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Ruggero De Maria

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
35933
World Ranking
5192
National Ranking
116

Ruggero De Maria publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 284 publications — 75th percentile

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

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

Ruggero De Maria 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 Ruggero De Maria sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ruggero De Maria is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy and specializes in research within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses various subfields including Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Immunology.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to cancer, with a focus on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, Extracellular vesicles in disease, and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Recent publications by Ruggero De Maria include the following papers:

  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023 (2023), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • KEAP1-driven co-mutations in lung adenocarcinoma unresponsive to immunotherapy despite high tumor mutational burden (2020), published in Annals of Oncology
  • Type I IFNs promote cancer cell stemness by triggering the epigenetic regulator KDM1B (2022), published in Nature Immunology
  • PI3K-driven HER2 expression is a potential therapeutic target in colorectal cancer stem cells (2021), published in Gut
  • Tuning Cancer Fate: Tumor Microenvironment's Role in Cancer Stem Cell Quiescence and Reawakening (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruggero De Maria include:

  • Gennaro Ciliberto
  • Marcello Maugeri-Saccà
  • Laura Pizzuti
  • Matteo Pallocca
  • Eriseld Krasniqi

Ruggero De Maria's research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Cancers
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Identification and expansion of human colon-cancer-initiating cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Dario G. Lombardi;Emanuela Pilozzi;Mauro Biffoni

  • Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

  • The miR-15a-miR-16-1 cluster controls prostate cancer by targeting multiple oncogenic activities.

    Désirée Bonci;Valeria Coppola;Maria Musumeci;Antonio Addario

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • CD44v6 Is a Marker of Constitutive and Reprogrammed Cancer Stem Cells Driving Colon Cancer Metastasis

    Matilde Todaro;Miriam Gaggianesi;Veronica Catalano;Antonina Benfante

  • Potential Involvement of Fas and Its Ligand in the Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

    Carla Giordano;Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria;Matilde Todaro

  • Cancer stem cell definitions and terminology: the devil is in the details

    Peter Valent;Dominique Bonnet;Ruggero De Maria;Tsvee Lapidot

  • The CD69 receptor: a multipurpose cell-surface trigger for hematopoietic cells

    Roberto Testi;Roberto Testi;Daniele D'Ambrosio;Daniele D'Ambrosio;Ruggero De Maria;Ruggero De Maria;Angela Santoni;Angela Santoni

  • The meso-angioblast: A multipotent, self-renewing cell that originates from the dorsal aorta and differentiates into most mesodermal tissues

    Maria G. Minasi;Mara Riminucci;Luciana De Angelis;Ugo Borello

  • Requirement for GD3 Ganglioside in CD95- and Ceramide-Induced Apoptosis

    Ruggero De Maria;Luisa Lenti;Luisa Lenti;Florence Malisan;Florence Malisan;Federica d'Agostino;Federica d'Agostino

  • Negative regulation of erythropoiesis by caspase-mediated cleavage of GATA-1

    Ruggero De Maria;Ruggero De Maria;Ann Zeuner;Ann Zeuner;Adriana Eramo;Cristina Domenichelli

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts as abettors of tumor progression at the crossroads of EMT and therapy resistance.

    Micol Eleonora Fiori;Simone Di Franco;Lidia Villanova;Paola Bianca

  • Cancer Stem Cell Analysis and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme

    Roberto Pallini;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Giuseppe Luigi Banna;Michele Signore

  • Epithelial–mesenchymal transition: a new target in anticancer drug discovery

    Fabrizio Marcucci;Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria

  • Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells: From the Crypt to the Clinic

    Ann Zeuner;Matilde Todaro;Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria

  • The inhibition of the highly expressed miR-221 and miR-222 impairs the growth of prostate carcinoma xenografts in mice.

    Neri Mercatelli;Valeria Coppola;Desirée Bonci;Francesca Miele

  • Autoimmune thyroid disease: new models of cell death in autoimmunity

    Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria

  • Colon cancer stem cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Eros Fabrizi;Elisabetta Palio;Ruggero De Maria

  • Erratum: Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells (Nature (2010) 468 (824-828))

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani
Lucia Ricci-Vitiani Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giorgio Stassi
Giorgio Stassi University of Palermo
Matilde Todaro
Matilde Todaro University of Palermo
Marcella Mottolese
Marcella Mottolese IRCCS Regina Elena Institute
Luigi Maria Larocca
Luigi Maria Larocca Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Ilio Vitale
Ilio Vitale University of Rome Tor Vergata
Michele Milella
Michele Milella University of Verona
Gennaro Ciliberto
Gennaro Ciliberto Magna Graecia University
Cesare Peschle
Cesare Peschle Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Lance A. Liotta
Lance A. Liotta George Mason University

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