2026 Claudio Napoli: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	93	10842	10186	388	372	506	33578

Overview

Claudio Napoli is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work covers several subfields, including molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, infectious diseases, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research topics reflect this diversity with a focus on diabetes treatment and management, COVID-19 clinical research studies, epigenetics and DNA methylation, transplantation methods and outcomes, cardiovascular function and risk factors, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, and heart failure treatment and management.

Notable recent papers by Claudio Napoli include:

"Molecular networks in Network Medicine: Development and applications" (2020), published in WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine
"Immunomodulatory Effect of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: The Cutting Edge of Clinical Application" (2020), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
"Epigenetic-sensitive pathways in personalized therapy of major cardiovascular diseases" (2020), published in Pharmacology & Therapeutics
"Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) expression in diabetic and non-diabetic failing human cardiomyocytes" (2022), published in Pharmacological Research
"Does poor glycaemic control affect the immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccination in patients with type 2 diabetes: The CAVEAT study" (2021), published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Claudio Napoli frequently publishes in several journals, including:

European Heart Journal
Pharmacological Research
Transplant Immunology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
PubMed

The scientist collaborates extensively with several co-authors, notably:

Giuditta Benincasa
Concetta Schiano
Ciro Maiello
Enrico Coscioni
Vincenzo Grimaldi

Best Publications

Fatty streak formation occurs in human fetal aortas and is greatly enhanced by maternal hypercholesterolemia. Intimal accumulation of low density lipoprotein and its oxidation precede monocyte recruitment into early atherosclerotic lesions.

Claudio Napoli;Francesco Paolo D'Armiento;Francesco Paolo Mancini;Alfredo Postiglione

1368
Citations
Nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the vascular system: an overview.

Louis J. Ignarro;Giuseppe Cirino;Alessandro Casini;Claudio Napoli

1064
Citations
Statin effects beyond lipid lowering—are they clinically relevant?

Bonetti Po;Lerman Lo;Napoli C;Napoli C;Lerman A

857
Citations
Influence of maternal hypercholesterolaemia during pregnancy on progression of early atherosclerotic lesions in childhood: Fate of Early Lesions in Children (FELIC) study

Claudio Napoli;Christopher K Glass;Joseph L Witztum;Reena Deutsch

781
Citations
Adenovirus serotype 5 hexon mediates liver gene transfer

Simon N. Waddington;John H. McVey;David Bhella;Alan L. Parker

723
Citations
Nitric oxide donors and cardiovascular agents modulating the bioactivity of nitric oxide: an overview.

Louis J. Ignarro;Claudio Napoli;Joseph Loscalzo

627
Citations
Nutrition, physical activity, and cardiovascular disease: an update.

Louis J. Ignarro;Maria Luisa Balestrieri;Claudio Napoli

619
Citations
Nitric Oxide and Atherosclerosis

Claudio Napoli;Louis J. Ignarro

600
Citations
Nitric oxide and atherosclerosis: an update.

Claudio Napoli;Filomena de Nigris;Filomena de Nigris;Sharon Williams-Ignarro;Orlando Pignalosa

573
Citations
Akt induces enhanced myocardial contractility and cell size in vivo in transgenic mice.

Gianluigi Condorelli;Alessandra Drusco;Giorgio Stassi;Alfonso Bellacosa

570
Citations
Deletion of the p66Shc longevity gene reduces systemic and tissue oxidative stress, vascular cell apoptosis, and early atherogenesis in mice fed a high-fat diet

Claudio Napoli;Ines Martin-Padura;Filomena De Nigris;Marco Giorgio

446
Citations
Quality of life determinants and hearing function in an elderly population: Osservatorio Geriatrico Campano Study Group.

Francesco Cacciatore;Claudio Napoli;Pasquale Abete;Elio Marciano

383
Citations
The fetal origins of atherosclerosis: maternal hypercholesterolemia, and cholesterol-lowering or antioxidant treatment during pregnancy influence in utero programming and postnatal susceptibility to atherogenesis

Wulf Palinski;Claudio Napoli

370
Citations
Increased Oxidative Stress in Experimental Renovascular Hypertension

Lilach O. Lerman;Karl A. Nath;Martin Rodriguez-Porcel;James D. Krier

356
Citations
Simvastatin Preserves the Structure of Coronary Adventitial Vasa Vasorum in Experimental Hypercholesterolemia Independent of Lipid Lowering

Stephanie H. Wilson;Joerg Herrmann;Lilach O. Lerman;David R. Holmes

343
Citations
Nitric oxide and pathogenic mechanisms involved in the development of vascular diseases.

Claudio Napoli;Louis J. Ignarro;Louis J. Ignarro

341
Citations
Congestive Heart Failure and Cognitive Impairment in an Older Population

Francesco Cacciatore;Pasquale Abete;Nicola Ferrara;Claudio Calabrese

321
Citations
Distinct Renal Injury in Early Atherosclerosis and Renovascular Disease

Alejandro R. Chade;Martin Rodriguez-Porcel;Joseph P. Grande;James D. Krier

313
Citations
Effects of Nitric Oxide on Cell Proliferation: Novel Insights

Claudio Napoli;Giuseppe Paolisso;Amelia Casamassimi;Mohammed Al-Omran

308
Citations
Multiple role of reactive oxygen species in the arterial wall.

Claudio Napoli;Filomena de Nigris;Wulf Palinski

305
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lilach O. Lerman Mayo Clinic

Louis J. Ignarro University of California, Los Angeles

Amir Lerman Mayo Clinic

Giuseppe Ambrosio University of Perugia

Wulf Palinski University of California, San Diego

Massimo Chiariello University of Naples Federico II

Andrea Soricelli Parthenope University of Naples

Marco Salvatore Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Antonio Giordano Temple University

Raffaele Marfella University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

External Links

Personal website of Claudio Napoli

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