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Francesca Cirulli publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 217 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Francesca Cirulli D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francesca Cirulli is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research primarily centers around medicine, with a substantial focus on pediatrics, perinatology, and child health, physiology, clinical psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, including:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research contributions:

  • "Effects of the lockdown on the mental health of the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Results from the COMET collaborative network," 2020, published in European Psychiatry
  • "The Impact of Quarantine and Physical Distancing Following COVID-19 on Mental Health: Study Protocol of a Multicentric Italian Population Trial," 2020, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Maternal Obesity as a Risk Factor for Brain Development and Mental Health in the Offspring," 2020, published in Neuroscience
  • "Stress and coping in women with breast cancer:unravelling the mechanisms to improve resilience," 2020, published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "What Is the Role of Resilience and Coping Strategies on the Mental Health of the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Results from the Italian Multicentric COMET Study," 2021, published in Brain Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in various venues, including:

  • European Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Nutrients

Frequent co-authors in Francesca Cirulli's collaborative network include Alessandra Berry, Barbara Collacchi, Chiara Musillo, Andrea Fiorillo, and Marta Borgi.

Best Publications

  • Early disruption of the mother -infant relationship: effects on brain plasticity and implications for psychopathology

    F. Cirulli;A. Berry;E. Alleva

  • Postnatal repeated maternal deprivation produces age-dependent changes of brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in selected rat brain regions.

    Mila Roceri;Francesca Cirulli;Cassandra Pessina;Paolo Peretto

  • Glucocorticoid-related molecular signaling pathways regulating hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Christoph Anacker;Annamaria Cattaneo;Alessia Luoni;Ksenia Musaelyan

  • Effects of the lockdown on the mental health of the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: Results from the COMET collaborative network.

    Andrea Fiorillo;Gaia Sampogna;Vincenzo Giallonardo;Valeria Del Vecchio

  • Effectiveness of a Standardized Equine-Assisted Therapy Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Marta Borgi;Dafne Loliva;Stefania Cerino;Flavia Chiarotti

  • Early life stress as a risk factor for mental health: role of neurotrophins from rodents to non-human primates.

    Francesca Cirulli;Nadia Francia;Alessandra Berry;Luigi Aloe

  • Social deprivation stress is a triggering factor for the emergence of anxiety- and depression-like behaviours and leads to reduced brain BDNF levels in C57BL/6J mice

    Alessandra Berry;Veronica Bellisario;Sara Capoccia;Paola Tirassa

  • Baby schema in human and animal faces induces cuteness perception and gaze allocation in children.

    Marta Borgi;Irene Cogliati-Dezza;Victoria Brelsford;Kerstin Meints

  • The impact of quarantine and physical distancing following covid-19 on mental health: Study protocol of a multicentric italian population trial

    Vincenzo Giallonardo;Gaia Sampogna;Valeria Del Vecchio;Mario Luciano

  • Use of Assistance and Therapy Dogs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Critical Review of the Current Evidence

    Alessandra Berry;Marta Borgi;Nadia Francia;Enrico Alleva

  • Fluoxetine effects on molecular, cellular and behavioral endophenotypes of depression are driven by the living environment

    Silvia Alboni;R. M. van Dijk;Silvia Poggini;G. Milior

  • Enriched environment and acceleration of visual system development.

    Alessandro Sale;Elena Putignano;Laura Cancedda;Silvia Landi

  • Intrahippocampal administration of BDNF in adult rats affects short-term behavioral plasticity in the Morris water maze and performance in the elevated plus-maze.

    Francesca Cirulli;Alessandra Berry;Flavia Chiarotti;Enrico Alleva

  • The NGF saga: From animal models of psychosocial stress to stress-related psychopathology

    Francesca Cirulli;Enrico Alleva

  • Animal-assisted interventions as innovative tools for mental health

    Francesca Cirulli;Marta Borgi;Alessandra Berry;Nadia Francia

  • Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage

    S. Krackow;S. Krackow;E. Vannoni;A. Codita;A. Mohammed

  • Attitudes toward Animals among Kindergarten Children: Species Preferences

    Marta Borgi;Francesca Cirulli

  • Long-term effects of the periadolescent environment on exploratory activity and aggressive behaviour in mice: social versus physical enrichment

    Susanna Pietropaolo;Igor Branchi;Francesca Cirulli;Flavia Chiarotti

  • Pet Face: Mechanisms Underlying Human-Animal Relationships.

    Marta Borgi;Francesca Cirulli

  • Early life influences on emotional reactivity: evidence that social enrichment has greater effects than handling on anxiety-like behaviors, neuroendocrine responses to stress and central BDNF levels.

    Francesca Cirulli;Alessandra Berry;Luca Tommaso Bonsignore;Francesca Capone

  • Developing effective animal‐assisted intervention programs involving visiting dogs for institutionalized geriatric patients: a pilot study

    Alessandra Berry;Marta Borgi;Livia Terranova;Flavia Chiarotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Alleva
Enrico Alleva Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Luigi Aloe
Luigi Aloe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Marco A. Riva
Marco A. Riva University of Milan
Igor Branchi
Igor Branchi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Elena Ortona
Elena Ortona Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giovanni Laviola
Giovanni Laviola Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Stephen J. Suomi
Stephen J. Suomi National Institutes of Health
Annamaria Cattaneo
Annamaria Cattaneo University of Milan
Walter Luyten
Walter Luyten KU Leuven
David P. Wolfer
David P. Wolfer University of Zurich

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