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Rosanna Asselta

Rosanna Asselta

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Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
16802
World Ranking
3548
National Ranking
78

Rosanna Asselta publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rosanna Asselta sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 264 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Rosanna Asselta D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rosanna Asselta sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rosanna Asselta is affiliated with Humanitas University in Italy and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the context of infectious diseases and genetics. Their work encompasses several main fields, notably Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Genetics.

The scientist has focused considerably on topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and liver diseases and immunity. Other areas covered include pediatric hepatobiliary diseases and treatments, prostate cancer treatment and research, lysosomal storage disorders research, and Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Rosanna Asselta include the following:

  • Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • ACE2 and TMPRSS2 variants and expression as candidates to sex and country differences in COVID-19 severity in Italy, 2020, Aging
  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population, 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Recognition and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 by humoral innate immunity pattern recognition molecules, 2022, Nature Immunology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated multiple times with Rosanna Asselta include:

  • Stefano Duga (72 publications)
  • Giulia Soldà (58 publications)
  • Elvezia Maria Paraboschi (37 publications)
  • Pietro Invernizzi (29 publications)
  • Massimo Lazzeri (25 publications)

Publications featuring Rosanna Asselta have appeared prominently in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 34 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 8 publications
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology with 8 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal with 5 publications
  • Journal of Hepatology with 3 publications

This profile reflects Rosanna Asselta's research activity primarily in the years from 2020 to 2022, with a focus on genetic factors influencing COVID-19 severity and immune response mechanisms. The body of work highlights a multidisciplinary approach combining molecular biology, genetics, and clinical investigation relevant to both infectious diseases and broader medical research domains.

Best Publications

  • Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure.

    David Ellinghaus;Frauke Degenhardt;Luis Bujanda;Maria Buti

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Alanna C. Morrison;Gina M. Peloso

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

    Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

  • Survival and dementia in GBA-associated Parkinson's disease: The mutation matters.

    Roberto Cilia;Sara Tunesi;Giorgio Marotta;Emanuele Cereda

  • Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. A video-polysomnographic and genetic appraisal of 40 patients and delineation of the epileptic syndrome.

    Alessandro Oldani;Marco Zucconi;Rosanna Asselta;Michele Modugno

  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population.

    Elisa Benetti;Rossella Tita;Ottavia Spiga;Andrea Ciolfi

  • Systematic Evaluation of Pleiotropy Identifies 6 Further Loci Associated With Coronary Artery Disease

    Thomas R. Webb;Jeanette Erdmann;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nathan O. Stitziel

  • Phenotypic Characterization of Genetically Lowered Human Lipoprotein(a) Levels.

    Connor A. Emdin;Amit V. Khera;Pradeep Natarajan;Derek Klarin

  • The molecular basis of quantitative fibrinogen disorders.

    R. Asselta;S. Duga;Maria Luisa Tenchini

  • Genetic diagnosis of haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders.

    Flora Peyvandi;G. Jayandharan;M. Chandy;A. Srivastava

  • Association of rare and common variation in the lipoprotein lipase gene with coronary artery disease.

    Amit V. Khera;Amit V. Khera;Hong Hee Won;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Colm O'Dushlaine

  • Penetrance estimate of LRRK2 p.G2019S mutation in individuals of non-Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.

    Annie J. Lee;Yuanjia Wang;Roy N. Alcalay;Helen Mejia‐Santana

  • cDNA cloning of turtle prion protein.

    Tatjana Simonic;Stefano Duga;Bice Strumbo;Rosanna Asselta

  • Factor V Deficiency

    Rosanna Asselta;Flora Peyvandi

  • Genetic Association and Altered Gene Expression of Mir-155 in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    Elvezia Maria Paraboschi;Giulia Soldà;Donato Gemmati;Elisa Orioli

  • A novel mutation within the MIR96 gene causes non-syndromic inherited hearing loss in an Italian family by altering pre-miRNA processing

    Giulia Soldà;Michela Robusto;Paola Primignani;Pierangela Castorina

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Duga
Stefano Duga Humanitas University
Flora Peyvandi
Flora Peyvandi University of Milan
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Diego Ardissino
Diego Ardissino University of Parma
Gianni Pezzoli
Gianni Pezzoli University of Milan
Gina M. Peloso
Gina M. Peloso Boston University
Daniel J. Rader
Daniel J. Rader University of Pennsylvania
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester

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