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Catterina Ferreccio 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 Catterina Ferreccio sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 275 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Catterina Ferreccio 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 Catterina Ferreccio sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Catterina Ferreccio is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile and has focused their research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to liver and biliary diseases, public health policies, and environmental health concerns. Key subjects include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Arsenic Contamination and Mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Their frequent collaborators include Marco Arrese, Jill Koshiol, Juan Pablo Arab, Andrea Huidobro, and Luis Antonio Díaz. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 13 to 18.

Catterina Ferreccio has contributed to multiple well-known scientific publication venues. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Annals of Hepatology
  • Scientific Reports
  • UNC Libraries

Among recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Ferreccio are:

  • Association between public health policies on alcohol and worldwide cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular disease outcomes, 2023, Journal of Hepatology
  • Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile duct cancers in the Americas: Incidence and mortality patterns and trends, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • Integrative molecular characterisation of gallbladder cancer reveals micro-environment-associated subtypes, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Impact of Public Health Policies on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in Latin America: An Ecological Multinational Study, 2021, Hepatology
  • The establishment of public health policies and the burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Americas, 2022, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis.

    G. M. Clifford;S. Gallus;R. Herrero;N. Muñoz

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Some drinking-water disinfectants and contaminants, including arsenic

    W. M Anders;R. J. Bull;K. P. Cantor;D. Chakraborti

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Increased mortality from lung cancer and bronchiectasis in young adults after exposure to arsenic in utero and in early childhood

    Allan H. Smith;Guillermo Marshall;Yan Yuan;Catterina Ferreccio

  • Lung cancer and arsenic concentrations in drinking water in Chile.

    Catterina Ferreccio;Claudia Gonzalez;Vivian Milosavjlevic;Guillermo Marshall

  • Variations in the age‐specific curves of human papillomavirus prevalence in women worldwide

    Silvia Franceschi;Rolando Herrero;Gary M. Clifford;Peter J.F. Snijders

  • Fifty-year study of lung and bladder cancer mortality in Chile related to arsenic in drinking water.

    Guillermo Marshall;Catterina Ferreccio;Yan Yuan;Michael N. Bates

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Chile: Vegetables May Serve as One Route of Transmission

    R. J. Hopkins;P. A. Vial;C. Ferreccio;J. Ovalle

  • Chronic arsenic exposure and risk of infant mortality in two areas of Chile.

    Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Steven R. Browning;Irva Hertz-Picciotto;Catterina Ferreccio

  • 14-day triple, 5-day concomitant, and 10-day sequential therapies for Helicobacter pylori infection in seven Latin American sites: a randomised trial

    E Robert Greenberg;Garnet L Anderson;Douglas R Morgan;Javier Torres

  • Sexual behavior, condom use, and human papillomavirus: Pooled analysis of the IARC human papillomavirus prevalence surveys

    Salvatore Vaccarella;Silvia Franceschi;Rolando Herrero;Nubia Muñoz

  • Arsenic exposure from drinking water and birth weight.

    Claudia Hopenhayn;Catterina Ferreccio;Steven R. Browning;Bin Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan H. Smith
Allan H. Smith University of California, Berkeley
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Josep Redon
Josep Redon University of Valencia
Rolando Herrero
Rolando Herrero Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research, INCIENSA Foundation
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Pedro Marques-Vidal University of Lausanne
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Lauren Lissner
Lauren Lissner University of Gothenburg
Joanne Katz
Joanne Katz Johns Hopkins University

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