Cesare Ruffolo

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Cesare Ruffolo is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cesare Ruffolo has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Surgery, 51 papers in Genetics and 37 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Cesare Ruffolo's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (50 papers), Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (19 papers). Cesare Ruffolo is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (50 papers), Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (19 papers). Cesare Ruffolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Cesare Ruffolo's co-authors include Marco Scarpa, Imerio Angriman, Lino Polese, Davide D’Amico, Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo, R. D’Incà, Nicolò Bassi, Mauro Frego, Michela Barollo and Marco Massani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Cesare Ruffolo

113 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Human Health: From Metabolic Pathways to Current Therapeutic Implications

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cesare Ruffolo Italy	25	979	706	498	448	310	118	2.0k
Imerio Angriman Italy	26	987 1.0×	970 1.4×	650 1.3×	380 0.8×	293 0.9×	125	2.2k
Francesco Selvaggi Italy	27	1.2k 1.3×	735 1.0×	567 1.1×	641 1.4×	152 0.5×	110	2.4k
Kang‐Moon Lee South Korea	27	1.0k 1.1×	943 1.3×	837 1.7×	401 0.9×	412 1.3×	173	2.4k
Michael Chiorean United States	21	850 0.9×	747 1.1×	630 1.3×	214 0.5×	222 0.7×	94	1.9k
Leena Halme Finland	30	1.3k 1.3×	713 1.0×	806 1.6×	347 0.8×	450 1.5×	84	2.5k
Frank Klebl Germany	25	573 0.6×	563 0.8×	504 1.0×	179 0.4×	201 0.6×	80	1.5k
Hiroki Ikeuchi Japan	34	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	962 1.9×	866 1.9×	351 1.1×	209	3.2k
Chang Mo Moon South Korea	28	755 0.8×	426 0.6×	446 0.9×	695 1.6×	567 1.8×	150	2.4k
Gianmichele Meucci Italy	31	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	1.1k 2.2×	670 1.5×	603 1.9×	70	2.6k
Motoi Uchino Japan	26	861 0.9×	681 1.0×	633 1.3×	487 1.1×	137 0.4×	158	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cesare Ruffolo

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Scarpa, Melania, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Ilaria Patuzzi, et al.. (2025). Distinct microbiota composition and dendritic cell activation in the appendix microenvironment of ulcerative colitis patients. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2545416–2545416.

Mazzitelli, Maria, Claudia Cozzolino, Cesare Ruffolo, et al.. (2025). Anal cancer screening in a cohort of women with HIV : Uptake and outcomes from a prospective study in Northern Italy. HIV Medicine. 26(10). 1505–1514.

Angriman, Imerio, Melania Scarpa, Edoardo Savarino, et al.. (2024). Oral administration of Lactobacillus casei DG® after ileostomy closure in restorative proctocolectomy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial (microbiota and immune microenvironment in pouchitis -MEP1). Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2423037–2423037. 2 indexed citations

Bertin, Luisa, G. Lorenzon, Daria Maniero, et al.. (2024). Advancing therapeutic frontiers: a pipeline of novel drugs for luminal and perianal Crohn's disease management. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 17. 1118486627–1118486627. 3 indexed citations

Angriman, Imerio, Andromachi Kotsafti, Claudia Mescoli, et al.. (2024). Innate Immunity Activation in Newly Diagnosed Ileocolonic Crohn’s Disease: A Cohort Study. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 67(5). 681–692. 4 indexed citations

Bertin, Luisa, Greta Lorenzon, Daria Maniero, et al.. (2024). Refractory Crohn’s Disease: Perspectives, Unmet Needs and Innovations. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology. Volume 17. 261–315. 2 indexed citations

Bertin, Luisa, M. M. Nasrallah, Daria Maniero, et al.. (2024). Risk Factors and Postoperative Outcomes in Pouchitis Following Restorative Proctocolectomy: An 18-Year Single-Center Study. Gastroenterology Insights. 15(4). 1075–1092. 1 indexed citations

Bao, Quoc Riccardo, Giulia Capelli, Cesare Ruffolo, et al.. (2023). Rectal Sparing Approaches after Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Local Excision and Watch and Wait. Cancers. 15(2). 465–465. 9 indexed citations

Ruffolo, Cesare, Francesco Ferrara, Elisabetta Trevellin, et al.. (2020). Can Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors and CD34 Expression Implement NICE (Narrow-Band Imaging International Colorectal Endoscopic) Classification in Colorectal Polypoid Lesion Diagnosis?. European Surgical Research. 61(2-3). 72–82. 3 indexed citations

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Scarpa, Melania, Andromachi Kotsafti, Susan Morgan, et al.. (2019). Epithelial CD80 promotes immune surveillance of colonic preneoplastic lesions and its expression is increased by oxidative stress through STAT3 in colon cancer cells. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 38(1). 190–190. 28 indexed citations

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Scarpa, Marco, et al.. (2015). Sporadic mismatch repair genes defects are associated to hiCD80+ lamina propria mononuclear cells infiltration in colo-rectal cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 41(1). S8–S8.

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Scarpa, Marco, Cesare Ruffolo, Francesca Erroi, et al.. (2014). Obesity is a risk factor for multifocal disease and recurrence after colorectal cancer surgery: a case-control study.. PubMed. 34(10). 5735–41. 24 indexed citations

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Scarpa, Marco, Romilda Cardin, Marina Bortolami, et al.. (2012). Mucosal immune environment in colonic carcinogenesis: CD80 expression is associated to oxidative DNA damage and TLR4–NFκB signalling. European Journal of Cancer. 49(1). 254–263. 15 indexed citations

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Scarpa, Marco, Imerio Angriman, Egle Perissinotto, et al.. (2012). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Postoperative Surveillance Protocols Following Radical Surgery for Colorectal Cancer. Acta chirurgica Belgica. 112(1). 24–32. 11 indexed citations

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Ruffolo, Cesare. (2011). Perianal Crohn’s disease: Is there something new?. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 17(15). 1939–1939. 14 indexed citations

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Scarpa, Marco, et al.. (2008). A systematic review on the clinical diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 98(5). 384–392. 97 indexed citations

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Ruffolo, Cesare, Imerio Angriman, Marco Scarpa, et al.. (2007). Urologic complications in Crohn's disease: suspicion criteria.. PubMed. 53(69). 357–60. 8 indexed citations

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Iacobone, Maurizio, Marco Scarpa, Cesare Ruffolo, et al.. (2006). The early prediction of symptomatic hypoparathyroidism after thyroid surgery by qPTH measurements: is it reliable and cost-effective?. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 391. 49–50. 1 indexed citations

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Vitale, Alessandro, Imerio Angriman, Cesare Ruffolo, et al.. (2005). Early Surgery for the Treatment of Toxic Megacolon. Digestion. 72(2-3). 146–149. 8 indexed citations

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Fiamingo, Pietro, et al.. (2004). Laparoscopic colorrhaphy, irrigation and drainage in the treatment of complicated acute diverticulitis: initial experience.. PubMed. 56(1). 95–8. 26 indexed citations

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