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Franco Maria Ruggeri

Franco Maria Ruggeri

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
40
Citations
7939
World Ranking
5494
National Ranking
185

Franco Maria Ruggeri 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 Franco Maria Ruggeri sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franco Maria Ruggeri 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 Franco Maria Ruggeri sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franco Maria Ruggeri is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research spans several fields of study, focusing primarily on Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work engages with specific subfields including Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, and Genetics. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding biological and medical phenomena.

Ruggeri's research topics include:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Virus-based gene therapy research

One of the recent papers authored is titled Detection of Astrovirus in a Cow with Neurological Signs by Nanopore Technology, Italy, published in 2020 in the journal Viruses. This paper contributes to the study of viral infections in animals and the use of advanced sequencing technologies for disease detection.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Guendalina Zaccaria
  • Alessio Lorusso
  • Melanie M. Hierweger
  • Daniela Malatesta
  • Sabrina VP Defourny

The journal Viruses is a noted venue where Ruggeri has published, which aligns with their research focus on viral diseases.

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • Partial purification and characterization of an escherichia coli toxic factor that induces morphological cell alterations.

    A Caprioli;V Falbo;L G Roda;F M Ruggeri

  • Virus hazards from food, water and other contaminated environments.

    David Rodríguez-Lázaro;Nigel Cook;Franco M. Ruggeri;Jane Sellwood

  • Detection of Multiple Noroviruses Associated with an International Gastroenteritis Outbreak Linked to Oyster Consumption

    Françoise S. Le Guyader;Fabienne Bon;Dario DeMedici;Sylvain Parnaudeau

  • Analysis of Integrated Virological and Epidemiological Reports of Norovirus Outbreaks Collected within the Foodborne Viruses in Europe Network from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2006

    A. Kroneman;L. Verhoef;J. Harris;H. Vennema

  • Rotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network

    M. Iturriza-Gómara;Tim Dallman;K. Bányai;B. Böttiger

  • Antibodies to the trypsin cleavage peptide VP8 neutralize rotavirus by inhibiting binding of virions to target cells in culture.

    Franco M. Ruggeri;Harry B. Greenberg

  • Hepatitis E virus in pork production chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010.

    Ilaria Di Bartolo;Marta Diez-Valcarce;Petra Vasickova;Petr Kralik

  • Waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like virus gastroenteritis at a tourist resort, Italy.

    Delia Boccia;Alberto Eugenio Tozzi;Benvon Cotter;Caterina Rizzo

  • Lactobacilli expressing variable domain of llama heavy-chain antibody fragments (lactobodies) confer protection against rotavirus-induced diarrhea

    Neha Pant;Anna Hultberg;Yaofeng Zhao;Lennart Svensson

  • Cytotoxic necrotizing factor production by hemolytic strains of Escherichia coli causing extraintestinal infections

    A Caprioli;V Falbo;F M Ruggeri;L Baldassarri

  • Oral Immunoglobulins for Treatment of Acute Rotaviral Gastroenteritis

    A Guarino;R B Canani;S Russo;F Albano

  • Detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in a demographic managed wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) population in Italy.

    Francesca Martelli;Andrea Caprioli;Martina Zengarini;Andrea Marata

  • Rotavirus Surveillance in Europe, 2005–2008: Web-Enabled Reporting and Real-Time Analysis of Genotyping and Epidemiological Data

    M. Iturriza-Gómara;Tim Dallman;K. Bányai;B. Böttiger

  • Diversity and zoonotic potential of rotaviruses in swine and cattle across Europe.

    Sofie E. Midgley;Krisztián Bányai;Javier Buesa;Nabil Halaihel

  • Antirotavirus Immunoglobulin A Neutralizes Virus In Vitro after Transcytosis through Epithelial Cells and Protects Infant Mice from Diarrhea

    Franco M. Ruggeri;Kari Johansen;Gino Basile;Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl

  • European multicenter evaluation of commercial enzyme immunoassays for detecting norovirus antigen in fecal samples.

    Jim J Gray;Evelyne Kohli;Franco M Ruggeri;Harry Vennema

  • Isolation and molecular cloning of a fast-growing strain of human hepatitis A virus from its double-stranded replicative form.

    A Venuti;C Di Russo;N del Grosso;A M Patti

  • Viral and antibody HEV prevalence in swine at slaughterhouse in Italy

    Ilaria Di Bartolo;Eleonora Ponterio;Laura Castellini;Fabio Ostanello

  • Rotavirus capsid protein VP5* permeabilizes membranes.

    Evgeniya Denisova;William Dowling;Rachel LaMonica;Robert Shaw

  • Detection of hepatitis E virus in pork liver sausages.

    Ilaria Di Bartolo;Giorgia Angeloni;Eleonora Ponterio;Fabio Ostanello

  • Cytoskeletal changes induced in HEp-2 cells by the cytotoxic necrotizing factor of Escherichia coli

    C. Fiorentini;G. Arancia;A. Caprioli;V. Falbo

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfredo Caprioli
Alfredo Caprioli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gianfranco Donelli
Gianfranco Donelli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Vito Martella
Vito Martella University of Bari Aldo Moro
Harry B. Greenberg
Harry B. Greenberg Stanford University
Krisztián Bányai
Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs
Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Miren Iturriza-Gomara University of Liverpool
Pierre Pothier
Pierre Pothier University of Burgundy
Jim Gray
Jim Gray Government of the United Kingdom
Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens Rega Institute for Medical Research
Antonio Lavazza
Antonio Lavazza Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini"

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