World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Medicine
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
47428
World Ranking
4740
National Ranking
59

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.

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: 611 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 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.

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.

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: 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.

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

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

The journey to a medical career in the USA doesn’t always mean following the traditional path of medical school. Today, there are a variety of online degrees and certifications that offer accessible entry points and career advancement for healthcare professionals.

Those interested in administrative roles might consider online medical billing and coding courses. These programs provide valuable skills for managing medical records, billing processes, and healthcare compliance—all from home.

For individuals aiming for clinical practice, nurse practitioner programs represent a flexible option to become advanced practice providers. Additionally, registered nurses and new students can further their education through online nursing courses, supporting career growth and specialization.

Professionals who aspire to leadership or academia may pursue a phd in nursing online programs, which offer advanced research and teaching opportunities.

Exploring these flexible online pathways can help you shape a rewarding healthcare career beyond traditional MD programs.

Best Scientists Citing Luigi Terracciano

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles