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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 76 1441 1302 37 36 398 17988

Roberto Giacomelli publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roberto Giacomelli between 1962 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roberto Giacomelli published across 64 years, from 1962 to 2025, averaging 11.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2020. 49 of the 732 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1962 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2020. 1962: 1 publication 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 3 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 21 publications 1994: 20 publications 1995: 32 publications 1996: 36 publications 1997: 33 publications 1998: 19 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 44 publications 2018: 37 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 58 publications 2021: 53 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 44 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 25 publications
1962 2025

732 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roberto Giacomelli: publications per year, 1962 to 2025
Year Publications
1962 1
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 3
1989 4
1990 4
1991 2
1992 9
1993 21
1994 20
1995 32
1996 36
1997 33
1998 19
1999 2
2000 3
2001 8
2002 6
2003 4
2004 6
2005 5
2006 7
2007 8
2008 7
2009 5
2010 2
2011 16
2012 6
2013 24
2014 18
2015 33
2016 31
2017 44
2018 37
2019 33
2020 58
2021 53
2022 36
2023 44
2024 24
2025 25
Total 732
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Roberto Giacomelli 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 Roberto Giacomelli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 395–404 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 398 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44 398
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Roberto Giacomelli 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 Roberto Giacomelli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87 76
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Roberto Giacomelli is affiliated with the Campus Bio Medico University Hospital in Italy. Their research mainly focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Rheumatology, Hematology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

Their work covers several main topics, prominently including:

  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Roberto Giacomelli has published extensively in well-known venues such as:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (43 publications)
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology (27 publications)
  • Autoimmunity Reviews (15 publications)
  • Frontiers in Medicine (11 publications)
  • Lara D. Veeken (10 publications)

Some of the recent papers from their body of work include:

  • "Beyond the joints, the extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis," 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • "Could Sars-coronavirus-2 trigger autoimmune and/or autoinflammatory mechanisms in genetically predisposed subjects?" 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • "Unique expansion of IL-21+ Tfh and Tph cells under control of ICOS identifies Sjögren's syndrome with ectopic germinal centres and MALT lymphoma," 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Fibromyalgia: a new facet of the post-COVID-19 syndrome spectrum? Results from a web-based survey," 2021, RMD Open
  • "Impaired immunogenicity to COVID-19 vaccines in autoimmune systemic diseases. High prevalence of non-response in different patients' subgroups," 2021, Journal of Autoimmunity

Roberto Giacomelli collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Piero Ruscitti
  • Paola Cipriani
  • Luca Navarini
  • Onorina Berardicurti
  • Francesco Ciccia

Best Publications

  • Hereditary and acquired angioedema: problems and progress: proceedings of the third C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency workshop and beyond.

    Angelo Agostoni;Emel Aygören-Pürsün;Karen E. Binkley;Alvaro Blanch

  • A comprehensive review on adult onset Still's disease.

    Roberto Giacomelli;Piero Ruscitti;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. II. Identification of disease activity variables and development of preliminary activity indexes

    G. Valentini;A. Della Rossa;S. Bombardieri;W. Bencivelli

  • Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in systemic sclerosis: increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are a feature of the earliest disease stages and are associated with the absence of fingertip ulcers

    Oliver Distler;Angela del Rosso;Roberto Giacomelli;Paola Cipriani

  • Beyond the joints, the extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Alessandro Conforti;Ilenia Di Cola;Viktoriya Pavlych;Piero Ruscitti

  • Could Sars-coronavirus-2 trigger autoimmune and/or autoinflammatory mechanisms in genetically predisposed subjects?

    Francesco Caso;Luisa Costa;Piero Ruscitti;Luca Navarini

  • Angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis: a disease specific process or a common response to chronic inflammation?

    Alessandra Marrelli;Paola Cipriani;Vasiliki Liakouli;Francesco Carubbi

  • The role of IL-1β in the bone loss during rheumatic diseases.

    Piero Ruscitti;Paola Cipriani;Francesco Carubbi;Vasiliki Liakouli

  • Influence of geolocation and ethnicity on the phenotypic expression of primary Sjögren's syndrome at diagnosis in 8310 patients: a cross-sectional study from the Big Data Sjögren Project Consortium.

    Pilar Brito-Zerón;Pilar Brito-Zerón;Nihan Acar-Denizli;Margit Zeher;Astrid Rasmussen

  • Long-term anti-TNF therapy and the risk of serious infections in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab in the GISEA registry

    Fabiola Atzeni;Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini;Costantino Botsios;Antonio Carletto

  • Efficacy and safety of rituximab treatment in early primary Sjögren's syndrome: a prospective, multi-center, follow-up study

    Francesco Carubbi;Paola Cipriani;Alessandra Marrelli;Paola Di Benedetto

  • Vascular complications of scleroderma

    Serena Guiducci;Roberto Giacomelli;Marco Matucci Cerinic

  • Impairment of endothelial cell differentiation from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: new insight into the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis.

    P. Cipriani;S. Guiducci;I. Miniati;M. Cinelli

  • Cardiovascular disease risk burden in primary Sjögren's syndrome: results of a population‐based multicentre cohort study

    E. Bartoloni;C. Baldini;G. Schillaci;L. Quartuccio

  • Infliximab in spondyloarthropathy associated with Crohn’s disease: an open study on the efficacy of inducing and maintaining remission of musculoskeletal and gut manifestations

    S Generini;R Giacomelli;R Fedi;A Fulminis

  • Cyclophosphamide pulse regimen in the treatment of alveolitis in systemic sclerosis

    Roberto Giacomelli;Gabriele Valentini;Felice Salsano;Paola Cipriani

  • Biomarkers of lymphoma in Sjögren's syndrome and evaluation of the lymphoma risk in prelymphomatous conditions: results of a multicenter study.

    Luca Quartuccio;Miriam Isola;Chiara Baldini;Roberta Priori

  • Adult-onset Still’s disease: evaluation of prognostic tools and validation of the systemic score by analysis of 100 cases from three centers

    Piero Ruscitti;Paola Cipriani;Francesco Masedu;Daniela Iacono

  • Unique expansion of IL-21+ Tfh and Tph cells under control of ICOS identifies Sjögren’s syndrome with ectopic germinal centres and MALT lymphoma

    Elena Pontarini;William James Murray-Brown;Cristina Croia;Davide Lucchesi

  • International consensus: What else can we do to improve diagnosis and therapeutic strategies in patients affected by autoimmune rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritides, systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome and Sjogren's syndrome)?: The unmet needs and the clinical grey zone in autoimmune disease management

    Roberto Giacomelli;Antonella Afeltra;Alessia Alunno;Chiara Baldini

  • Mucosal 5-aminosalicylic acid concentration inversely correlates with severity of colonic inflammation in patients with ulcerative colitis

    G Frieri;R Giacomelli;M Pimpo;G Palumbo

  • European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis.* I. Clinical and epidemiological features of 290 patients from 19 centres

    A. Della Rossa;G. Valentini;S. Bombardieri;W. Bencivelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Cipriani
Paola Cipriani University of L'Aquila
Roberto Gerli
Roberto Gerli University of Perugia
Alessia Alunno
Alessia Alunno University of L'Aquila
Luca Quartuccio
Luca Quartuccio University of Udine
Guido Valesini
Guido Valesini Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Bombardieri
Stefano Bombardieri University of Pisa
Fabiola Atzeni
Fabiola Atzeni University of Messina
Marco Matucci-Cerinic
Marco Matucci-Cerinic University of Florence
Roberto Perricone
Roberto Perricone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Carlomaurizio Montecucco University of Pavia

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