2026 Giuseppe Capovilla: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	55	4652	4280	2095	1896	163	14131

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Giuseppe Capovilla is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Surgery, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Gastroenterology.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics, most notably in Epilepsy research and treatment, Esophageal and Gastrointestinal Pathology, Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and diversity of their research contributions:

"Epilepsy Course and Developmental Trajectories in STXBP1 -DEE" (2022) published in Neurology Genetics
"Genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with de novo KCNQ2 pathogenic variants" (2020) published in Neurology Genetics
"Myoclonus: Differential diagnosis and current management" (2024) published in Epilepsia Open
"An Italian consensus on the management of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome" (2022) published in Seizure
"Appropriate use of generic and branded antiseizure medications in epilepsy: Updated recommendations from the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE)" (2021) published in Epilepsy & Behavior

Giuseppe Capovilla frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Michele Valmasoni, Renato Salvador, Antonella Riva, Lucia Moletta, and Elisa Sefora Pierobon. These partnerships reflect ongoing research networks in their areas of study.

The scientist's work is also regularly published in several prominent venues, highlighting their research dissemination channels. Frequent publication venues include:

Diseases of the Esophagus
Epilepsy & Behavior
Epilepsia Open
Neurology Genetics
Seizure

Best Publications

ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.

Ingrid E. Scheffer;Samuel Berkovic;Giuseppe Capovilla;Mary B. Connolly

5546
Citations
STXBP1 encephalopathy A neurodevelopmental disorder including epilepsy

Hannah Stamberger;Marina Nikanorova;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Patrizia Accorsi

335
Citations
Spectrum of SCN1A mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

Rima Nabbout;E. Gennaro;B. Dalla Bernardina;O. Dulac

325
Citations
Mapping the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome phenotype outside the currently accepted WHS critical region and defining a new critical region, WHSCR-2.

Marcella Zollino;Rosetta Lecce;Rita Fischetto;Marina Murdolo

297
Citations
Recommendations for the management of “febrile seizures” Ad hoc Task Force of LICE Guidelines Commission

Giuseppe Capovilla;Massimo Mastrangelo;Antonino Romeo;Federico Vigevano

257
Citations
AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

244
Citations
Methodology of photic stimulation revisited: Updated European algorithm for visual stimulation in the EEG laboratory

Dorothée Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité;Guido Rubboli;Edouard Hirsch;Antonio Martins da Silva

244
Citations
Epilepsy, seizures, physical exercise, and sports: A report from the ILAE Task Force on Sports and Epilepsy

Giuseppe Capovilla;Kenneth R. Kaufman;Emilio Perucca;Solomon L. Moshé

228
Citations
Experience with immunomodulatory treatments in Rasmussen’s encephalitis

Tiziana Granata;L. Fusco;G. Gobbi;E. Freri

203
Citations
Diagnostic imaging in 13 cases of Rasmussen's encephalitis: can early MRI suggest the diagnosis?

L. Chiapparini;T. Granata;L. Farina;E. Ciceri

198
Citations
The system epilepsies: A pathophysiological hypothesis

Giuliano Avanzini;Paolo Manganotti;Stefano Meletti;Solomon L. Moshé

194
Citations
Eyelid myoclonia with absences (Jeavons syndrome): a well-defined idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome or a spectrum of photosensitive conditions?

Salvatore Striano;Giuseppe Capovilla;Vito Sofia;Antonino Romeo

182
Citations
Rasmussen’s encephalitis Early characteristics allow diagnosis

Tiziana Granata;G. Gobbi;R. Spreafico;F. Vigevano

179
Citations
Withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs: guidelines of the Italian League Against Epilepsy.

Ettore Beghi;Giorgia Giussani;Salvatore Grosso;Alfonso Iudice

169
Citations
Topiramate as add-on drug in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: An Italian multicenter open trial

Giangennaro Coppola;Giuseppe Capovilla;Alessandra Montagnini;Antonino Romeo

164
Citations
Genome-wide association analysis of genetic generalized epilepsies implicates susceptibility loci at 1q43, 2p16.1, 2q22.3 and 17q21.32

Michael Steffens;Costin Leu

161
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CHD2 variants are a risk factor for photosensitivity in epilepsy

Elizabeth C. Galizia;Candace T. Myers;Costin Leu;Carolien G F de Kovel

156
Citations
Genetic testing in benign familial epilepsies of the first year of life : Clinical and diagnostic significance

Federico Zara;Nicola Specchio;Pasquale Striano;Angela Robbiano

150
Citations
An open-label trial of levetiracetam in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.

P. Striano;A. Coppola;M. Pezzella;C. Ciampa

148
Citations
Continuous spike-and-wave activity during slow-wave sleep : syndrome or EEG pattern?

Pierangelo Veggiotti;Francesca Beccaria;Renzo Guerrini;Giuseppe Capovilla

137
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