Vincenzo Silani

27.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
369 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Vincenzo Silani is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincenzo Silani has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 242 papers in Neurology, 112 papers in Genetics and 82 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Vincenzo Silani's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (182 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (100 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (95 papers). Vincenzo Silani is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (182 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (100 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (95 papers). Vincenzo Silani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Vincenzo Silani's co-authors include Antonia Ratti, Andrea Ciammola, Nicola Ticozzi, Barbara Poletti, Claudia Colombrita, Gian Domenico Borasio, Lidia Cova, Sharon Abrahams, Orla Hardiman and Markus Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Vincenzo Silani

360 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Loss of Huntingtin-Mediated BDNF Gene Transcription in Huntington's Disease

2001 1.0k citations Andrea Ciammola, Vincenzo Silani et al. profile →
EFNS guidelines on the Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MALS) – revised report of an EFNS task force

2011 788 citations Peter M. Andersen, Mamede de Carvalho et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD): Revised diagnostic criteria

2017 590 citations Vincenzo Silani et al. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration profile →
European Academy of Neurology (EAN) guideline on the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in collaboration with European Reference Network for Neuromuscular Diseases (ERNEURO‐NMD)

2024 43 citations Philip Van Damme, Ammar Al‐Chalabi et al. European Journal of Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vincenzo Silani Italy	55	7.8k	4.5k	4.4k	3.1k	1.5k	369	12.9k
Leonard H. van den Berg Netherlands	62	8.9k 1.1×	4.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	260	12.9k
P. Nigel Leigh United Kingdom	57	9.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	167	12.9k
Susanne Petri Germany	48	5.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	3.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	231	13.9k
Martin R. Turner United Kingdom	63	10.7k 1.4×	4.9k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	262	14.2k
Michael J. Strong Canada	55	7.3k 0.9×	3.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	214	10.6k
Juan Sanchez‐Ramos United States	48	2.8k 0.4×	2.4k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	760 0.5×	149	9.6k
Ammar Al‐Chalabi United Kingdom	64	14.8k 1.9×	8.2k 1.8×	5.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.7×	270	18.2k
Adriano Chiò Italy	75	16.6k 2.1×	9.6k 2.2×	4.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	381	20.7k
Steve Vucic Australia	57	9.9k 1.3×	4.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	311	13.3k
Kevin Talbot United Kingdom	66	6.9k 0.9×	5.0k 1.1×	5.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	240	12.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vincenzo Silani

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Damme, Philip Van, Ammar Al‐Chalabi, Peter M. Andersen, et al.. (2024). European Academy of Neurology (EAN) guideline on the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in collaboration with European Reference Network for Neuromuscular Diseases (ERNEURO‐NMD). European Journal of Neurology. 31(6). e16264–e16264. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Pasquini, Jacopo, Michael Firbank, Victoria Foster, et al.. (2024). Substantia nigra and locus coeruleus microstructural abnormalities in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease. Brain Communications. 7(1). fcaf023–fcaf023. 1 indexed citations

Poletti, Barbara, Edoardo Nicolò Aiello, Federica Solca, et al.. (2023). Single task-level, 2SD-based cutoffs for the Italian version of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS screen (ECAS). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 24(7-8). 709–712. 2 indexed citations

Maranzano, Alessio, Federico Verde, Barbara Poletti, et al.. (2023). Regional spreading pattern is associated with clinical phenotype in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. 146(10). 4105–4116. 12 indexed citations

Guidetti, Matteo, Stefano Giannoni‐Luza, Tommaso Bocci, et al.. (2023). Modeling Electric Fields in Transcutaneous Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: A Clinical Perspective. Biomedicines. 11(5). 1283–1283. 5 indexed citations

Conte, Giorgio, Claudia Morelli, Valeria Elisa Contarino, et al.. (2020). Correction to: A susceptibility-weighted imaging qualitative score of the motor cortex may be a useful tool for distinguishing clinical phenotypes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. European Radiology. 31(6). 4404–4404. 1 indexed citations

Mandrioli, Jessica, V. Crippa, Cristina Cereda, et al.. (2019). Proteostasis and ALS: protocol for a phase II, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial for colchicine in ALS (Co-ALS). BMJ Open. 9(5). e028486–e028486. 57 indexed citations

Castelnovo, Veronica, Silvia Paola Caminiti, Nilo Riva, et al.. (2018). Heterogeneous brain FDG-PET metabolic patterns in patients with C9orf72 mutation. Neurological Sciences. 40(3). 515–521. 17 indexed citations

Corrado, Lucia, Cinzia Tiloca, Alessandra Bagarotti, et al.. (2018). Characterization of the c9orf72 GC-rich low complexity sequence in two cohorts of Italian and Turkish ALS cases. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 19(5-6). 426–431. 2 indexed citations

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Castiglione, Franca, Mónica Ferro, Rosalia Pellitteri, et al.. (2017). NMR Metabolomics for Stem Cell type discrimination. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15808–15808. 14 indexed citations

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Bonati, Maria Teresa, Federico Verde, Uroš Hladnik, et al.. (2017). A novel nonsense ATP7A pathogenic variant in a family exhibiting a variable occipital horn syndrome phenotype. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. 13. 14–17. 9 indexed citations

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Ciammola, Andrea, Alessandra Folci, Giuseppe Ronzitti, et al.. (2014). Parkin regulates kainate receptors by interacting with the GluK2 subunit. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5182–5182. 44 indexed citations

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Capitanio, Daniele, Michele Vasso, Antonia Ratti, et al.. (2012). Molecular Signatures of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease Progression in Hind and Forelimb Muscles of an SOD1 ^G93A Mouse Model. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 17(10). 1333–1350. 55 indexed citations

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Colombrita, Claudia, Elisa Onesto, Francesca Megiorni, et al.. (2012). TDP-43 and FUS RNA-binding Proteins Bind Distinct Sets of Cytoplasmic Messenger RNAs and Differently Regulate Their Post-transcriptional Fate in Motoneuron-like Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(19). 15635–15647. 227 indexed citations

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Colombrita, Claudia, Eleonora Zennaro, Claudia Fallini, et al.. (2009). TDP‐43 is recruited to stress granules in conditions of oxidative insult. Journal of Neurochemistry. 111(4). 1051–1061. 416 indexed citations

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Gerosa, Maria, Barbara Poletti, Francesca Pregnolato, et al.. (2009). Antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus patients: what's new about cognitive involvement?. Neurological Sciences. 30. 1 indexed citations

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Raspelli, Simona, Laura Carelli, Francesca Morganti, et al.. (2009). A neuro vr-based version of the multiple errands test for the assessment of executive functions: A possible approach. 2(4). 299–313. 9 indexed citations

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Silani, Vincenzo & Lidia Cova. (2007). Stem cell transplantation in Multiple Sclerosis: Safety and Ethics. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 265(1-2). 116–121. 15 indexed citations

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Cova, Lidia, Antonia Ratti, Manuela Volta, et al.. (2004). Stem Cell Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Issue of Transdifferentiation. Stem Cells and Development. 13(1). 121–131. 20 indexed citations

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Silani, Vincenzo, et al.. (1993). GangliosideGM1 expression during human spinal cord and neural crest development. Neuroreport. 4(6). 767–770. 5 indexed citations

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