Sandro Giannini

24.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
492 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Sandro Giannini is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandro Giannini has authored 492 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Surgery, 218 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 85 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sandro Giannini's work include Foot and Ankle Surgery (117 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (77 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (75 papers). Sandro Giannini is often cited by papers focused on Foot and Ankle Surgery (117 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (77 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (75 papers). Sandro Giannini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Sandro Giannini's co-authors include Alberto Leardini, Francesca Vannini, Roberto Buda, Fabio Catani, Maria Grazia Benedetti, Marco Cavallo, Maurilio Marcacci, Antonio Moroni, Lisa Berti and John O’Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biomaterials and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Sandro Giannini

474 papers receiving 17.1k 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.

Platelet‐rich plasma: intra‐articular knee injections produced favorable results on degenerative cartilage lesions

2009 430 citations Roberto Buda, Giuseppe Filardo et al. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy profile →
Platelet‐Rich Plasma Intra‐Articular Injection Versus Hyaluronic Acid Viscosupplementation as Treatments for Cartilage Pathology: From Early Degeneration to Osteoarthritis

2011 426 citations Roberto Buda, Giuseppe Filardo et al. profile →
Platelet‐rich plasma intra‐articular knee injections for the treatment of degenerative cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis

2010 358 citations Giuseppe Filardo, Roberto Buda et al. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandro Giannini Italy	70	8.0k	7.3k	4.1k	2.4k	1.8k	492	17.9k
Milena Fini Italy	72	6.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.4×	7.9k 2.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	657	21.0k
Jan A.N. Verhaar Netherlands	84	14.1k 1.8×	7.5k 1.0×	3.8k 0.9×	5.8k 2.4×	1.9k 1.1×	427	22.0k
Joseph M. Lane United States	77	10.5k 1.3×	6.1k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	375	21.5k
Hideki Yoshikawa Japan	67	11.5k 1.4×	3.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.7×	829 0.5×	665	19.9k
Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra Netherlands	81	12.8k 1.6×	7.3k 1.0×	6.0k 1.5×	12.3k 5.1×	912 0.5×	572	28.8k
Masahiro Kurosaka Japan	68	12.9k 1.6×	4.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	3.5k 1.5×	882 0.5×	699	20.5k
Nigel Arden United Kingdom	68	10.9k 1.4×	4.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	9.9k 4.1×	508 0.3×	408	22.4k
Joseph A. Buckwalter United States	79	12.0k 1.5×	4.5k 0.6×	4.7k 1.1×	14.1k 5.8×	2.0k 1.1×	383	25.9k
Ryosuke Kuroda Japan	60	9.5k 1.2×	3.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	824 0.5×	791	14.9k
Thomas A. Einhorn United States	87	10.9k 1.4×	6.6k 0.9×	6.1k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	293	28.4k

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Taus, Francesco, Giovanni Orsolini, Giovanni Adami, et al.. (2024). Underlying systemic mastocytosis in patients with unexplained osteoporosis: score proposal. Bone. 186. 117141–117141. 5 indexed citations

Rendina, Domenico, Alberto Falchetti, Daniele Diacinti, et al.. (2024). Diagnosis and treatment of Paget’s disease of bone: position paper from the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS). Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 47(6). 1335–1360. 3 indexed citations

Plebani, Mario, Martina Zaninotto, Sandro Giannini, et al.. (2024). Vitamin D assay and supplementation: still debatable issues. Diagnosis. 12(1). 35–44. 1 indexed citations

Perrone, Valentina, Chiara Veronesi, Fulvia Zappulo, et al.. (2023). Real-World Analysis of Outcomes and Economic Burden in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism among a Sample of the Italian Population. Nutrients. 15(2). 336–336. 8 indexed citations

Capone, Federico, Alberto Cipriani, Marianna Noale, et al.. (2023). Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency: A Real-Life Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(8). 1250–1250. 1 indexed citations

Bertoldo, Francesco, Luisella Cianferotti, Marco Di Monaco, et al.. (2023). Reply to Wimalawansa, S.J. Comment on “Bertoldo et al. Definition, Assessment, and Management of Vitamin D Inadequacy: Suggestions, Recommendations, and Warnings from the Italian Society for Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Bone Diseases (SIOMMMS). Nutrients 2022, 14, 4148”. Nutrients. 15(3). 499–499.

Bertoldo, Francesco, Luisella Cianferotti, Marco Di Monaco, et al.. (2022). Definition, Assessment, and Management of Vitamin D Inadequacy: Suggestions, Recommendations, and Warnings from the Italian Society for Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Bone Diseases (SIOMMMS). Nutrients. 14(19). 4148–4148. 67 indexed citations

Vannini, Francesca, Giuseppe Filardo, Sante Alessandro Altamura, et al.. (2021). Bone marrow aspirate concentrate and scaffold for osteochondral lesions of the talus in ankle osteoarthritis: satisfactory clinical outcome at 10 years. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 29(8). 2504–2510. 13 indexed citations

Fusaro, Maria, Laura Cosmai, Pieter Evenepoel, et al.. (2020). Vitamin K and Kidney Transplantation. Nutrients. 12(9). 2717–2717. 7 indexed citations

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Saragoni, Stefania, et al.. (2020). Economic Burden of Osteoporotic Patients with Fracture: Effect of Treatment With or Without Calcium/Vitamin D Supplements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Salamanna, Francesca, Milena Fini, Annapaola Parrilli, et al.. (2013). Histological, histomorphometric and microtomographic analyses of retrieval hip resurfacing arthroplasty failed at different times. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 14(1). 47–47. 4 indexed citations

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Cavallo, Marco, et al.. (2013). Subchondral Bone Regenerative Effect of Two Different Biomaterials in the Same Patient. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2013(1). 850502–850502. 4 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, Deianira Luciani, Eugenio Chiarello, et al.. (2011). Osteosynthetic improvement of osteoporotic bone: prevention surgery.. CNR Solar (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). 8(1). 51–4. 7 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, et al.. (2009). PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF HYLAN G-F 20 (SYNVISC®) IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 161–161. 1 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro & Cesare Faldini. (2008). MANUALE DI ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 2 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, G. Guido, J. Jerosch, et al.. (2008). A prospective multi-centre, open study of the safety and efficacy of hylan GF 20 (Synvisc ® ) in patients with symptomatic ankle (talo-crural) osteoarthritis. The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. 1 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, et al.. (2007). Fixation of Winged Scapula in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy. Clinical Medicine & Research. 5(3). 155–162. 23 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, Francesco Ceccarelli, Roberto Bevoni, & Francesca Vannini. (2003). Hallux Valgus Surgery: The Minimally Invasive Bunion Correction (SERI). Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery. 2(1). 11–20. 57 indexed citations

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Leardini, Alberto, Fabio Catani, Matteo Romagnoli, & Sandro Giannini. (2002). Total ankle replacement: Rationale and history of the designs and recent advances. 53(3). 135–150. 4 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, Fabio Catani, Francesco Ceccarelli, Marco Girolami, & Maria Grazia Benedetti. (1992). Kinematic and isokinetic evaluation of patients with flat foot.. PubMed. 18(2). 241–51. 23 indexed citations

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