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Flavio Villani publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 149 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Flavio Villani D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Flavio Villani is affiliated with the Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta in Italy, contributing extensively to medical research with a focus on neurological conditions. Their work spans a range of topics primarily within medicine, with a concentration on neurological sciences and related disciplines.

Their research encompasses several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, neurology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics.

Key topics of Villani's research include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

Frequent publication venues for Villani's work are:

  • Neurological Sciences
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsia
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Epileptic Disorders

Villani has collaborated often with several coauthors notably:

  • Roberta Di Giacomo
  • Giuseppe Didato
  • Giancarlo Di Gennaro
  • Chiara Pastori
  • Francesco Deleo

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Villani include:

  • Epileptic phenotypes in autoimmune encephalitis: from acute symptomatic seizures to autoimmune-associated epilepsy, 2022, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • The surgical treatment of epilepsy, 2021, Neurological Sciences
  • Epilepsy in Neurodegenerative Dementias: A Clinical, Epidemiological, and EEG Study, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Epilepsy course during COVID-19 pandemic in three Italian epilepsy centers, 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Long-term effectiveness of add-on perampanel in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter retrospective study, 2023, Epilepsia

Best Publications

  • Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

    Herm J Lamberink;Willem M Otte;Ingmar Blümcke;Kees P J Braun

  • Epileptic phenotypes associated with mitochondrial disorders

    L. Canafoglia;Silvana Franceschetti;C. Antozzi;F. Carrara

  • Experience with immunomodulatory treatments in Rasmussen’s encephalitis

    Tiziana Granata;L. Fusco;G. Gobbi;E. Freri

  • Periventricular nodular heterotopia: Classification, epileptic history, and genesis of epileptic discharges

    Giorgio Battaglia;Luisa Chiapparini;Silvana Franceschetti;Elena Freri

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy: neuropathological and clinical correlations in 243 surgically treated patients

    Laura Tassi;Alessandra Meroni;Francesco Deleo;Flavio Villani

  • Theory of mind in frontal and temporal lobe epilepsy: cognitive and neural aspects.

    Anna Rita Giovagnoli;Silvana Franceschetti;Fabiola Reati;Annalisa Parente

  • Mutant prion protein expression causes motor and memory deficits and abnormal sleep patterns in a transgenic mouse model.

    Sara Dossena;Luca Imeri;Michela Mangieri;Anna Garofoli

  • Hemispherotomy and functional hemispherectomy: indications and outcome.

    Carlo Efisio Marras;Tiziana Granata;Angelo Franzini;Elena Freri

  • Blurring in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical, high-field imaging and ultrastructural study.

    Rita Garbelli;Gloria Milesi;Valentina Medici;Flavio Villani

  • Semantic memory in partial epilepsy: verbal and non-verbal deficits and neuroanatomical relationships.

    Anna Rita Giovagnoli;Alessandra Erbetta;Flavio Villani;Giuliano Avanzini

  • 7T MRI features in control human hippocampus and hippocampal sclerosis: an ex vivo study with histologic correlations.

    Roland Coras;Gloria Milesi;Ileana Zucca;Alfonso Mastropietro

  • Positive response to immunomodulatory therapy in an adult patient with Rasmussen's encephalitis.

    F. Villani;R. Spreafico;L. Farina;A.R. Giovagnoli

  • Deep brain stimulation of two unconventional targets in refractory non-resectable epilepsy.

    Angelo Franzini;Giuseppe Messina;Carlo Marras;Flavio Villani

  • Theory of mind and epilepsy: what clinical implications?

    Anna Rita Giovagnoli;Annalisa Parente;Flavio Villani;Silvana Franceschetti

  • Short- and long-term surgical outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis: Relationships with neuropathology.

    Francesco Deleo;Rita Garbelli;Gloria Milesi;Francesca Gozzo

  • Preoperative language lateralization in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) predicts peri-ictal, pre- and post-operative language performance: An fMRI study

    C. Rosazza;F. Ghielmetti;L. Minati;P. Vitali

  • The use of immunoglobulins in the treatment of human epilepsy.

    F. Villani;G. Avanzini

  • Hypertension, seizures, and epilepsy: a review on pathophysiology and management

    Sara Gasparini;Edoardo Ferlazzo;Edoardo Ferlazzo;Chiara Sueri;Vittoria Cianci

  • Sleep breathing disorders in 40 Italian patients with Myotonic dystrophy type 1.

    Alessandro Pincherle;Vincenzo Patruno;Paola Raimondi;Sabrina Moretti

  • Adult-onset Rasmussen's encephalitis: anatomical-electrographic-clinical features of 7 Italian cases.

    Flavio Villani;Alessandro Pincherle;Carlo Antozzi;Luisa Chiapparini

  • Vagal nerve stimulation: relationship between outcome and electroclinical seizure pattern.

    Marina Casazza;Giuliano Avanzini;Paolo Ferroli;Flavio Villani

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Spreafico
Roberto Spreafico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Laura Tassi
Laura Tassi University of Bologna
Giuliano Avanzini
Giuliano Avanzini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Anna Rita Giovagnoli
Anna Rita Giovagnoli Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Tiziana Granata
Tiziana Granata Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Paolo Vitali
Paolo Vitali McGill University
Ludovico D'Incerti
Ludovico D'Incerti Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Silvana Franceschetti
Silvana Franceschetti Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Rita Garbelli
Rita Garbelli Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giovanni Broggi
Giovanni Broggi Casa di Cura Columbus

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