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Massimo Ciccozzi 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 Massimo Ciccozzi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 470 publications — 94th percentile

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

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

Massimo Ciccozzi 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 Massimo Ciccozzi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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
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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Massimo Ciccozzi is affiliated with Università Campus Bio-Medico in Italy and has a significant body of work primarily focused on medical and infectious disease research. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a notable emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 studies.

The primary field of study for Ciccozzi is Medicine, with 647 publications, and within this broad area, important subfields include Infectious Diseases (302 publications), Epidemiology (92 publications), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (61 publications), Molecular Biology (56 publications), and Modeling and Simulation (38 publications).

Ciccozzi's main research topics cover a range of viral and epidemiological subjects, as reflected by their significant number of publications on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (218 publications), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (100 publications), and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (76 publications). Other important topics they have contributed to include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (66 publications), Viral Infections and Vectors (60 publications), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (54 publications), and Animal Virus Infections Studies (54 publications).

Notable recent papers from Ciccozzi's collaborative network include:

  • "The COVID-19 pandemic", 2020, published in Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • "Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutation hot spots include a novel RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase variant", 2020, published in Journal of Translational Medicine
  • "Application of the ARIMA model on the COVID-2019 epidemic dataset", 2020, published in Data in Brief
  • "The 2019-new coronavirus epidemic: Evidence for virus evolution", 2020, published in Journal of Medical Virology
  • "COVID-2019: The role of the nsp2 and nsp3 in its pathogenesis", 2020, published in Journal of Medical Virology

Ciccozzi frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Medical Virology, Infectious Diseases, Viruses, Pathogens, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Among these, the Journal of Medical Virology stands out as the venue with the highest number of publications (54).

Collaboration has been a consistent element of their work, with frequent co-authors including Marta Giovanetti, Fabio Scarpa, Francesco Branda, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, and Silvia Angeletti. The co-author relationships reflect a strong network within the infectious diseases research community.

Best Publications

  • The COVID-19 pandemic

    Marco Ciotti;Massimo Ciccozzi;Alessandro Terrinoni;Wen Can Jiang

  • Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutation hot spots include a novel RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase variant.

    Maria Pachetti;Maria Pachetti;Bruna Marini;Francesca Benedetti;Fabiola Giudici

  • The 2019-new coronavirus epidemic: Evidence for virus evolution.

    Domenico Benvenuto;Marta Giovanetti;Alessandra Ciccozzi;Silvia Spoto

  • Application of the ARIMA model on the COVID-2019 epidemic dataset

    Domenico Benvenuto;Marta Giovanetti;Lazzaro Vassallo;Silvia Angeletti

  • COVID-19 Outbreak: An Overview.

    Marco Ciotti;Silvia Angeletti;Marilena Minieri;Marta Giovannetti

  • COVID-2019: The role of the nsp2 and nsp3 in its pathogenesis.

    Silvia Angeletti;Domenico Benvenuto;Martina Bianchi;Marta Giovanetti

  • The first two cases of 2019-nCoV in Italy: Where they come from?

    Marta Giovanetti;Domenico Benvenuto;Silvia Angeletti;Massimo Ciccozzi

  • Evolutionary analysis of SARS-CoV-2: how mutation of Non-Structural Protein 6 (NSP6) could affect viral autophagy.

    Domenico Benvenuto;Silvia Angeletti;Marta Giovanetti;Martina Bianchi

  • Analysis of the ORFK1 hypervariable regions reveal distinct HHV-8 clustering in Kaposi’s sarcoma and non-Kaposi’s cases

    Paola Cordiali-Fei;Elisabetta Trento;Marta Giovanetti;Alessandra Lo Presti

  • Fecal and Mucosal Microbiota Profiling in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

    Alessandra Lo Presti;Francesca Zorzi;Federica Del Chierico;Annamaria Altomare

  • The global spread of 2019-nCoV: a molecular evolutionary analysis.

    Domenico Benvenuto;Marta Giovanetti;Marco Salemi;Mattia Prosperi

  • Evolution patterns of SARS-CoV-2: Snapshot on its genome variants.

    Marta Giovanetti;Francesca Benedetti;Giovanni Campisi;Alessandra Ciccozzi

  • Sars-CoV-2 Envelope and Membrane Proteins: Structural Differences Linked to Virus Characteristics?

    Martina Bianchi;Domenico Benvenuto;Marta Giovanetti;Silvia Angeletti

  • Elevated aspartic proteinase secretion and experimental pathogenicity of Candida albicans isolates from oral cavities of subjects infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

    F De Bernardis;P Chiani;M Ciccozzi;G Pellegrini

  • A novel methodology for large-scale phylogeny partition

    Mattia C.F. Prosperi;Massimo Ciccozzi;Iuri Fanti;Francesco Saladini

  • The Presence of Anti-Tat Antibodies Is Predictive of Long-Term Nonprogression to AIDS or Severe Immunodeficiency: Findings in a Cohort of HIV-1 Seroconverters

    Giovanni Rezza;Valeria Fiorelli;Maria Dorrucci;Massimo Ciccozzi

  • Chikungunya virus, epidemiology, clinics and phylogenesis: A review.

    Alessandra Lo Presti;Alessia Lai;Eleonora Cella;Gianguglielmo Zehender

  • Inactivation of Hepatitis A virus in heat-treated mussels

    L. Croci;M. Ciccozzi;D. De Medici;S. Di Pasquale

  • Molecular epidemiology: HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak

    Tulio de Oliveira;Oliver G. Pybus;Andrew Rambaut;Marco Salemi

  • The impact of the hepatitis B mass immunisation campaign on the incidence and risk factors of acute hepatitis B in Italy.

    Tommaso Stroffolini;Alfonso Mele;Maria Elena Tosti;Giovanni Gallo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Giovanetti
Marta Giovanetti University of Rome Tor Vergata
Carlo Federico Perno
Carlo Federico Perno University of Milan
Giovanni Rezza
Giovanni Rezza Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Marco Salemi
Marco Salemi University of Florida
Massimo Galli
Massimo Galli University of Milan
Evangelista Sagnelli
Evangelista Sagnelli University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Lorenza Putignani
Lorenza Putignani Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences
Claudia Balotta
Claudia Balotta University of Milan
Andrea De Luca
Andrea De Luca University of Siena

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