2026 Stefano Schiaffino: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	104	6926	6515	232	218	278	54394

Stefano Schiaffino 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 Stefano Schiaffino sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 278 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Schiaffino 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 Stefano Schiaffino sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefano Schiaffino is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Key subfields of study associated with their work include Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

Muscle Physiology and Disorders
Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Children's Physical and Motor Development
Spaceflight effects on biology

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Stefano Schiaffino include:

"Protein profile of fiber types in human skeletal muscle: a single-fiber proteomics study," 2021, published in Skeletal Muscle
"Long Covid: where we stand and challenges ahead," 2022, published in Cell Death and Differentiation
"Muscle hypertrophy and muscle strength: dependent or independent variables? A provocative review," 2020, published in European Journal of Translational Myology
"Signatures of muscle disuse in spaceflight and bed rest revealed by single muscle fiber proteomics," 2022, published in PNAS Nexus
"Distinct myofibre domains of the human myotendinous junction revealed by single-nucleus RNA sequencing," 2023, published in Journal of Cell Science

Their frequent co-authors include researchers from Finland, Marco Narici, José A. L. Calbet, Robert Boushel, and Truls Raastad. Schiaffino's work has been published multiple times in venues such as the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, European Journal of Translational Myology, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, Physics of Plasmas, and Skeletal Muscle.

The research outputs of Stefano Schiaffino reflect a focus on muscle biology with interdisciplinary connections to metabolism, infectious disease, and the effects of spaceflight on biological systems. Their publications span a variety of journals known for studies in muscle physiology and related fields.

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Foxo Transcription Factors Induce the Atrophy-Related Ubiquitin Ligase Atrogin-1 and Cause Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

Marco Sandri;Claudia Sandri;Alex Gilbert;Carsten Skurk

3284
Citations
Fiber types in mammalian skeletal muscles.

Stefano Schiaffino;Carlo Reggiani

2947
Citations
FoxO3 controls autophagy in skeletal muscle in vivo.

Cristina Mammucari;Giulia Milan;Vanina Romanello;Eva Masiero

2167
Citations
Molecular diversity of myofibrillar proteins: gene regulation and functional significance

S. Schiaffino;C. Reggiani

1883
Citations
FoxO3 Coordinately Activates Protein Degradation by the Autophagic/Lysosomal and Proteasomal Pathways in Atrophying Muscle Cells

Jinghui Zhao;Jeffrey J. Brault;Andreas Schild;Peirang Cao

1649
Citations
Mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle growth and atrophy

Stefano Schiaffino;Kenneth A. Dyar;Stefano Ciciliot;Bert Blaauw

1521
Citations
Autophagy Is Required to Maintain Muscle Mass

Eva Masiero;Lisa Agatea;Cristina Mammucari;Bert Blaauw

1329
Citations
Three myosin heavy chain isoforms in type 2 skeletal muscle fibres.

Stefano Schiaffino;Luisa Gorza;Saverio Sartore;Leopoldo Saggin

1099
Citations
Regulation of skeletal muscle growth by the IGF1-Akt/PKB pathway: insights from genetic models.

Stefano Schiaffino;Cristina Mammucari

815
Citations
Function, morphology and protein expression of ageing skeletal muscle: a cross-sectional study of elderly men with different training backgrounds.

H Klitgaard;M Mantoni;S Schiaffino;S Ausoni

809
Citations
COVID-19 vaccines: where we stand and challenges ahead.

Guido Forni;Alberto Mantovani;Alberto Mantovani

800
Citations
Myosin isoforms in mammalian skeletal muscle

S Schiaffino;C Reggiani

685
Citations
Force-velocity relations and myosin heavy chain isoform compositions of skinned fibres from rat skeletal muscle

R Bottinelli;S Schiaffino;C Reggiani

606
Citations
Muscle type and fiber type specificity in muscle wasting

Stefano Ciciliot;Alberto C. Rossi;Kenneth A. Dyar;Bert Blaauw

581
Citations
Type IIx myosin heavy chain transcripts are expressed in type IIb fibers of human skeletal muscle

V. Smerdu;I. Karsch-Mizrachi;M. Campione;L. Leinwand

560
Citations
Developmental regulation of myosin gene expression in mouse cardiac muscle.

G E Lyons;S Schiaffino;D Sassoon;P Barton

497
Citations
A protein kinase B-dependent and rapamycin-sensitive pathway controls skeletal muscle growth but not fiber type specification

Giorgia Pallafacchina;Elisa Calabria;Antonio L. Serrano;John M. Kalhovde

495
Citations
Developmental myosins: expression patterns and functional significance

Stefano Schiaffino;Alberto C. Rossi;Vika Smerdu;Leslie A. Leinwand

451
Citations
Regeneration of mammalian skeletal muscle. Basic mechanisms and clinical implications

Stefano Ciciliot;Stefano Schiaffino

444
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Reggiani University of Padua

Marco Sandri University of Padua

Ketty Schwartz Grenoble Alpes University

Lars-Eric Thornell Umeå University

Leslie A. Leinwand University of Colorado Boulder

Silvio Bicciato University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Rosario Rizzuto University of Padua

Gillian Butler-Browne Université Paris Cité

Gaetano Thiene University of Padua

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