2026 Silvia C. Formenti: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	94	10267	9637	5277	4875	653	48014

Research.com Recognitions

Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Silvia C. Formenti is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a primary research focus within the field of Medicine, particularly in Oncology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their body of work includes 208 publications in Medicine, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Oncology (100 publications), Immunology (46 publications), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (43 publications), Cancer Research (18 publications), and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (17 publications).

The main topics of Formenti's research include:

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
CAR-T cell therapy research
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations

Frequent venues where their work has been published are:

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (17 publications)
Clinical Cancer Research (8 publications)
Nature Communications (6 publications)
Cancer Research (6 publications)
Cancer Immunology Research (5 publications)

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Formenti include:

"Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death," 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
"Mitochondrial DNA drives abscopal responses to radiation that are inhibited by autophagy," 2020, Nature Immunology
"Neoadjuvant durvalumab with or without stereotactic body radiotherapy in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: a single-centre, randomised phase 2 trial," 2021, The Lancet Oncology
"Emerging evidence for adapting radiotherapy to immunotherapy," 2023, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
"Radiation dose and fraction in immunotherapy: one-size regimen does not fit all settings, so how does one choose?" 2021, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Throughout their career, Formenti has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including frequent coauthors such as Lorenzo Galluzzi, Sandra Demaria, Giulia Petroni, Norma Bloy, and Xi Kathy Zhou.

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

Anticancer immunotherapy by CTLA-4 blockade relies on the gut microbiota

Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Patricia Lepage

3524
Citations
Fractionated but not single dose radiotherapy induces an immune-mediated abscopal effect when combined with anti-CTLA-4 antibody

M. Zahidunnabi Dewan;Ashley E. Galloway;Noriko Kawashima;J. Keith Dewyngaert

1760
Citations
DNA exonuclease Trex1 regulates radiotherapy-induced tumour immunogenicity.

Claire Vanpouille-Box;Amandine Alard;Amandine Alard;Molykutty J. Aryankalayil;Yasmeen Sarfraz

1684
Citations
Ionizing radiation inhibition of distant untreated tumors (abscopal effect) is immune mediated

Sandra Demaria;Bruce Ng;Mary Louise Devitt;James S Babb

1442
Citations
Using immunotherapy to boost the abscopal effect

Wilfred Ngwa;Omoruyi Credit Irabor;Jonathan D. Schoenfeld;Jürgen Hesser

1157
Citations
Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Oncology*

Abram Recht;Stephen B. Edge;Lawrence J. Solin;David S. Robinson

1156
Citations
Immune-mediated inhibition of metastases after treatment with local radiation and CTLA-4 blockade in a mouse model of breast cancer.

Sandra Demaria;Noriko Kawashima;Anne Marie Yang;Mary Louise Devitt

1128
Citations
Systemic effects of local radiotherapy

Silvia C Formenti;Sandra Demaria

1120
Citations
Combining Radiotherapy and Cancer Immunotherapy: A Paradigm Shift

Silvia C. Formenti;Sandra Demaria

1106
Citations
Translational control in cancer.

Deborah Silvera;Silvia C. Formenti;Robert J. Schneider

1079
Citations
Consensus guidelines for the definition, detection and interpretation of immunogenic cell death

Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Sarah Warren;Sandy Adjemian

1009
Citations
Previous radiotherapy and the clinical activity and toxicity of pembrolizumab in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: a secondary analysis of the KEYNOTE-001 phase 1 trial

Narek Shaverdian;Aaron E Lisberg;Krikor Bornazyan;Darlene Veruttipong

991
Citations
Radiotherapy induces responses of lung cancer to CTLA-4 blockade

Silvia C. Formenti;Nils Petter Rudqvist;Encouse Golden;Encouse Golden;Benjamin Cooper

906
Citations
Enterococcus hirae and Barnesiella intestinihominis Facilitate Cyclophosphamide-Induced Therapeutic Immunomodulatory Effects

Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Nadine Waldschmitt;Takahiro Yamazaki;Takahiro Yamazaki

876
Citations
Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death

Oliver Kepp;Laura Senovilla;Ilio Vitale;Erika Vacchelli

866
Citations
Radiation-induced CXCL16 release by breast cancer cells attracts effector T cells.

Satoko Matsumura;Baomei Wang;Noriko Kawashima;Steve Braunstein

771
Citations
Role of Local Radiation Therapy in Cancer Immunotherapy

Sandra Demaria;Encouse B. Golden;Silvia C. Formenti

762
Citations
An Abscopal Response to Radiation and Ipilimumab in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Encouse B. Golden;Sandra Demaria;Peter B. Schiff;Abraham Chachoua

749
Citations
Local radiotherapy and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to generate abscopal responses in patients with metastatic solid tumours: a proof-of-principle trial.

Encouse B Golden;Arpit Chhabra;Abraham Chachoua;Sylvia Adams

673
Citations
Radiation fosters dose-dependent and chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death.

Encouse B Golden;Derek Frances;Ilenia Pellicciotta;Sandra Demaria

609
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Demaria Cornell University

Robert J. Schneider New York University

Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University

Franco M. Muggia New York University

Sylvia Adams New York University

Paul J. Christos Cornell University

William H. McBride University of California, Los Angeles

Takahiro Yamazaki Cornell University

Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité

Laurence Zitvogel University of Paris-Saclay

External Links

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