Salvatore Sciacca

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Salvatore Sciacca is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Salvatore Sciacca has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Salvatore Sciacca's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Salvatore Sciacca is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (7 papers). Salvatore Sciacca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Salvatore Sciacca's co-authors include Justyna Godos, Giuseppe Grosso, Fabio Galvano, Margherita Ferrante, Chiara Copat, Roberto Fallico, Daniele Del Rio, Edward L. Giovannucci, Sumantra Ray and Agnieszka Micek and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Salvatore Sciacca

73 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Possible role of diet in cancer: systematic review and multiple meta-analyses of dietary patterns, lifestyle factors, and cancer risk

2017 320 citations Giuseppe Grosso, Justyna Godos et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salvatore Sciacca Italy	29	909	883	622	432	332	75	3.1k
Synnøve F. Knutsen United States	39	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.8×	338 0.5×	983 2.3×	638 1.9×	112	5.3k
Liping Hao China	34	376 0.4×	400 0.5×	451 0.7×	487 1.1×	402 1.2×	173	4.3k
Massimo Moretti Italy	34	814 0.9×	277 0.3×	271 0.4×	295 0.7×	248 0.7×	151	3.7k
Fujio Kayama Japan	32	1.2k 1.3×	330 0.4×	408 0.7×	308 0.7×	515 1.6×	102	3.3k
Lizbeth López‐Carrillo Mexico	40	2.2k 2.4×	593 0.7×	338 0.5×	181 0.4×	356 1.1×	155	5.1k
Leila M. Barraj United States	27	706 0.8×	736 0.8×	242 0.4×	252 0.6×	536 1.6×	76	3.1k
Alberto Mantovani Italy	39	2.3k 2.6×	513 0.6×	722 1.2×	242 0.6×	367 1.1×	200	5.4k
Jean A.T. Pennington United States	32	604 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	275 0.4×	485 1.1×	1.3k 3.8×	79	4.1k
Jolanta Gromadzińska Poland	33	1.4k 1.5×	318 0.4×	297 0.5×	256 0.6×	1.1k 3.4×	141	3.7k
Haruo Nakatsuka Japan	33	1.7k 1.9×	604 0.7×	952 1.5×	209 0.5×	575 1.7×	142	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salvatore Sciacca

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sciacca, Salvatore, et al.. (2023). Prostate Cancer Severity in Relation to Level of Food Processing. Nutrients. 15(18). 4010–4010. 2 indexed citations

Izzotti, Alberto, Alessandra Pulliero, Simona Coco, et al.. (2021). Identification by MicroRNA Analysis of Environmental Risk Factors Bearing Pathogenic Relevance in Non-Smoker Lung Cancer. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(7). 666–666. 1 indexed citations

Martini, Daniela, Justyna Godos, Stefano Marventano, et al.. (2021). Nut and legume consumption and human health: an umbrella review of observational studies. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 72(7). 871–878. 49 indexed citations

Izzotti, Alberto, Alessandra Pulliero, Simona Coco, et al.. (2021). Relationship between the miRNA Profiles and Oncogene Mutations in Non-Smoker Lung Cancer. Relevance for Lung Cancer Personalized Screenings and Treatments. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(3). 182–182. 9 indexed citations

Boumédiène, Farid, Calogero Edoardo Cicero, Antonietta Torrisi, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of Primary Brain Tumors in the Province of Catania during the 2003–2016 Period. Neuroepidemiology. 55(6). 473–483. 2 indexed citations

Boffetta, Paolo, Lorenzo Memeo, Dario Giuffrida, Margherita Ferrante, & Salvatore Sciacca. (2020). Exposure to emissions from Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) and incidence of thyroid cancer: a geographic analysis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21298–21298. 9 indexed citations

Godos, Justyna, Maria Tieri, Francesca Ghelfi, et al.. (2019). Dairy foods and health: an umbrella review of observational studies. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 71(2). 138–151. 85 indexed citations

Angelino, Donato, Justyna Godos, Francesca Ghelfi, et al.. (2019). Fruit and vegetable consumption and health outcomes: an umbrella review of observational studies. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 70(6). 652–667. 178 indexed citations

Mangone, Lucìa, Massimo Vicentini, Elisabetta Borciani, et al.. (2017). [Evaluation of the cancer co-pay fee exemption data source (048 code) to estimate cancer incidence].. PubMed. 39(4). 226–33. 2 indexed citations

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Grosso, Giuseppe, Agnieszka Micek, Justyna Godos, et al.. (2017). Health risk factors associated with meat, fruit and vegetable consumption in cohort studies: A comprehensive meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183787–e0183787. 60 indexed citations

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Copat, Chiara, Marco Vinceti, Giovanni Arena, et al.. (2014). Mercury and selenium intake by seafood from the Ionian Sea: A risk evaluation. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 100. 87–92. 65 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Margherita, et al.. (2013). [Monitoring of heavy metals and trace elements in the air, fruits and vegetables and soil in the province of Catania (Italy)].. PubMed. 69(1). 47–54. 7 indexed citations

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Copat, Chiara, Maria Violetta Brundo, Giovanni Arena, et al.. (2012). Seasonal variation of bioaccumulation in Engraulis encrasicolus (Linneaus, 1758) and related biomarkers of exposure. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 86. 31–37. 41 indexed citations

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Copat, Chiara, Giovanni Arena, Maria Fiore, et al.. (2012). Heavy metals concentrations in fish and shellfish from eastern Mediterranean Sea: Consumption advisories. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 53. 33–37. 297 indexed citations

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Ledda, Caterina, et al.. (2011). Measurement uncertainty for the determination of the inhibitory effect on Vibrio fischeri : A practical approach. 3(5). 139–141. 2 indexed citations

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Conti, Gea Oliveri, et al.. (2011). [Allergic rhinitis and asthma in children and indoor pollution].. PubMed. 67(4). 467–80. 4 indexed citations

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Copat, Chiara, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of a temporal trend heavy metals contamination in Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, (1813) along the western coastline of Sicily (Italy). Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14(1). 187–192. 40 indexed citations

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Conti, Gea Oliveri, Margherita Ferrante, Caterina Ledda, et al.. (2010). Comparison of PAH Levels Between Wild Fish and Farmed Fish. Epidemiology. 22. S250–S250. 2 indexed citations

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Sciacca, Salvatore & Gea Oliveri Conti. (2009). Mutagens and carcinogens in drinking water. Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2(3). 157–162. 23 indexed citations

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Tigano, Concetta, Barbara Tomasello, Venera Ferrito, et al.. (2009). Assessment of environmental stress in Parablennius sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) of the Sicilian Ionian coast. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 72(4). 1278–1286. 28 indexed citations

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