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Francesco P. Cappuccio

Francesco P. Cappuccio

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
55323
World Ranking
7516
National Ranking
732

Francesco P. Cappuccio publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco P. Cappuccio sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 539 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Francesco P. Cappuccio D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Francesco P. Cappuccio is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research work spans the field of Medicine, with particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Nephrology. Cappuccio's research topics cover Sodium Intake and Health, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Renal function and acid-base balance, Sleep and related disorders, Climate Change and Health Impacts, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Human Hypertension
  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • BMJ Open

Among recent papers involving Francesco P. Cappuccio are:

  • "Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study," published in 2021 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Plant-Based Dietary Patterns for Human and Planetary Health," published in 2022 in Nutrients
  • "A systematic review of COVID-19 and obstructive sleep apnoea," published in 2020 in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • "The effect of plant-based dietary patterns on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled intervention trials," published in 2020 in Journal of Hypertension
  • "Systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationship between short sleep and incidence of obesity and effectiveness of sleep interventions on weight gain in preschool children," published in 2020 in Obesity Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cappuccio include:

  • Michelle A. Miller
  • Feng J. He
  • Norm R.C. Campbell
  • Rachael McLean
  • Graham A. MacGregor

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Meta-Analysis of Short Sleep Duration and Obesity in Children and Adults

    Francesco P. Cappuccio;Frances M. Taggart;Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala;Andrew Currie

  • Sleep duration predicts cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Francesco P. Cappuccio;Daniel Cooper;Lanfranco D'Elia;Pasquale Strazzullo

  • Sleep Duration and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

    Francesco P. Cappuccio;Lanfranco D'Elia;Pasquale Strazzullo;Michelle A. Miller

  • Quantity and Quality of Sleep and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Francesco P. Cappuccio;Lanfranco D'Elia;Pasquale Strazzullo;Michelle A. Miller

  • POTASSIUM INTAKE, STROKE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTIVE STUDIES

    L. D'Elia;G. Barba;F. P. Cappuccio;P. Strazzullo

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses

    Nancy J Aburto;Anna Ziolkovska;Lee Hooper;Paul Elliott

  • Panethnic Differences in Blood Pressure in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Pietro Amedeo Modesti;Gianpaolo Reboldi;Francesco P Cappuccio;Charles Agyemang

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Effect of increased potassium intake on cardiovascular risk factors and disease: systematic review and meta-analyses

    Nancy J Aburto;Sara Hanson;Hialy Gutierrez;Lee Hooper

  • Effects of long-term selenium supplementation on the incidence of type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial.

    Saverio Stranges;James R. Marshall;Raj Natarajan;Richard P. Donahue

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Blood pressure control by home monitoring: Meta-analysis of randomised trials

    F.P. Cappuccio;S.M. Kerry;L. Forbes;A. Donald

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Excess Body Weight and Incidence of Stroke Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies With 2 Million Participants

    Pasquale Strazzullo;Lanfranco D'Elia;Giulia Cairella;Francesca Garbagnati

  • Variant of SCN5A sodium channel implicated in risk of cardiac arrhythmia.

    Igor Splawski;Katherine W. Timothy;Michihiro Tateyama;Colleen E. Clancy

  • A Prospective Study of Change in Sleep Duration: Associations with Mortality in the Whitehall II Cohort

    Jane E. Ferrie;Martin J. Shipley;Francesco P. Cappuccio;Eric Brunner

  • Gender-Specific Associations of Short Sleep Duration With Prevalent and Incident Hypertension: The Whitehall II Study

    Francesco P. Cappuccio;Saverio Stranges;Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala;Michelle A. Miller

  • Association between circadian rhythms and neurodegenerative diseases.

    Yue Leng;Yue Leng;Erik S Musiek;Kun Hu;Francesco P Cappuccio

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham A. MacGregor
Graham A. MacGregor Queen Mary University of London
Maurizio Trevisan
Maurizio Trevisan Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Saverio Stranges
Saverio Stranges University of Western Ontario
Licia Iacoviello
Licia Iacoviello University of Insubria
Derek G Cook
Derek G Cook St George's, University of London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari University of Essex
Vittorio Krogh
Vittorio Krogh Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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