William Raffaeli

2.0k total citations
63 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William Raffaeli is a scholar working on Physiology, Pharmacology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, William Raffaeli has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Physiology, 23 papers in Pharmacology and 20 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in William Raffaeli's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (26 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (21 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (18 papers). William Raffaeli is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (26 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (21 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (18 papers). William Raffaeli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. William Raffaeli's co-authors include Valentina Malafoglia, Sara Ilari, Carolina Muscoli, Donatella Sarti, Antonello Bonci, Eleonora Balzani, Antonio Giordano, Gianfranco Bellipanni, Andrea Tognù and Mario Mercuri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William Raffaeli

57 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Raffaeli Italy 22 422 370 317 276 241 63 1.3k
Kris Vissers Netherlands 27 789 1.9× 393 1.1× 444 1.4× 434 1.6× 218 0.9× 91 2.1k
Tudor Phillips United Kingdom 16 677 1.6× 224 0.6× 804 2.5× 155 0.6× 308 1.3× 19 1.7k
Winston C. V. Parris United States 17 283 0.7× 287 0.8× 362 1.1× 209 0.8× 149 0.6× 64 1.1k
J. Douglas Mann United States 22 320 0.8× 139 0.4× 248 0.8× 126 0.5× 429 1.8× 52 1.6k
Michel Y. Dubois United States 15 378 0.9× 685 1.9× 213 0.7× 401 1.5× 76 0.3× 44 1.2k
Carsten Bantel Germany 18 371 0.9× 257 0.7× 178 0.6× 237 0.9× 63 0.3× 58 1.1k
Bradford D. Hare United States 14 287 0.7× 123 0.3× 303 1.0× 176 0.6× 307 1.3× 25 1.0k
Michael Serpell United Kingdom 20 651 1.5× 201 0.5× 379 1.2× 261 0.9× 72 0.3× 28 1.3k
Melissa Chont United States 19 787 1.9× 888 2.4× 953 3.0× 178 0.6× 150 0.6× 30 1.8k
Veijo Saano Finland 18 236 0.6× 386 1.0× 131 0.4× 251 0.9× 247 1.0× 58 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Raffaeli

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Raffaeli, William, et al.. (2025). Sleep Quality, Pain, Worry, and Rumination in Fibromyalgia: Results from Mediation Analyses. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(20). 7267–7267.
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Malafoglia, Valentina, William Raffaeli, Sara Ilari, et al.. (2025). Mu-opioid receptor expression on B cells as a potential biomarker for chronic pain: a follow-up study with patients with fibromyalgia. PAIN Reports. 10(4). e1283–e1283.
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Raffaeli, William, et al.. (2024). An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations. Healthcare. 12(2). 216–216. 1 indexed citations
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Garofalo, Cinzia, Costanza Maria Cristiani, Sara Ilari, et al.. (2023). Fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Interaction: A Possible Role for Gut Microbiota and Gut-Brain Axis. Biomedicines. 11(6). 1701–1701. 26 indexed citations
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Malafoglia, Valentina, Sara Ilari, Chiara Gioia, et al.. (2023). An Observational Study on Chronic Pain Biomarkers in Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis Patients: Which Role for Mu Opioid Receptor’s Expression on NK Cells?. Biomedicines. 11(3). 931–931. 11 indexed citations
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Raffaeli, William, et al.. (2023). The relationship between metacognition, anger, and pain intensity among fibromyalgia patients: a serial mediation model. Psychology Health & Medicine. 29(4). 791–808. 3 indexed citations
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Toccaceli, Virgilia, Maria Antonietta Stazi, Corrado Fagnani, et al.. (2022). Development and Validation of the Italian “Brief Five-Item Chronic Pain Questionnaire” for Epidemiological Studies. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 15. 1897–1913. 1 indexed citations
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Ilari, Sara, Stefania Proietti, Patrizia Russo, et al.. (2022). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Role of Nutraceuticals in the Management of Neuropathic Pain in In Vivo Studies. Antioxidants. 11(12). 2361–2361. 20 indexed citations
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Fagnani, Corrado, et al.. (2022). An Italian Twin Study of Non-Cancer Chronic Pain as a Wide Phenotype and Its Intensity. Medicina. 58(11). 1522–1522.
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Malafoglia, Valentina, Sara Ilari, Laura Vitiello, et al.. (2021). The Interplay between Chronic Pain, Opioids, and the Immune System. The Neuroscientist. 28(6). 613–627. 43 indexed citations
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Balzani, Eleonora, Andrea Fanelli, Valentina Malafoglia, et al.. (2021). A Review of the Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Neuropathic Pain. Biomedicines. 9(9). 1239–1239. 17 indexed citations
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Malafoglia, Valentina, Sara Ilari, Eleonora Balzani, et al.. (2021). Opportunities and challenges for nonaddictive interventions in chronic pain. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 57. 184–191. 10 indexed citations
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Raffaeli, William, et al.. (2017). Pain as a disease: an overview. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 10. 2003–2008. 148 indexed citations
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Malafoglia, Valentina, Bruce P. Bryant, William Raffaeli, Antonio Giordano, & Gianfranco Bellipanni. (2013). The zebrafish as a model for nociception studies. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 228(10). 1956–1966. 52 indexed citations
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Minella, Cristina E., et al.. (2013). Population-based study of central post-stroke pain in Rimini district, Italy. Journal of Pain Research. 6. 705–705. 27 indexed citations
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Cargnin, Sarah, Michele Viana, Cristina Tassorelli, et al.. (2013). An Opposite-Direction Modulation of the COMT Val158Met Polymorphism on the Clinical Response to Intrathecal Morphine and Triptans. Journal of Pain. 14(10). 1097–1106. 45 indexed citations
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Raffaeli, William. (2011). Italian Registry on Long-Term IntrathecalZiconotide Treatment. Pain Physician. 1;14(1;1). 15–24. 51 indexed citations
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Raffaeli, William, et al.. (2010). Periduroscopy: General Review of Clinical Features and Development of Operative Models. Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 108. 55–65. 10 indexed citations
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Raffaeli, William, Gianpiero Marconi, Gregory C. Fanelli, et al.. (2006). Opioid-related side-effects after intrathecal morphine. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 23(7). 605–610. 42 indexed citations

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