Simone Ciufolini

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Simone Ciufolini is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Ciufolini has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 6 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Simone Ciufolini's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (7 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (6 papers). Simone Ciufolini is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (7 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (6 papers). Simone Ciufolini collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Simone Ciufolini's co-authors include Valeria Mondelli, Carmine M. Pariante, Riaz Akhtar, David Baumeister, Paola Dazzan, Robin Murray, Stefania Bonaccorso, Tiago Reis Marques, Marta Di Forti and Craig Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Psychological Medicine and Molecular Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Simone Ciufolini

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Childhood trauma and adulthood inflammation: a meta-analysis of peripheral C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α

2015 765 citations Riaz Akhtar, Simone Ciufolini et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simone Ciufolini United Kingdom	10	656	595	386	346	164	16	1.3k
Shaojia Lu China	21	269 0.4×	230 0.4×	500 1.3×	306 0.9×	90 0.5×	51	1.5k
Paula Perks United Kingdom	8	307 0.5×	609 1.0×	146 0.4×	131 0.4×	84 0.5×	8	1.1k
Cathie Atkinson United States	9	257 0.4×	369 0.6×	181 0.5×	195 0.6×	65 0.4×	10	1.3k
Naoise Mac Giollabhui United States	18	465 0.7×	385 0.6×	265 0.7×	90 0.3×	53 0.3×	37	978
Alexis E. Cullen United Kingdom	25	341 0.5×	260 0.4×	777 2.0×	793 2.3×	42 0.3×	79	1.7k
Zuzanna Zajkowska United Kingdom	14	394 0.6×	300 0.5×	161 0.4×	141 0.4×	33 0.2×	33	837
Silja Bellingrath Germany	24	285 0.4×	699 1.2×	289 0.7×	201 0.6×	43 0.3×	38	1.6k
Nehjla M. Mashal United States	8	659 1.0×	599 1.0×	136 0.4×	142 0.4×	21 0.1×	10	1.1k
John J. Boronow United States	21	619 0.9×	155 0.3×	319 0.8×	1.3k 3.6×	72 0.4×	40	2.2k
Mateus Luz Levandowski Brazil	14	167 0.3×	330 0.6×	350 0.9×	56 0.2×	225 1.4×	26	979

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Zahid, Uzma, Fern Day, Simone Ciufolini, et al.. (2025). Salivary cortisol measures across the clinical stages of psychosis: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 173. 107283–107283.

Wilson, Claire A., et al.. (2023). Exploring the Relationship Between the Menstrual Cycle and Women's Mental Health in a Female Inpatient Ward. BJPsych Open. 9(S1). S44–S44. 1 indexed citations

Demjaha, Arsime, Silvana Galderisi, Celso Arango, et al.. (2022). Negative symptoms in First-Episode Schizophrenia related to morphometric alterations in orbitofrontal and superior temporal cortex: the OPTiMiSE study. Psychological Medicine. 53(8). 3471–3479. 15 indexed citations

Ciufolini, Simone, Poonam Gardner-Sood, Amir Krivoy, et al.. (2021). Predictive value of cardiometabolic biomarkers and depressive symptoms for symptom severity and quality of life in patients with psychotic disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders. 298(Pt A). 95–103. 1 indexed citations

Ciufolini, Simone, Matthew J. Kempton, Charlotte Gayer‐Anderson, et al.. (2020). S186. THE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ON HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME IN FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS: DOES CORTISOL PLAY A ROLE?. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46(Supplement_1). S109–S109.

Vieira, Sandra, Qiyong Gong, Cristina Scarpazza, et al.. (2019). Neuroanatomical abnormalities in first-episode psychosis across independent samples: a multi-centre mega-analysis. Psychological Medicine. 51(2). 340–350. 19 indexed citations

Ciufolini, Simone, Tiago Reis Marques, Heather Taylor, et al.. (2018). Cortical thickness correlates of minor neurological signs in patients with first episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Research. 200. 104–111. 9 indexed citations

Ciufolini, Simone, Charlotte Gayer‐Anderson, Helen L. Fisher, et al.. (2018). Cortisol awakening response is decreased in patients with first-episode psychosis and increased in healthy controls with a history of severe childhood abuse. Schizophrenia Research. 205. 38–44. 13 indexed citations

Russo, Manuela, Simone Ciufolini, B. Wiffen, et al.. (2017). 67. Can a Pencil and Paper Cognitive Test Predict Response to Antipsychotic Treatment in First-Episode of Psychosis?. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 43(suppl_1). S40–S40. 1 indexed citations

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Mondelli, Valeria & Simone Ciufolini. (2017). 118.1 Effect of the Interaction Between Childhood Abuse and FKBP5 Gene Polymorphism on Cortisol Awakening Response and Diurnal Cortisol Levels in First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 43(suppl_1). S65–S65. 2 indexed citations

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Russell, Alice, Simone Ciufolini, Poonam Gardner-Sood, et al.. (2015). Inflammation and metabolic changes in first episode psychosis: Preliminary results from a longitudinal study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 49. 25–29. 27 indexed citations

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Ciufolini, Simone, Craig Morgan, Kevin Morgan, et al.. (2015). Self esteem and self agency in first episode psychosis: Ethnic variation and relationship with clinical presentation. Psychiatry Research. 227(2-3). 213–218. 18 indexed citations

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Akhtar, Riaz, et al.. (2015). Childhood trauma and adulthood inflammation: a meta-analysis of peripheral C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α. Molecular Psychiatry. 21(5). 642–649. 765 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baumeister, David, Simone Ciufolini, & Valeria Mondelli. (2015). Effects of psychotropic drugs on inflammation: consequence or mediator of therapeutic effects in psychiatric treatment?. Psychopharmacology. 233(9). 1575–1589. 149 indexed citations

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Mondelli, Valeria, Simone Ciufolini, Martino Belvederi Murri, et al.. (2015). Cortisol and Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Poor Treatment Response in First Episode Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 41(5). 1162–1170. 220 indexed citations

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Ciufolini, Simone, Paola Dazzan, Matthew J. Kempton, Carmine M. Pariante, & Valeria Mondelli. (2014). HPA axis response to social stress is attenuated in schizophrenia but normal in depression: Evidence from a meta-analysis of existing studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 47. 359–368. 94 indexed citations

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