Silvia Gonella

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Silvia Gonella is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvia Gonella has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 10 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Silvia Gonella's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (21 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (12 papers). Silvia Gonella is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (21 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (12 papers). Silvia Gonella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Silvia Gonella's co-authors include Valerio Dimonte, Paola Di Giulio, Sara Campagna, Carla Ripamonti, Alvisa Palese, Loredana Buonaccorso, Clelia Madeddu, Christine Baldwin, Martin Chasen and Florian Strasser and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Journal of Advanced Nursing.

In The Last Decade

Silvia Gonella

76 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cancer cachexia in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Cancer cachexia in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines☆
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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvia Gonella Italy 18 362 354 339 135 134 82 1.3k
Ursula K. Braun United States 18 373 1.0× 473 1.3× 101 0.3× 64 0.5× 254 1.9× 54 1.4k
Kenn B. Daratha United States 20 325 0.9× 311 0.9× 130 0.4× 78 0.6× 134 1.0× 55 1.4k
Danielle M. McCarthy United States 23 676 1.9× 575 1.6× 86 0.3× 72 0.5× 111 0.8× 110 1.8k
Dragana Bolcic‐Jankovic United States 16 310 0.9× 387 1.1× 146 0.4× 131 1.0× 152 1.1× 33 1.3k
Laura C. Feemster United States 18 343 0.9× 417 1.2× 301 0.9× 33 0.2× 77 0.6× 66 1.3k
Marie Bernard United States 19 472 1.3× 425 1.2× 181 0.5× 32 0.2× 194 1.4× 50 1.5k
Jie Hu United States 25 554 1.5× 193 0.5× 131 0.4× 40 0.3× 229 1.7× 76 1.7k
Alberto Lana Spain 20 185 0.5× 269 0.8× 302 0.9× 50 0.4× 76 0.6× 86 951
Michelle Butler Ireland 23 616 1.7× 263 0.7× 84 0.2× 154 1.1× 162 1.2× 65 1.4k
Deirdre DeJean Canada 19 456 1.3× 306 0.9× 81 0.2× 41 0.3× 130 1.0× 28 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Silvia Gonella

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silvia Gonella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvia Gonella

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Antonuzzo, Andrea, Silvia Gonella, Livio Blasi, et al.. (2025). Pain Assessment and Management in Oncological Practice: A Survey from the Italian Network of Supportive Care in Oncology. Healthcare. 13(3). 212–212. 1 indexed citations
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Conti, Alessio, et al.. (2024). Time spent on activities that can be delegated and reasons for not delegating among acute care nurses: A mixed‐methods study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 80(12). 5102–5119.
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Gonella, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Impact of Quality Improvement Interventions on Hospital Admissions from Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25(11). 105261–105261. 2 indexed citations
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Dimonte, Valerio, et al.. (2023). The Contribution of Dance Movement Therapy in Promoting Nursing Students’ Interpersonal Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(2). 1376–1376. 2 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, Valerio Dimonte, Beatrice Albanesi, et al.. (2023). Interventions to Promote End-of-Life Conversations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 66(3). e365–e398. 3 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, et al.. (2022). Lived experiences of end‐of‐life communication among nursing home staff: An interpretive phenomenological study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 79(2). 698–710. 5 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, Paola Di Giulio, Paola Berchialla, et al.. (2022). The Impact of Health and Social Care Professionals’ Education on the Quality of Serious Illness Conversations in Nursing Homes: Study Protocol of a Quality Improvement Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(1). 725–725. 1 indexed citations
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Palese, Alvisa, et al.. (2020). Assessing pain in children with autism spectrum disorders: findings from a preliminary validation study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 35(2). 457–467. 9 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, Paola Di Giulio, Alvisa Palese, Valerio Dimonte, & Sara Campagna. (2019). Randomized Controlled Trials and Quasi‐Experimental Studies Published in Nursing Journals: Findings From a Scoping Review With Implications for Further Research. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 16(4). 299–309. 11 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, Anna Brugnolli, Federica Canzan, et al.. (2019). Nursing students’ experience of the mental health setting as a clinical learning environment: Findings from a national study. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care. 56(3). 554–563. 6 indexed citations
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Palese, Alvisa, Silvia Gonella, Anna Brugnolli, et al.. (2019). Nursing students’ interprofessional educational experiences in the clinical context: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 9(3). e025575–e025575. 14 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, Anna Brugnolli, Stefano Terzoni, et al.. (2019). A national study of nursing homes as learning environments according to undergraduate nursing student’s perspective. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 14(3). e12245–e12245. 17 indexed citations
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Palese, Alvisa, et al.. (2018). Negative prompts aimed at maintaining eating independence. Nursing Ethics. 26(7-8). 2158–2171. 6 indexed citations
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Palese, Alvisa, Silvia Gonella, Luca Grassetti, et al.. (2018). Multi‐level analysis of national nursing students’ disclosure of patient safety concerns. Medical Education. 52(11). 1156–1166. 15 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia, et al.. (2016). Physical symptom burden of post-treatment head and neck cancer patients influences their characterization of food: Findings of a repertory grid study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 22. 54–62. 9 indexed citations
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Gonella, Silvia. (2013). Le alterazioni gustative nei pazienti con cancro. CNR Solar (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). 32(4). 223–232. 2 indexed citations
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Brunello, F., et al.. (1993). The des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.. PubMed. 25(1). 9–12. 8 indexed citations

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