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2071
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Valdo Ricca 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 Valdo Ricca sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 405 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Valdo Ricca 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 Valdo Ricca sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Valdo Ricca is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has a significant presence in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research focuses particularly on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health, with substantial contributions to cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also extends into sociology and political science.

The primary topics Ricca explores include eating disorders and behaviors, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, sexuality, behavior, and technology, schizophrenia research and treatment, the impact of technology on adolescents, body image and dysmorphia studies, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Ricca has contributed to a range of research articles published in several key scientific outlets. Among the recent papers associated with their research area are:

  • Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses (2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (2020, Women and Birth)
  • Fear of missing out and social networking sites use and abuse: A meta-analysis (2021, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • The impact of COVID-19 epidemic on eating disorders: A longitudinal observation of pre versus post psychopathological features in a sample of patients with eating disorders and a group of healthy controls (2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies (2023, BMJ)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ricca include Giovanni Castellini, Emanuele Cassioli, Eleonora Rossi, Livio Tarchi, and Francesco Rotella, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

The venues where Ricca most frequently publishes include:

  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • European Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Psychiatry Research

The research emphasis on eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders demonstrates a consistent thematic focus across Ricca's scholarly output. The breadth of topics also points to interdisciplinary approaches crossing clinical psychology, psychiatric treatment, and behavioral studies involving technology and adolescent impact.

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

  • Deconstructing vulnerability for psychosis: Meta-analysis of environmental risk factors for psychosis in subjects at ultra high-risk

    P. Fusar-Poli;M. Tantardini;S. De Simone;V. Ramella-Cravaro

  • Diagnostic crossover and outcome predictors in eating disorders according to DSM-IV and DSM-V proposed criteria: a 6-year follow-up study.

    Giovanni Castellini;Carolina Lo Sauro;Edoardo Mannucci;Claudia Ravaldi

  • Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses

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  • Association of BDNF with anorexia, bulimia and age of onset of weight loss in six European populations

    Marta Ribasés;Mònica Gratacòs;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Laura Bellodi

  • Quality of life and overweight: The obesity related well-being (Orwell 97) Questionnaire

    Edoardo Mannucci;Valdo Ricca;Elisabetta Barciulli;Milena Di Bernardo

  • Stress, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Eating Disorders

    Carolina Lo Sauro;Claudia Ravaldi;Pier Luigi Cabras;Carlo Faravelli

  • Correlations between binge eating and emotional eating in a sample of overweight subjects.

    Valdo Ricca;Giovanni Castellini;Carolina Lo Sauro;Claudia Ravaldi

  • Eating disorders and body image disturbances among ballet dancers, gymnasium users and body builders.

    Claudia Ravaldi;Alfredo Vannacci;Teresa Zucchi;Edoardo Mannucci

  • Psychopathology after rape.

    Carlo Faravelli;Alice Giugni;Stefano Salvatori;Valdo Ricca

  • The Role of Life Events and HPA Axis in Anxiety Disorders: A Review

    Carlo Faravelli;Carolina Lo Sauro;Lorenzo Lelli;Francesco Pietrini

  • Association of hypogonadism and type II diabetes in men attending an outpatient erectile dysfunction clinic

    G Corona;E Mannucci;L Petrone;V Ricca

  • Screening for binge eating disorder in obese outpatients.

    V. Ricca;E. Mannucci;S. Moretti;M. Di Bernardo

  • Eating disorders in patients with Type 1 diabetes: A meta-analysis

    E. Mannucci;F. Rotella;V. Ricca;S. Moretti

  • Historical evolution of the concept of anorexia nervosa and relationships with orthorexia nervosa, autism, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum

    Liliana Dell'Osso;Marianna Abelli;Barbara Carpita;Stefano Pini

  • Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

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  • Fear of missing out and social networking sites use and abuse: A meta-analysis

    Giulia Fioravanti;Silvia Casale;Sara Bocci Benucci;Alfonso Prostamo

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH–ENDOCRINOLOGY: Hypoprolactinemia: A New Clinical Syndrome in Patients with Sexual Dysfunction

    Giovanni Corona;Edoardo Mannucci;Emmanuele A. Jannini;Francesco Lotti

  • Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

    Claudia Ravaldi;Alyce Wilson;Valdo Ricca;Caroline Homer

  • The impact of COVID-19 epidemic on eating disorders: A longitudinal observation of pre versus post psychopathological features in a sample of patients with eating disorders and a group of healthy controls.

    Giovanni Castellini;Emanuele Cassioli;Eleonora Rossi;Matteo Innocenti

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Faravelli
Carlo Faravelli University of Florence
Mario Maggi
Mario Maggi University of Florence
Edoardo Mannucci
Edoardo Mannucci University of Florence
Giovanni Corona
Giovanni Corona University of Florence
Sandro Sorbi
Sandro Sorbi University of Florence
Alessio Maria Monteleone
Alessio Maria Monteleone University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Gianni Forti
Gianni Forti University of Florence
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Linda Vignozzi
Linda Vignozzi University of Florence

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