Roberto Cilia

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Roberto Cilia is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Cilia has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Neurology, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Roberto Cilia's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (80 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (46 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (14 papers). Roberto Cilia is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (80 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (46 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (14 papers). Roberto Cilia collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Canada. Roberto Cilia's co-authors include Gianni Pezzoli, Angelo Antonini, Emanuele Cereda, Thilo van Eimeren, Chiara Siri, Ioannis U. Isaias, Margherita Canesi, Antonio P. Strafella, Giorgio Marotta and Giovanna Pellecchia and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Cilia

101 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Unraveling gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism

2018 290 citations Michela Barichella, Roberto Cilia et al. Movement Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Cilia Italy	40	3.1k	1.0k	605	571	568	104	4.2k
Silke Appel‐Cresswell Canada	18	1.9k 0.6×	606 0.6×	332 0.5×	638 1.1×	305 0.5×	46	2.8k
Mariangela Pierantozzi Italy	41	3.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	698 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	169	5.6k
Miguel Coelho Portugal	33	4.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	706 1.2×	586 1.0×	434 0.8×	103	5.3k
Eric Molho United States	33	2.5k 0.8×	686 0.7×	275 0.5×	721 1.3×	356 0.6×	73	3.7k
Cheryl Waters United States	39	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	540 0.9×	649 1.1×	624 1.1×	107	5.0k
Nico J. Diederich Luxembourg	35	2.7k 0.8×	754 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	479 0.8×	356 0.6×	88	4.0k
Atbin Djamshidian Austria	29	1.9k 0.6×	774 0.8×	585 1.0×	351 0.6×	267 0.5×	99	3.0k
Rob M.A. de Bie Netherlands	39	5.7k 1.8×	2.4k 2.4×	962 1.6×	516 0.9×	728 1.3×	146	6.9k
Karla Eggert Germany	30	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	341 0.6×	468 0.8×	716 1.3×	77	3.4k
Guido Alves Norway	44	5.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	765 1.3×	612 1.1×	116	7.1k

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Incensi, Alex, Giovanni Rizzo, Enrica Olivola, et al.. (2025). Skin intraneural phosphorylated α-synuclein is a highly specific biomarker for early Parkinson’s disease. Brain. 149(3). 856–866. 1 indexed citations

Visani, Elisa, Ferruccio Panzica, Silvana Franceschetti, et al.. (2024). Early cortico-muscular coherence and cortical network changes in Parkinson’s patients treated with MRgFUS. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1362712–1362712. 1 indexed citations

Devigili, Grazia, Giulia Straccia, Emanuele Cereda, et al.. (2023). Unraveling Autonomic Dysfunction in GBA‐Related Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(11). 1620–1638. 7 indexed citations

Cilia, Roberto, et al.. (2023). Delivery of Allied Health Therapies to People with Parkinson’s Disease in Africa. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(s1). S227–S239. 2 indexed citations

Andreasi, Nico Golfrè, Luigi Romito, Roberto Cilia, et al.. (2021). Short- and long-term motor outcome of STN-DBS in Parkinson’s Disease: focus on sex differences. Neurological Sciences. 43(3). 1769–1781. 18 indexed citations

Elia, Antonio Emanuele, Luigi Romito, Caterina Mariotti, et al.. (2021). Deep brain stimulation in Huntington’s disease: a literature review. Neurological Sciences. 42(11). 4447–4457. 23 indexed citations

Cilia, Roberto, Emanuele Cereda, Albert Akpalu, et al.. (2020). Natural history of motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease and the long-duration response to levodopa. Brain. 143(8). 2490–2501. 117 indexed citations

Straniero, Letizia, Rosanna Asselta, Salvatore Bonvegna, et al.. (2020). The SPID-GBA study. Neurology Genetics. 6(6). e523–e523. 46 indexed citations

Mazzetti, Samanta, Valentina Ferri, Erica Cassani, et al.. (2020). α-Synuclein oligomers in skin biopsy of idiopathic and monozygotic twin patients with Parkinson’s disease. Brain. 143(3). 920–931. 47 indexed citations

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Calloni, Sonia Francesca, Giorgio Conte, Roberto Cilia, et al.. (2018). Multiparametric MR imaging of Parkinsonisms at 3 tesla: Its role in the differentiation of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease versus atypical Parkinsonian disorders. European Journal of Radiology. 109. 95–100. 26 indexed citations

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Cilia, Roberto, Erica Cassani, Emanuele Cereda, et al.. (2018). Daily intake of Mucuna pruriens in advanced Parkinson's disease: A 16-week, noninferiority, randomized, crossover, pilot study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 49. 60–66. 35 indexed citations

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Cilia, Roberto, Roberta Benfante, Rosanna Asselta, et al.. (2016). Tryptophan hydroxylase type 2 variants modulate severity and outcome of addictive behaviors in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 29. 96–103. 20 indexed citations

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Nigro, Salvatore, Gennarina Arabia, Angelo Antonini, et al.. (2016). Magnetic Resonance Parkinsonism Index: diagnostic accuracy of a fully automated algorithm in comparison with the manual measurement in a large Italian multicentre study in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy. European Radiology. 27(6). 2665–2675. 56 indexed citations

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Greenbaum, Lior, Stefano Goldwurm, Tzuri Lifschytz, et al.. (2013). Do Tardive Dyskinesia and l-Dopa Induced Dyskinesia Share Common Genetic Risk Factors? An Exploratory Study. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 51(2). 380–388. 9 indexed citations

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Antonini, Angelo, Chiara Siri, Gabriella Santangelo, et al.. (2011). Impulsivity and compulsivity in drug‐naïve patients with Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 26(3). 464–468. 135 indexed citations

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Siri, Chiara, Roberto Cilia, Danilo De Gaspari, et al.. (2009). Cognitive status of patients with Parkinson’s disease and pathological gambling. Journal of Neurology. 257(2). 247–252. 51 indexed citations

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Isaias, Ioannis U., Margherita Canesi, Riccardo Benti, et al.. (2008). Striatal dopamine transporter abnormalities in patients with essential tremor. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 29(4). 349–353. 62 indexed citations

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Canesi, Margherita, Riccardo Benti, Giorgio Marotta, et al.. (2007). Striatal dopamine transporter binding in patients with Parkinson's disease and severe occupational hydrocarbon exposure. European Journal of Neurology. 14(3). 297–299. 6 indexed citations

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Cilia, Roberto, Giorgio Marotta, Andrea Landi, et al.. (2007). Cerebral activity modulation by extradural motor cortex stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a perfusion SPECT study. European Journal of Neurology. 15(1). 22–28. 18 indexed citations

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Antonini, Angelo, Stefano Goldwurm, Riccardo Benti, et al.. (2005). Genetic, clinical, and imaging characterization of one patient with late‐onset, slowly progressive, pantothenate kinase‐associated neurodegeneration. Movement Disorders. 21(3). 417–418. 25 indexed citations

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