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Mariagrazia Pizza publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mariagrazia Pizza sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 476 publications — 94th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Mariagrazia Pizza D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mariagrazia Pizza sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mariagrazia Pizza is a researcher affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of particular focus include Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Escherichia coli research studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • npj Vaccines

Recent papers authored by Mariagrazia Pizza comprise:

  • Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Vaccines Against Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Vaccinology in the post−COVID-19 era, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • GMMA-Based Vaccines: The Known and The Unknown, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals, 2024, Cell

Mariagrazia Pizza has frequently collaborated with researchers including Rino Rappuoli, Alessia Biolchi, Omar Rossi, Sara Tomei, and Rafik Bekkat-Berkani.

In addition to articles, their work extends to book publications, with a title published by Frontiers Media:

  • Le coronavirus et ces microbes qu'il nous faut combattre, première édition, 2022

Mariagrazia Pizza was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Identification of vaccine candidates against serogroup B meningococcus by whole-genome sequencing.

    M Pizza;[No Value] Scarlato;[No Value] Masignani;MM Giuliani

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Strain MC58

    Hervé Tettelin;Nigel J. Saunders;John Heidelberg;Alex C. Jeffries

  • A universal vaccine for serogroup B meningococcus

    Marzia M. Giuliani;Jeannette Adu-Bobie;Maurizio Comanducci;Beatrice Aricò

  • NadA, a Novel Vaccine Candidate of Neisseria meningitidis

    Maurizio Comanducci;Stefania Bambini;Brunella Brunelli;Jeannette Adu-Bobie

  • Vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis Using Three Variants of the Lipoprotein GNA1870

    Vega Masignani;Maurizio Comanducci;Marzia Monica Giuliani;Stefania Bambini

  • The Adjuvants Aluminum Hydroxide and MF59 Induce Monocyte and Granulocyte Chemoattractants and Enhance Monocyte Differentiation toward Dendritic Cells

    Anja Seubert;Elisabetta Monaci;Mariagrazia Pizza;Derek T. O’Hagan

  • Mutants of pertussis toxin suitable for vaccine development

    Mariagrazia Pizza;Antonio Covacci;Antonella Bartoloni;Maria Perugini

  • Mucosal Adjuvanticity and Immunogenicity of LTR72, a Novel Mutant of Escherichia coli Heat-labile Enterotoxin with Partial Knockout of ADP-ribosyltransferase Activity

    Marzia Monica Giuliani;Giuseppe Del Giudice;Valentina Giannelli;Gordon Dougan

  • Mucosal vaccines: non toxic derivatives of LT and CT as mucosal adjuvants.

    M. Pizza;M.M. Giuliani;M.R. Fontana;E. Monaci

  • Vaccines, new opportunities for a new society

    Rino Rappuoli;Mariagrazia Pizza;Giuseppe Del Giudice;Ennio De Gregorio

  • Qualitative and quantitative assessment of meningococcal antigens to evaluate the potential strain coverage of protein-based vaccines

    John Donnelly;Ducci O. Medini;Giusepp E. Boccadifuoco;Alessia Biolchi

  • Mutants of Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin lacking ADP-ribosyltransferase activity act as nontoxic, mucosal adjuvants.

    G Douce;C Turcotte;I Cropley;M Roberts

  • Predicted strain coverage of a meningococcal multicomponent vaccine (4CMenB) in Europe: a qualitative and quantitative assessment

    Ulrich Vogel;Muhamed-Kheir Taha;Julio A Vazquez;Jamie Findlow

  • Structure and mucosal adjuvanticity of cholera and Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxins

    Rino Rappuoli;Mariagrazia Pizza;Gillian Douce;Gordon Dougan

  • Neisseria meningitidis NadA is a new invasin which promotes bacterial adhesion to and penetration into human epithelial cells

    Barbara Capecchi;Jeannette Adu-Bobie;Federica Di Marcello;Laura Ciucchi

  • Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Danilo Gomes Moriel;Isabella Bertoldi;Angela Spagnuolo;Sara Marchi

  • CD81 Is a Central Regulator of Cellular Events Required for Hepatitis C Virus Infection of Human Hepatocytes

    Michela Brazzoli;Alessia Bianchi;Sara Filippini;Amy Weiner

  • Protection against Helicobacter pylori infection in mice by intragastric vaccination with H. pylori antigens is achieved using a non-toxic mutant of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) as adjuvant

    Marta Marchetti;Michela Rossi;Valentina Giannelli;Marzia M. Giuliani

  • Intranasal immunogenicity and adjuvanticity of site-directed mutant derivatives of cholera toxin.

    Gill Douce;Mariarita Fontana;Mariagrazia Pizza;Rino Rappuoli

  • Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans

    Davide Serruto;Tiziana Spadafina;Laura Ciucchi;Lisa A. Lewis

  • Reverse vaccinology: a genome-based approach for vaccine development.

    Vega Masignani;Rino Rappuoli;Mariagrazia Pizza

Frequent Co-Authors

Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli Imperial College London
Marzia Monica Giuliani
Marzia Monica Giuliani GlaxoSmithKline (Italy)
Maurizio Comanducci
Maurizio Comanducci Novartis (Switzerland)
Guido Grandi
Guido Grandi University of Trento
Gordon Dougan
Gordon Dougan University of Cambridge
Hervé Tettelin
Hervé Tettelin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Antonello Covacci
Antonello Covacci Novartis (Switzerland)
Kate L. Seib
Kate L. Seib Griffith University
Mickaël Desvaux
Mickaël Desvaux University of Clermont Auvergne
Lucia Banci
Lucia Banci University of Florence

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