2026 Antonella Afeltra: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	41	4915	4554	216	205	264	6478

Overview

Antonella Afeltra is affiliated with Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma in Italy. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Rheumatology, Immunology, Hematology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Oncology.

The scientist's work spans several main research topics, including:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Antonella Afeltra has contributed to multiple publications in various peer-reviewed journals. Frequent venues for their publications include:

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Clinical Rheumatology
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Biomedical Science and Engineering
Autoimmunity Reviews

Some recent papers by Antonella Afeltra encompass the following:

The growing role of precision medicine for the treatment of autoimmune diseases; results of a systematic review of literature and Experts' Consensus (2020), published in Autoimmunity Reviews
One-year effectiveness, retention rate, and safety of secukinumab in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: a real-life multicenter study (2020), published in Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
Remission in systemic lupus erythematosus: testing different definitions in a large multicentre cohort (2020), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Ankylosing Spondylitis: From Traditional Scores to Machine Learning Assessment (2020), published in Rheumatology and Therapy
Metabolic syndrome and adipokine levels in systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis (2021), published in Clinical Rheumatology

Their collaborative research involves frequent co-authorship with multiple researchers, including:

Luca Navarini
Roberto Giacomelli
Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta
Roberto Perricone
Raffaele Scarpa

Best Publications

Accuracy of anti-ribosomal P protein antibody testing for the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: an international meta-analysis.

Fotini B. Karassa;Antonella Afeltra;Ales Ambrozic;Deh-Ming Chang

257
Citations
Neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes: relationship with antiphospholipid antibodies.

Antonella Afeltra;Pierluigi Garzia;Anna Paola Mitterhofer;Marta Vadacca

193
Citations
Treatment of idiopathic mixed cryoglobulinemia with alpha interferon.

Lorenzo Bonomo;Milvia Casato;Antonella Afeltra;Domenico Caccavo

184
Citations
Diabetes in chronic liver disease: from old concepts to new evidence.

Antonio Picardi;Delia D'Avola;Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci;Giovanni Galati

172
Citations
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

169
Citations
Guidelines for biomarkers in autoimmune rheumatic diseases - evidence based analysis.

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

153
Citations
Adipokines and systemic lupus erythematosus: relationship with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Marta Vadacca;Domenico Margiotta;Amelia Rigon;Fabio Cacciapaglia

132
Citations
Long‐term treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus with cyclosporin A

Domenico Caccavo;Bruno Laganà;Anna P. Mitterhofer;Giovanni M. Ferri

131
Citations
Indirect immunofluorescence in autoimmune diseases: assessment of digital images for diagnostic purpose.

Amelia Rigon;Paolo Soda;Danila Zennaro;Giulio Iannello

124
Citations
Thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: congenital and acquired risk factors.

Antonella Afeltra;Marta Vadacca;Laura Conti;Sara Galluzzo

118
Citations
Lung involvement in connective tissue diseases: a comprehensive review and a focus on rheumatoid arthritis.

Benedetta Marigliano;Alessandra Soriano;Domenico Margiotta;Marta Vadacca

115
Citations
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

109
Citations
Polyunsaturated fatty acids: any role in rheumatoid arthritis?

Luca Navarini;Antonella Afeltra;Gabriele Gallo Afflitto;Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta

96
Citations
Cytokines expression in SLE nephritis.

A Gigante;M L Gasperini;A Afeltra;B Barbano

92
Citations
Treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised hosts.

E M Zardi;A Picardi;A Afeltra

88
Citations
Expression of CD69 antigen on synovial fluid T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic synovitis.

A Afeltra;Mauro Galeazzi;GM Ferri;A Amoroso

80
Citations
Anti‐cardiolipin antibodies in autoimmune thyroid diseases

Paggi A;Caccavo D;Ferri Gm;Di Prima Ma

80
Citations
Traditional and non traditional risk factors in accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGATS Study).

Barbara Maria Colombo;Fabio Cacciapaglia;Matteo Puntoni;Giuseppe Murdaca

79
Citations
IL-1β biological treatment of familial Mediterranean fever.

Alessandra Soriano;Elena Verecchia;Antonella Afeltra;Raffaele Landolfi

75
Citations
Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: tools for the diagnosis.

Enrico Maria Zardi;Arianna Taccone;Benedetta Marigliano;Domenico P.E. Margiotta

74
Citations
Endothelial dysfunction and vascular stiffness in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they early markers of subclinical atherosclerosis?

Enrico M. Zardi;Antonella Afeltra

70
Citations
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in ulcerative colitis

F.G. De Rosa;A. Afeltra;D. Caccavo;O. Leri

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Amoroso University of Turin

Roberto Giacomelli Campus Bio Medico University Hospital

Francesco Caso University of Naples Federico II

Roberto Perricone University of Rome Tor Vergata

Angela Tincani University of Brescia

Roberto Gerli University of Perugia

Andrea Doria University of Padua

Fabrizio Conti Sapienza University of Rome

Armando Gabrielli Marche Polytechnic University

Maria Sole Chimenti University of Rome Tor Vergata

External Links

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