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Alessia Alunno

Alessia Alunno

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
50
Citations
10402
World Ranking
4226
National Ranking
176

Alessia Alunno publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 265 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Alessia Alunno D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessia Alunno is affiliated with the University of L'Aquila in Italy and has established a significant research presence in the field of medicine, with a specialization in rheumatology. Their body of work encompasses 339 publications related to medicine, with extensive contributions to rheumatology, pathology and forensic medicine, physiology, infectious diseases, and surgery.

Alunno's research spans several key topics that include rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, systemic sclerosis and related diseases, salivary gland disorders and functions, musculoskeletal disorders and rehabilitation, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and systemic lupus erythematosus research.

Among recent papers involving Alessia Alunno or related to their research domain are:

  • One year in review 2020: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, 2020, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
  • One year in review 2021: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, 2021, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
  • EULAR recommendations for the management and vaccination of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the context of SARS-CoV-2: the November 2021 update, 2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Ferritin is associated with the severity of lung involvement but not with worse prognosis in patients with COVID-19: data from two Italian COVID-19 units, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Risk and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic literature review to inform EULAR recommendations, 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Alunno has collaborated extensively with co-authors, notably including:

  • Francesco Carubbi (61 co-authored works)
  • Claudio Ferri (32 co-authored works)
  • Elena Bartoloni (24 co-authored works)
  • Aurélie Najm (21 co-authored works)
  • Michael Hughes (19 co-authored works)

Publication venues frequently chosen for Alunno's research include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (54 publications)
  • RMD Open (14 publications)
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology (12 publications)
  • Lara D. Veeken (10 publications)
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • 2019 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus

    Antonis Fanouriakis;Myrto Kostopoulou;Alessia Alunno;Martin Aringer

  • Primary Sjögren’s syndrome as a multi-organ disease: impact of the serological profile on the clinical presentation of the disease in a large cohort of Italian patients

    Chiara Baldini;Pasquale Pepe;Luca Quartuccio;Roberta Priori

  • EULAR recommendations for the management and vaccination of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the context of SARS-CoV-2: the November 2021 update

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  • One year in review 2020: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Daiana Giannini;Matteo Antonucci;Fiorella Petrelli;Silvia Bilia

  • Efficacy and safety of rituximab treatment in early primary Sjögren's syndrome: a prospective, multi-center, follow-up study

    Francesco Carubbi;Paola Cipriani;Alessandra Marrelli;Paola Di Benedetto

  • One year in review: the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Picerno;Ferro F;Adinolfi A;Valentini E

  • Cardiovascular disease risk burden in primary Sjögren's syndrome: results of a population‐based multicentre cohort study

    E. Bartoloni;C. Baldini;G. Schillaci;L. Quartuccio

  • Balance between regulatory T and Th17 cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: the old and the new.

    Alessia Alunno;Elena Bartoloni;Onelia Bistoni;Giuseppe Nocentini

  • Biomarkers of lymphoma in Sjögren's syndrome and evaluation of the lymphoma risk in prelymphomatous conditions: results of a multicenter study.

    Luca Quartuccio;Miriam Isola;Chiara Baldini;Roberta Priori

  • One year in review 2017: systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Giuliana Maria Concetta La Paglia;Maria Comasia Leone;Gemma Lepri;Roberta Vagelli

  • Risk and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic literature review to inform EULAR recommendations

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  • One year in review 2019: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Cristina Croia;Roberto Bursi;Donatella Sutera;Fiorella Petrelli

  • International consensus: What else can we do to improve diagnosis and therapeutic strategies in patients affected by autoimmune rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritides, systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome and Sjogren's syndrome)?: The unmet needs and the clinical grey zone in autoimmune disease management

    Roberto Giacomelli;Antonella Afeltra;Alessia Alunno;Chiara Baldini

  • Cytokines in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: new players and therapeutic targets.

    Alessia Alunno;Francesco Carubbi;Roberto Giacomelli;Roberto Gerli

  • One year in review 2017: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Francesca Angelotti;Alice Parma;Giacomo Cafaro;Riccardo Capecchi

  • Guidelines for biomarkers in autoimmune rheumatic diseases - evidence based analysis.

    Roberto Giacomelli;Antonella Afeltra;Alessia Alunno;Elena Bartoloni-Bocci

  • Altered Immunoregulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Role of Regulatory T Cells and Proinflammatory Th17 Cells and Therapeutic Implications

    Alessia Alunno;Mirko Manetti;Sara Caterbi;Lidia Ibba-Manneschi

  • One year in review 2018: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

    Emanuele Calabresi;Fiorella Petrelli;Angelo Francesco Bonifacio;Ilaria Puxeddu

  • Pathogenic and Therapeutic Relevance of JAK/STAT Signaling in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Integration of Distinct Inflammatory Pathways and the Prospect of Their Inhibition with an Oral Agent.

    Alessia Alunno;Ivan Padjen;Antonis Fanouriakis;Dimitrios T. Boumpas;Dimitrios T. Boumpas

  • Anti-SSA/SSB-negative Sjögren's syndrome shows a lower prevalence of lymphoproliferative manifestations, and a lower risk of lymphoma evolution

    Luca Quartuccio;Chiara Baldini;Elena Bartoloni;Roberta Priori

  • IL-17-producing CD4−CD8− T cells are expanded in the peripheral blood, infiltrate salivary glands and are resistant to corticosteroids in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

    Alessia Alunno;Onelia Bistoni;Elena Bartoloni;Sara Caterbi

  • Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody titer predicts time to rheumatoid arthritis onset in patients with undifferentiated arthritis: results from a 2-year prospective study

    Nicola Bizzaro;Elena Bartoloni;Gabriella Morozzi;Stefania Manganelli

  • Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune hypophysitis.

    Alberto Falorni;Viviana Minarelli;Elena Bartoloni;Alessia Alunno

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Gerli
Roberto Gerli University of Perugia
Roberto Giacomelli
Roberto Giacomelli Campus Bio Medico University Hospital
Luca Quartuccio
Luca Quartuccio University of Udine
Guido Valesini
Guido Valesini Sapienza University of Rome
Paola Cipriani
Paola Cipriani University of L'Aquila
Stefano Bombardieri
Stefano Bombardieri University of Pisa
Carlo Riccardi
Carlo Riccardi University of Perugia
Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria University of Padua
Xavier Mariette
Xavier Mariette University of Paris-Saclay
Giuseppe Schillaci
Giuseppe Schillaci University of Perugia

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