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Researcher · Oasi Maria SS · Italy

Francesca L’Episcopo

Francesca L’Episcopo publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Nerve injury and regeneration and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0003-3292-9677 OpenAlex
World rank
#441,633
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#12,059
of 242,206
Works
45
Citations
2.6k
Citations per work
58.6
h-index
26
i10-index 27Top 22% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Francesca L’Episcopo

What does Francesca L’Episcopo research?

Francesca L’Episcopo's work is mostly in Neuroscience (45%), Medicine (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Life Sciences: 25 works · 56.0% of their workNeuroscience: 20 works · 44.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 works · 25.6% of their workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 5 works · 10.4% of their workNeurology: 4 works · 8.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 11.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 5 works · 11.2% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 28.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 16.0% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 16.0% of their workNeurology: 5 works · 11.2% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancescaL’Episcopo45works
Life Sciences56%Health Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience2044.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology511.2%
  2. Everything else1328.0%
    1. Medicine716.0%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience26% of their works
  2. 2Neurology11% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4Developmental Neuroscience10% of their works
  5. 5Neurology9% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francesca L’Episcopo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurodegeneration, Dopaminergic Neurons, Parkinson's Disease, Brain Development, Inflammation, NR4A2, Nurr1 and Depression.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurodegeneration383 topics
  2. Dopaminergic Neurons302 topics
  3. Parkinson's Disease302 topics
  4. Brain Development202 topics
  5. Inflammation202 topics
  6. NR4A2171 topic
  7. Nurr1171 topic
  8. Depression162 topics
  9. BDNF131 topic
  10. Genetic Risk Factors131 topic
  11. Neurotrophins131 topic
  12. a-Synuclein131 topic
  13. Adult Stem Cells121 topic
  14. Neurogenesis121 topic
  15. Microglia81 topic
  16. Neuroinflammation81 topic
  17. Exosomes51 topic
  18. Extracellular Vesicles51 topic
  19. Adenosine Receptors31 topic
  20. Brain31 topic
  21. Purinergic Signalling31 topic
  22. Stress31 topic

Where does Francesca L’Episcopo work?

Francesca L’Episcopo's main affiliation in the publication record is Oasi Maria SS, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Francesca L’Episcopo have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 2,639 citations for Francesca L’Episcopo, an h-index of 26, ranking #441,633 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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