2026 Umberto Volta: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	74	19347	18161	777	743	258	22844

Umberto Volta 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 Umberto Volta sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 258 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Umberto Volta 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 Umberto Volta sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Umberto Volta is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration in Gastroenterology and related subfields such as Epidemiology, Surgery, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Genetics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in well-regarded venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Gut
Gastroenterology
Digestive and Liver Disease
PubMed
Nutrients

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Umberto Volta are:

"Effect of Gluten-Free Diet on Gut Microbiota Composition in Patients with Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity" (2020), published in Nutrients
"Accuracy of a no-biopsy approach for the diagnosis of coeliac disease across different adult cohorts" (2020), published in Gut
"Serum zonulin and its diagnostic performance in non-coeliac gluten sensitivity" (2020), published in Gut
"Mast cell-nerve interactions correlate with bloating and abdominal pain severity in patients with non-celiac gluten / wheat sensitivity" (2020), published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility
"Subclass Profile of IgG Antibody Response to Gluten Differentiates Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity From Celiac Disease" (2020), published in Gastroenterology

The main topics addressed by their research include:

Celiac Disease Research and Management
Microscopic Colitis
Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

Giacomo Caio
Roberto De Giorgio
Antonio Carroccio
Vincenzo Stanghellini
Pasquale Mansueto

Umberto Volta's scholarly contributions demonstrate a concentrated effort on gastrointestinal diseases, particularly those related to gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. The spread of publications across different journals reflects an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing clinical diagnosis, immunological responses, and gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Best Publications

IDENTIFICATION OF TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE AS THE AUTOANTIGEN OF CELIAC DISEASE

Walburga Dieterich;Tobias Ehnis;Michael Bauer;Peter Donner

2634
Citations
Spectrum of gluten-related disorders: consensus on new nomenclature and classification

Anna Sapone;Anna Sapone;Julio C Bai;Carolina Ciacci;Jernej Dolinsek

1600
Citations
Celiac disease: a comprehensive current review

Giacomo Caio;Giacomo Caio;Umberto Volta;Anna Sapone;Anna Sapone;Daniel A. Leffler;Daniel A. Leffler

944
Citations
Autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase as predictors of celiac disease

Walburga Dieterich;Walburga Dieterich;Eberhardt Laag;Heike Schöpper;Heike Schöpper;Umberto Volta

790
Citations
Mortality in patients with coeliac disease and their relatives: a cohort study

Giovanni Corrao;Gino Roberto Corazza;Vincenzo Bagnardi;Giovanna Brusco

784
Citations
European Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ESsCD) guideline for coeliac disease and other gluten-related disorders.

Abdulbaqi Al-Toma;Umberto Volta;Renata Auricchio;Gemma Castillejo

769
Citations
A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to establish a safe gluten threshold for patients with celiac disease

Carlo Catassi;Elisabetta Fabiani;Giuseppe Iacono;Cinzia D'Agate

717
Citations
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: The New Frontier of Gluten Related Disorders

Carlo Catassi;Julio C. Bai;Bruno Bonaz;Gerd Bouma

656
Citations
Diagnosis of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS): The Salerno Experts’ Criteria

Carlo Catassi;Luca Elli;Bruno Bonaz;Gerd Bouma

599
Citations
Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Celiac Disease

Carlo Catassi;Elisabetta Fabiani;Giovanni Corrao;Maria Barbato

451
Citations
Type 2 autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis C virus infection.

M. Lenzi;G. Ballardini;M. Fusconi;F. Cassani

391
Citations
An Italian prospective multicenter survey on patients suspected of having non-celiac gluten sensitivity

Umberto Volta;Maria Teresa Bardella;Antonino Calabrò;Riccardo Troncone

327
Citations
Serological tests in gluten sensitivity (nonceliac gluten intolerance).

Umberto Volta;Francesco Tovoli;Ronny Cicola;Claudia Parisi

321
Citations
Coeliac disease hidden by cryptogenic hypertransaminasaemia.

Umberto Volta;Lucia De Franceschi;Federico Lari;Nicolino Molinaro

320
Citations
Antiendomysial and antihuman recombinant tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease: a biopsy-proven European multicentre study.

Pekka Collin;Katri Kaukinen;Harald Vogelsang;Ilma Korponay-Szabo

289
Citations
Genome search in celiac disease

Luigi Greco;Gino Corazza;Marie Claude Babron;Fabienne Clot

275
Citations
Intestinal cell damage and systemic immune activation in individuals reporting sensitivity to wheat in the absence of coeliac disease

Melanie Uhde;Mary Ajamian;Giacomo Caio;Roberto De Giorgio

270
Citations
Sensitivity to wheat, gluten and FODMAPs in IBS: facts or fiction?

Roberto De Giorgio;Umberto Volta;Peter R Gibson

243
Citations
Prevalence of thyroid disorders in untreated adult celiac disease patients and effect of gluten withdrawal: an Italian multicenter study.

C Sategna-Guidetti;U Volta;C Ciacci;P Usai

239
Citations
Antiendomysial and antihuman recombinant tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease

Pekka Collin;Katri Kaukinen;Harald Vogelsang;Ilma Rita Korponay-Szabó

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco B. Bianchi University of Bologna

Vincenzo Stanghellini University of Bologna

Gino Roberto Corazza University of Pavia

Fabio Cassani University of Bologna

Giovanni Barbara University of Bologna

Carlo Catassi Marche Polytechnic University

Luigi Muratori University of Bologna

Catherine Klersy University of Pavia

Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Marco Lenzi University of Bologna

External Links

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