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Gian Marco Ghiggeri

Gian Marco Ghiggeri

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
24937
World Ranking
17054
National Ranking
683

Gian Marco Ghiggeri 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 Gian Marco Ghiggeri sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 519 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gian Marco Ghiggeri 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 Gian Marco Ghiggeri sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

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

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

Overview

Gian Marco Ghiggeri is affiliated with the Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Italy and has made contributions primarily in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Nephrology. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research centers around several key topics:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Renal and related cancers

Frequent collaborators have included:

  • Andrea Angeletti
  • Francesca Lugani
  • Enrico Verrina
  • Maurizio Bruschi
  • Gianluca Caridi

Publication venues where their work has appeared most often include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • JAMA Pediatrics

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Rituximab or Cyclophosphamide in the Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy: The RI-CYCLO Randomized Trial" (2021) published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • "Genome-wide association analyses define pathogenic signaling pathways and prioritize drug targets for IgA nephropathy" (2023) published in Nature Genetics
  • "MicroRaman spectroscopy detects the presence of microplastics in human urine and kidney tissue" (2024) published in Environment International
  • "Autoantibody-mediated impairment of DNASE1L3 activity in sporadic systemic lupus erythematosus" (2021) published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for IgA nephropathy

    Ali G Gharavi;Krzysztof Kiryluk;Murim Choi;Yifu Li

  • Discovery of new risk loci for IgA nephropathy implicates genes involved in immunity against intestinal pathogens

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Francesco Scolari;Simone Sanna-Cherchi

  • IgA nephropathy, the most common cause of glomerulonephritis, is linked to 6q22-23.

    Ali G. Gharavi;Ali G. Gharavi;Yan Yan;Francesco Scolari;F. Paolo Schena

  • Renal outcome in patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

    Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Pietro Ravani;Valentina Corbani;Stefano Parodi

  • Prevalence of Mutations in Renal Developmental Genes in Children with Renal Hypodysplasia: Results of the ESCAPE Study

    Stefanie Weber;Vincent Moriniere;Tanja Knüppel;Marina Charbit

  • Mutations in MYH9 result in the May-Hegglin anomaly, and Fechtner and Sebastian syndromes. The May-Heggllin/Fechtner Syndrome Consortium.

    Seri M;Cusano R;Gangarossa S;Caridi G

  • COQ2 Nephropathy: A Newly Described Inherited Mitochondriopathy with Primary Renal Involvement

    Francesca Diomedi-Camassei;Silvia Di Giandomenico;Filippo M. Santorelli;Gianluca Caridi

  • The rediscovery of uromodulin (Tamm–Horsfall protein): from tubulointerstitial nephropathy to chronic kidney disease

    Luca Rampoldi;Francesco Scolari;Antonio Amoroso;GianMarco Ghiggeri

  • MYH9-Related Disease: May-Hegglin Anomaly, Sebastian Syndrome, Fechtner Syndrome, and Epstein Syndrome Are not Distinct Entities but Represent a Variable Expression of a Single Illness

    Marco Seri;Alessandro Pecci;Filomena Di Bari;Roberto Cusano

  • Autoimmunity in Membranous Nephropathy Targets Aldose Reductase and SOD2

    Marco Prunotto;Maria Luisa Carnevali;Giovanni Candiano;Corrado Murtas

  • Circulating suPAR in Two Cohorts of Primary FSGS

    Changli Wei;Howard Trachtman;Jing Li;Chuanhui Dong

  • Allelism of MCKD, FJHN and GCKD caused by impairment of uromodulin export dynamics

    Luca Rampoldi;Gianluca Caridi;Daniela Santon;Francesca Boaretto

  • Copy-Number Disorders Are a Common Cause of Congenital Kidney Malformations

    Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Krzysztof Kiryluk;Katelyn E. Burgess;Monica Bodria

  • Prevalence, Genetics, and Clinical Features of Patients Carrying Podocin Mutations in Steroid-Resistant Nonfamilial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

    Gianluca Caridi;Roberta Bertelli;Alba Carrea;Marco Di Duca

  • Short-Term Effects of Rituximab in Children with Steroid- and Calcineurin-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Pietro Ravani;Alberto Magnasco;Alberto Edefonti;Luisa Murer

  • Broadening the Spectrum of Diseases Related to Podocin Mutations

    Gianluca Caridi;Roberta Bertelli;Marco Di Duca;Monica Dagnino

  • SIX2 and BMP4 Mutations Associate With Anomalous Kidney Development

    Stefanie Weber;Jaclyn C. Taylor;Paul Winyard;Kari F. Baker

  • Prediction and treatment of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after renal transplantation in children

    Roberto Dall'Amico;GianMarco Ghiggeri;Michele Carraro;Mary Artero

  • AHI1 is required for photoreceptor outer segment development and is a modifier for retinal degeneration in nephronophthisis

    Carrie M. Louie;Gianluca Caridi;Vanda S. Lopes;Vanda S. Lopes;Francesco Brancati

  • The copy number variation landscape of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

    Miguel Verbitsky;Rik Westland;Alejandra Perez;Krzysztof Kiryluk

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali G. Gharavi
Ali G. Gharavi Columbia University
Loreto Gesualdo
Loreto Gesualdo University of Bari Aldo Moro
Antonio Amoroso
Antonio Amoroso University of Turin
Roberto Ravazzolo
Roberto Ravazzolo University of Genoa
Pier Giorgio Righetti
Pier Giorgio Righetti Polytechnic University of Milan
Andrea Urbani
Andrea Urbani University of Padua
Paola Migliorini
Paola Migliorini University of Pisa
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Marco Seri
Marco Seri University of Bologna
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Friedhelm Hildebrandt Boston Children's Hospital

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