2026 Francesco Cardinale: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	6036	5557	307	293	141	7674

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Overview

Francesco Cardinale is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work includes multiple subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Neurology.

The primary topics of Cardinale's research cover:

Epilepsy research and treatment
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Neural dynamics and brain function
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Frequent coauthors in Cardinale's research include:

Laura Tassi
Piergiorgio d'Orio
Roberto Mai
Flavia Maria Zauli
Ivana Sartori

Cardinale publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the following:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neurosurgery
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Clinical Neurophysiology
Cortex

Selected recent publications by Francesco Cardinale include:

"Long-range phase synchronization of high-frequency oscillations in human cortex," 2020, published in Nature Communications
"Simultaneous human intracerebral stimulation and HD-EEG, ground-truth for source localization methods," 2020, Scientific Data
"Electrical stimulation for seizure induction during SEEG exploration: a useful predictor of postoperative seizure recurrence?" 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
"Identifying the epileptogenic zone by four non-invasive imaging techniques versus stereo-EEG in MRI-negative pre-surgery epilepsy patients," 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
"Stereotactic electroencephalography in humans reveals multisensory signal in early visual and auditory cortices," 2020, Cortex

Best Publications

Focal cortical dysplasia: neuropathological subtypes, EEG, neuroimaging and surgical outcome.

L. Tassi;N. Colombo;R. Garbelli;S. Francione

788
Citations
Stereoelectroencephalography: surgical methodology, safety, and stereotactic application accuracy in 500 procedures.

Francesco Cardinale;Massimo Cossu;Laura Castana;Giuseppe Casaceli

569
Citations
Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsy: a retrospective analysis of 215 procedures.

Massimo Cossu;Francesco Cardinale;Laura Castana;Alberto Citterio

365
Citations
Motor and emotional behaviours elicited by electrical stimulation of the human cingulate cortex

Fausto Caruana;Marzio Gerbella;Pietro Avanzini;Francesca Gozzo

253
Citations
Dissociated wake-like and sleep-like electro-cortical activity during sleep

Lino Nobili;Michele Ferrara;Fabio Moroni;Fabio Moroni;Luigi De Gennaro

193
Citations
Epilepsy surgery in children: results and predictors of outcome on seizures.

Massimo Cossu;Giorgio Lo Russo;Stefano Francione;Roberto Mai

186
Citations
Stereoelectroencephalography: retrospective analysis of 742 procedures in a single centre.

Francesco Cardinale;Michele Rizzi;Elena Vignati;Massimo Cossu

184
Citations
Validation of FreeSurfer-Estimated Brain Cortical Thickness: Comparison with Histologic Measurements

Francesco Cardinale;Giuseppa Chinnici;Manuela Bramerio;Roberto Mai

181
Citations
Surgical treatment of drug-resistant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Lino Nobili;S. Francione;R. Mai;F. Cardinale

179
Citations
Focal cortical dysplasia type IIa and IIb: MRI aspects in 118 cases proven by histopathology.

Nadia Colombo;Laura Tassi;Francesco Deleo;Alberto Citterio

167
Citations
Stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation in the epileptogenic zone: a retrospective study on 89 cases

Massimo Cossu;Dalila Fuschillo;Giuseppe Casaceli;Veronica Pelliccia

158
Citations
Insular‐opercular seizures manifesting with sleep‐related paroxysmal motor behaviors: A stereo‐EEG study

Paola Proserpio;Massimo Cossu;Stefano Francione;Laura Tassi

145
Citations
Sleep-related hyperkinetic seizures of temporal lobe origin.

L. Nobili;M. Cossu;R. Mai;L. Tassi

142
Citations
Mirth and laughter elicited by electrical stimulation of the human anterior cingulate cortex

Fausto Caruana;Fausto Caruana;Pietro Avanzini;Francesca Gozzo;Stefano Francione

138
Citations
Implantation of Stereoelectroencephalography Electrodes: A Systematic Review.

Francesco Cardinale;Giuseppe Casaceli;Fabio Raneri;Jonathan Paul Miller

133
Citations
Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

Massimo Cossu;Francesco Cardinale;Nadia Colombo;Roberto Mai

131
Citations
Biomarkers of epileptogenic zone defined by quantified stereo-EEG analysis.

Vadym Gnatkovsky;Marco de Curtis;Chiara Pastori;Francesco Cardinale

122
Citations
A new tool for touch-free patient registration for robot-assisted intracranial surgery: application accuracy from a phantom study and a retrospective surgical series.

Francesco Cardinale;Michele Rizzi;Piergiorgio d’Orio;Giuseppe Casaceli

111
Citations
Stereo-EEG: Diagnostic and therapeutic tool for periventricular nodular heterotopia epilepsies.

Laura Mirandola;Roberto F. Mai;Stefano Francione;Veronica Pelliccia

109
Citations
Long-range phase synchronization of high-frequency oscillations in human cortex.

G. Arnulfo;G. Arnulfo;S. H. Wang;S. H. Wang;V. Myrov;V. Myrov;B. Toselli

107
Citations
Multimodal responses induced by cortical stimulation of the parietal lobe: a stereo-electroencephalography study

Simona Balestrini;Stefano Francione;Roberto Mai;Laura Castana

103
Citations