2026 Giovanni Cioni: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	77	1846	1683	67	63	433	20908

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20908

Overview

Giovanni Cioni is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has produced extensive research primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scholar's research interests cover a range of topics centered on developmental and neurological conditions affecting children. Key areas include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology, Family and Disability Support Research, and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Giovanni Cioni are:

Giuseppina Sgandurra
Roberta Battini
Elena Beani
Valentina Menici
Francesca Tinelli

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with repeated works appearing in:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Neurology
Frontiers in Psychology
Genes
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Giovanni Cioni include:

"Early Intervention for Children Aged 0 to 2 Years With or at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy," 2021, published in JAMA Pediatrics
"Behavioural and Emotional Changes during COVID-19 Lockdown in an Italian Paediatric Population with Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders," 2020, published in Brain Sciences
"ATP1A2- and ATP1A3-associated early profound epileptic encephalopathy and polymicrogyria," 2021, published in Brain
"Improving Executive Functions at School in Children With Special Needs by Educational Robotics," 2020, published in Frontiers in Psychology
"Clinical tools used in young infants born very preterm to predict motor and cognitive delay (not cerebral palsy): a systematic review," 2020, published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Best Publications

Early, accurate diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy: Advances in diagnosis and treatment

Iona Novak;Cathy Morgan;Lars Adde;James Blackman

1637
Citations
An early marker for neurological deficits after perinatal brain lesions.

Heinz F R Prechtl;Christa Einspieler;Giovanni Cioni;Arend F Bos

873
Citations
The qualitative assessment of general movements in preterm, term and young infants — review of the methodology

Christa Einspieler;Heinz F.R. Prechtl;Fabrizio Ferrari;Giovanni Cioni

497
Citations
A cortical area that responds specifically to optic flow, revealed by fMRI

M. C. Morrone;M. Tosetti;D. Montanaro;A. Fiorentini

496
Citations
Prechtls Method on the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements in Preterm, Term and Young Infants + CDROM

Giovanni Cioni;Fabrizio Ferrari;Arend F. Bos;Heinz F. R. Prechtl

422
Citations
Preterm and early postterm motor behaviour in low-risk premature infants.

Giovanni Cioni;Heinz F.R. Prechtl

392
Citations
Qualitative changes of general movements in preterm infants with brain lesions

F Ferrari;Giovanni Cioni;Hfr Prechtl

372
Citations
Is hemiplegic cerebral palsy equivalent to amblyopia of the corticospinal system

Janet A. Eyre;Martin Smith;Lyvia Dabydeen;Gavin J. Clowry

355
Citations
Massage Accelerates Brain Development and the Maturation of Visual Function

Andrea Guzzetta;Sara Baldini;Ada Bancale;Laura Baroncelli

308
Citations
Cramped synchronized general movements in preterm Infants as an early marker for cerebral palsy

Fabrizio Ferrari;Giovanni Cioni;Christa Einspieler;M. Federica Roversi

300
Citations
Arginine:Glycine Amidinotransferase Deficiency: The Third Inborn Error of Creatine Metabolism in Humans

Chike Bellarmine Item;Sylvia Stöckler-Ipsiroglu;Carmen Stromberger;Adolf Mühl

282
Citations
Dorsal and ventral stream sensitivity in normal development and hemiplegia.

Alison Gunn;Elizabeth Cory;Janette Atkinson;Oliver Braddick

262
Citations
Comparison between observation of spontaneous movements and neurologic examination in preterm infants.

Giovanni Cioni;F Ferrari;C Einspieler;Pb Paolicelli

233
Citations
Cerebral Palsy: Early Markers of Clinical Phenotype and Functional Outcome.

Christa Einspieler;Arend F Bos;Magdalena Krieber-Tomantschger;Elsa Alvarado

229
Citations
Neonatal cerebral infarction and neuromotor outcome at school age

Eugenio Mercuri;Eugenio Mercuri;Anna Barnett;Mary Rutherford;Andrea Guzzetta

217
Citations
Early intervention in neurodevelopmental disorders: underlying neural mechanisms.

Giovanni Cioni;Emanuela Inguaggiato;Giuseppina Sgandurra

205
Citations
Educational Robotics intervention on Executive Functions in preschool children

Maria Chiara Di Lieto;Emanuela Inguaggiato;Emanuela Castro;Francesca Cecchi

199
Citations
MRI and clinical characteristics of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.

Giovanni Cioni;B. Sales;P. B. Paolicelli;E. Petacchi

194
Citations
Plasticity and reorganization during language development in children with early brain injury.

Stefano Vicari;A. Albertoni;A. M. Chilosi;P. Cipriani

193
Citations
Combined Use of Electroencephalogram and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Full-Term Neonates With Acute Encephalopathy

Enrico Biagioni;Eugenio Mercuri;Mary Rutherford;Frances Cowan

180
Citations
Cerebral visual impairment in preterm infants with periventricular leukomalacia

Giovanni Cioni;Barbara Fazzi;Michele Coluccini;Laura Bartalena

176
Citations