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Luigi Ferrucci publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luigi Ferrucci sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,820 publications — 100th percentile

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The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Luigi Ferrucci D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luigi Ferrucci sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 258 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Luigi Ferrucci is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable emphasis on subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work extensively covers topics related to Nutrition and Health in Aging, Frailty in Older Adults, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Diet and Metabolism Studies, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments.

Among Luigi Ferrucci's recent papers are:

  • World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative, 2022, Age and Ageing
  • A proteomic atlas of senescence-associated secretomes for aging biomarker development, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines, 2021, The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging
  • Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • Biomarkers of aging for the identification and evaluation of longevity interventions, 2023, Cell

Luigi Ferrucci frequently publishes in venues such as The Journals of Gerontology Series A, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Aging Cell, GeroScience, and Nature Aging.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Susan M. Resnick, Toshiko Tanaka, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Stefania Bandinelli, and Qu Tian, with collaboration counts ranging from 61 to 92 publications each.

Luigi Ferrucci is recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.

    Jack M. Guralnik;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Luigi Ferrucci;Robert J. Glynn

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • Untangling the Concepts of Disability, Frailty, and Comorbidity: Implications for Improved Targeting and Care

    Linda P. Fried;Luigi Ferrucci;Jonathan Darer;Jeff D. Williamson

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Marcel E. Salive

  • Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span

    David Furman;Judith Campisi;Judith Campisi;Eric Verdin;Pedro Carrera-Bastos

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Carl F. Pieper;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • A reference panel of 64,976 haplotypes for genotype imputation

    Shane McCarthy;Sayantan Das;Warren Kretzschmar;Olivier Delaneau

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Ankle brachial index combined with Framingham risk score to predict cardiovascular events and mortality: A meta-analysis

    F.G.R. Fowkes;G.D. Murray;I. Butcher;C.L. Heald

  • Inflammageing: chronic inflammation in ageing, cardiovascular disease, and frailty

    Luigi Ferrucci;Elisa Fabbri

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Age-associated changes in skeletal muscles and their effect on mobility: an operational diagnosis of sarcopenia

    Fulvio Lauretani;Cosimo Roberto Russo;Stefania Bandinelli;Benedetta Bartali

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

    Stephanie A. Studenski;Katherine W. Peters;Dawn E. Alley;Peggy M. Cawthon

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan

    Morgan E. Levine;Ake T. Lu;Austin Quach;Brian H. Chen

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Stefania Bandinelli
Stefania Bandinelli University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Toshiko Tanaka
Toshiko Tanaka National Institutes of Health
Eleanor M. Simonsick
Eleanor M. Simonsick National Institutes of Health
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Richard D. Semba
Richard D. Semba Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Susan M. Resnick
Susan M. Resnick National Institutes of Health

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