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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 114 4740 4448 59 57 733 47428

Luigi Terracciano publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luigi Terracciano between 1952 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luigi Terracciano published across 74 years, from 1952 to 2025, averaging 13.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 131 publications in 2023. 63 of the 982 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1952 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 131. Peak 131 publications in 2023. 1952: 1 publication 1953: 0 publications 1954: 0 publications 1955: 0 publications 1956: 0 publications 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 16 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 45 publications 2008: 42 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 50 publications 2011: 38 publications 2012: 42 publications 2013: 34 publications 2014: 58 publications 2015: 37 publications 2016: 45 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 36 publications 2019: 29 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 36 publications 2022: 69 publications 2023: 131 publications 2024: 43 publications 2025: 20 publications
1952 2025

982 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luigi Terracciano: publications per year, 1952 to 2025
Year Publications
1952 1
1953 0
1954 0
1955 0
1956 0
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 1
1992 4
1993 2
1994 4
1995 5
1996 3
1997 1
1998 3
1999 7
2000 9
2001 16
2002 15
2003 21
2004 19
2005 11
2006 19
2007 45
2008 42
2009 29
2010 50
2011 38
2012 42
2013 34
2014 58
2015 37
2016 45
2017 30
2018 36
2019 29
2020 25
2021 36
2022 69
2023 131
2024 43
2025 20
Total 982
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Luigi Terracciano 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 Luigi Terracciano sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 721–740 publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 733 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861
401–420 918
421–440 806
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259 733
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100
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Luigi Terracciano 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 Luigi Terracciano sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 114–115 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 399 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
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445
110–111 429
112–113 399
114–115 393 114
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Luigi Terracciano is affiliated with the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to scientific research, primarily within the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans 332 publications in medicine and 146 publications in biochemistry and molecular biology, highlighting a broad expertise in these disciplines.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including liver disease diagnosis and treatment, RNA modifications and cancer, radiopharmaceutical chemistry and applications, ATP synthase and ATPases research, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Hepatic stellate cells suppress NK cell-sustained breast cancer dormancy, 2021, published in Nature
  • Arginine reprograms metabolism in liver cancer via RBM39, 2023, published in Cell
  • Integrative proteogenomic characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma across etiologies and stages, 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • Ubiquitous expression of HBsAg from integrated HBV DNA in patients with low viral load, 2021, published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Consensus recommendations for histological criteria of autoimmune hepatitis from the International AIH Pathology Group, 2022, published in Liver International

Terracciano frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common co-authors include Salvatore Piscuoglio, Caner Ercan, John Gallon, Alex Odermatt, and Luca Di Tommaso, with collaboration counts ranging from 33 to 72 publications each.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 47 publications
  • Journal of Hepatology, 13 publications
  • Cancers, 8 publications
  • World Allergy Organization Journal, 6 publications
  • Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin, 6 publications

Their research spans several subfields with an emphasis on molecular biology, oncology, hepatology, cancer research, and epidemiology. The distribution of publications in these subfields is 87 in molecular biology, 49 in oncology, 46 in hepatology, 44 in cancer research, and 44 in epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) Guidelines

    Alessandro Fiocchi;Jan L Brozek;Holger Schünemann;Sami L Bahna

  • Interferon signaling and treatment outcome in chronic hepatitis C

    Magdalena Sarasin-Filipowicz;Edward J. Oakeley;Francois H. T. Duong;Verena Christen

  • Increased MET Gene Copy Number Negatively Affects Survival of Surgically Resected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients

    Federico Cappuzzo;Antonio Marchetti;Margaret Skokan;Elisa Rossi

  • PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in molecularly selected non-small-cell lung cancer patients.

    A D'Incecco;M. Andreozzi;V. Ludovini;E. Rossi

  • Hepatic mTORC2 activates glycolysis and lipogenesis through Akt, glucokinase, and SREBP1c.

    Asami Hagiwara;Marion Cornu;Nadine Cybulski;Pazit Polak

  • Prevalence of the alternative lengthening of telomeres telomere maintenance mechanism in human cancer subtypes.

    Christopher M. Heaphy;Andrea P. Subhawong;Seung Mo Hong;Michael G. Goggins

  • Identifying and Targeting ROS1 Gene Fusions in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Kurtis D. Davies;Anh T. Le;Mariana F. Theodoro;Margaret C. Skokan

  • World Allergy Organization-McMaster University Guidelines for Allergic Disease Prevention (GLAD-P): Probiotics

    Alessandro Fiocchi;Ruby Pawankar;Carlos Cuello-Garcia;Carlos Cuello-Garcia;Kangmo Ahn

  • Clinical impact of programmed cell death ligand 1 expression in colorectal cancer.

    Raoul A. Droeser;Raoul A. Droeser;Christian Hirt;Christian Hirt;Carsten T. Viehl;Daniel M. Frey

  • World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) Guidelines.

    Fiocchi A;Brozek J;Schünemann H;Bahna Sl

  • Diagnostic value of HSP70, glypican 3, and glutamine synthetase in hepatocellular nodules in cirrhosis.

    Luca Di Tommaso;Giada Franchi;Young Nyun Park;Barbara Fiamengo

  • Frequent high-level expression of the immunotherapeutic target Ep-CAM in colon, stomach, prostate and lung cancers.

    P Went;M Vasei;L Bubendorf;L Terracciano

  • Estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene amplification is frequent in breast cancer.

    Frederik Holst;Phillip R Stahl;Christian Ruiz;Olaf Hellwinkel

  • Long noncoding RNA HOTTIP/HOXA13 expression is associated with disease progression and predicts outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma patients

    Luca Quagliata;Matthias S. Matter;Salvatore Piscuoglio;Salvatore Piscuoglio;Leila Arabi

  • Proliferation, but not growth, blocked by conditional deletion of 40S ribosomal protein S6.

    Siniša Volarević;Mary J. Stewart;Birgit Ledermann;Frederic Zilberman

  • Probiotics for the prevention of allergy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Carlos A. Cuello-Garcia;Carlos A. Cuello-Garcia;Jan L. Brożek;Alessandro Fiocchi;Ruby Pawankar

  • High frequency of tumor‐infiltrating FOXP3+ regulatory T cells predicts improved survival in mismatch repair‐proficient colorectal cancer patients

    Daniel M. Frey;Raoul A. Droeser;Carsten T. Viehl;Inti Zlobec

  • Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA): A summary report

    Alessandro Fiocchi;Holger J. Schünemann;Jan Brozek;Patrizia Restani

  • Prognostic impact of the expression of putative cancer stem cell markers CD133, CD166, CD44s, EpCAM, and ALDH1 in colorectal cancer

    A Lugli;G Iezzi;I Hostettler;M G Muraro

  • Organoid Models of Human Liver Cancers Derived from Tumor Needle Biopsies

    Sandro Nuciforo;Isabel Fofana;Matthias S. Matter;Tanja Blumer

Frequent Co-Authors

Inti Zlobec
Inti Zlobec University of Bern
Alessandro Lugli
Alessandro Lugli University of Bern
Markus H. Heim
Markus H. Heim University Hospital of Basel
Salvatore Piscuoglio
Salvatore Piscuoglio Humanitas University
Giulio C. Spagnoli
Giulio C. Spagnoli University Hospital of Basel
Alessandro Fiocchi
Alessandro Fiocchi Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Ronald Simon
Ronald Simon Universität Hamburg
Charlotte K.Y. Ng
Charlotte K.Y. Ng Humanitas University
Guido Sauter
Guido Sauter Universität Hamburg
Holger Moch
Holger Moch University of Zurich

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