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54
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Antonello Covacci 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 Antonello Covacci sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 94 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Antonello Covacci 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 Antonello Covacci sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Antonello Covacci is affiliated with Novartis in Switzerland, where they are engaged in scientific research and development activities. Their professional focus is situated within a corporate research environment.

They have been recognized with the distinction of Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), indicating involvement in molecular biology at a European level.

There are no specific recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues documented for Antonello Covacci. Likewise, no book publications or detailed fields or subfields of study have been identified in the available data.

This lack of extensive publication and topic data suggests a research profile that may emphasize internal corporate research contributions or proprietary study initiatives rather than broadly published scientific literature.

Best Publications

  • cag, a pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori, encodes type I-specific and disease-associated virulence factors.

    Stefano Censini;Christina Lange;Zhaoying Xiang;Jean E. Crabtree

  • Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging

    Dag Ilver;Anna Arnqvist;Johan Ögren;Inga-Maria Frick

  • Molecular characterization of the 128-kDa immunodominant antigen of Helicobacter pylori associated with cytotoxicity and duodenal ulcer

    A Covacci;S Censini;M Bugnoli;R Petracca

  • Helicobacter pylori virulence and genetic geography.

    Antonello Covacci;John L. Telford;Giuseppe Del Giudice;Julie Parsonnet

  • Disruption of the Epithelial Apical-Junctional Complex by Helicobacter pylori CagA

    Manuel R. Amieva;Roger Vogelmann;Antonello Covacci;Lucy S. Tompkins

  • ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION OF CAGA AND VACA VIRULENCE FACTORS IN 43 STRAINS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI REVEALS THAT CLINICAL ISOLATES CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR TYPES AND THAT CAGA IS NOT NECESSARY FOR EXPRESSION OF THE VACUOLATING CYTOTOXIN

    Zhaoying Xiang;Stefano Censini;Pietro F. Bayeli;John L. Telford

  • Tyrosine phosphorylation of the Helicobacter pylori CagA antigen after cag-driven host cell translocation

    Markus Stein;Rino Rappuoli;Antonello Covacci

  • Gene structure of the Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin and evidence of its key role in gastric disease.

    J L Telford;P Ghiara;M Dell'Orco;M Comanducci

  • Coxsackie B4 virus infection of β cells and natural killer cell insulitis in recent-onset type 1 diabetic patients

    Francesco Dotta;Stefano Censini;Astrid G. S. van Halteren;Lorella Marselli

  • A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses

    M A Barocchi;J Ries;X Zogaj;C Hemsley

  • c-Src/Lyn kinases activate Helicobacter pylori CagA through tyrosine phosphorylation of the EPIYA motifs.

    Markus Stein;Fabio Bagnoli;Robert Halenbeck;Rino Rappuoli

  • Helicobacter pylori induced interleukin-8 expression in gastric epithelial cells is associated with CagA positive phenotype.

    J. E. Crabtree;A. Covacci;S. M. Farmery;Z. Xiang

  • Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species

    Claudio Donati;N. Luisa Hiller;Hervé Tettelin;Alessandro Muzzi

  • Mutants of pertussis toxin suitable for vaccine development

    Mariagrazia Pizza;Antonio Covacci;Antonella Bartoloni;Maria Perugini

  • Helicobacter pylori Activates Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Cascades and Induces Expression of the Proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun

    Tobias Meyer-ter-Vehn;Antonello Covacci;Manfred Kist;Heike L. Pahl

  • The Design of Vaccines Against Helicobacter Pylori and Their Development

    Del Giudice G;Covacci A;Telford Jl;Montecucco C

  • Helicobacter pylori CagA induces a transition from polarized to invasive phenotypes in MDCK cells

    Fabio Bagnoli;Ludovico Buti;Lucy Tompkins;Antonello Covacci

  • Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) subverts the apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (ASPP2) tumor suppressor pathway of the host

    Ludovico Buti;Eric Spooner;Annemarthe G. Van der Veen;Rino Rappuoli

  • The Complete Genome Sequence of Helicobacter pylori Strain G27

    David A. Baltrus;Manuel R. Amieva;Antonello Covacci;Todd M. Lowe

  • Protection against Helicobacter pylori infection in mice by intragastric vaccination with H. pylori antigens is achieved using a non-toxic mutant of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) as adjuvant

    Marta Marchetti;Michela Rossi;Valentina Giannelli;Marzia M. Giuliani

  • Tyrosine-Phosphorylated Bacterial Proteins Trojan Horses for the Host Cell

    Antonello Covacci;Rino Rappuoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Mariagrazia Pizza
Mariagrazia Pizza Imperial College London
John L. Telford
John L. Telford GlaxoSmithKline (Italy)
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow Stanford University
Emanuele Papini
Emanuele Papini University of Padua
Jean E. Crabtree
Jean E. Crabtree St James's University Hospital
Lucy S. Tompkins
Lucy S. Tompkins Stanford University
Alfredo Caprioli
Alfredo Caprioli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
E. Richard Moxon
E. Richard Moxon University of Oxford
Hervé Tettelin
Hervé Tettelin University of Maryland, Baltimore

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