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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
40031
World Ranking
1732
National Ranking
110

Medicine

D-Index
98
Citations
40494
World Ranking
8852
National Ranking
860

Pietro Ghezzi 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 Pietro Ghezzi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 386 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Pietro Ghezzi 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 Pietro Ghezzi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Pietro Ghezzi is affiliated with Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable activity in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Sociology and Political Science, and Cancer Research.

The topics most frequently addressed in Ghezzi's work include:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Among recent publications, the following papers illustrate aspects of their research:

  • Environmental risk factors and their footprints in vivo - A proposal for the classification of oxidative stress biomarkers, 2020, Redox Biology
  • On the Clinical Pharmacology of Reactive Oxygen Species, 2020, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Mitochondrial ROS, ER Stress, and Nrf2 Crosstalk in the Regulation of Mitochondrial Apoptosis Induced by Arsenite, 2022, Antioxidants
  • The effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on biomarkers of oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro: A protocol for a systematic review, 2021, Environment International
  • C-Reactive Protein Predicts Further Ischemic Events in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack or Lacunar Stroke, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors in Ghezzi's work include:

  • Manuela Mengozzi
  • Alessia Catalani
  • Tania Vanzolini
  • Arthur C. Macedo
  • Frances A. Kirkham

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Medicine
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Behavior Analysis in Practice

Ghezzi has also contributed to book publications, with titles including:

  • Insights in Inflammation: 2022, Frontiers Media, 2023
  • Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19, Frontiers Media, 2023
  • Reactive Oxygen Species, Springer Science+Business Media, 2021

Best Publications

  • Erythropoietin crosses the blood-brain barrier to protect against experimental brain injury.

    Michael L. Brines;Pietro Ghezzi;Sonja Keenan;Davide Agnello

  • MIF is a noncognate ligand of CXC chemokine receptors in inflammatory and atherogenic cell recruitment

    Jürgen Bernhagen;Regina Krohn;Hongqi Lue;Julia L Gregory

  • Erythropoietin prevents neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and metabolic stress

    Anna Leena Sirén;Maddalena Fratelli;Michael Brines;Christoph Goemans

  • Role of IL-6 and Its Soluble Receptor in Induction of Chemokines and Leukocyte Recruitment

    Maria Romano;Marina Sironi;Carlo Toniatti;Nadia Polentarutti

  • Derivatives of Erythropoietin That Are Tissue Protective But Not Erythropoietic

    Marcel Leist;Pietro Ghezzi;Giovanni Grasso;Giovanni Grasso;Roberto Bianchi

  • Clinical Relevance of Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress

    Jeroen Frijhoff;Paul Graham Winyard;Neven Zarkovic;Sean Ss Davies

  • Erythropoietin mediates tissue protection through an erythropoietin and common β-subunit heteroreceptor

    Michael Brines;Giovanni Grasso;Giovanni Grasso;Fabio Fiordaliso;Alessandra Sfacteria

  • Recombinant human erythropoietin protects the myocardium from ischemia-reperfusion injury and promotes beneficial remodeling

    Laura Calvillo;Roberto Latini;Jan Kajstura;Annarosa Leri

  • Tolerance and M2 (alternative) macrophage polarization are related processes orchestrated by p50 nuclear factor κB

    Chiara Porta;Monica Rimoldi;Geert Raes;Lea Brys

  • Erythropoietin selectively attenuates cytokine production and inflammation in cerebral ischemia by targeting neuronal apoptosis.

    Pia Villa;Paolo Bigini;Tiziana Mennini;Davide Agnello

  • Defective inflammatory response in interleukin 6-deficient mice.

    Elena Fattori;Manuela Cappelletti;Patrizia Costa;Carolina Sellitto

  • Identification by redox proteomics of glutathionylated proteins in oxidatively stressed human T lymphocytes.

    Maddalena Fratelli;Hans Demol;Magda Puype;Simona Casagrande

  • Asialoerythropoietin is a nonerythropoietic cytokine with broad neuroprotective activity in vivo.

    Serhat Erbayraktar;Giovanni Grasso;Giovanni Grasso;Alessandra Sfacteria;Alessandra Sfacteria;Qiao wen Xie

  • PTX3, A Prototypical Long Pentraxin, Is an Early Indicator of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Humans

    Giuseppe Peri;Martino Introna;Domenico Corradi;Giuseppe Iacuitti

  • Transcription Factor NRF2 as a Therapeutic Target for Chronic Diseases: A Systems Medicine Approach

    Antonio Cuadrado;Gina Manda;Ahmed Hassan;María José Alcaraz

  • Prostacyclin Synthesis Induced in Vascular Cells by Interleukin-1

    Vincenzo Rossi;Ferruccio Breviario;Pietro Ghezzi;Elisabetta Dejana

  • Erythropoietin exerts an anti-inflammatory effect on the CNS in a model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Davide Agnello;Paolo Bigini;Pia Villa;Tiziana Mennini

  • Erythropoietin as an antiapoptotic, tissue-protective cytokine

    P Ghezzi;M Brines

  • Thioredoxin, a Redox Enzyme Released in Infection and Inflammation, Is a Unique Chemoattractant for Neutrophils, Monocytes, and T Cells

    Riccardo Bertini;O.M. Zack Howard;Hui-Fang Dong;Joost J. Oppenheim

  • Regulation of the macrophage content of neoplasms by chemoattractants.

    Barbara Bottazzi;Nadia Polentarutti;Raffaella Acero;Andrea Balsari

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Sironi
Marina Sironi Humanitas University
Mario Salmona
Mario Salmona Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Anthony Cerami
Anthony Cerami Araim Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Michael Brines
Michael Brines Kenneth S. Warren Institute
Giamila Fantuzzi
Giamila Fantuzzi University of Illinois at Chicago
Roberto Latini
Roberto Latini Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Jean D. Sipe
Jean D. Sipe Boston University
Elisabetta Gianazza
Elisabetta Gianazza University of Milan
Silvio Garattini
Silvio Garattini Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

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