Stefano Facchini

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stefano Facchini is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Facchini has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefano Facchini's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (5 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (5 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (5 papers). Stefano Facchini is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (5 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (5 papers) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (5 papers). Stefano Facchini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Malaysia. Stefano Facchini's co-authors include Wolf Muellbacher, Babak Boroojerdi, Mark Hallett, Ulf Ziemann, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Markus Köfler, Werner Poewe, Joerg Wissel, Nguyet Dang and Mark Hallett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, NeuroImage and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Facchini

10 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex

2002 615 citations Wolf Muellbacher, Ulf Ziemann et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Facchini Italy	10	1.2k	843	510	374	207	10	1.5k
Ludovica Labruna United States	18	1.0k 0.9×	763 0.9×	243 0.5×	249 0.7×	138 0.7×	30	1.4k
Karen T. Reilly France	20	1.2k 1.0×	469 0.6×	472 0.9×	285 0.8×	161 0.8×	60	1.9k
Filiep Debaere Belgium	14	1.4k 1.2×	461 0.5×	398 0.8×	392 1.0×	134 0.6×	17	1.9k
T. A. Martin United States	7	1.2k 1.0×	547 0.6×	364 0.7×	385 1.0×	91 0.4×	7	1.5k
Anthony N. Carlsen Canada	23	1.3k 1.2×	459 0.5×	608 1.2×	198 0.5×	167 0.8×	77	1.7k
Robert M. Hardwick United States	16	1.2k 1.0×	487 0.6×	222 0.4×	537 1.4×	349 1.7×	31	1.8k
Mark R. Hinder Australia	23	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	695 1.4×	179 0.5×	86 0.4×	77	1.8k
K.M. Stephan United Kingdom	10	1.3k 1.1×	331 0.4×	158 0.3×	457 1.2×	279 1.3×	18	1.6k
Marco Sandrini Italy	26	1.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.8×	257 0.5×	220 0.6×	165 0.8×	44	2.5k
H. Devanne France	19	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	745 1.5×	151 0.4×	82 0.4×	40	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Facchini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Facchini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefano Facchini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefano Facchini based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefano Facchini. Stefano Facchini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Facchini, Stefano, Natalia Dominik, Arianna Manini, et al.. (2023). Optical Genome Mapping Enables Detection and Accurate Sizing of RFC1 Repeat Expansions. Biomolecules. 13(10). 1546–1546. 11 indexed citations

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Cesari, Paola, et al.. (2005). Motor facilitation of the human cortico-spinal system during observation of bio-mechanically impossible movements. NeuroImage. 26(3). 755–763. 117 indexed citations

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Tinazzi, Michèle, Simona Farina, Stefano Tamburin, et al.. (2003). Task-dependent modulation of excitatory and inhibitory functions within the human primary motor cortex. Experimental Brain Research. 150(2). 222–229. 62 indexed citations

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Facchini, Stefano & Salvatore Maria Aglioti. (2003). Short term light deprivation increases tactile spatial acuity in humans. Neurology. 60(12). 1998–1999. 65 indexed citations

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Facchini, Stefano, et al.. (2002). Time-related changes of excitability of the human motor system contingent upon immobilisation of the ring and little fingers. Clinical Neurophysiology. 113(3). 367–375. 95 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, Ulf Ziemann, Joerg Wissel, et al.. (2002). Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex. Nature. 415(6872). 640–644. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Facchini, Stefano, Wolf Muellbacher, Fortunato Battaglia, Babak Boroojerdi, & Mark Hallett. (2002). Focal enhancement of motor cortex excitability during motor imagery: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 105(3). 146–151. 142 indexed citations

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Boroojerdi, Babak, Leonid Kopylev, Fortunato Battaglia, et al.. (2000). Reproducibility of intracortical inhibition and facilitation using the paired-pulse paradigm. Muscle & Nerve. 23(10). 1594–1597. 89 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, Stefano Facchini, Babak Boroojerdi, & Mark Hallett. (2000). Changes in motor cortex excitability during ipsilateral hand muscle activation in humans. Clinical Neurophysiology. 111(2). 344–349. 243 indexed citations

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Renzi, Ennio De, Francesca Cavalleri, & Stefano Facchini. (1996). Imitation and utilisation behaviour.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 61(4). 396–400. 106 indexed citations

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