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Paolo Boffetta 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 Paolo Boffetta sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,560 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paolo Boffetta 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 Paolo Boffetta 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: 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 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 198 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Paolo Boffetta is affiliated with Stony Brook Medicine in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Oncology. Their research spans various subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Surgery.

The major topics covered in their work include Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Boffetta has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Progress in cancer mortality, incidence, and survival: a global overview (2020), published in European Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Molecular characterisation of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (2021), published in Journal of Hepatology
  • Association of Sleep Duration With All- and Major-Cause Mortality Among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea (2021), published in JAMA Network Open
  • SCLC: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Genetic Susceptibility, Molecular Pathology, Screening, and Early Detection (2022), published in Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2021 with focus on pancreatic and female lung cancer (2021), published in Annals of Oncology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Carlo La Vecchia, Giulia Collatuzzo, Eva Negri, Zuo-Feng Zhang, and Paul Brennan.

Boffetta's work is found in several recurring publication venues such as UNC Libraries, European Journal of Cancer Prevention, La Medicina del lavoro, International Journal of Cancer, and Cancers, reflecting a broad dissemination across notable journals in cancer and occupational health research.

Best Publications

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality-a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Dagfinn Aune;Dagfinn Aune;Edward Giovannucci;Edward Giovannucci;Paolo Boffetta;Lars T. Fadnes

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Shu Chun Chuang;Stefania Boccia

  • Cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Paolo Boffetta;Nadia Jourenkova;Per Gustavsson

  • Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose-response meta-analysis

    V Bagnardi;M Rota;E Botteri;I Tramacere

  • Metabolic gene polymorphism frequencies in control populations.

    S. Garte;L. Gaspari;A.K. Alexandrie;C. Ambrosone

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Dagfinn Aune;NaNa Keum;Edward Giovannucci;Lars T Fadnes

  • Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Simone Benhamou;Xavier Castellsague

  • Alcohol and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Effect of Lifetime Intake and Hepatitis Virus Infections in Men and Women

    F Donato;A Tagger;U. Gelatti;G Parrinello

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Smokeless tobacco and cancer

    Paolo Boffetta;Stephen Hecht;Nigel Gray;Prakash Gupta

  • Alcohol drinking and colorectal cancer risk: an overall and dose–response meta-analysis of published studies

    V. Fedirko;I. Tramacere;V. Bagnardi;V. Bagnardi;M. Rota

  • Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide

    Jyoti Malhotra;Matteo Malvezzi;Eva Negri;Carlo La Vecchia

  • Renal cell carcinoma in relation to cigarette smoking: Meta-analysis of 24 studies

    Jay D. Hunt;Jay D. Hunt;Olga L. van der Hel;Garnett P. McMillan;Paolo Boffetta

  • A meta‐analysis of epidemiological studies on the combined effect of hepatitis B and C virus infections in causing hepatocellular carcinoma

    Francesco Donato;Paolo Boffetta;Massimo Puoti

  • Lung cancer susceptibility locus at 5p15.33

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Rayjean J Hung;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • LUNG CANCER IN NEVER SMOKERS: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS

    Jonathan M. Samet;Erika Avila-Tang;Paolo Boffetta;Lindsay M. Hannan

  • Improved Identification of von Hippel-Lindau Gene Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Tumors

    Michael L. Nickerson;Erich Jaeger;Yangu Shi;Jeffrey A. Durocher

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Farhad Islami
Farhad Islami American Cancer Society
Carlo La Vecchia
Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan
Lenka Foretova
Lenka Foretova Masaryk University
Farin Kamangar
Farin Kamangar Morgan State University
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Mia Hashibe
Mia Hashibe University of Utah
Eleonora Fabianova
Eleonora Fabianova Regional Authority of Public Health
Jolanta Lissowska
Jolanta Lissowska Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

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