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Pietro Cortelli

Pietro Cortelli

University of Bologna
Italy

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
47156
World Ranking
8780
National Ranking
298

Neuroscience

D-Index
98
Citations
46938
World Ranking
795
National Ranking
22

Pietro Cortelli 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 Pietro Cortelli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 846 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pietro Cortelli 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 Pietro Cortelli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pietro Cortelli is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has conducted extensive research in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Neurology. Their publication record includes 400 works, with subfields spanning Neurology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

Their research topics include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Pietro Cortelli's publications appear frequently in the following journals:

  • Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Neurology
  • European Journal of Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pietro Cortelli include:

  • Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura
  • Giulia Giannini
  • Luisa Sambati
  • Pietro Guaraldi
  • Maria Guarino

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pietro Cortelli cover a range of topics related to neurological conditions and diagnostics. Selected publications include:

  • "The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy," 2022, published in Movement Disorders
  • "Ultrasensitive RT-QuIC assay with high sensitivity and specificity for Lewy body-associated synucleinopathies," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Electrodiagnostic assessment of the autonomic nervous system: A consensus statement endorsed by the American Autonomic Society, American Academy of Neurology, and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology," 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Progression of clinical markers in prodromal Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: a multicentre study," 2023, Brain
  • "Neurofilament light chain and α-synuclein RT-QuIC as differential diagnostic biomarkers in parkinsonisms and related syndromes," 2021, npj Parkinson s Disease

Best Publications

  • Hereditary Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Caused by Mutations in PINK1

    Eriza Maria Valente;Patrick M. Abou-Sleiman;Viviana Caputo;Miratul M K Muqit

  • Mutations in the FUS/TLS gene on chromosome 16 cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    T. J. Kwiatkowski;D. A. Bosco;D. A. Bosco;A. L. LeClerc;A. L. LeClerc;E. Tamrazian

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome.

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope and the postural tachycardia syndrome

    Roy Freeman;Wouter Wieling;Felicia B. Axelrod;David G. Benditt

  • Evidence for the Conformation of the Pathologic Isoform of the Prion Protein Enciphering and Propagating Prion Diversity

    Glenn C. Telling;Piero Parchi;Stephen J. DeArmond;Pietro Cortelli

  • Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

    Ronald B Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Michele Hu;Birgit Högl

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy

    Unknown

  • Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: disease phenotype determined by a DNA polymorphism

    Lev G. Goldfarb;Robert B. Petersen;Massimo Tabaton;Paul Brown

  • Fatal familial insomnia and dysautonomia with selective degeneration of thalamic nuclei

    Elio Lugaresi;Rossella Medori;Pasquale Montagna;Agostino Baruzzi

  • Fatal Familial Insomnia, a Prion Disease with a Mutation at Codon 178 of the Prion Protein Gene

    Rossella Medori;Hans Juergen Tritschler;Andréa Leblanc;Federico Villare

  • Sympathetic skin response: basic mechanisms and clinical applications.

    Roberto Vetrugno;Rocco Liguori;Pietro Cortelli;Pasquale Montagna

  • REM sleep behavior disorders in multiple system atrophy

    G. Plazzi;R. Corsini;F. Provini;G. Pierangeli

  • Morvan's syndrome: peripheral and central nervous system and cardiac involvement with antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels

    Rocco Liguori;A. Vincent;L. Clover;P. Avoni

  • Familial and sporadic fatal insomnia.

    Pasquale Montagna;Pierluigi Gambetti;Pietro Cortelli;Elio Lugaresi

  • EFNS guidelines on the diagnosis and management of orthostatic hypotension.

    H. Lahrmann;P. Cortelli;M. Hilz;C. J. Mathias

  • Ultrasensitive RT-QuIC assay with high sensitivity and specificity for Lewy body-associated synucleinopathies.

    Marcello Rossi;Niccolò Candelise;Simone Baiardi;Sabina Capellari

  • Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: different prion proteins determined by a DNA polymorphism.

    L Monari;S G Chen;P Brown;P Parchi

  • Cost of healthcare for patients with migraine in five European countries: results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS).

    L. M. Bloudek;M. Stokes;D. C. Buse;T. K. Wilcox

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • Brain-heart interactions: physiology and clinical implications.

    Alessandro Silvani;Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura;Roger A. L. Dampney;Pietro Cortelli

  • Retinal nerve fiber layer evaluation by optical coherence tomography in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.

    Piero Barboni;Giacomo Savini;Maria Lucia Valentino;Pasquale Montagna

  • Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy Biochemical effect of 11778/ND4 and 3460/ND1 mutations and correlation with the mitochondrial genotype

    Valerio Carelli;A. Ghelli;M. Ratta;E. Bacchilega

Frequent Co-Authors

Pasquale Montagna
Pasquale Montagna University of Bologna
Federica Provini
Federica Provini University of Bologna
Elio Lugaresi
Elio Lugaresi University of Bologna
Paolo Tinuper
Paolo Tinuper University of Bologna
Piero Parchi
Piero Parchi University of Bologna
Rocco Liguori
Rocco Liguori University of Bologna
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Pierluigi Gambetti
Pierluigi Gambetti Case Western Reserve University
Anna Rita Bentivoglio
Anna Rita Bentivoglio Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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