744–2225342744. 7 indexed citations

Pellesi, Lanfranco, David García‐Azorín, Eloísa Rubio‐Beltrán, et al.. (2024). Combining treatments for migraine prophylaxis: the state-of-the-art. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 25(1). 214–214. 16 indexed citations

Haghdoost, Faraidoon, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the efficacy of CGRP mAbs and gepants for the preventive treatment of migraine: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of phase 3 randomised controlled trials. Cephalalgia. 43(4). 2215204422–2215204422. 76 indexed citations breakdown →

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

Messina, Roberta, et al.. (2023). Safety and tolerability of monoclonal antibodies targeting the CGRP pathway and gepants in migraine prevention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cephalalgia. 43(3). 2215197225–2215197225. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pantzaris, Marios, Christos Bakirtzis, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, et al.. (2022). Phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Neuroaspis plp10 as an adjuvant treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis: the MINERAL Study. BMJ Neurology Open. 4(2). e000334–e000334. 2 indexed citations

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Messina, Roberta, Carole H. Sudre, Diana Y. Wei, et al.. (2022). Biomarkers of Migraine and Cluster Headache: Differences and Similarities. Annals of Neurology. 93(4). 729–742. 27 indexed citations

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Nardi, Chiara, Vincenzo Calabrese, Roberta Messina, et al.. (2021). Hypernatraemia and low eGFR at hospitalization in COVID-19 patients: a deadly combination. Clinical Kidney Journal. 14(10). 2227–2233. 5 indexed citations

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Santoro, Domenico, Massimo Torreggiani, Valeria Cernaro, et al.. (2021). Kidney Biopsy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Critical Reflections on Present Indications and Diagnostic Alternatives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11). 5425–5425. 34 indexed citations

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Messina, Roberta & David M. Brodzinsky. (2019). Children adopted by same-sex couples: Identity-related issues from preschool years to late adolescence.. Journal of Family Psychology. 34(5). 509–522. 10 indexed citations

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Ammirati, Enrico, Francesco Moroni, Marco Magnoni, et al.. (2017). Relation between characteristics of carotid atherosclerotic plaques and brain white matter hyperintensities in asymptomatic patients. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10559–10559. 22 indexed citations

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Colombo, Bruno, Francesca Bianchi, Marco Cursi, et al.. (2016). Refractory chronic migraine: is drug withdrawal necessary before starting a therapy with onabotulinum toxin type A?. Neurological Sciences. 37(10). 1701–1706. 14 indexed citations

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Teggi, Roberto, Bruno Colombo, Maria A. Rocca, et al.. (2016). A review of recent literature on functional MRI and personal experience in two cases of definite vestibular migraine. Neurological Sciences. 37(9). 1399–1402. 28 indexed citations

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Messina, Roberta, Maria A. Rocca, Bruno Colombo, et al.. (2015). Resting State Functional Connectivity Abnormalities in Pediatric Patients with Migraine (S51.007). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Messina, Roberta, Maria A. Rocca, Bruno Colombo, et al.. (2013). Cortical Abnormalities in Patients with Migraine: A Surface-based Analysis. Radiology. 268(1). 170–180. 99 indexed citations

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Messina, Roberta, et al.. (2010). Analysis of similarities and differences between on-line and face-to-face learning group dynamics. World Journal on Educational Technology Current Issues. 2(2). 124–141. 11 indexed citations

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