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Alfredo Brusco

Alfredo Brusco

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
49
Citations
14245
World Ranking
3974
National Ranking
89

Alfredo Brusco publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfredo Brusco sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 292 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Alfredo Brusco D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfredo Brusco sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alfredo Brusco is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work often focusses on molecular biology, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with a considerable focus on neurology and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Brusco's published work is found frequently in specific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Brain
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Significant recent papers include:

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism, 2020, Cell
  • Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population, 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Histone H3.3 beyond cancer: Germline mutations in Histone 3 Family 3A and 3B cause a previously unidentified neurodegenerative disorder in 46 patients, 2020, Science Advances
  • Digenic inheritance of STUB1 variants and TBP polyglutamine expansions explains the incomplete penetrance of SCA17 and SCA48, 2021, Genetics in Medicine

Frequent co-authors working with Brusco include:

  • Giovanni Battista Ferrero
  • Lisa Pavinato
  • Elisa Giorgio
  • Slavica Trajkova
  • Diana Carli

Best Publications

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S Breen;Michael S Breen

  • NT5E mutations and arterial calcifications.

    Cynthia St. Hilaire;Shira G. Ziegler;Thomas C. Markello;Alfredo Brusco

  • Mutations in the mitochondrial protease gene AFG3L2 cause dominant hereditary ataxia SCA28

    Daniela Di Bella;Federico Lazzaro;Alfredo Brusco;Massimo Plumari

  • COL4A3/COL4A4 mutations: from familial hematuria to autosomal-dominant or recessive Alport syndrome.

    Ilaria Longo;Paola Porcedda;Francesca Mari;Daniela Giachino

  • Mutations in Ribosomal Protein S19 Gene and Diamond Blackfan Anemia: Wide Variations in Phenotypic Expression

    Thiébaut-Noël Willig;Natalia Draptchinskaia;Irma Dianzani;Sarah Ball

  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population.

    Elisa Benetti;Rossella Tita;Ottavia Spiga;Andrea Ciolfi

  • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

  • Molecular Mechanisms Generating and Stabilizing Terminal 22q13 Deletions in 44 Subjects with Phelan/McDermid Syndrome.

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Silvana Beri;Cristina De Agostini

  • Modulation of the age at onset in spinocerebellar ataxia by CAG tracts in various genes

    Sophie Tezenas Du Montcel;Sophie Tezenas Du Montcel;Alexandra Durr;Peter Bauer;Karla P. Figueroa

  • Molecular genetics of hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia: mutation analysis of spinocerebellar ataxia genes and CAG/CTG repeat expansion detection in 225 Italian families.

    Alfredo Brusco;Cinzia Gellera;Claudia Cagnoli;Alessandro Saluto

  • Spastic paraplegia gene 7 in patients with spasticity and/or optic neuropathy

    Stephan Klebe;Christel Depienne;Sylvie Gerber;Georges Challe

  • CGG repeat length correlates with age of onset of motor signs of the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).

    Flora Tassone;John Adams;Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis;Susannah S. Cohen

  • A large genomic deletion leads to enhancer adoption by the lamin B1 gene: a second path to autosomal dominant adult-onset demyelinating leukodystrophy (ADLD)

    Elisa Giorgio;Daniel Robyr;Malte Spielmann;Enza Ferrero

  • SCA28, a novel form of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia on chromosome 18p11.22-q11.2

    Claudia Cagnoli;Caterina Mariotti;Franco Taroni;Marco Seri

  • ELOVL5 mutations cause spinocerebellar ataxia 38.

    Eleonora Di Gregorio;Barbara Borroni;Elisa Giorgio;Daniela Lacerenza

  • An Enhanced Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay to Detect Pre- and Full Mutation Alleles of the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 Gene

    Alessandro Saluto;Alessandro Brussino;Flora Tassone;Carlo Arduino

  • A Recurrent Mutation in CACNA1G Alters Cav3.1 T-Type Calcium-Channel Conduction and Causes Autosomal-Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia

    Marie M Coutelier;Iulia I Blesneac;Arnaud A Monteil;Marie Lorraine M.L. Monin

  • Missense mutations in the AFG3L2 proteolytic domain account for ∼1.5% of European autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias.

    Claudia Cagnoli;Giovanni Stevanin;Alessandro Brussino;Marco Barberis

  • Complexity of the Genetics and Clinical Presentation of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 17.

    Suran Nethisinghe;Wei N. Lim;Heather Ging;Anna Zeitlberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Marco Tartaglia
Marco Tartaglia Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Filippo Tempia
Filippo Tempia University of Turin
Pietro Cortelli
Pietro Cortelli University of Bologna
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Cinzia Gellera
Cinzia Gellera Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giovanni Stevanin
Giovanni Stevanin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andrea Ciolfi
Andrea Ciolfi Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

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