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Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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Medicine
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
53539
World Ranking
3751
National Ranking
107

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai 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 Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,001 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai 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 Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has a primary focus on the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research portfolio includes 1068 publications in medicine, among which 431 are concentrated specifically in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Other significant subfields include Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research topics cover a broad range of cardiovascular and related medical issues. Notable areas of focus include:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Biondi-Zoccai has contributed to research papers published in several frequent venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  • Minerva Cardiology and Angiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Giacomo Frati, Francesco Versaci, Arturo Giordano, Luigi Spadafora, and Marco Bernardi.

Some recent notable publications include:

  • "Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Stent-Related Adverse Events >1 Year After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Machine learning-based prediction of adverse events following an acute coronary syndrome (PRAISE): a modelling study of pooled datasets," 2021, The Lancet
  • "COVID-19 in Europe: the Italian lesson," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Interleukin-1 Blockade Inhibits the Acute Inflammatory Response in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction," 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Elissa Driggin;Mahesh V. Madhavan;Behnood Bikdeli;Taylor Chuich

  • Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures; Systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

    Pierfrancesco Agostoni;Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai;M.Luisa De Benedictis;Stefano Rigattieri

  • Stent thrombosis with drug-eluting and bare-metal stents: evidence from a comprehensive network meta-analysis

    Tullio Palmerini;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Diego Della Riva;Christoph Stettler

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis on the hazards of discontinuing or not adhering to aspirin among 50,279 patients at risk for coronary artery disease.

    Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai;Marzia Lotrionte;Pierfrancesco Agostoni;Antonio Abbate

  • Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome The RIFLE-STEACS (Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) Study

    Enrico Romagnoli;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Alessandro Sciahbasi;Luigi Politi

  • Impact of intracoronary cell therapy on left ventricular function in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: a collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.

    Michael J. Lipinski;Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai;Antonio Abbate;Reena Khianey

  • Diagnostic performance of multislice spiral computed tomography of coronary arteries as compared with conventional invasive coronary angiography: a meta-analysis

    Michèle Hamon;Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai;Patrizia Malagutti;Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  • A meta-analysis of complications and mortality of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    Alberto Zangrillo;Giovanni Landoni;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Massimiliano Greco

  • Long-term safety of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents: Evidence from a comprehensive network meta-analysis

    Tullio Palmerini;Umberto Benedetto;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Diego Della Riva

  • Radial-artery or saphenous-vein grafts in coronary-artery bypass surgery

    Mario Gaudino;Umberto Benedetto;Stephen Fremes;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  • Mortality in patients treated with extended duration dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation: a pairwise and Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Tullio Palmerini;Umberto Benedetto;Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani;Diego Della Riva

  • Manual Thrombus-Aspiration Improves Myocardial Reperfusion: The Randomized Evaluation of the Effect of Mechanical Reduction of Distal Embolization by Thrombus-Aspiration in Primary and Rescue Angioplasty (REMEDIA) Trial

    Francesco Burzotta;Carlo Trani;Enrico Romagnoli;Mario Attilio Mazzari

  • Effects of interleukin-1 blockade with anakinra on adverse cardiac remodeling and heart failure after acute myocardial infarction [from the Virginia Commonwealth University-Anakinra Remodeling Trial (2) (VCU-ART2) pilot study].

    Antonio Abbate;Benjamin Wallace Van Tassell;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Michael Christopher Kontos

  • Desflurane and Sevoflurane in Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

    Giovanni Landoni;Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai;Alberto Zangrillo;Elena Bignami

  • Angiography alone versus angiography plus optical coherence tomography to guide decision-making during percutaneous coronary intervention: The Centro per la Lotta contro l'Infarto-Optimisation of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CLI-OPCI) study

    Francesco Prati;Luca Di Vito;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Michele Occhipinti

  • Anakinra, a Recombinant Human Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist, Inhibits Apoptosis in Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Antonio Abbate;Fadi N. Salloum;Elena Vecile;Anindita Das

  • Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons Reduce Restenosis After Femoro-Popliteal Angioplasty Evidence From the Randomized PACIFIER Trial

    Michael Werk;Thomas Albrecht;Dirk Roelfs Meyer;Mohammed Nabil Ahmed

  • Atherothrombosis, inflammation, and diabetes.

    Giuseppe G.L Biondi-Zoccai;Antonio Abbate;Giovanna Liuzzo;Luigi M Biasucci

  • Acute Impact of Tobacco vs Electronic Cigarette Smoking on Oxidative Stress and Vascular Function

    Roberto Carnevale;Sebastiano Sciarretta;Francesco Violi;Cristina Nocella

  • A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

    Giuseppe Crescenzi;Giovanni Landoni;Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai;Federico Pappalardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Abbate
Antonio Abbate University of Virginia
Giuseppe Sangiorgi
Giuseppe Sangiorgi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Fiorenzo Gaita
Fiorenzo Gaita University of Turin
Giovanni Landoni
Giovanni Landoni Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Antonio Colombo
Antonio Colombo Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS
Alberto Zangrillo
Alberto Zangrillo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Filippo Crea
Filippo Crea Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Marco Valgimigli
Marco Valgimigli University of Bern
Alfonso Baldi
Alfonso Baldi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Alaide Chieffo
Alaide Chieffo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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