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Raffaella Franciotti

Raffaella Franciotti

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
3433
World Ranking
8882
National Ranking
493

Raffaella Franciotti 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 Raffaella Franciotti sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 117 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raffaella Franciotti 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 Raffaella Franciotti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

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

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Overview

Raffaella Franciotti is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy and has made contributions across multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine. Their research predominantly focuses on cognitive neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, periodontics, and physiology, with a strong emphasis on brain connectivity and neurological disorders.

The main topics covered by Franciotti's work include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequent publication venues where Franciotti's research appears include:

  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Movement Disorders
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Osteoporosis International

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Franciotti include:

  • Use of fractal analysis in dental images for osteoporosis detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Osteoporosis International)
  • Comparison of Machine Learning-based Approaches to Predict the Conversion to Alzheimer's Disease from Mild Cognitive Impairment (2023, Neuroscience)
  • Exploring the Connection between Porphyromonas gingivalis and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Quantitative Study on the Bacterium Abundance in Oral Cavity and the Amount of Antibodies in Serum (2021, Biomolecules)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marco Onofrj
  • Laura Bonanni
  • Stefano L. Sensi
  • Mirella Russo
  • Dario Arnaldi

Within main fields of study, Franciotti's publications are distributed in:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Best Publications

  • Quantitative electroencephalogram utility in predicting conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia with Lewy bodies

    Laura Bonanni;Bernardo Perfetti;Stefania Bifolchetti;John Paul Taylor

  • Improving MEG source localizations: An automated method for complete artifact removal based on independent component analysis

    Dante Mantini;Raffaella Franciotti;Gian Luca Romani;Vittorio Pizzella

  • Default network is not hypoactive in dementia with fluctuating cognition: an Alzheimer disease/dementia with Lewy bodies comparison

    Raffaella Franciotti;Nicola Walter Falasca;Laura Bonanni;Laura Bonanni;Francesca Anzellotti

  • Abnormalities of cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Topographic organization of the human primary and secondary somatosensory cortices: comparison of fMRI and MEG findings

    C. Del Gratta;S. Della Penna;A. Ferretti;R. Franciotti

  • Visual Hallucinations in PD and Lewy body dementias: Old and new hypotheses

    M Onofrj;JP Taylor;D Monaco;R Franciotti

  • Cortical rhythms reactivity in AD, LBD and normal subjects: a quantitative MEG study.

    R. Franciotti;D. Iacono;S. Della Penna;V. Pizzella

  • Lateralization of Dichotic Speech Stimuli is Based on Specific Auditory Pathway Interactions: Neuromagnetic Evidence

    Stefania Della Penna;Alfredo Brancucci;Claudio Babiloni;Raffaella Franciotti

  • Thalamic Involvement in Fluctuating Cognition in Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Magnetic Resonance Evidences

    Stefano Delli Pizzi;Raffaella Franciotti;John-Paul Taylor;Astrid Thomas

  • Comparison between SI and SII responses as a function of stimulus intensity

    Kathya Torquati;Vittorio Pizzella;Stefania Della Penna;Raffaella Franciotti

  • Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Episodic Memory Related to Emotional Visual Stimuli

    Barbara Penolazzi;Alberto Di Domenico;Daniele Marzoli;Nicola Mammarella

  • Temporal dynamics of alpha and beta rhythms in human SI and SII after galvanic median nerve stimulation. A MEG study.

    S Della Penna;K Torquati;V Pizzella;C Babiloni

  • Default mode network links to visual hallucinations: A comparison between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

    Raffaella Franciotti;Stefano Delli Pizzi;Bernardo Perfetti;Armando Tartaro

  • Abnormalities of resting-state functional cortical connectivity in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Structural Alteration of the Dorsal Visual Network in DLB Patients with Visual Hallucinations: A Cortical Thickness MRI Study

    Stefano Delli Pizzi;Raffaella Franciotti;Armando Tartaro;Massimo Caulo

  • Abnormalities of Resting State Cortical EEG Rhythms in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Diseases.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Functional cortical source connectivity of resting state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms shows similar abnormalities in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Revisiting P300 cognitive studies for dementia diagnosis: Early dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer disease (AD)

    L. Bonanni;R. Franciotti;V. Onofrj;F. Anzellotti

  • Abnormalities of Cortical Neural Synchronization Mechanisms in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases: An EEG Study.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Atrophy of hippocampal subfields and adjacent extrahippocampal structures in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease.

    Stefano Delli Pizzi;Raffaella Franciotti;Giovanna Bubbico;Astrid Thomas

  • EEG Markers of Dementia with Lewy Bodies: A Multicenter Cohort Study.

    Laura Bonanni;Raffaella Franciotti;Flavio Nobili;Milica G. Kramberger

  • Nociceptive and non-nociceptive sub-regions in the human secondary somatosensory cortex: An MEG study using fMRI constraints

    K. Torquati;V. Pizzella;C. Babiloni;C. Del Gratta

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Onofrj
Marco Onofrj University of Chieti-Pescara
Laura Bonanni
Laura Bonanni University of Chieti-Pescara
Claudio Babiloni
Claudio Babiloni Sapienza University of Rome
Vittorio Pizzella
Vittorio Pizzella University of Chieti-Pescara
Gian Luca Romani
Gian Luca Romani University of Chieti-Pescara
Flavio Nobili
Flavio Nobili University of Genoa
John-Paul Taylor
John-Paul Taylor Newcastle University
Dario Arnaldi
Dario Arnaldi University of Genoa
Antonio Ferretti
Antonio Ferretti University of Chieti-Pescara
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva

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