2026 Giovanni Passalacqua: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	86	1246	1133	47	44	570	30238
Medicine	86	14021	13202	532	509	571	30238

Overview

Giovanni Passalacqua is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, with a focus on fields such as Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Dermatology, and Surgery.

The main research topics covered in Passalacqua's work include:

Asthma and respiratory diseases
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
Dermatology and Skin Diseases
Sinusitis and nasal conditions
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Passalacqua has co-authored multiple publications with frequent collaborators such as Diego Bagnasco, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Gianenrico Senna, Enrico Heffler, and Marco Caminati, with whom there are respectively 30, 28, 24, 21, and 16 co-publications documented.

The scientist has published works in several frequent venues, including:

World Allergy Organization Journal
Allergy
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Respiratory Medicine
Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Giovanni Passalacqua feature research topics within allergy, asthma, and respiratory conditions. These include:

IgE allergy diagnostics and other relevant tests in allergy, a World Allergy Organization position paper (2020) - World Allergy Organization Journal
COVID-19, asthma, and biological therapies: What we need to know (2020) - World Allergy Organization Journal
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps impact in severe asthma patients: Evidences from the Severe Asthma Network Italy (SANI) registry (2020) - Respiratory Medicine
Severe Asthma Network Italy Definition of Clinical Remission in Severe Asthma: A Delphi Consensus (2023) - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
Rhinitis associated with asthma is distinct from rhinitis alone: The ARIA-MeDALL hypothesis (2023) - Allergy

Best Publications

Consensus statement * on the treatment of allergic rhinitis

P van Cauwenberge;C Bachert;G Passalacqua;J Bousquet

986
Citations
Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens

J. Bousquet;J. Bousquet;L. Heinzerling;C. Bachert;N. G. Papadopoulos

887
Citations
Sub-Lingual Immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009

G Walter Canonica;Jean Bousquet;Thomas Casale;Richard F Lockey

718
Citations
Sub-lingual immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009.

Canonica Gw;Bousquet J;Casale T;Lockey Rf

675
Citations
Speaking the same language: The World Allergy Organization Subcutaneous Immunotherapy Systemic Reaction Grading System

Linda Cox;Desiree Larenas-Linnemann;Richard F. Lockey;Giovanni Passalacqua

619
Citations
Sublingual immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization position paper 2013 update

Giorgio Walter Canonica;Linda Cox;Ruby Pawankar;Carlos E Baena-Cagnani

592
Citations
Recommendations for standardization of clinical trials with Allergen Specific Immunotherapy for respiratory allergy. A statement of a World Allergy Organization (WAO) taskforce.

G. W. Canonica;C. E. Baena-Cagnani;J. Bousquet;P. J. Bousquet

576
Citations
Next-generation Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines for allergic rhinitis based on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) and real-world evidence

Jean Bousquet;Holger J. Schünemann;Akdis Togias;Claus Bachert

552
Citations
A WAO - ARIA - GA²LEN consensus document on molecular-based allergy diagnostics.

Giorgio Walter Canonica;Ignacio J Ansotegui;Ruby Pawankar;Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier

540
Citations
Long-lasting effect of sublingual immunotherapy in children with asthma due to house dust mite: a 10-year prospective study.

V. Di Rienzo;F. Marcucci;P. Puccinelli;S. Parmiani

507
Citations
IgE allergy diagnostics and other relevant tests in allergy, a World Allergy Organization position paper.

Ignacio J. Ansotegui;Giovanni Melioli;Giorgio Walter Canonica;Luis Caraballo

507
Citations
Long-lasting effects of sublingual immunotherapy according to its duration: A 15-year prospective study

Maurizio Marogna;Igino Spadolini;Alessandro Massolo;Giorgio Walter Canonica

452
Citations
Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma update: allergen immunotherapy.

Giovanni Passalacqua;Stephen R. Durham

447
Citations
Clonal mast cell disorders in patients with systemic reactions to Hymenoptera stings and increased serum tryptase levels

Patrizia Bonadonna;Omar Perbellini;Giovanni Passalacqua;Beatrice Caruso

432
Citations
Efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis in pediatric patients 3 to 18 years of age: a meta-analysis of randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials.

Martin Penagos;Enrico Compalati;Francesco Tarantini;Rodrigo Baena-Cagnani

430
Citations
Noninjection routes for immunotherapy.

Giorgio Walter Canonica;Giovanni Passalacqua

421
Citations
Metaanalysis of the efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic asthma in pediatric patients, 3 to 18 years of age

Martin Penagos;Giovanni Passalacqua;Enrico Compalati;Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani

406
Citations
Randomised controlled trial of local allergoid immunotherapy on allergic inflammation in mite-induced rhinoconjunctivitis

Giovanni Passalacqua;Monica Albano;Laura Fregonese;Annamaria Riccio

342
Citations
Preventive effects of sublingual immunotherapy in childhood: an open randomized controlled study.

Maurizio Marogna;Dante Tomassetti;Antonella Bernasconi;Fausto Colombo

331
Citations
GA2LEN/EAACI pocket guide for allergen-specific immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis and asthma

T. Zuberbier;C. Bachert;P. J. Bousquet;G. Passalacqua

328
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Walter Canonica Humanitas University

Gianenrico Senna University of Verona

Patrizia Bonadonna University of Verona

Jean Bousquet University of Montpellier

Giorgio Ciprandi University of Genoa

Pascal Demoly University of Montpellier

Enrico Heffler Humanitas University

Giovanni Battista Pajno University of Messina

Ruby Pawankar Nippon Medical School

Claus Bachert Karolinska Institute

External Links

Personal website of Giovanni Passalacqua

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