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Francesco Pierelli

Francesco Pierelli

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Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
13996
World Ranking
3286
National Ranking
134

Francesco Pierelli 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 Francesco Pierelli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 419 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Pierelli 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 Francesco Pierelli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

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

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

Overview

Francesco Pierelli is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has a research profile primarily focused on medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including psychiatry and mental health, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics of their research encompass migraine and headache studies, functional brain connectivity studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, neural dynamics and brain function, long-term effects of COVID-19, and mechanisms and treatments related to Parkinson's disease.

Francesco Pierelli's recent scholarly publications include:

  • Pathophysiological Bases of Comorbidity in Migraine, 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Investigating the Effects of COVID-19 Quarantine in Migraine: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study From the Italian National Headache Registry (RICe), 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • An artificial neural network approach to detect presence and severity of Parkinson's disease via gait parameters, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Patients with chronic migraine without history of medication overuse are characterized by a peculiar white matter fiber bundle profile, 2020, The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Haemodynamic activity characterization of resting state networks by fractal analysis and thalamocortical morphofunctional integrity in chronic migraine, 2020, The Journal of Headache and Pain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierelli include:

  • Gianluca Coppola
  • Cherubino Di Lorenzo
  • Vincenzo Parisi
  • Mariano Serrao
  • Antonio Di Renzo

Their research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Throughout their career, the researcher has contributed significantly to the study of migraine disorders, utilizing functional neuroimaging and advanced analytic techniques to explore brain network activity and structural profiles. Their investigations also extend to neurological conditions like Parkinson's disease, using computational approaches such as artificial neural networks for disease detection and severity assessment based on gait analysis.

Additionally, their work on the long-term effects of COVID-19 includes observational studies examining the impact of quarantine measures on migraine patients, contributing to understanding how pandemic-related conditions affect neurological health.

Best Publications

  • Correlation between morphological and functional retinal impairment in multiple sclerosis patients.

    Vincenzo Parisi;Gianluca Manni;Maria Spadaro;Gaspare Colacino

  • Is The Cerebral Cortex Hyperexcitable or Hyperresponsive in Migraine

    G. Coppola;F. Pierelli;Jean Schoenen

  • Morphological and functional retinal impairment in Alzheimer's disease patients

    Vincenzo Parisi;Rita Restuccia;Francesco Fattapposta;Concetta Mina

  • Suboccipital injection with a mixture of rapid- and long-acting steroids in cluster headache: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

    Anna Ambrosini;Michel Vandenheede;Paolo Rossi;Fulvio Aloj

  • Altered processing of sensory stimuli in patients with migraine.

    Marina de Tommaso;Anna Ambrosini;Filippo Brighina;Gianluca Coppola

  • Episodic Ataxia Type 2 (EA2) and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 (SCA6) Due to CAG Repeat Expansion in the CACNA1A Gene on Chromosome 19p

    Carla Jodice;Elide Mantuano;Liana Veneziano;Flavia Trettel

  • Habituation and sensitization in primary headaches.

    Gianluca Coppola;Cherubino Di Lorenzo;Jean Schoenen;Francesco Pierelli

  • Habituation and migraine

    Gianluca Coppola;Francesco Pierelli;Jean Schoenen

  • Optical Coherence Tomography in Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis

    Gianluca Coppola;Antonio Di Renzo;Lucia Ziccardi;Francesco Martelli

  • Lack of habituation causes high intensity dependence of auditory evoked cortical potentials in migraine

    A. Ambrosini;P. Rossi;V. De Pasqua;F. Pierelli

  • Effects of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls on temporal summation of the RIII reflex in humans.

    Mariano Serrao;Paolo Rossi;Giorgio Sandrini;Leoluca Parisi

  • Interictal abnormalities of gamma band activity in visual evoked responses in migraine: an indication of thalamocortical dysrhythmia?

    G. Coppola;Anna Ambrosini;L. Di Clemente;Delphine Magis

  • Balance Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease

    Steno Rinalduzzi;Carlo Trompetto;Lucio Marinelli;Alessia Alibardi

  • Migraine improvement during short lasting ketogenesis: a proof-of-concept study.

    C. Di Lorenzo;G. Coppola;G. Sirianni;G. Di Lorenzo

  • Early rehabilitation after surgery improves functional outcome in inpatients with brain tumours

    Michelangelo Bartolo;Chiara Zucchella;Andrea Pace;Gaetano Lanzetta

  • Sensitisation of spinal cord pain processing in medication overuse headache involves supraspinal pain control

    A Perrotta;A Perrotta;M Serrao;G Sandrini;R Burstein

  • Gait pattern in inherited cerebellar ataxias

    Mariano Serrao;Francesco Pierelli;Alberto Ranavolo;Francesco Draicchio

  • Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: a clinical, pathologic, and genetic study.

    C. Criscuolo;L. Chessa;S. Di Giandomenico;P. Mancini

  • Cognitive rehabilitation for early post-surgery inpatients affected by primary brain tumor: a randomized, controlled trial

    Chiara Zucchella;Annarita Capone;Valentina Codella;Alessandro Marco De Nunzio

  • Foot drop and plantar flexion failure determine different gait strategies in Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients

    Romildo Don;Mariano Serrao;Paolo Vinci;Alberto Ranavolo

  • Abnormal cortical responses to somatosensory stimulation in medication-overuse headache

    Gianluca Coppola;Antonio Currà;Cherubino Di Lorenzo;Vincenzo Parisi

  • Altered processing of sensory stimuli in patients with migraine.

    Filippo Brighina;Gianluca Coppola;Daniele Marinazzo;Sebastiano Stramaglia

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Coppola
Gianluca Coppola Sapienza University of Rome
Mariano Serrao
Mariano Serrao Sapienza University of Rome
Giorgio Sandrini
Giorgio Sandrini University of Pavia
Vincenzo Parisi
Vincenzo Parisi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Jean Schoenen
Jean Schoenen University of Liège
Filippo M. Santorelli
Filippo M. Santorelli Fondazione Stella Maris
Antonio Currà
Antonio Currà Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppe Nappi
Giuseppe Nappi University of Pavia
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Camillo Porcaro
Camillo Porcaro University of Padua

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