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Cinzia Gellera 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 Cinzia Gellera sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 212 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cinzia Gellera 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 Cinzia Gellera sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cinzia Gellera is affiliated with the Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta in Italy. Their research spans a wide array of topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on neurological and genetic neurodegenerative disorders.

Their scholarly work includes publications in the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study they contribute to include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology

The research topics associated with Cinzia Gellera comprise:

  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism

The scientist has extensively collaborated with several co-authors, notably:

  • Barbara Castellotti
  • Viviana Pensato
  • Stefania Magri
  • Franco Taroni
  • Tiziana Granata

These collaborations have contributed to publications in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Seizure

Recent selected publications by Cinzia Gellera include:

  • Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Progression characteristics of the European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS): a 4-year cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Association of Variants in the SPTLC1 Gene With Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • Frataxin gene editing rescues Friedreich's ataxia pathology in dorsal root ganglia organoid-derived sensory neurons, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Digenic inheritance of STUB1 variants and TBP polyglutamine expansions explains the incomplete penetrance of SCA17 and SCA48, 2021, Genetics in Medicine

Best Publications

  • Friedreich's Ataxia: Autosomal Recessive Disease Caused by an Intronic GAA Triplet Repeat Expansion

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Maria Dolores Moltò;Luigi Pianese

  • An autosomal dominant disorder with multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA starting at the D-loop region.

    Massimo Zeviani;Serenella Servidei;Cinzia Gellera;Enrico Bertini

  • Mutations in the Profilin 1 Gene Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Chi Hong Wu;Claudia Fallini;Nicola Ticozzi;Pamela J. Keagle

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Maternally inherited myopathy and cardiomyopathy: association with mutation in mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR)

    M. Zeviani;C. Gellera;C. Antozzi;M. Rimoldi

  • The Friedreich's Ataxia Mutation Confers Cellular Sensitivity to Oxidant Stress Which Is Rescued by Chelators of Iron and Calcium and Inhibitors of Apoptosis

    Alice Wong;Joy Yang;Patrizia Cavadini;Cinzia Gellera

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

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

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Kevin P Kenna;Perry T C van Doormaal;Annelot M Dekker;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Homozygosity for CAG mutation in Huntington disease is associated with a more severe clinical course

    Ferdinando Squitieri;Cinzia Gellera;Milena Cannella;Caterina Mariotti

  • The C9ORF72 expansion mutation is a common cause of ALS+/-FTD in Europe and has a single founder.

    Bradley N. Smith;Stephen Newhouse;Aleksey Shatunov;Caroline Vance

  • High frequency of TARDBP gene mutations in Italian patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Lucia Corrado;A. Ratti;C. Gellera;E. Buratti

  • The first reported generation of several induced pluripotent stem cell lines from homozygous and heterozygous Huntington's disease patients demonstrates mutation related enhanced lysosomal activity.

    Stefano Camnasio;Alessia Delli Carri;Angelo Lombardo;Iwona Grad

  • Mutations of FUS gene in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Lucia Corrado;Roberto Del Bo;Barbara Castellotti;Antonia Ratti

  • CCNF mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

    Kelly L. Williams;Kelly L. Williams;Simon Topp;Shu Yang;Bradley Smith

  • Mutations in the vesicular trafficking protein annexin A11 are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Bradley N Smith;Simon D Topp;Claudia Fallini;Hideki Shibata

  • 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

  • Human frataxin maintains mitochondrial iron homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Patrizia Cavadini;Cinzia Gellera;Pragna I. Patel;Grazia Isaya

  • Common and rare variant association analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology

    Wouter van Rheenen;Rick A. A. van der Spek;Mark K. Bakker;Joke J. F. A. van Vugt

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Taroni
Franco Taroni University of Milan
John Landers
John Landers University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Karen E. Morrison
Karen E. Morrison University of Southampton
Sandra D'Alfonso
Sandra D'Alfonso University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Tiziana Granata
Tiziana Granata Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan
Orla Hardiman
Orla Hardiman Trinity College Dublin
Peter M Andersen
Peter M Andersen Umeå University

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