Simona Alfonsi

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Simona Alfonsi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Alfonsi has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simona Alfonsi's work include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (2 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (2 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (2 papers). Simona Alfonsi is often cited by papers focused on Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (2 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (2 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (2 papers). Simona Alfonsi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Poland. Simona Alfonsi's co-authors include C Chenal, M. Bolla, Jean-Claude Horiot, T. Nguyen, S Schraub, G Gardani, M. van Glabbeke, M. De Pauw, R. Le Fur and W. Van den Bogaert and has published in prestigious journals such as Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, BMC Medicine and Radiotherapy and Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Simona Alfonsi

12 papers receiving 776 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.

Hyperfractionation versus conventional fractionation in oropharyngeal carcinoma: final analysis of a randomized trial of the EORTC cooperative group of radiotherapy

1992 496 citations Jean-Claude Horiot, R. Le Fur et al. Radiotherapy and Oncology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Alfonsi Italy	8	385	276	256	205	132	13	811
Mark Farrugia United States	15	117 0.3×	277 1.0×	161 0.6×	172 0.8×	47 0.4×	69	745
I. Bruaset Netherlands	10	231 0.6×	123 0.4×	236 0.9×	138 0.7×	15 0.1×	17	555
Samip Patel United States	15	440 1.1×	239 0.9×	366 1.4×	242 1.2×	22 0.2×	53	721
N. Throuvalas Greece	9	167 0.4×	580 2.1×	122 0.5×	331 1.6×	123 0.9×	27	837
Şefik Hoşal Türkiye	13	255 0.7×	167 0.6×	221 0.9×	121 0.6×	45 0.3×	22	551
Jeffrey Straub United States	3	56 0.1×	114 0.4×	159 0.6×	126 0.6×	22 0.2×	7	486
Johan Tausjø Norway	15	356 0.9×	723 2.6×	784 3.1×	264 1.3×	10 0.1×	28	1.2k
Dustin Boothe United States	17	32 0.1×	244 0.9×	224 0.9×	145 0.7×	32 0.2×	40	779
Shayan Cheraghlou United States	17	289 0.8×	120 0.4×	251 1.0×	349 1.7×	3 0.0×	50	730
Giuseppe Carlo Iorio Italy	15	46 0.1×	132 0.5×	103 0.4×	125 0.6×	59 0.4×	45	425

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Xiong, Grace X., Simona Alfonsi, Barrett I. Woods, et al.. (2025). External performance of the spinal infection treatment evaluation (SITE) score and spinal instability spondylodiscitis score (SISS) in predicting operative intervention for de novo spinal infections. The Spine Journal. 25(9). 2061–2070.

Bittoni, Alessandro, Alessandra Mandolesi, Kalliopi Andrikou, et al.. (2015). HER family Receptor Expression and Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer. The International Journal of Biological Markers. 30(3). 327–332. 12 indexed citations

Gatti, Simona, et al.. (2014). Beyond the Intestinal Celiac Mucosa: Diagnostic Role of Anti-TG2 Deposits, a Systematic Review. Frontiers in Medicine. 1. 9–9. 15 indexed citations

Alfonsi, Simona, et al.. (2013). Primary intra-abdominal synovial sarcoma: a case report.. PubMed. 84(6). 6 indexed citations

Poloni, Antonella, Gaia Goteri, Antonio Zizzi, et al.. (2013). Prognostic role of immunohistochemical analysis of 5 mc in myelodysplastic syndromes. European Journal Of Haematology. 91(3). 219–227. 13 indexed citations

Scartozzi, Mario, Riccardo Giampieri, Cristian Loretelli, et al.. (2013). Role of β4 Integrin in HER-3 -negative, K-RAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Tumors Receiving Cetuximab. Future Oncology. 9(8). 1207–1214. 5 indexed citations

Cordero, Mario D., Ángel Manuel Carrión, Simona Alfonsi, et al.. (2012). Is Inflammation a Mitochondrial Dysfunction-Dependent Event in Fibromyalgia?. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 18(7). 800–807. 72 indexed citations

Scartozzi, Mario, Riccardo Giampieri, Elena Maccaroni, et al.. (2012). Phosphorylated AKT and MAPK expression in primary tumours and in corresponding metastases and clinical outcome in colorectal cancer patients receiving irinotecan-cetuximab. Journal of Translational Medicine. 10(1). 71–71. 24 indexed citations

Bullón, Pedro, Mario D. Cordero, José L. Quiles, et al.. (2012). Autophagy in periodontitis patients and gingival fibroblasts: unraveling the link between chronic diseases and inflammation. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 122–122. 116 indexed citations

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Horiot, Jean-Claude, R. Le Fur, T. Nguyen, et al.. (1992). Hyperfractionation versus conventional fractionation in oropharyngeal carcinoma: final analysis of a randomized trial of the EORTC cooperative group of radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 25(4). 231–241. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Horiot, Jean-Claude, R. Le Fur, T. Nguyen, et al.. (1990). Hyperfractionated compared with conventional radiotherapy in oropharyngeal carcinoma: an EORTC randomized trial. PubMed. 26(7). 779–780. 48 indexed citations

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Gentet, Jean‐Claude, et al.. (1988). Veno-Occlusive Disease in Children After Intensive Chemo-and Radiotherapy and Repeated Halothane Anesthesias: A report of 2 cases. Acta Oncologica. 27(5). 579–581. 3 indexed citations

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Gentet, Jean Claude, et al.. (1988). Veno-occlusive disease in children after intensive chemo- and radiotherapy and repeated halothane anesthesias. 27(5). 579–581. 1 indexed citations

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