2026 Veronica De Rosa: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	43	4828	4468	212	201	79	8310

Veronica De Rosa publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Veronica De Rosa sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 79 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Veronica De Rosa D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Veronica De Rosa is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research broadly spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with a strong focus on Immunology and Neurology, among other subfields such as Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications on immune regulation, metabolic reprogramming in disease contexts, and neuroinflammation. Notable recent papers include:

Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Foxp3 Expression in Health and Autoimmunity: From Epigenetic to Post-translational Regulation (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
Caloric Restriction Promotes Immunometabolic Reprogramming Leading to Protection from Tuberculosis (2021), published in Cell Metabolism
The DEL-1/β3 integrin axis promotes regulatory T cell responses during inflammation resolution (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
Immuno-metabolic impact of the multiple sclerosis patients' sera on endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier (2020), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation
Type 1 diabetes progression is associated with loss of CD3+CD56+ regulatory T cells that control CD8+ T-cell effector functions (2020), published in Nature Metabolism

Their body of work is frequently published in venues including Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell Metabolism, and Immunology.

De Rosa's research covers several main topics, such as:

Immune Cell Function and Interaction
T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Immune cells in cancer
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple publications with De Rosa include Giorgia Teresa Maniscalco, Antonietta Liotti, Giuseppe Matarese, Anne Lise Ferrara, and Clorinda Fusco, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in the scientific community.

Best Publications

Clinical and molecular genetic spectrum of congenital deficiency of the leptin receptor.

I. Sadaf Farooqi;Teresia Wangensteen;Stephan Collins;Wendy Kimber

904
Citations
A Key Role of Leptin in the Control of Regulatory T Cell Proliferation

Veronica De Rosa;Claudio Procaccini;Gaetano Calì;Giuseppe Pirozzi

821
Citations
Glycolysis controls the induction of human regulatory T cells by modulating the expression of FOXP3 exon 2 splicing variants

Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Antonio Porcellini;Alessandra Colamatteo

432
Citations
An oscillatory switch in mTOR kinase activity sets regulatory T cell responsiveness.

Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Luisa Abanni

402
Citations
Animal models of Multiple Sclerosis.

Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Valentina Pucino;Luigi Formisano

389
Citations
Leptin increase in multiple sclerosis associates with reduced number of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells

Giuseppe Matarese;Pietro Biagio Carrieri;Antonio La Cava;Francesco Perna

366
Citations
Regulatory T Cell Migration Is Dependent on Glucokinase-Mediated Glycolysis

Madhav Kishore;Kenneth C.P. Cheung;Hongmei Fu;Fabrizia Bonacina

279
Citations
The Proteomic Landscape of Human Ex Vivo Regulatory and Conventional T Cells Reveals Specific Metabolic Requirements.

Claudio Procaccini;Fortunata Carbone;Dario Di Silvestre;Francesca Brambilla

274
Citations
Regulatory T cell proliferative potential is impaired in human autoimmune disease

Fortunata Carbone;Veronica De Rosa;Pietro B Carrieri;Silvana Montella

243
Citations
Differential regulation of metabolic, neuroendocrine, and immune function by leptin in humans

Jean L. Chan;Giuseppe Matarese;Greeshma K. Shetty;Patricia Raciti

235
Citations
Regulatory T cells in obesity: the leptin connection.

Giuseppe Matarese;Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Tamas L. Horvath

220
Citations
Leptin neutralization interferes with pathogenic T cell autoreactivity in autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Veronica De Rosa;Claudio Procaccini;Antonio La Cava;Paolo Chieffi

169
Citations
Leptin-Induced mTOR Activation Defines a Specific Molecular and Transcriptional Signature Controlling CD4+ Effector T Cell Responses

Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Fortunata Carbone

149
Citations
Type 2 Diabetes: How Much of an Autoimmune Disease?

Paola de Candia;Francesco Prattichizzo;Silvia Garavelli;Veronica De Rosa

139
Citations
Neuro-Endocrine Networks Controlling Immune System in Health and Disease

Claudio Procaccini;Valentina Pucino;Veronica D. De Rosa;Gianni Marone

132
Citations
Role of Metabolism in the Immunobiology of Regulatory T Cells

Mario Galgani;Veronica De Rosa;Antonio La Cava;Giuseppe Matarese

131
Citations
Leptin as immune mediator: Interaction between neuroendocrine and immune system

Claudio Procaccini;Claudia La Rocca;Fortunata Carbone;Veronica De Rosa

127
Citations
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Foxp3 Expression in Health and Autoimmunity: From Epigenetic to Post-translational Regulation

Alessandra Colamatteo;Fortunata Carbone;Sara Bruzzaniti;Mario Galgani

126
Citations
Leptin as a metabolic link to multiple sclerosis

Giuseppe Matarese;Pietro Biagio Carrieri;Silvana Montella;Veronica De Rosa

125
Citations
Obesity worsens central inflammation and disability in multiple sclerosis.

Mario Stampanoni Bassi;Ennio Iezzi;Fabio Buttari;Luana Gilio

109
Citations
Intracellular metabolic pathways control immune tolerance

Claudio Procaccini;Mario Galgani;Veronica De Rosa;Giuseppe Matarese

98
Citations
Role of adipokines signaling in the modulation of T cells function.

Claudio Procaccini;Veronica De Rosa;Mario Galgani;Fortunata Carbone

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Matarese Yale University

Antonio La Cava University of California, Los Angeles

Gianni Marone University of Naples Federico II

Tamas L. Horvath Yale University

Vincenzo Morra University of Naples Federico II

Federica M. Marelli-Berg Queen Mary University of London

Giuseppe Danilo Norata University of Milan

Gerardo Botti Istituto Giannina Gaslini

Diego Centonze University of Rome Tor Vergata

Giovanna Borsellino Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

External Links

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