Flora Masutti

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Flora Masutti is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Flora Masutti has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Epidemiology, 31 papers in Hepatology and 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Flora Masutti's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (13 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers). Flora Masutti is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (13 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers). Flora Masutti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Finland. Flora Masutti's co-authors include Claudio Tiribelli, Stefano Bellentani, Giorgio Bedogni, L. Miglioli, Anna Castiglione, Lory Saveria Crocè, Gioconda Saccoccio, Giulio Marchesini, Franco Sasso and Giovanni Brandi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Internal Medicine and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Flora Masutti

48 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

The Fatty Liver Index: a simple and accurate predictor of hepatic steatosis in the general population

2006 2.1k citations Giorgio Bedogni, Stefano Bellentani et al. BMC Gastroenterology profile →
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Hepatic Steatosis in Northern Italy

2000 1.0k citations Stefano Bellentani, Gioconda Saccoccio et al. profile →
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Dionysos Nutrition and Liver Study * #

2005 997 citations Giorgio Bedogni, L. Miglioli et al. Hepatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Flora Masutti Italy	22	5.6k	2.5k	2.5k	1.2k	800	49	6.5k
Yuichiro Eguchi Japan	40	4.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	701 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	178	6.7k
Janus P. Ong United States	31	5.5k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	969 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	72	6.3k
Stergios Kechagias Sweden	33	7.8k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	4.0k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	113	8.7k
Kathleen E. Corey United States	44	4.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	688 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	167	7.0k
Mattias Ekstedt Sweden	31	7.9k 1.4×	3.2k 1.3×	4.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	102	8.7k
Ricki Bettencourt United States	36	4.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	457 0.4×	622 0.8×	77	5.0k
Yoshio Sumida Japan	42	5.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	697 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	181	7.4k
Stuart McPherson United Kingdom	32	5.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	717 0.6×	902 1.1×	139	6.2k
Mazen Noureddin United States	49	7.1k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.6×	932 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	272	9.1k
Jérôme Boursier France	43	6.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	4.0k 1.6×	557 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	187	8.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flora Masutti

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Giuffrè, Mauro, Flora Masutti, Fabio Monica, et al.. (2024). Predicting response to non-selective beta-blockers with liver–spleen stiffness and heart rate in patients with liver cirrhosis and high-risk varices. Hepatology International. 19(2). 460–471. 2 indexed citations

Giuffrè, Mauro, Michele Campigotto, A. Colombo, et al.. (2021). The role of elastography in alcoholic liver disease: fibrosis staging and confounding factors, a review of the current literature. Minerva Gastroenterology. 67(2). 112–121. 4 indexed citations

Giuffrè, Mauro, Michele Campigotto, A. Colombo, et al.. (2020). Alanine aminotransferase and spleno-portal dynamics affect spleen stiffness measured by point shear-wave elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis C in the absence of significant liver fibrosis. Journal of Ultrasound. 24(1). 67–73. 25 indexed citations

Giuffrè, Mauro, Flora Masutti, Fabio Tinè, et al.. (2019). Spleen Stiffness Probability Index (SSPI): A simple and accurate method to detect esophageal varices in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis. Annals of Hepatology. 19(1). 53–61. 29 indexed citations

Giuffrè, Mauro, Flora Masutti, Fabio Tinè, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of spleen stiffness in healthy volunteers using point shear wave elastography. Annals of Hepatology. 18(5). 736–741. 40 indexed citations

Pascut, Devis, Danilo Licastro, Simeone Dal Monego, et al.. (2016). Circulating microRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma as prognostic biomarkers. Digestive and Liver Disease. 48. e23–e23. 1 indexed citations

Chávez‐Tapia, Norberto C., Félix I. Téllez‐Ávila, Giorgio Bedogni, et al.. (2009). Systematic review and meta-analysis on the adverse events of rimonabant treatment: Considerations for its potential use in hepatology. BMC Gastroenterology. 9(1). 75–75. 13 indexed citations

Bedogni, Giorgio, L. Miglioli, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2008). Natural Course of Chronic HCV and HBV Infection and Role of Alcohol in the General Population: The Dionysos Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103(9). 2248–2253. 67 indexed citations

Persico, Marcello, Mario Capasso, Eliana Persico, et al.. (2007). Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expression and hepatitis C virus–related chronic hepatitis. Hepatology. 46(4). 1009–1015. 133 indexed citations

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Bedogni, Giorgio, L. Miglioli, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2007). Incidence and natural course of fatty liver in the general population: The Dionysos study. Hepatology. 46(5). 1387–1391. 166 indexed citations

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Bedogni, Giorgio, Stefano Bellentani, L. Miglioli, et al.. (2006). The Fatty Liver Index: a simple and accurate predictor of hepatic steatosis in the general population. BMC Gastroenterology. 6(1). 33–33. 2130 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bedogni, Giorgio, L. Miglioli, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2005). Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Dionysos Nutrition and Liver Study * #. Hepatology. 42(1). 44–52. 997 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cardin, Romilda, Gioconda Saccoccio, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2001). DNA oxidative damage in leukocytes correlates with the severity of HCV-related liver disease: validation in an open population study. Journal of Hepatology. 34(4). 587–592. 86 indexed citations

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Bellentani, Stefano, L. Miglioli, Flora Masutti, Gioconda Saccoccio, & Claudio Tiribelli. (2000). Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Italy: the slowly unraveling mystery. Microbes and Infection. 2(14). 1757–1763. 25 indexed citations

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Bellentani, Stefano, Gioconda Saccoccio, Flora Masutti, et al.. (2000). Risk factors for alcoholic liver disease. Addiction Biology. 5(3). 261–268. 11 indexed citations

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Bellentani, Stefano, Gabriele Pozzato, Gioconda Saccoccio, et al.. (1999). Clinical course and risk factors of hepatitis C virus related liver disease in the general population: report from the Dionysos study. Gut. 44(6). 874–880. 186 indexed citations

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Lenzi, Marco, Stefano Bellentani, Gioconda Saccoccio, et al.. (1999). Prevalence of non-organ-specific autoantibodies and chronic liver disease in the general population: a nested case-control study of the Dionysos cohort. Gut. 45(3). 435–441. 140 indexed citations

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Dominici, Paul, Stefano Bellentani, Anna Rita Di Biase, et al.. (1999). Familial clustering of Helicobacter pylori infection: population based study Commentary: Helicobacter pylori---the story so far. BMJ. 319(7209). 537–541. 81 indexed citations

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Ricci, Claudio, Renata Longo, Marco Bosco, et al.. (1997). Noninvasive in vivo quantitative assessment of fat content in human liver. Journal of Hepatology. 27(1). 108–113. 269 indexed citations

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Longo, Renata, Piero Pollesello, Claudio Ricci, et al.. (1995). Proton MR spectroscopy in quantitative in vivo determination of fat content in human liver steatosis. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 5(3). 281–285. 321 indexed citations

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