2026 Sebastiano Mercadante: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	81	16560	15577	661	632	564	26107

Sebastiano Mercadante publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 564 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Sebastiano Mercadante D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sebastiano Mercadante is affiliated with La Maddalena Cancer Center in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions to anesthesiology and pain medicine, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, surgery, and physiology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Pain Management and Opioid Use
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
Anesthesia and Pain Management
Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Frequent co-authors in Mercadante's body of work include:

Alessandra Casuccio
Alessio Lo Cascio
Claudio Adile
Patrizia Ferrera
Yasmine Grassi

Publications by Sebastiano Mercadante have appeared frequently in the following venues:

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Supportive Care in Cancer
Cancers
Journal of Palliative Medicine

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Mercadante include:

"Use of Opioids for Adults With Pain From Cancer or Cancer Treatment: ASCO Guideline," 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
"Revised European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) recommended framework on palliative sedation: An international Delphi study," 2024, Palliative Medicine
"Palliative Care in the Time of COVID-19," 2020, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
"Careful Breakthrough Cancer Pain Treatment through Rapid-Onset Transmucosal Fentanyl Improves the Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: Results from the BEST Multicenter Study," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
"Review of European Guidelines on Palliative Sedation: A Foundation for the Updating of the European Association for Palliative Care Framework," 2022, Journal of Palliative Medicine

Best Publications

Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Cancer Pain: Evidence-Based Recommendations From the EAPC

Augusto Caraceni;Geoffrey Hanks;Stein Kaasa;Michael I Bennett

1579
Citations
Morphine and alternative opioids in cancer pain : the EAPC recommendations

G W Hanks;F de Conno;N Cherny;M Hanna

1095
Citations
Strategies to Manage the Adverse Effects of Oral Morphine: An Evidence-Based Report

Nathan Cherny;Carla Ripamonti;Jose Pereira;Carol Davis

830
Citations
Episodic (Breakthrough) Pain Consensus Conference of an Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care

Sebastiano Mercadante;Lukas Radbruch;Augusto Caraceni;Nathan Cherny

471
Citations
Current knowledge of buprenorphine and its unique pharmacological profile.

Joseph Pergolizzi;Anna Maria Aloisi;Albert Dahan;Joerg Filitz

371
Citations
Opioid switching: A systematic and critical review

Sebastiano Mercadante;Eduardo Bruera

313
Citations
Opioid-Induced Tolerance and Hyperalgesia

Sebastiano Mercadante;Edoardo Arcuri;Angela Santoni

311
Citations
Problems of long-term spinal opioid treatment in advanced cancer patients

Sebastiano Mercadante

223
Citations
A comparison of intranasal fentanyl spray with oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain: an open-label, randomised, crossover trial.

S. Mercadante;L. Radbruch;A. Davies;P. Poulain

218
Citations
Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how

Sebastiano Mercadante;Cesare Gregoretti;Andrea Cortegiani

203
Citations
Morphine in cancer pain: Modes of administration

G. W. Hanks;F. De Conno;C. Ripamonti;V. Ventafridda

201
Citations
Opioids and renal function

Sebastiano Mercadante;Edoardo Arcuri

179
Citations
Predictive factors in advanced cancer pain treated only by analgesics.

Sebastiano Mercadante;Salvatore Maddaloni;Salvina Roccella;Leonardo Salvaggio

178
Citations
Rapid Switching From Morphine to Methadone in Cancer Patients With Poor Response to Morphine

Sebastiano Mercadante;Alessandra Casuccio;Luciano Calderone

178
Citations
Opioid poorly-responsive cancer pain. Part 1: clinical considerations.

Sebastiano Mercadante;Russell K. Portenoy

173
Citations
World Health Organization guidelines for cancer pain: a reappraisal

S. Mercadante;F. Fulfaro

170
Citations
Prevalence of oral mucositis, dry mouth, and dysphagia in advanced cancer patients

Sebastiano Mercadante;Federica Aielli;Claudio Adile;Patrizia Ferrera

166
Citations
Octreotide in relieving gastrointestinal symptoms due to bowel obstruction.

Sebastiano Mercadante;Elio Spoldi;Augusto Caraceni;Salvatore Maddaloni

164
Citations
Long-term ketamine subcutaneous continuous infusion in neuropathic cancer pain

Sebastiano Mercadante;Franco Lodi;Monica Sapio;Marina Calligara

156
Citations
Report of the Clinical Protocol Committee: Development of Randomized Trials for Malignant Bowel Obstruction

Thomas Anthony;Todd Baron;Sebastiano Mercadante;Sylvan Green

150
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Radbruch University Hospital Bonn

Stein Kaasa Oslo University Hospital

Henry J McQuay University of Oxford

Russell K. Portenoy Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Roberto Labianca Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Eduardo Bruera The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Albert Dahan Leiden University Medical Center

Giuseppe Tonini Università Campus Bio-Medico

Paola Sacerdote University of Milan

Anna Maria Aloisi University of Siena

External Links

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