2026 Rosario Pivonello: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	103	7448	6997	247	232	624	31720

Overview

Rosario Pivonello is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and works primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of endocrine-related issues, with particular attention to:

Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
Hormonal and reproductive studies

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Rosario Pivonello are:

Efficacy and safety of osilodrostat in patients with Cushing's disease (LINC 3): a multicentre phase III study with a double-blind, randomised withdrawal phase, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Diagnosis and management of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a Pituitary Society international Consensus Statement, 2023, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Bisphenol A: an emerging threat to female fertility, 2020, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
Diabetes is most important cause for mortality in COVID-19 hospitalized patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Smoke, alcohol and drug addiction and female fertility, 2020, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Annamaria Colao, Chiara Simeoli, Maria Fleseriu, Andrea M. Isidori, and Claudia Pivonello.

Rosario Pivonello has published extensively in prominent scientific venues such as Endocrine Abstracts, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, notably a title published by Springer International Publishing in 2023 called Environmental Endocrinology and Endocrine Disruptors.

Best Publications

Persistence of increased cardiovascular risk in patients with Cushing's disease after five years of successful cure.

Annamaria Colao;Rosario Pivonello;Stefano Spiezia;Antongiulio Faggiano

537
Citations
Complications of Cushing's syndrome: state of the art

Rosario Pivonello;Andrea M Isidori;Maria Cristina De Martino;John Newell-Price;John Newell-Price

492
Citations
The Treatment of Cushing's Disease

Rosario Pivonello;Monica De Leo;Alessia Cozzolino;Annamaria Colao

447
Citations
Withdrawal of Long-Term Cabergoline Therapy for Tumoral and Nontumoral Hyperprolactinemia

Annamaria Colao;Antonella Di Sarno;Paolo Cappabianca;Carolina Di Somma

426
Citations
Cardiovascular risk factors and common carotid artery caliber and stiffness in patients with Cushing's disease during active disease and 1 year after disease remission.

Antongiulio Faggiano;Rosario Pivonello;Stefano Spiezia;Maria Cristina De Martino

397
Citations
Resistance to cabergoline as compared with bromocriptine in hyperprolactinemia : Prevalence, clinical definition, and therapeutic strategy

Antonella Di Sarno;Maria Luisa Landi;Paolo Cappabianca;Francesco Di Salle

375
Citations
The Medical Treatment of Cushing’s Disease: Effectiveness of Chronic Treatment with the Dopamine Agonist Cabergoline in Patients Unsuccessfully Treated by Surgery

Rosario Pivonello;Maria Cristina De Martino;Paolo Cappabianca;Monica De Leo

348
Citations
Klinefelter syndrome (KS): genetics, clinical phenotype and hypogonadism.

M. Bonomi;Vincenzo Rochira;Vincenzo Rochira;D. Pasquali;G. Balercia

332
Citations
Macroprolactinoma shrinkage during cabergoline treatment is greater in naive patients than in patients pretreated with other dopamine agonists: a prospective study in 110 patients.

Annamaria Colao;Antonella Di Sarno;Maria Luisa Landi;Francesco Scavuzzo

315
Citations
Gender differences in the prevalence, clinical features and response to cabergoline in hyperprolactinemia

Annamaria Colao;Antonella Di Sarno;Paolo Cappabianca;Francesco Briganti

307
Citations
Resistance to Somatostatin Analogs in Acromegaly

Annamaria Colao;Renata S. Auriemma;Gaetano Lombardi;Rosario Pivonello

302
Citations
Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with Cushing's syndrome with a new questionnaire

S M Webb;X Badia;M J Barahona;A Colao

289
Citations
Dopamine receptor expression and function in corticotroph pituitary tumors

Rosario Pivonello;Diego Ferone;Wouter W. de Herder;Johan M. Kros

288
Citations
Partial Surgical Removal of Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Tumors Enhances the Response to Somatostatin Analogs in Acromegaly

Annamaria Colao;Roberto Attanasio;Rosario Pivonello;Paolo Cappabianca

271
Citations
Smoke, alcohol and drug addiction and male fertility.

Andrea Sansone;Carla Di Dato;Cristina de Angelis;Davide Menafra

266
Citations
Predictors of morbidity and mortality in acromegaly: an Italian survey

M Arosio;G Reimondo;E Malchiodi;P Berchialla

263
Citations
Bone loss is correlated to the severity of growth hormone deficiency in adult patients with hypopituitarism.

Annamaria Colao;Carolina Di Somma;Rosario Pivonello;Sandro Loche

257
Citations
Consensus on diagnosis and management of Cushing's disease: a guideline update.

Maria Fleseriu;Richard Auchus;Irina Bancos;Anat Ben-Shlomo

251
Citations
Prolactin and Autoimmunity

Annamaria De Bellis;Antonio Bizzarro;Rosario Pivonello;Gaetano Lombardi

248
Citations
Cushing's Syndrome.

Rosario Pivonello;Maria Cristina De Martino;Monica De Leo;Gaetano Lombardi

242
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II

Gaetano Lombardi University of Naples Federico II

Diego Ferone University of Genoa

Paolo Cappabianca University of Naples Federico II

Andrea M. Isidori Sapienza University of Rome

Leo J. Hofland Erasmus University Rotterdam

Beverly M. K. Biller Harvard University

Marco Salvatore Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Steven W. J. Lamberts Erasmus University Rotterdam

Carla Giordano Sapienza University of Rome

External Links

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