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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 63 2694 2469 65 62 413 17490

Antonella Castagna publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Antonella Castagna between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Antonella Castagna published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 15.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 78 publications in 2024. 128 of the 634 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 78. Peak 78 publications in 2024. 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 2 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 38 publications 2022: 54 publications 2023: 73 publications 2024: 78 publications 2025: 50 publications
1986 2025

634 publications in total across all disciplines

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Antonella Castagna: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 2
1987 1
1988 2
1989 5
1990 3
1991 3
1992 4
1993 3
1994 2
1995 6
1996 3
1997 7
1998 0
1999 1
2000 2
2001 3
2002 2
2003 5
2004 11
2005 7
2006 10
2007 10
2008 8
2009 12
2010 14
2011 20
2012 17
2013 17
2014 22
2015 11
2016 14
2017 26
2018 23
2019 25
2020 40
2021 38
2022 54
2023 73
2024 78
2025 50
Total 634
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Antonella Castagna publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 405–414 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 413 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36 413
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Antonella Castagna D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144 63
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Antonella Castagna is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research contributions span multiple areas within medicine, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and immunology. The body of work includes extensive studies related to HIV and COVID-19.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these main fields, subfields of particular emphasis are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Virology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

The research topics associated with Antonella Castagna cover:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • AIDS
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Antonella Castagna are:

  • Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19, 2020, JAMA
  • Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study, 2020, European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Secondary infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: incidence and predictive factors, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Early predictors of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy, 2020, Clinical Immunology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Laura Galli
  • Silvia Nozza
  • Vincenzo Spagnuolo
  • Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
  • Angelo Roberto Raccagni

Best Publications

  • A Whole-Genome Association Study of Major Determinants for Host Control of HIV-1

    Jacques Fellay;Kevin V. Shianna;Dongliang Ge;Sara Colombo

  • Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Christoph D. Spinner;Robert L. Gottlieb;Gerard J. Criner;José Ramón Arribas López

  • Common genetic variation and the control of HIV-1 in humans.

    Jacques Fellay;Dongliang Ge;Kevin V. Shianna;Sara Colombo

  • Risk Factors and Outcomes for Late Presentation for HIV-Positive Persons in Europe: Results from the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe Study (COHERE).

    Amanda Mocroft;Jens D Lundgren;Jens D Lundgren;Miriam Lewis Sabin;Antonella d'Arminio Monforte

  • Dolutegravir in Antiretroviral-Experienced Patients With Raltegravir- and/or Elvitegravir-Resistant HIV-1: 24-Week Results of the Phase III VIKING-3 Study

    Antonella Castagna;Franco Maggiolo;Giovanni Penco;David Wright

  • Epstein-Barr virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with AIDS-related primary lymphoma of the central nervous system

    P. Cinque;M. Brytting;B. Wahren;A. Linde

  • Secondary infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: incidence and predictive factors.

    Marco Ripa;Laura Galli;Andrea Poli;Chiara Oltolini

  • Capsid Inhibition with Lenacapavir in Multidrug-Resistant HIV-1 Infection.

    Unknown

  • All-cause mortality in treated HIV-infected adults with CD4 ≥500/mm3 compared with the general population: evidence from a large European observational cohort collaboration

    Charlotte Lewden;Vincent Bouteloup;Stéphane De Wit

  • Eosinophils from Physiology to Disease: A Comprehensive Review.

    Giuseppe A. Ramirez;Mona-Rita Yacoub;Marco Ripa;Daniele Mannina

  • Early predictors of clinical outcomes of COVID-19 outbreak in Milan, Italy.

    Fabio Ciceri;Antonella Castagna;Patrizia Rovere-Querini;Francesco De Cobelli

  • Polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of virus-associated opportunistic diseases of the central nervous system in HIV-infected patients.

    Paola Cinque;Luca Vago;Helena Dahl;Maria Brytting

  • Microbial translocation predicts disease progression of HIV-infected antiretroviral-naive patients with high CD4+ cell count.

    Giulia Marchetti;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Esther Merlini;Giusi M. Bellistrì

  • Elevated alpha-tumor necrosis factor levels in spinal fluid from HIV-1-infected patients with central nervous system involvement.

    L. M. E. Grimaldi;G. V. Martino;D. M. Franciotta;R. Brustia

  • CD4 cell count and the risk of AIDS or death in HIV-Infected adults on combination antiretroviral therapy with a suppressed viral load: a longitudinal cohort study from COHERE

    Jim Young;Mina Psichogiou;Laurence Meyer

  • Long-term Mortality in HIV-Positive Individuals Virally Suppressed for > 3 Years With Incomplete CD4 Recovery

    Frederik N. Engsig;Robert Zangerle;Olga Katsarou;Francois Dabis

  • Lamivudine monotherapy in HIV-1-infected patients harbouring a lamivudine-resistant virus: a randomized pilot study (E-184V study).

    Antonella Castagna;Anna Danise;Stefano Menzo;Laura Galli

  • Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Prognostic Determinants of AIDS-Related Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in the Era of Advanced Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

    Andrea Antinori;Dora Larussa;Antonella Cingolani;Patrizia Lorenzini

  • Cytomegalovirus infection of the central nervous system in patients with AIDS: diagnosis by DNA amplification from cerebrospinal fluid.

    Paola Cinque;Luca Vago;Maria Brytting;Antonella Castagna

  • Interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 inhibition compared with standard management in patients with COVID-19 and hyperinflammation: a cohort study.

    Giulio Cavalli;Alessandro Larcher;Alessandro Tomelleri;Corrado Campochiaro

  • Randomized trial to evaluate indinavir/ritonavir versus saquinavir/ritonavir in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients: the MaxCmin1 Trial.

    Ulrik B.Ulrik Dragsted;Jan Gerstoft;Court Pedersen;Barry Peters

  • Common Genetic Variation and the Control of HIV-1 in Humans

    Jacques Fellay;Dongliang Ge;Kevin V. Shianna;Sara Colombo

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriano Lazzarin
Adriano Lazzarin Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Cristina Mussini
Cristina Mussini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan
Andrea Antinori
Andrea Antinori Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri University College London
Andrea De Luca
Andrea De Luca University of Siena
Fabio Ciceri
Fabio Ciceri Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Paola Cinque
Paola Cinque Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Amanda Mocroft
Amanda Mocroft University College London
Massimo Clementi
Massimo Clementi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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