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Letizia Leocani

Letizia Leocani

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
17518
World Ranking
3620
National Ranking
158

Letizia Leocani 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 Letizia Leocani sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 416 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.

Letizia Leocani 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 Letizia Leocani sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Letizia Leocani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has a research record primarily in the field of medicine. Their studies span a number of medical subfields, including pathology and forensic medicine, neurology, ophthalmology, rheumatology, and molecular biology.

Their main research topics cover multiple sclerosis research studies, systemic lupus erythematosus research, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, long-term effects of COVID-19, and retinal and optic conditions.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018), 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Dementia care and COVID-19 pandemic: a necessary digital revolution, 2020, Neurological Sciences
  • Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis, 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • APOSTEL 2.0 Recommendations for Reporting Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Studies, 2021, Neurology

The venues where Letizia Leocani has frequently published include:

  • Neurology
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Frequent collaborators in their research work include:

  • Giancarlo Comi
  • Gloria Dalla Costa
  • Marco Pisa
  • Xavier Montalbán
  • Valerio Castoldi

Best Publications

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H. Benninger

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

    Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  • Graph theoretical analysis of magnetoencephalographic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's disease.

    C. J. Stam;W. de Haan;A. Daffertshofer;B. F. Jones

  • Human corticospinal excitability evaluated with transcranial magnetic stimulation during different reaction time paradigms.

    Letizia Leocani;Leonardo G. Cohen;Eric M. Wassermann;Katsunori Ikoma

  • Event-related coherence and event-related desynchronization/synchronization in the 10 Hz and 20 Hz EEG during self-paced movements

    L Leocani;C Toro;P Manganotti;P Zhuang

  • Retinal thickness measured with optical coherence tomography and risk of disability worsening in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study

    Elena H. Martinez-Lapiscina;Sam Arnow;James A. Wilson;Shiv Saidha

  • Sustained Activation of mTOR Pathway in Embryonic Neural Stem Cells Leads to Development of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Associated Lesions

    Laura Magri;Marco Cambiaghi;Manuela Cominelli;Clara Alfaro-Cervello

  • Using Smartphones and Wearable Devices to Monitor Behavioral Changes During COVID-19.

    Shaoxiong Sun;Amos A. Folarin;Amos A. Folarin;Yatharth Ranjan;Zulqarnain Rashid

  • dCas9-Based Scn1a Gene Activation Restores Inhibitory Interneuron Excitability and Attenuates Seizures in Dravet Syndrome Mice.

    Gaia Colasante;Gabriele Lignani;Simone Brusco;Claudia Di Berardino

  • Fatigue in multiple sclerosis is associated with abnormal cortical activation to voluntary movement--EEG evidence.

    Letizia Leocani;Bruno Colombo;Giuseppe Magnani;Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi

  • Multimodal evoked potentials to assess the evolution of multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study.

    Letizia Leocani;Marco Rovaris;Filippo Martinelli Boneschi;Stefania Medaglini

  • Dementia care and COVID-19 pandemic: a necessary digital revolution.

    Luca Cuffaro;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Simona Bonavita;Gioacchino Tedeschi

  • Using smartphones and wearable devices to monitor behavioural changes during COVID-19

    Shaoxiong Sun;Amos Folarin;Yatharth Ranjan;Zulqarnain Rashid

  • Dopamine and performance in a reinforcement learning task: evidence from Parkinson's disease.

    Tamara Shiner;Ben Seymour;Klaus Wunderlich;Ciaran Hill

  • Event-related desynchronization in reaction time paradigms: a comparison with event-related potentials and corticospinal excitability

    L Leocani;C Toro;P Zhuang;C Gerloff

  • Safety and Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Acute Experimental Ischemic Stroke

    Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti;Marco Cambiaghi;Marco Bacigaluppi;Mattia Gallizioli

  • Functional and morphological changes of the retinal vessels in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

    Giuseppe Querques;Enrico Borrelli;Riccardo Sacconi;Luigi De Vitis

  • Electroencephalographic coherence analysis in multiple sclerosis: correlation with clinical, neuropsychological, and MRI findings.

    Letizia Leocani;Tiziana Locatelli;Vittorio Martinelli;Marco Rovaris

  • Optimal intereye difference thresholds by optical coherence tomography in multiple sclerosis: An international study.

    Rachel C Nolan-Kenney;Mengling Liu;Omar Akhand;Peter A Calabresi

  • Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals Retinal Neuroaxonal Thinning in Frontotemporal Dementia as in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Laura Ferrari;Su-Chun Huang;Giuseppe Magnani;Alessandro Ambrosi

  • Corrigendum to "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)" [Clin. Neurophysiol. 131 (2020) 474-528].

    Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H Benninger

  • Dysfunctional brain circuitry in obsessive-compulsive disorder: source and coherence analysis of EEG rhythms.

    Svetla Velikova;Marco Locatelli;Chiara Insacco;Enrico Smeraldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elise Houdayer
Elise Houdayer San Raffaele Hospital
Vittorio Martinelli
Vittorio Martinelli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Abraham Zangen
Abraham Zangen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Giuseppe Magnani
Giuseppe Magnani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Bruno Colombo
Bruno Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Massimo Filippi
Massimo Filippi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vittorio Martinelli
Vittorio Martinelli San Raffaele Hospital
Gioacchino Tedeschi
Gioacchino Tedeschi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Laura J. Balcer
Laura J. Balcer New York University

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