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Manuela Merli 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 Manuela Merli sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 521 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Manuela Merli 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 Manuela Merli sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Manuela Merli is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant specialization in hepatology. Additional areas of study encompass epidemiology, physiology, surgery, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's work covers key topics including:

  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Manuela Merli has published extensively, contributing notably to several scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • JHEP Reports
  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Their recent papers reflect a focus on liver disease, clinical outcomes, and nutrition. Sample publications include:

  • The PREDICT study uncovers three clinical courses of acutely decompensated cirrhosis that have distinct pathophysiology (2020), Journal of Hepatology
  • Sarcopenia and frailty in decompensated cirrhosis (2021), Journal of Hepatology
  • ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical nutrition in liver disease (2020), Clinical Nutrition
  • PREDICT identifies precipitating events associated with the clinical course of acutely decompensated cirrhosis (2020), Journal of Hepatology
  • Hepatic encephalopathy (2022), Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Manuela Merli collaborates frequently with several researchers. Among the most common co-authors are:

  • Simone Di Cola
  • Lucia Lapenna
  • Stefania Gioia
  • Silvia Nardelli
  • Oliviero Riggio

Best Publications

  • EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on nutrition in chronic liver disease

    Manuela Merli;Annalisa Berzigotti;Shira Zelber-Sagi;Srinivasan Dasarathy

  • Incidence and natural history of small esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients.

    Manuela Merli;Giorgia Nicolini;Stefania Angeloni;Vittorio Rinaldi

  • Nutritional supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in advanced cirrhosis: a double-blind, randomized trial.

    Giulio Marchesini;Giampaolo Bianchi;Manuela Merli;Piero Amodio

  • Factors associated with poor health-related quality of life of patients with cirrhosis

    Giulio Marchesini;Giampaolo Bianchi;Piero Amodio;Francesco Salerno

  • ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in liver disease.

    Mathias Plauth;William Bernal;Srinivasan Dasarathy;Manuela Merli

  • Sarcopenia from mechanism to diagnosis and treatment in liver disease

    Srinivasan Dasarathy;Manuela Merli

  • The PREDICT study uncovers three clinical courses of acutely decompensated cirrhosis that have distinct pathophysiology.

    Jonel Trebicka;Javier Fernandez;Maria Papp;Paolo Caraceni

  • Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial.

    Paolo Caraceni;Oliviero Riggio;Paolo Angeli;Carlo Alessandria

  • Randomized controlled study of TIPS versus paracentesis plus albumin in cirrhosis with severe ascites.

    Francesco Salerno;Manuela Merli;Oliviero Riggio;Massimo Cazzaniga

  • Does malnutrition affect survival in cirrhosis? PINC (Policentrica Italiana Nutrizione Cirrosi).

    M Merli;O Riggio;L Dally

  • Epidemiology and Effects of Bacterial Infections in Patients With Cirrhosis Worldwide

    Salvatore Piano;Virendra Singh;Paolo Caraceni;Rakhi Maiwall

  • Does malnutrition affect survival in cirrhosis

    Manuela Merli;Oliviero Riggio;Leonard Dally

  • Cirrhotic patients are at risk for health care-associated bacterial infections.

    Manuela Merli;Cristina Lucidi;Valerio Giannelli;Michela Giusto

  • MELD score is better than Child-Pugh score in predicting 3-month survival of patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

    Francesco Salerno;Manuela Merli;Massimo Cazzaniga;Valentina Valeriano

  • Terlipressin plus albumin versus midodrine and octreotide plus albumin in the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome: A randomized trial.

    Marta Cavallin;Patrick S. Kamath;Manuela Merli;Silvano Fasolato

  • Alpha-SMA expression in hepatic stellate cells and quantitative analysis of hepatic fibrosis in cirrhosis and in recurrent chronic hepatitis after liver transplantation.

    G. Carpino;S. Morini;S. Ginanni Corradini;A. Franchitto

  • Adefovir dipivoxil for wait-listed and post-liver transplantation patients with lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B: final long-term results.

    Eugene Schiff;Cjing Lung Lai;Stephanos Hadziyannis;Peter Nuehaus

  • Nutritional status: its influence on the outcome of patients undergoing liver transplantation.

    Manuela Merli;Michela Giusto;Federica Gentili;Gilnardo Novelli

  • Incidence, natural history, and risk factors of hepatic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent grafts.

    Oliviero Riggio;Stefania Angeloni;Filippo Maria Salvatori;Adriano De Santis

  • Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and with acute-on-chronic liver failure in Europe.

    Javier J.M. Fernández;Verónica Prado;Jonel Trebicka;Alex Amoros

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Molinaro
Antonio Molinaro University of Naples Federico II
Mario Venditti
Mario Venditti Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Angeli
Paolo Angeli University of Padua
Eugenio Gaudio
Eugenio Gaudio Sapienza University of Rome
Alexander L. Gerbes
Alexander L. Gerbes Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patrizia Burra
Patrizia Burra University of Padua
Jonel Trebicka
Jonel Trebicka University Hospital of Münster
Antonio Gasbarrini
Antonio Gasbarrini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Mauro Bernardi
Mauro Bernardi University of Bologna
François Durand
François Durand Université Paris Cité

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