Thomas Franchi

11.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
28 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Franchi is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Health Informatics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Franchi has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 9 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Health Informatics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Franchi's work include Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (7 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (4 papers). Thomas Franchi is often cited by papers focused on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (7 papers), Surgical Simulation and Training (5 papers) and Clinical practice guidelines implementation (4 papers). Thomas Franchi collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Thomas Franchi's co-authors include Riaz Agha, Catrin Sohrabi, Ahmed Kerwan, Ginimol Mathew, Maria Nicola, Maliha Agha, Ahmed Al‐Jabir, Michelle Griffin, Syed Ahsan Ali and Nigel V. Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Pediatric Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Franchi

27 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The SCARE 2023 guideline: updating consensu... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2023 2020 2021 2024 2023 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. The SCARE 2023 guideline: updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines
    2023 1.4k citations Catrin Sohrabi, Ginimol Mathew et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
  2. The Impact of the Covid‐19 Pandemic on Current Anatomy Education and Future Careers: A Student’s Perspective
    2020 232 citations Thomas Franchi profile →
  3. PRISMA 2020 statement: What's new and the importance of reporting guidelines
    2021 154 citations Catrin Sohrabi, Thomas Franchi et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
  4. The STROCSS 2024 guideline: strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional, and case–control studies in surgery
    2024 108 citations Catrin Sohrabi, Ahmed Kerwan et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
  5. Preferred Reporting Of Case Series in Surgery (PROCESS) 2023 guidelines
    2023 91 citations Ginimol Mathew, Catrin Sohrabi et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
  6. Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence
    2025 90 citations Ahmed Kerwan, Ahmed Al‐Jabir et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →
  7. Transparency in the Reporting of Artificial Intelligence – The TITAN Guideline
    2025 38 citations Riaz Agha, Ginimol Mathew et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Franchi United Kingdom 13 1.2k 411 250 231 227 28 2.3k
Sue Pavitt United Kingdom 33 599 0.5× 246 0.6× 268 1.1× 600 2.6× 197 0.9× 139 3.7k
Alan Roger Santos‐Silva Brazil 30 695 0.6× 901 2.2× 327 1.3× 903 3.9× 201 0.9× 379 4.1k
Jason G. Newman United States 31 1.6k 1.4× 457 1.1× 315 1.3× 892 3.9× 720 3.2× 184 3.3k
Stacy E. Smith United States 26 796 0.7× 305 0.7× 303 1.2× 200 0.9× 359 1.6× 99 2.4k
Sung‐Kiang Chuang United States 24 633 0.5× 282 0.7× 228 0.9× 206 0.9× 118 0.5× 121 2.5k
Stacey T. Gray United States 39 2.3k 2.0× 687 1.7× 428 1.7× 507 2.2× 252 1.1× 229 4.7k
G.R. Ogden United Kingdom 34 956 0.8× 405 1.0× 222 0.9× 701 3.0× 302 1.3× 121 4.5k
Richard Oliver United Kingdom 29 744 0.6× 216 0.5× 199 0.8× 524 2.3× 235 1.0× 65 2.5k
Ginimol Mathew United Kingdom 14 1.4k 1.2× 613 1.5× 207 0.8× 581 2.5× 313 1.4× 22 3.0k
Daniel Pinto dos Santos Germany 28 431 0.4× 530 1.3× 163 0.7× 295 1.3× 323 1.4× 154 3.5k

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All Works

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Kerwan, Ahmed, Ahmed Al‐Jabir, Ginimol Mathew, et al.. (2025). Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 90 indexed citations breakdown →
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Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Revised Preferred Reporting of Case Series in Surgery (PROCESS) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 8 indexed citations
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Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Revised Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort, Cross-Sectional and Case-Control Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 5 indexed citations
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Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Transparency in the Reporting of Artificial Intelligence – The TITAN Guideline. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 38 indexed citations breakdown →
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Agha, Riaz, Ginimol Mathew, Ahmed Kerwan, et al.. (2025). Updated Reporting Guidelines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: SCARE, PROCESS, STROCSS, and TITAN 2025. 3 indexed citations
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Mejía, Christian R., et al.. (2023). Factors associated with the use of medicines and self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 Latin American countries. Heliyon. 10(1). e22299–e22299. 1 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Factors associated with complications of foreign body ingestion and/or aspiration in children from a Peruvian hospital. Heliyon. 9(2). e13450–e13450. 3 indexed citations
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Mathew, Ginimol, Catrin Sohrabi, Thomas Franchi, et al.. (2023). Preferred Reporting Of Case Series in Surgery (PROCESS) 2023 guidelines. International Journal of Surgery. 109(12). 3760–3769. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haque, Md Ariful, Marcos Roberto Tovani‐Palone, Thomas Franchi, et al.. (2022). Optimal configuration of a three-rod ortho-bridge system in the treatment of Vancouver type B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures: A finite element analysis. Journal of Orthopaedics. 30. 120–126. 1 indexed citations
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Marin, Luca, et al.. (2022). eHealth, telehealth, and telemedicine in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Lessons learned and future perspectives. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 10(8). 2363–2368. 27 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas & Nigel V. Russell. (2022). Medical Students and the Impostor Phenomenon: A Coexistence Precipitated and Perpetuated by the Educational Environment?. Medical Science Educator. 33(1). 27–38. 14 indexed citations
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Eynde, Jef Van den, Thomas Franchi, Brian Mills, et al.. (2021). The 100 most influential articles in congenital heart disease in 2000–2020: A bibliometric analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100156–100156. 5 indexed citations
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Sohrabi, Catrin, Thomas Franchi, Ginimol Mathew, et al.. (2021). PRISMA 2020 statement: What's new and the importance of reporting guidelines. International Journal of Surgery. 88. 105918–105918. 154 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sohrabi, Catrin, Ginimol Mathew, Thomas Franchi, et al.. (2021). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on scientific research and implications for clinical academic training – A review. International Journal of Surgery. 86. 57–63. 123 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas. (2021). Pipe Cleaners as a Low-Cost and Versatile Educational Tool for Teaching Vascular Anatomy. Medical Science Educator. 31(2). 309–311. 2 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas. (2020). Tensor vastus intermedius: a review of its discovery, morphology and clinical importance. Folia Morphologica. 80(4). 792–798. 13 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas & Jagan Rao. (2020). Aplastic Anemia Secondary to Thymectomy in a Patient With Myasthenia Gravis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 110(3). e173–e175. 2 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Resuming cadaver dissection during a pandemic. Medical Education Online. 26(1). 24 indexed citations
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Franchi, Thomas, Simon Eaton, Paolo De Coppi, & Stefano Giuliani. (2019). The emerging role of immunothrombosis in paediatric conditions. Pediatric Research. 86(1). 19–27. 12 indexed citations

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