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1044
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Francesco Benedetti 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 Francesco Benedetti sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 417 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Benedetti 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 Francesco Benedetti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesco Benedetti is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research spans several fields including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with a significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, and Neurology.

Their work encompasses a range of key scientific topics, notably Tryptophan and brain disorders, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Mental Health Research Topics, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Francesco Benedetti has contributed to multiple influential papers, including:

  • Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Persistent psychopathology and neurocognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Effect of inflammatory biomarkers at three-month follow-up (2021, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Neuroinflammation in Bipolar Depression (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)

Frequent collaboration has been a characteristic of their research activity. Notable co-authors include Sara Poletti, Benedetta Vai, Raffaella Zanardi, Elisa Melloni, and Cristina Colombo.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Caterina Conte;Sara Poletti

  • Functional atlas of emotional faces processing: a voxel-based meta-analysis of 105 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies.

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Anna Placentino;Francesco Carletti;Paola Landi

  • Polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene and antidepressant efficacy of fluvoxamine.

    E Smeraldi;R Zanardi;F Benedetti;D Di Bella;D Di Bella

  • Persistent psychopathology and neurocognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Effect of inflammatory biomarkers at three-month follow-up.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Mariagrazia Palladini;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Cristiano Magnaghi

  • Morning sunlight reduces length of hospitalization in bipolar depression

    Francesco Benedetti;Cristina Colombo;Barbara Barbini;Euridice Campori

  • Efficacy of paroxetine in depression is influenced by a functional polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene.

    Raffaella Zanardi;Francesco Benedetti;Daniela Di Bella;Marco Catalano

  • Influence of CLOCK gene polymorphism on circadian mood fluctuation and illness recurrence in bipolar depression.

    Francesco Benedetti;Alessandro Serretti;Cristina Colombo;Barbara Barbini

  • Chronotherapeutics (light and wake therapy) in affective disorders.

    Anna Wirz-Justice;Francesco Benedetti;Mathias Berger;Raymond W. Lam

  • Autoimmune psychosis: an international consensus on an approach to the diagnosis and management of psychosis of suspected autoimmune origin.

    Thomas A Pollak;Belinda R Lennox;Sabine Müller;Michael E Benros

  • Rate of switch from depression into mania after therapeutic sleep deprivation in bipolar depression.

    Cristina Colombo;Francesco Benedetti;Barbara Barbini;Euridice Campori

  • Distinct Subcortical Volume Alterations in Pediatric and Adult OCD: A Worldwide Meta- and Mega-Analysis.

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Stephanie H. Ameis

  • Genetic dissection of psychopathological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and CLOCK gene polymorphism.

    Alessandro Serretti;Francesco Benedetti;Laura Mandelli;Cristina Lorenzi

  • Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Benedetta Vai;Mario Gennaro Mazza;Claudia Delli Colli;Marianne Foiselle

  • Cortical Abnormalities Associated With Pediatric and Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Working Group

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • Post-COVID-19 Depressive Symptoms: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacological Treatment

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  • Neuroinflammation in Bipolar Depression.

    Francesco Benedetti;Veronica Aggio;Maria Luisa Pratesi;Giacomo Greco

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Light Therapy for Antepartum Depression

    Anna Wirz-Justice;Anja Bader;Ulrike Frisch;Rolf Dieter Stieglitz

  • Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders: A Clinician's Manual for Light and Wake Therapy

    Anna Wirz-Justice;Francesco Benedetti;Michael Terman

  • Disruption of White Matter Integrity in Bipolar Depression as a Possible Structural Marker of Illness

    Francesco Benedetti;Ping Hong Yeh;Marcella Bellani;Daniele Radaelli

  • Actimetric evidence that CLOCK 3111 T/C SNP influences sleep and activity patterns in patients affected by bipolar depression.

    Francesco Benedetti;Sara Dallaspezia;Mara Cigala Fulgosi;Cristina Lorenzi

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene and antidepressant efficacy of fluvoxamine

    E Smeraldi;R Zanardi;F Benedetti;D Di Bella

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristina Colombo
Cristina Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Enrico Smeraldi
Enrico Smeraldi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Sara Poletti
Sara Poletti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Benedetta Vai
Benedetta Vai IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Cristina Lorenzi
Cristina Lorenzi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Irene Bollettini
Irene Bollettini San Raffaele Hospital
Andrea Falini
Andrea Falini Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
Anna Wirz-Justice
Anna Wirz-Justice University of Basel
Raffaella Zanardi
Raffaella Zanardi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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