2026 Angelo Vacca: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	96	9688	9092	338	323	687	32929

Angelo Vacca publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 687 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Angelo Vacca D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Angelo Vacca is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses multiple interconnected subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's research topics are centered on several focused areas:

Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Vasculitis and related conditions
Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Angelo Vacca include:

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs): Two Potential Targets for COVID-19 Treatment, 2020, published in Mediators of Inflammation
Mepolizumab for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A European Multicenter Observational Study, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology
Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-CD38 Daratumumab in Multiple Myeloma, 2020, Cells
Early Disease and Low Baseline Damage as Predictors of Response to Belimumab in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Real-Life Setting, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
COVID-19 and the Endocrine System: A Comprehensive Review on the Theme, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Frequent collaborators of this researcher include:

Antonio Giovanni Solimando
Sebastiano Cicco
Roberto Ria
Vito Racanelli
Vanessa Desantis

Angelo Vacca has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Cancers
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Journal of Hypertension
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

Bone marrow angiogenesis and progression in multiple myeloma.

Angelo Vacca;Domenico Ribatti;Luisa Roncali;Girolamo Ranieri

825
Citations
Bone marrow neovascularization, plasma cell angiogenic potential, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 secretion parallel progression of human multiple myeloma.

Angelo Vacca;Domenico Ribatti;Marco Presta;Monica Minischetti

783
Citations
Human Erythropoietin Induces a Pro-Angiogenic Phenotype in Cultured Endothelial Cells and Stimulates Neovascularization In Vivo

Domenico Ribatti;Marco Presta;Marco Presta;Angelo Vacca;Angelo Vacca;Roberto Ria;Roberto Ria

703
Citations
MHC Class I Antigen Processing and Presenting Machinery: Organization, Function, and Defects in Tumor Cells

Patrizia Leone;Eui-Cheol Shin;Federico Perosa;Angelo Vacca

615
Citations
Chorioallantoic membrane capillary bed: a useful target for studying angiogenesis and anti-angiogenesis in vivo.

Domenico Ribatti;Beatrice Nico;Angelo Vacca;Luisa Roncali

381
Citations
Bortezomib mediates antiangiogenesis in multiple myeloma via direct and indirect effects on endothelial cells.

Aldo Maria Roccaro;Teru Hideshima;Noopur Raje;Shaji Kumar

376
Citations
TIMP‐2 over‐expression reduces invasion and angiogenesis and protects B16F10 melanoma cells from apoptosis

Piera Valente;Gianfranco Fassina;Antonella Melchiori;Luciana Masiello

375
Citations
Expression of MAGE genes in primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma.

Francis Brasseur;Donata Rimoldi;Danielle Liénard;Danielle Liénard;Bernard Lethé

367
Citations
Antiangiogenesis Is Produced by Nontoxic Doses of Vinblastine

Angelo Vacca;Monica Iurlaro;Domenico Ribatti;Monica Minischetti

358
Citations
The gelatin sponge-chorioallantoic membrane assay.

Domenico Ribatti;Beatrice Nico;Angelo Vacca;Marco Presta

323
Citations
The history of the angiogenic switch concept.

D Ribatti;B Nico;E Crivellato;A M Roccaro

314
Citations
Bone marrow angiogenesis and mast cell density increase simultaneously with progression of human multiple myeloma.

D Ribatti;A Vacca;B Nico;F Quondamatteo

307
Citations
Tumor vascularity and tryptase-positive mast cells correlate with a poor prognosis in melanoma.

D Ribatti;Maria Grazia Ennas;A Vacca;F Ferreli

304
Citations
Stephen Paget and the ‘seed and soil’ theory of metastatic dissemination

D. Ribatti;G. Mangialardi;A. Vacca

293
Citations
The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane as a model for in vivo research on angiogenesis.

Domenico Ribatti;Angelo Vacca;Luisa Roncali;Franco Dammacco

285
Citations
Bcr-Abl stabilizes β-catenin in chronic myeloid leukemia through its tyrosine phosphorylation

Addolorata Maria Luce Coluccia;Addolorata Maria Luce Coluccia;Angelo Vacca;Mireia Duñach;Luca Mologni

280
Citations
New Model for the Study of Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenesis in the Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane: The Gelatin Sponge/ Chorioallantoic Membrane Assay

Domenico Ribatti;Anna Gualandris;Maria Bastaki;Angelo Vacca

277
Citations
Bone marrow angiogenesis in multiple myeloma.

A Vacca;D Ribatti

264
Citations
Angiogenesis spectrum in the stroma of B‐cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

D. Ribatti;A. Vacca;B. Nico;M. Fanelli

240
Citations
Macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis.

N. Maruotti;F.P. Cantatore;Enrico Crivellato;A. Vacca

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Ribatti University of Bari Aldo Moro

Franco Dammacco University of Bari Aldo Moro

Beatrice Nico University of Bari Aldo Moro

Marco Presta University of Brescia

Diego Guidolin University of Padua

Pellegrino Musto University of Bari Aldo Moro

Michele Cavo University of Bologna

Mirco Ponzoni Istituto Giannina Gaslini

Nicola Silvestris University of Messina

Hermann Einsele University of Würzburg

External Links

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