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4934
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7676
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Piero Porcelli publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 131 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Piero Porcelli D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Piero Porcelli is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research focuses on several subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, neurology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work covers a range of topics, with particular attention to psychosomatic disorders and treatments, COVID-19 and mental health, health psychology and well-being, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, long-term effects of COVID-19, psychotherapy techniques and applications, as well as healthcare professionals' stress and burnout.

Recent significant papers include:

  • Fear, Anxiety and Health-Related Consequences After the Covid-19 Epidemic, 2020, PubMed
  • Fragile heroes. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care workers in Italy, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • The self and its internal thought: In search for a psychological baseline, 2021, Consciousness and Cognition
  • Burnout Status of Italian Healthcare Workers during the First COVID-19 Pandemic Peak Period, 2021, Healthcare
  • The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 in Italy: Worry Leads to Protective Behavior, but at the Cost of Anxiety, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Porcelli frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Chiara Conti
  • Roberta Lanzara
  • Ilenia Rosa
  • Maria Teresa Guagnano
  • Luigia Zito

Their research is often published in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • PubMed
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity

Piero Porcelli's work integrates psychological and medical perspectives, addressing mental health issues both in general populations and healthcare professionals. Their focus on the psychological impact of COVID-19 has contributed to a better understanding of anxiety, burnout, and protective behaviors during the pandemic period.

Best Publications

  • Alexithymia as predictor of treatment outcome in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

    Piero Porcelli;R. Michael Bagby;Graeme J. Taylor;Massimo De Carne

  • A longitudinal study of alexithymia and psychological distress in inflammatory bowel disease.

    Piero Porcelli;Claudio Leoci;Vito Guerra;Graeme J. Taylor

  • Assessing demoralization and depression in the setting of medical disease.

    Lara Mangelli;Giovanni A. Fava;Silvana Grandi;Luigi Grassi

  • A prospective study of the relationship between disease activity and psychologic distress in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

    P Porcelli;C Leoci;V Guerra

  • Alexithymia and functional gastrointestinal disorders. A comparison with inflammatory bowel disease.

    Piero Porcelli;Graeme J. Taylor;R. Michael Bagby;Massimo De Carne

  • Fragile heroes. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care workers in Italy.

    Chiara Conti;Lilybeth Fontanesi;Roberta Lanzara;Ilenia Rosa

  • Alexithymia in inflammatory bowel disease. A case-control study

    Piero Porcelli;Simona Zaka;Claudio Leoci;Sandro Centonze

  • Reliability and validity of the Toronto Structured Interview for Alexithymia in a mixed clinical and nonclinical sample from Italy.

    Vincenzo Caretti;Piero Porcelli;Luigi Solano;Adriano Schimmenti

  • Psychological factors affecting medical conditions : a new classification for DSM-V

    P. Porcelli;N. Sonino

  • Emotional symptoms, quality of life and cytokine profile in hemodialysis patients.

    Montinaro;Gp Iaffaldano;Simona Granata;P Porcelli

  • Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) in the Medical Setting

    Piero Porcelli;Chiara Rafanelli

  • Alexithymia and psychopathology in patients with psychiatric and functional gastrointestinal disorders.

    Piero Porcelli;Valeria Affatati;Antonello Bellomo;Massimo De Carne

  • Psychosomatic characterization of adjustment disorders in the medical setting: Some suggestions for DSM-V

    Luigi Grassi;Lara Mangelli;Giovanni A. Fava;Giovanni A. Fava;Silvana Grandi

  • Psychological distress and levels of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease

    P Porcelli;S Zaka;S Centonze;G Sisto

  • The spectrum of anxiety disorders in the medically ill.

    Giovanni A. Fava;Piero Porcelli;Chiara Rafanelli;Lara Mangelli

  • Assessing Somatization in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Integration of Different Criteria

    Piero Porcelli;Massimo De Carne;Giovanni A. Fava

  • Construct validity of rorschach variables for alexithymia.

    Piero Porcelli;Gregory J. Meyer

  • Alexithymia, coping, and illness behavior correlates of pain experience in cancer patients

    Piero Porcelli;Cinzia Tulipani;Evaristo Maiello;Giuseppina Cilenti

  • Alexithymia and Cancer Pain: The Effect of Psychological Intervention

    Cinzia Tulipani;Francesco Morelli;Maria Rosaria Spedicato;Evaristo Maiello

  • The feeling of movement: EEG evidence for mirroring activity during the observations of static, ambiguous stimuli in the Rorschach cards.

    Luciano Giromini;Piero Porcelli;Donald J. Viglione;Laura Parolin

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Chiara Rafanelli
Chiara Rafanelli University of Bologna
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna
Luigi Grassi
Luigi Grassi University of Ferrara
Jenny Guidi
Jenny Guidi University of Bologna
Angelo Picardi
Angelo Picardi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Graeme J. Taylor
Graeme J. Taylor University of Toronto
R. Michael Bagby
R. Michael Bagby University of Toronto
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp University of Amsterdam
Elena Tomba
Elena Tomba University of Bologna

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