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Giuseppe Viglietto

Giuseppe Viglietto

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14253
World Ranking
10223
National Ranking
288

Giuseppe Viglietto publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giuseppe Viglietto sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 183 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Giuseppe Viglietto D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giuseppe Viglietto sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giuseppe Viglietto is affiliated with Magna Graecia University in Italy and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cancer Research, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Oncology.

Viglietto's research topics focus on areas such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, multiple myeloma research and treatments, mitochondrial function and pathology, cancer-related hypoxia and metabolism, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a range of research interests and contributions across several high-impact venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mouse Models Show Different Functional, Cellular and Molecular Patterns of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Atrial myxomas arise from multipotent cardiac stem cells (2020), published in European Heart Journal
  • From Spheroids to Organoids: The Next Generation of Model Systems of Human Cardiac Regeneration in a Dish (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction at the crossroad of cardiovascular diseases and cancer (2023), published in Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Design and Characterization of Glyceryl Monooleate-Nanostructures Containing Doxorubicin Hydrochloride (2020), published in Pharmaceutics

The most frequent coauthors working alongside Viglietto include Carmela De Marco, Maria Eugenia Gallo Cantafio, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Francesco Costanzo, and Nicola Amodio, with collaboration counts ranging from 12 to 18 publications each.

Viglietto commonly publishes in several key venues such as Journal of Translational Medicine, Cancers, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomedicines, and BMC Infectious Diseases, reflecting a multi-disciplinary approach to medical and molecular biology research.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a human placenta cDNA coding for a protein related to the vascular permeability factor.

    D Maglione;V Guerriero;G Viglietto;P Delli-Bovi

  • Cytoplasmic relocalization and inhibition of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 Kip1 by PKB/Akt-mediated phosphorylation in breast cancer

    Giuseppe Viglietto;Maria Letizia Motti;Paola Bruni;Rosa Marina Melillo

  • Adult c-kitpos Cardiac Stem Cells Are Necessary and Sufficient for Functional Cardiac Regeneration and Repair

    Georgina M. Ellison;Carla Vicinanza;Carla Vicinanza;Andrew J. Smith;Iolanda Aquila

  • Two alternative mRNAs coding for the angiogenic factor, placenta growth factor (PlGF), are transcribed from a single gene of chromosome 14.

    Maglione D;Guerriero;Viglietto G;Ferraro Mg

  • Placenta growth factor-1 is chemotactic, mitogenic, and angiogenic

    Marina Ziche;D. Maglione;D. Ribatti;Lucia Morbidelli

  • High prevalence of RET/PTC rearrangements in Ukrainian and Belarussian post-Chernobyl thyroid papillary carcinomas: a strong correlation between RET/PTC3 and the solid-follicular variant.

    G. A. Thomas;H. Bunnell;H. A. Cook;E. D. Williams

  • RET/PTC oncogene activation is an early event in thyroid carcinogenesis

    Viglietto G;Chiappetta G;Martinez-Tello Fj;Fukunaga Fh

  • The role of CD133 in the identification and characterisation of tumour-initiating cells in non-small-cell lung cancer

    Virginia Tirino;Rosa Camerlingo;Renato Franco;Donatella Malanga

  • Upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and downregulation of placenta growth factor (PlGF) associated with malignancy in human thyroid tumors and cell lines.

    G Viglietto;D Maglione;M Rambaldi;J Cerutti

  • Structural analysis of the X-linked gene encoding human glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

    G. Martini;D. Toniolo;T. Vulliamy;L. Luzzatto

  • Identification of a Novel Sarcoglycan Gene at 5q33 Encoding a Sarcolemmal 35 kDa Glycoprotein

    Vincenzo Nigro;Giulio Piluso;Angela Belsito;Luisa Politano

  • Activating E17K mutation in the gene encoding the protein kinase AKT1 in a subset of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

    Donatella Malanga;Marianna Scrima;Carmela De Marco;Fernanda Fabiani

  • Neoplastic transformation of rat thyroid cells requires the junB and fra‐1 gene induction which is dependent on the HMGI‐C gene product

    Daniela Vallone;Sabrina Battista;Giovanna Maria Pierantoni;Monica Fedele

  • PTEN expression is reduced in a subset of sporadic thyroid carcinomas: evidence that PTEN-growth suppressing activity in thyroid cancer cells mediated by p27kip1.

    Paola Bruni;Angelo Boccia;Gustavo Baldassarre;Francesco Trapasso

  • The MEK/MAPK pathway is involved in the resistance of breast cancer cells to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib

    Nicola Normanno;Antonella De Luca;Monica R. Maiello;Manuela Campiglio

  • Human colorectal carcinomas express high levels of high mobility group HMGI(Y) proteins.

    Monica Fedele;Antonella Bandiera;Gennaro Chiappetta;Sabrina Battista

  • Understanding p27(kip1) deregulation in cancer: down-regulation or mislocalization.

    Giuseppe Viglietto;Maria Letizia Motti;Alfredo Fusco

  • Overexpressed cyclin D3 contributes to retaining the growth inhibitor p27 in the cytoplasm of thyroid tumor cells

    Gustavo Baldassarre;Barbara Belletti;Paola Bruni;Angelo Boccia

  • Transgenic mice overexpressing the wild-type form of the HMGA1 gene develop mixed growth hormone/prolactin cell pituitary adenomas and natural killer cell lymphomas.

    Monica Fedele;Francesca Pentimalli;Gustavo Baldassarre;Sabrina Battista

  • Oncogenic Role of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase NEDD4-1, a PTEN Negative Regulator, in Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinomas

    Nicola Amodio;Marianna Scrima;Lucia Palaia;Ali Naeem Salman

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfredo Fusco
Alfredo Fusco University of Naples Federico II
Monica Fedele
Monica Fedele National Research Council (CNR)
Paola Bruni
Paola Bruni University of Florence
Massimo Santoro
Massimo Santoro University of Padua
Massimo Santoro
Massimo Santoro University of Naples Federico II
Renato Franco
Renato Franco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Lorenzo Chiariotti
Lorenzo Chiariotti University of Naples Federico II
Alessandro Weisz
Alessandro Weisz University of Salerno
Carlo M. Croce
Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University
Gennaro Ciliberto
Gennaro Ciliberto Magna Graecia University

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