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Lucia Fusco 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 Lucia Fusco sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 118 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucia Fusco 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 Lucia Fusco sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lucia Fusco is affiliated with Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lucia Fusco include Federico Vigevano, Marta Elena Santarone, Stefano Sartori, Domenico Serino, and Ludovica Maria Piscitello. These collaborations have contributed to the advancement of pediatric neurology and related fields through multiple joint publications.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Lucia Fusco are:

  • "Three different scenarios for epileptic spasms," 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "Epileptic phenotypes in autoimmune encephalitis: from acute symptomatic seizures to autoimmune-associated epilepsy," 2022, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Diagnosis of pediatric anti-NMDAR encephalitis at the onset: A clinical challenge," 2020, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
  • "Neonatal seizures: When semiology points to etiology," 2020, Seizure
  • "Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in infants and young children," 2020, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

The publication venues where Lucia Fusco has most frequently published include Epilepsy & Behavior, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Epilepsia Open, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, and Seizure.

Best Publications

  • Benign infantile familial convulsions.

    F. Vigevano;L. Fusco;M. Di Capua;S. Ricci

  • Ictal clinical electroencephalographic findings of spasms in West syndrome.

    Lucia Fusco;Federico Vigevano

  • Experience with immunomodulatory treatments in Rasmussen’s encephalitis

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

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

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

  • Rasmussen’s encephalitis Early characteristics allow diagnosis

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

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

    Federico Zara;Nicola Specchio;Pasquale Striano;Angela Robbiano

  • Autonomic status epilepticus in panayiotopoulos syndrome and other childhood and adult epilepsies: A consensus view

    Colin D. Ferrie;Roberto Caraballo;Athanasios Covanis;Veysi Demirbilek

  • Neonatal convulsions and epileptic encephalopathy in an Italian family with a missense mutation in the fifth transmembrane region of KCNQ2.

    Karin Dedek;Lucia Fusco;Nicole Teloy;Ortrud K Steinlein

  • The idiopathic form of West syndrome

    Federico Vigevano;Lucia Fusco;Raffaella Cusmai;Dianela Claps

  • Spectrum of phenotypes in female patients with epilepsy due to protocadherin 19 mutations

    Nicola Specchio;Carla Marini;Alessandra Terracciano;Davide Mei

  • Epileptic encephalopathy in children possibly related to immune-mediated pathogenesis

    Nicola Specchio;Lucia Fusco;Dianela Claps;Federico Vigevano

  • Reflex Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy: A New Age‐Dependent Idiopathic Epileptic Syndrome Related to Startle Reaction

    Stefano Ricci;Raffaella Cusmai;Lucia Fusco;Federico Vigevano

  • Management of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a multidisciplinary approach.

    S. Gasparini;E. Beghi;E. Ferlazzo;M. Beghi

  • Panayiotopoulos syndrome: a clinical, EEG, and neuropsychological study of 93 consecutive patients.

    Nicola Specchio;Marina Trivisano;Vincenzo Di Ciommo;Simona Cappelletti

  • Novel mutations in CLN8 in Italian variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: another genetic hit in the Mediterranean

    Natalia Cannelli;Denise Cassandrini;Enrico Bertini;Pasquale Striano

  • Efficacy of ketamine in refractory convulsive status epilepticus in children: a protocol for a sequential design, multicentre, randomised, controlled, open-label, non-profit trial (KETASER01).

    Anna Rosati;Lucrezia Ilvento;Manuela L'Erario;Salvatore De Masi

  • Benign neonatal sleep myoclonus: Clinical features and video-polygraphic recordings

    M Di Capua;L Fusco;S Ricci;F Vigevano

  • Neurophysiology of spasms

    Federico Vigevano;Lucia Fusco;Christa Pachatz

  • PCDH19-related epilepsy in two mosaic male patients

    Alessandra Terracciano;Marina Trivisano;Raffaella Cusmai;Luca De Palma

  • Hypnic tonic postural seizures in healthy children provide evidence for a partial epileptic syndrome of frontal lobe origin

    Federico Vigevano;Lucia Fusco

Frequent Co-Authors

Federico Vigevano
Federico Vigevano Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Nicola Specchio
Nicola Specchio Boston Children's Hospital
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Raffaella Cusmai
Raffaella Cusmai Boston Children's Hospital
Tiziana Granata
Tiziana Granata Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Luigi Maria Specchio
Luigi Maria Specchio University of Foggia
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Giuseppe Capovilla
Giuseppe Capovilla Boston Children's Hospital
Federico Zara
Federico Zara University of Genoa

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