2026 Francesco Negro: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	89	12523	11782	169	162	484	36017

Overview

Francesco Negro is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research emphasizes epidemiology and hepatology, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and public health. The subfields of study include:

Epidemiology
Hepatology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The core research topics revolve around viral hepatitis and liver disease, covering:

Hepatitis C virus research
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Liver Disease and Transplantation
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

Francesco Negro has authored several recent papers that contribute to the understanding and management of hepatitis and liver diseases, including:

"EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: Final update of the series" (2020), Journal of Hepatology
"EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis delta virus" (2023), Journal of Hepatology
"Worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among patients with cirrhosis at country, region, and global levels: a systematic review" (2022), The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
"Chronic hepatitis D and hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies" (2020), Journal of Hepatology
"Real-world effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for the treatment of patients with chronic HCV infection: A meta-analysis" (2020), Journal of Hepatology

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Francesco Negro include:

Nicolas Goossens
David Semela
Beat Müllhaupt
Nasser Semmo
Sophie Clément

The preferred publication venues reflect the scientist's focus on hepatology and liver disease research, featuring:

Journal of Hepatology
JHEP Reports
Liver International
Swiss Medical Weekly
Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study

Sarah Blach;Stefan Zeuzem;Michael Manns;Ibrahim Altraif

2044
Citations
Modeling NAFLD Disease Burden in China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States for the period 2016-2030

Chris Estes;Quentin M. Anstee;Maria Teresa Arias-Loste;Heike Bantel

1967
Citations
Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study

Devin Razavi-Shearer;Ivane Gamkrelidze;Mindie H Nguyen;Ding-Shinn Chen

1688
Citations
Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study

Andri Rauch;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Patrick Descombes;Tao Cai

1520
Citations
EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: Final update of the series ☆

Jean-Michel Pawlotsky;Francesco Negro;Alessio Aghemo;Marina Berenguer

1131
Citations
Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras.

Thomas Pietschmann;Artur Kaul;George Koutsoudakis;Anna Shavinskaya

909
Citations
Hepatocyte steatosis is a cytopathic effect of hepatitis C virus genotype 3.

Laura Rubbia-Brandt;Rafael Quadri;Karim Abid;Emiliano Giostra

758
Citations
Burden of liver disease in Europe: Epidemiology and analysis of risk factors to identify prevention policies

Laura Pimpin;Helena Cortez-Pinto;Francesco Negro;Emily Corbould

748
Citations
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Fastest Growing Cause of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplant Candidates

Zobair Younossi;Maria Stepanova;Janus P. Ong;Ira M. Jacobson

699
Citations
Relationship Between Steatosis, Inflammation, and Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data

Gioacchino Leandro;Alessandra Mangia;Jason Hui;Paolo Fabris

675
Citations
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection

Harry R. Dalton;Nassim Kamar;Sally A. Baylis;Darius Moradpour

672
Citations
A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Asia, Australia and Egypt

William Sievert;Ibrahim Altraif;Homie A. Razavi;Ayman Abdo

670
Citations
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean individuals in the United States.

Zobair M. Younossi;Maria Stepanova;Francesco Negro;Shareh Hallaji

592
Citations
A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Europe, Canada and Israel.

Markus Cornberg;Homie A. Razavi;Alfredo Alberti;Enos Bernasconi

579
Citations
Steatosis in chronic hepatitis C: why does it really matter?

T Asselah;L Rubbia-Brandt;P Marcellin;F Negro

555
Citations
Extrahepatic Morbidity and Mortality of Chronic Hepatitis C

Francesco Negro;Daniel Forton;Antonio Craxì;Mark S. Sulkowski

451
Citations
Diagnostic modalities for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and associated fibrosis

Zobair M. Younossi;Rohit Loomba;Quentin M. Anstee;Mary Eugenia Rinella

406
Citations
Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in selected countries

P. Bruggmann;T. Berg;A. L. H. Øvrehus;C. Moreno

390
Citations
Genotype 3 is associated with accelerated fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C.

Pierre-Yves Bochud;Pierre-Yves Bochud;Tao Cai;Tao Cai;Kathrin Stéphanie Overbeck;Murielle Bochud

358
Citations
Steatosis affects chronic hepatitis C progression in a genotype specific way

Rubbia-Brandt L;Fabris P;Paganin S;Leandro G

357
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Darius Moradpour University of Lausanne

Pierre-Yves Bochud University of Lausanne

Markus H. Heim University Hospital of Basel

Andreas Cerny University of Bern

Jean-François Dufour University of Bern

Ferruccio Bonino National Research Council (CNR)

Jean-Michel Pawlotsky Inserm

Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne

Stefan Zeuzem Goethe University Frankfurt

Zobair M. Younossi Inova Health System

External Links

Personal website of Francesco Negro

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