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Piero Portincasa 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 Piero Portincasa sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 669 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Piero Portincasa 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 Piero Portincasa sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Piero Portincasa is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy, with a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Physiology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's research touches on multiple main topics, including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Gut Microbiota and Short Chain Fatty Acids: Implications in Glucose Homeostasis" (2022), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "The Controversial Role of Human Gut Lachnospiraceae" (2020), Microorganisms
  • "COVID-19: Specific and Non-Specific Clinical Manifestations and Symptoms: The Current State of Knowledge" (2020), Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors-Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity in the Gastric Microenvironment" (2020), Cells
  • "Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome" (2020), Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition

Frequent collaborators include Agostino Di Ciaula, Mohamad Khalil, Leonilde Bonfrate, David Q.-H. Wang, and Harshitha Shanmugam.

Piero Portincasa regularly publishes in journals such as Internal and Emergency Medicine, European Journal of Internal Medicine, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Nutrients.

The scientist has contributed to book publications, with at least one book published by Springer International Publishing entitled Endocrinology and Systemic Diseases in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Controversial Role of Human Gut Lachnospiraceae.

    Mirco Vacca;Giuseppe Celano;Francesco Maria Calabrese;Piero Portincasa

  • Cholesterol gallstone disease

    Piero Portincasa;Antonio Moschetta;Giuseppe Palasciano

  • Methodology and indications of H2-breath testing in gastrointestinal diseases: the Rome Consensus Conference.

    Gasbarrini A;Corazza Gr;Gasbarrini G;Montalto M

  • EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones

    F. Lammert;M. Acalovschi;G. Ercolani;K.J. van Erpecum

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Xiangdong Liu;Pietro Invernizzi;Yue Lu;Roman Kosoy

  • Bile Acid Physiology.

    Agostino Di Ciaula;Gabriella Garruti;Raquel Lunardi Baccetto;Emilio Molina-Molina

  • COVID-19: Specific and non-specific clinical manifestations and symptoms: The current state of knowledge

    Jacek Baj;Hanna Karakuła-Juchnowicz;Grzegorz Teresiński;Grzegorz Buszewicz

  • Oxidative stress-induced risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome: a unifying hypothesis.

    Ignazio Grattagliano;Vincenzo O. Palmieri;Piero Portincasa;Antonio Moschetta

  • International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways

    Heather J. Cordell;Younghun Han;George F. Mells;Yafang Li

  • Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Age-Related Diseases.

    Carlotta Giorgi;Saverio Marchi;Ines C.M. Simoes;Ziyu Ren

  • Silybin combined with phosphatidylcholine and vitamin E in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized controlled trial.

    Carmela Loguercio;Pietro Andreone;Ciprian Brisc;Michaela Cristina Brisc

  • Obesity phenotypes and their paradoxical association with cardiovascular diseases

    Alessandra Vecchié;Franco Dallegri;Federico Carbone;Aldo Bonaventura

  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Marcin Krawczyk;Leonilde Bonfrate;Piero Portincasa

  • New insights into the molecular mechanism of intestinal fatty acid absorption.

    Tony Y. Wang;Min Liu;Piero Portincasa;David Q.-H. Wang

  • Cholesterol and Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis: Recent Advances In reverse Cholesterol Transport.

    Helen H. Wang;Gabriella Garruti;Min Liu;Piero Portincasa

  • Systemic Oxidative Alterations Are Associated with Visceral Adiposity and Liver Steatosis in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

    Vincenzo O. Palmieri;Ignazio Grattagliano;Piero Portincasa;Giuseppe Palasciano

  • Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors-Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity in the Gastric Microenvironment.

    Jacek Baj;Alicja Forma;Monika Sitarz;Piero Portincasa

  • Biochemical mechanisms in drug-induced liver injury: Certainties and doubts

    Ignazio Grattagliano;Leonilde Bonfrate;Catia V Diogo;Helen H Wang

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in rat with nonalcoholic fatty liver Involvement of complex I, reactive oxygen species and cardiolipin.

    Giuseppe Petrosillo;Piero Portincasa;Ignazio Grattagliano;Giacoma Casanova

  • Effect of ezetimibe on the prevention and dissolution of cholesterol gallstones.

    Helen H. Wang;Piero Portincasa;Nahum Mendez-Sanchez;Misael Uribe

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Moschetta
Antonio Moschetta University of Bari Aldo Moro
Gema Frühbeck
Gema Frühbeck University of Navarra
Paulo J. Oliveira
Paulo J. Oliveira University of Coimbra
Frank Lammert
Frank Lammert Saarland University
Javier Gómez-Ambrosi
Javier Gómez-Ambrosi University of Navarra
Maria Svelto
Maria Svelto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Maria De Angelis
Maria De Angelis University of Bari Aldo Moro
Patrick Tso
Patrick Tso University of Cincinnati
Albert K. Groen
Albert K. Groen University of Amsterdam
Fabrizio Montecucco
Fabrizio Montecucco University of Genoa

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