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D-Index
76
Citations
17988
World Ranking
1441
National Ranking
37

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.

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55 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.

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.

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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.

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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