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Giampaolo Merlini

Giampaolo Merlini

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Medicine
Italy
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
130
Citations
77300
World Ranking
2454
National Ranking
55

Giampaolo Merlini 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 Giampaolo Merlini sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 893 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Giampaolo Merlini 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 Giampaolo Merlini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 130 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Giampaolo Merlini is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has a substantial body of work in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research has a strong focus on Amyloidosis, including diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, with significant contributions also to Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, and Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders.

Merlini's publication record includes their involvement in leading journals such as Blood, Amyloid, HemaSphere, Blood Cancer Journal, and the American Journal of Hematology. These venues have hosted numerous papers authored or co-authored by Merlini, reflecting a broad engagement with hematological and molecular biology research topics.

Frequent collaborators include Giovanni Palladini, Paolo Milani, Mario Nuvolone, Efstathios Kastritis, and Ashutosh Wechalekar, indicating a network of scholarly cooperation in related fields of study.

Significant recent publications by or including Merlini involve:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Daratumumab-Based Treatment for Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2020: update and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee, 2020, Amyloid
  • Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis. A position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, 2021, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2022: update, novel proteins, and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) Nomenclature Committee, 2022, Amyloid

Merlini's main fields of study reflect an extensive focus on Medicine with 287 publications, complemented by 235 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields where Merlini has contributed significantly include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nephrology, Oncology, and Hematology.

Best Publications

  • International Myeloma Working Group updated criteria for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

    S. Vincent Rajkumar;Meletios A. Dimopoulos;Antonio Palumbo;Joan Blade

  • International uniform response criteria for multiple myeloma

    B. G. M. Durie;J.-L. Harousseau;J. S. Miguel;J. Blade

  • Molecular mechanisms of amyloidosis.

    Giampaolo Merlini;Vittorio Bellotti

  • Tafamidis Treatment for Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

    Mathew S. Maurer;Jeffrey H. Schwartz;Balarama Gundapaneni;Perry M. Elliott

  • Definition of organ involvement and treatment response in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL): A consensus opinion from the 10th International Symposium on Amyloid and Amyloidosis

    Morie A. Gertz;Ray Comenzo;Rodney H. Falk;Jean Paul Fermand

  • Nonbiopsy Diagnosis of Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis.

    Julian D. Gillmore;Mathew S. Maurer;Rodney H. Falk;Giampaolo Merlini

  • Inotersen Treatment for Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis

    Merrill D. Benson;Márcia Waddington-Cruz;John L. Berk;Michael Polydefkis

  • International Myeloma Working Group guidelines for serum-free light chain analysis in multiple myeloma and related disorders

    A. Dispenzieri;R. Kyle;G. Merlini;J. S. Miguel

  • Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering (asymptomatic) multiple myeloma: IMWG consensus perspectives risk factors for progression and guidelines for monitoring and management

    R A Kyle;B G M Durie;S V Rajkumar;O Landgren

  • New Criteria for Response to Treatment in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Based on Free Light Chain Measurement and Cardiac Biomarkers: Impact on Survival Outcomes

    Giovanni Palladini;Angela Dispenzieri;Morie A. Gertz;Shaji Kumar

  • Systemic Cardiac Amyloidoses Disease Profiles and Clinical Courses of the 3 Main Types

    Claudio Rapezzi;Giampaolo Merlini;Candida C. Quarta;Letizia Riva

  • Repurposing Diflunisal for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy A Randomized Clinical Trial

    John L. Berk;Ole B. Suhr;Laura Obici;Yoshiki Sekijima

  • Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis: a position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

    Pablo Garcia-Pavia;Claudio Rapezzi;Yehuda Adler;Michael Arad

  • ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI Expert Consensus Recommendations for Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: Part 1 of 2—Evidence Base and Standardized Methods of Imaging

    Sharmila Dorbala;Yukio Ando;Sabahat Bokhari;Angela Dispenzieri

  • Amyloid fibril proteins and amyloidosis: chemical identification and clinical classification International Society of Amyloidosis 2016 Nomenclature Guidelines.

    Jean D. Sipe;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Shu Ichi Ikeda

  • Amyloidosis: Pathogenesis and New Therapeutic Options

    Giampaolo Merlini;David C. Seldin;David C. Seldin;David C. Seldin;Morie A. Gertz

  • Nomenclature 2014: Amyloid fibril proteins and clinical classification of the amyloidosis

    Jean D. Sipe;Merrill D. Benson;Joel N. Buxbaum;Shu Ichi Ikeda

  • Serum N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is a Sensitive Marker of Myocardial Dysfunction in AL Amyloidosis

    Giovanni Palladini;Carlo Campana;Catherine Klersy;Alessandra Balduini

  • A staging system for renal outcome and early markers of renal response to chemotherapy in AL amyloidosis.

    Giovanni Palladini;Ute Hegenbart;Paolo Milani;Christoph Kimmich

  • Maintenance therapy with thalidomide improves survival in patients with multiple myeloma. Commentary

    Giampaolo Merlini;Michel Attal;Jean-Luc Harousseau;Serge Leyvraz

Frequent Co-Authors

Morie A. Gertz
Morie A. Gertz Mayo Clinic
Meletios A. Dimopoulos
Meletios A. Dimopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vittorio Bellotti
Vittorio Bellotti University College London
Efstathios Kastritis
Efstathios Kastritis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Merrill D. Benson
Merrill D. Benson Indiana University
Julian D. Gillmore
Julian D. Gillmore University College London
Claudio Rapezzi
Claudio Rapezzi University of Ferrara
Robert A. Kyle
Robert A. Kyle Mayo Clinic
Catherine Klersy
Catherine Klersy University of Pavia

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