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Italy
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
30557
World Ranking
1005
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Matilde Leonardi is affiliated with the Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta in Italy and has a research focus centered on medicine, particularly within neurology. Their work spans several interdisciplinary fields, including psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research frequently addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Among recent publications, several significant papers include:

  • "Steroid-Responsive Encephalitis in Coronavirus Disease 2019," 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • "Clinical characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with neurologic disease and COVID-19 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy," 2020, Neurology
  • "20 Years of ICF-International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Uses and Applications around the World," 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19: a review and a call for action," 2020, Journal of Neurology
  • "Education and wealth inequalities in healthy ageing in eight harmonised cohorts in the ATHLOS consortium: a population-based study," 2020, The Lancet Public Health

Frequent coauthors with whom Matilde Leonardi has collaborated extensively include:

  • Davide Sattin
  • Alberto Raggi
  • Erika Guastafierro
  • Francesca Giulia Magnani
  • Martina Cacciatore

The scientist regularly publishes in a set of recurring venues, suggesting a focus on neurological and public health research contexts. Common publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Neurological Sciences
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Mohammad Abbasi

  • Global Multimorbidity Patterns: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based, Multi-Country Study

    Noe Garin;Ai Koyanagi;Somnath Chatterji;Stefanos Tyrovolas

  • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;John Everett Mumford;Megan Knight

  • The global burden of migraine: measuring disability in headache disorders with WHO's Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

    Matilde Leonardi;Timothy J. Steiner;Ann T. Scher;Richard B. Lipton

  • Validation of the "World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, WHODAS-2" in patients with chronic diseases

    Olatz Garin;Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos;Josué Almansa;Marta Nieto

  • The definition of disability: what is in a name?

    Matilde Leonardi;Jerome Bickenbach;Tevfik Bedirhan Ustun;Nenad Kostanjsek

  • The role of socio-economic status in depression: results from the COURAGE (aging survey in Europe)

    Aislinne Freeman;Stefanos Tyrovolas;Stefanos Tyrovolas;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Somnath Chatterji

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • Systematic literature review on ICF from 2001 to 2009: its use, implementation and operationalisation

    Milda Cerniauskaite;Rui Quintas;Christine Boldt;Alberto Raggi

  • The global burden of epilepsy.

    Matilde Leonardi;T. Bedirhan Ustun

  • The burden of brain diseases in Europe.

    J. Olesen;M. Leonardi

  • Steroid-Responsive Encephalitis in Coronavirus Disease 2019.

    Andrea Pilotto;Silvia Odolini;S Stefano Masciocchi;Agnese Comelli

  • Factors associated with skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity in older adults: a multi‐continent study

    Stefanos Tyrovolas;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Beatriz Olaya;Beatriz Olaya;Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos

  • Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Joseph L Ward;Peter S Azzopardi;Kate Louise Francis;John S Santelli

  • A narrative review on the burden of migraine: when the burden is the impact on people’s life

    Matilde Leonardi;Alberto Raggi

  • Chronic conditions and sleep problems among adults aged 50 years or over in nine countries: a multi-country study.

    Ai Koyanagi;Noe Garin;Beatriz Olaya;Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos

  • Clinical characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with neurologic disease and COVID-19 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.

    Alberto Benussi;Andrea Pilotto;Enrico Premi;Ilenia Libri

  • Loneliness, social networks, and health: A cross-sectional study in three countries

    Laura Alejandra Rico-Uribe;Laura Alejandra Rico-Uribe;Francisco Félix Caballero;Francisco Félix Caballero;Beatriz Olaya;Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk

  • Psychosocial difficulties in people with epilepsy: A systematic review of literature from 2005 until 2010

    Rui Quintas;Alberto Raggi;Ambra M. Giovannetti;Marco Pagani

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Ayuso-Mateos
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Autonomous University of Madrid
Marta Miret
Marta Miret Autonomous University of Madrid
Seppo Koskinen
Seppo Koskinen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andrea Martinuzzi
Andrea Martinuzzi University of Turin
Silvana Franceschetti
Silvana Franceschetti Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Jerome Bickenbach
Jerome Bickenbach University of Lucerne
Sergei Scherbov
Sergei Scherbov International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Alessandro Padovani
Alessandro Padovani University of Brescia
Ludovico D'Incerti
Ludovico D'Incerti Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Ludovico Minati
Ludovico Minati University of Trento

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