Rodolfo Savica

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
169 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Rodolfo Savica is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodolfo Savica has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Neurology, 36 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 32 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rodolfo Savica's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (93 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (44 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (28 papers). Rodolfo Savica is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (93 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (44 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (28 papers). Rodolfo Savica collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Rodolfo Savica's co-authors include J. Eric Ahlskog, Walter A. Rocca, James H. Bower, Brandon R. Grossardt, Michelle M. Mielke, Bradley F. Boeve, Connie Marras, Ronald C. Petersen, Allison W. Willis and Eric Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rodolfo Savica

160 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Prevalence of Parkinson’s disease across North America

2018 674 citations Connie Marras, James H. Bower et al. profile →
Incidence of Parkinson disease in North America

2022 164 citations Rodolfo Savica, Connie Marras et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rodolfo Savica United States	38	3.1k	1.3k	1.2k	794	716	169	5.7k
Alison J. Yarnall United Kingdom	40	3.6k 1.2×	768 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	780 1.0×	583 0.8×	111	5.5k
Tanya Simuni United States	43	3.8k 1.2×	709 0.6×	734 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	503 0.7×	162	5.6k
Stephen G. Reich United States	37	4.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 2.1×	777 1.1×	143	6.7k
Jacobus J. van Hilten Netherlands	51	4.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.8×	886 0.7×	981 1.2×	654 0.9×	145	8.5k
Elan D. Louis United States	49	4.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	918 1.3×	135	6.9k
Chin‐Hsien Lin Taiwan	38	2.9k 0.9×	972 0.8×	613 0.5×	945 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	206	5.0k
Ole‐Bjørn Tysnes Norway	44	5.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	1.5k 2.1×	192	8.3k
Piu Chan China	42	2.9k 1.0×	865 0.7×	447 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	704 1.0×	128	5.0k
Félix Bermejo‐Pareja Spain	45	2.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	618 0.9×	155	6.1k
Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad Iran	33	2.5k 0.8×	725 0.6×	952 0.8×	411 0.5×	275 0.4×	200	4.7k

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Duque, Laura, Mohammad Ghafouri, Vanessa Pazdernik, et al.. (2025). Clinical and biological distinctions between catatonia due to a medical condition and catatonia associated with a psychiatric disorder. General Hospital Psychiatry. 98. 99–106.

Mehanna, Raja, Jori Fleisher, Bart Post, et al.. (2025). Diagnostic work up when suspecting early onset Parkinson disease (EOPD). Recommendations from the MDS EOPD study group. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 135. 107852–107852. 1 indexed citations

Turcano, Pierpaolo, et al.. (2025). Pregnancy and delivery in women with Parkinson's disease: A case series. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 15(4). 913–918. 1 indexed citations

Roque, Antônio C., et al.. (2025). The impact of motor, non-motor, and social aspects on the sexual health of women living with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 15(2). 421–433.

Duque, Laura, Mohammad Ghafouri, Nicolás A. Núñez, et al.. (2024). Functional neuroimaging in patients with catatonia: A systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 179. 111640–111640. 4 indexed citations

Turcano, Pierpaolo, Rodolfo Savica, & Eduardo E. Benarroch. (2024). What Is the Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Signaling in the Nervous System and Its Potential Neuroprotective Effects?. Neurology. 103(4). e209781–e209781. 2 indexed citations

Turcano, Pierpaolo, Jennifer L. Whitwell, Joseph R. Duffy, et al.. (2024). Incidence of Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Primary Progressive Aphasia in Olmsted County, MN, 2011–2022. Neurology. 103(4). e209693–e209693. 2 indexed citations

Śmiłowska, Katarzyna, Raja Mehanna, Jori Fleisher, et al.. (2024). Unmet Need in Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation and Pregnancy. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(6). 1277–1282. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Tina, Eduardo E. Benarroch, William J. Hogan, et al.. (2023). Frontotemporal Hypometabolism in Medication-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia. Neurology. 101(13). 585–587.

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Mullan, Aidan F., et al.. (2023). 40-Year Incidence of Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease in Southeast Minnesota. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 13(6). 893–898. 4 indexed citations

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Ali, Farwa, Heather M. Clark, Hugo Botha, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal clinical decline and baseline predictors in progressive supranuclear palsy. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 107. 105290–105290. 8 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Daniel, Scott A. Przybelski, Timothy G. Lesnick, et al.. (2022). Cross-sectional Associations of β-Amyloid, Tau, and Cerebrovascular Biomarkers With Neurodegeneration in Probable Dementia With Lewy Bodies. Neurology. 100(8). e846–e859. 10 indexed citations

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Miyagawa, Toji, Scott A. Przybelski, Timothy G. Lesnick, et al.. (2022). Brain glucose metabolism and nigrostriatal degeneration in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcad021–fcad021. 9 indexed citations

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McCarter, Stuart J. & Rodolfo Savica. (2022). Autopallidotomy: From Colloquial Term to Scientific Theory. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 12(7). 2009–2013. 1 indexed citations

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Townley, Ryan, Hugo Botha, Jonathan Graff‐Radford, et al.. (2021). Posterior cortical atrophy phenotypic heterogeneity revealed by decoding 18F-FDG-PET. Brain Communications. 3(4). fcab182–fcab182. 13 indexed citations

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Townley, Ryan, Jonathan Graff‐Radford, William G. Mantyh, et al.. (2020). Progressive dysexecutive syndrome due to Alzheimer’s disease: a description of 55 cases and comparison to other phenotypes. Brain Communications. 2(1). fcaa068–fcaa068. 84 indexed citations

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Bieniek, Kevin F., Melissa M. Blessing, Michael G. Heckman, et al.. (2019). Association between contact sports participation and chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a retrospective cohort study. Brain Pathology. 30(1). 63–74. 62 indexed citations

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Staab, Jeffrey P., et al.. (2018). Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) and TBI (P5.325). Neurology. 90(15_supplement). 2 indexed citations

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Savica, Rodolfo, Brandon R. Grossardt, James H. Bower, et al.. (2016). Incidence and time trends of drug‐induced parkinsonism: A 30‐year population‐based study. Movement Disorders. 32(2). 227–234. 70 indexed citations

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Savica, Rodolfo, Joseph E. Parisi, Lester E. Wold, Keith A. Josephs, & J. Eric Ahlskog. (2012). High School Football and Risk of Neurodegeneration: A Community-Based Study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 87(4). 335–340. 110 indexed citations

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