Francesco Negro

32.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
311 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Francesco Negro is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Negro has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 255 papers in Hepatology, 231 papers in Epidemiology and 25 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Negro's work include Hepatitis C virus research (235 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (177 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (132 papers). Francesco Negro is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (235 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (177 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (132 papers). Francesco Negro collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Francesco Negro's co-authors include Heiner Wedemeyer, Jean–Michel Pawlotsky, Massimo Puoti, Geoffrey Dusheiko, Alessio Aghemo, Marina Berenguer, Olav Dalgård, Sophie Clément, Laura Rubbia‐Brandt and Nicolas Goossens and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Negro

298 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

EASL Recommendations on Treatment of Hepatitis C 2018

2018 1.5k citations Jean–Michel Pawlotsky, Francesco Negro et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →
EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: Final update of the series☆

2020 707 citations Jean–Michel Pawlotsky, Francesco Negro et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Fastest Growing Cause of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplant Candidates

2018 603 citations Zobair M. Younossi, Francesco Negro et al. profile →
Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras

2006 588 citations Thomas Pietschmann, Artur Kaul et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Burden of liver disease in Europe: Epidemiology and analysis of risk factors to identify prevention policies

2018 474 citations Helena Cortez‐Pinto, Francesco Negro et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Lean Individuals in the United States

2012 431 citations Zobair M. Younossi, Francesco Negro et al. profile →
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection

2018 415 citations Darius Moradpour, Heiner Wedemeyer et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →
Worldwide prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among patients with cirrhosis at country, region, and global levels: a systematic review

2022 121 citations Francesco Negro et al. profile →
EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on hepatitis delta virus

2023 112 citations Francesco Negro, Heiner Wedemeyer et al. Journal of Hepatology profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Francesco Negro

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesco Negro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Negro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesco Negro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesco Negro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francesco Negro. Francesco Negro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estimating the impact of displacement from Ukraine on HBV and HCV prevalence among migrants in the European Union, 2024: a modeling study 2025 ·The Lancet Regional Health - Europe ·Devin Razavi‐Shearer, Loreta A. Kondili, Samantha Hall, (unknown), Ivane Gamkrelidze, Marcelo Contardo Moscoso Naveira, H. Nde, Francesco Negro, (unknown), Camila A Picchio, Kathryn Razavi‐Shearer, (unknown), Homie Razavi	0
2	Preventing liver disease with policy measures to tackle alcohol consumption and obesity: The HEPAHEALTH II study 2023 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Lise Retat, (unknown), Peter Jepsen, Alexander M. Martin, Helena Cortez‐Pinto, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Francesco Negro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pierre Nahon, Nick Sheron, Shira Zelber‐Sagi, Marı́a Buti	17
3	ANGPTL4 is a potential driver of HCV-induced peripheral insulin resistance 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Cyril Sobolewski, (unknown), (unknown), Étienne Lefai, Dulce Alfaiate, Eirini D. Tseligka, Nicolas Goossens, Caroline Tapparel, Francesco Negro, Michelangelo Foti, Sophie Clément	1
4	Tolerogenic properties of liver macrophages in non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis 2019 ·Liver International ·Lorenzo A. Orci, Mario Kreutzfeldt, Nicolas Goossens, Laura Rubbia‐Brandt, (unknown), (unknown), Vaihere Delaune, Graziano Oldani, Francesco Negro, Sophie Clément, Carmen Gonelle‐Gispert, Léo H. Bühler, Christian Toso, Stéphanie Lacotte	8
5	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease burden 2019 ·Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) ·Nicolas Goossens, Stefano Bellentani, Andreas Cerny, Jean‐François Dufour, François R. Jornayvaz, Joachim C. Mertens, Alberto Moriggia, Beat Muellhaupt, Francesco Negro, Homie Razavi, Chris Estes, David Semela	1
6	The comprehensive outcomes of hepatitis C virus infection: A multi‐faceted chronic disease 2018 ·Journal of Viral Hepatitis ·Zobair M. Younossi, George Papatheodoridis, P. Cacoub, Francesco Negro, Heiner Wedemeyer, Linda Henry, Angelos Hatzakis	24
7	Hepatitis B prevalence, risk factors, infection awareness and disease knowledge among inmates: a cross-sectional study in Switzerland's largest pre-trial prison. 2018 ·PubMed ·Laurent Gétaz, Alejandra Casillas, Claire‐Anne Siegrist, François Chappuis, Giuseppe Togni, Nguyen Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Francesco Negro, Jean‐Michel Gaspoz, Hans Wolff	12
8	Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America 2018 ·Journal of Tropical Medicine ·(unknown), Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitória, Nguyen Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz	9
9	Ribavirin restores IFNα responsiveness in HCV-infected livers by epigenetic remodelling at interferon stimulated genes 2015 ·Gut ·Barbara Testoni, David Durantel, Fanny Lebossé, Judith Fresquet, François Helle, Francesco Negro, Maria Francesca Donato, Massimo Levrero, Fabien Zoulim	13
10	O321: HCV and insulin resistance 2014 ·Journal of Viral Hepatitis ·Francesco Negro	0
11	Morbidité et mortalité extra-hépatiques associées à l’infection par le virus de l’hépatite C 2014 ·Revue Médicale Suisse ·(unknown), Nicolas Goossens, Isabelle Morard, Francesco Negro	0
12	Elderly age is not a negative predictive factor for virological response to therapy with pegylated interferon‐α and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus patients 2013 ·Liver International ·Pascal Frei, (unknown), Ulrike Held, Reto Kofmehl, Christine N. Manser, Johannes Schmitt, Joachim C. Mertens, Monika Rau, (unknown), Tilman Gerlach, Francesco Negro, Markus H. Heim, Darius Moradpour, Andreas Cerny, Jean‐François Dufour, Beat Müllhaupt, Andreas Geier, (unknown)	10
13	Response Prediction in Chronic Hepatitis C by Assessment of IP-10 and IL28B-Related Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Martin Lagging, Galia Askarieh, Francesco Negro, Stéphanie Bibert, Jonas Söderholm, Johan Westin, Magnus Lindh, Ana I. Romero, Gabriele Missale, Carlo Ferrari, Avidan U. Neumann, Jean–Michel Pawlotsky, Bart L. Haagmans, Stefan Zeuzem, Pierre–Yves Bochud, Kristoffer Hellstrand, (unknown)	122
14	the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group 2011 ·Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·(unknown), Zoltán Kutalik, Kenichi Morikawa, Stéphanie Bibert, Andreas Cerny, G Dollenmaier, Jean‐François Dufour, (unknown), Markus H. Heim, (unknown), Beat Müllhaupt, Francesco Negro, Darius Moradpour, Pierre–Yves Bochud	2
15	IL28B polymorphisms, IP-10 and viral load predict virological response to therapy in chronic hepatitis C 2011 ·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·G. Fattovich, Loredana Covolo, Stéphanie Bibert, Galia Askarieh, Martin Lagging, Sophie Clément, Giovanni Malerba, (unknown), M. Guido, Massimo Puoti, G.B. Gaeta, Teresa Santantonio, G. Raimondo, Raffaele Bruno, Pierre–Yves Bochud, Francesco Donato, Francesco Negro, (unknown)	82
16	1357 A LARGE-SCALE GENETIC VALIDATION STUDY COUPLED WITH IN-VITRO ANALYSES REVEAL A ROLE OF VITAMIN D-SIGNALING IN THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C 2011 ·Journal of Hepatology ·(unknown), Stéphanie Bibert, Zoltán Kutalik, Kazuo Morikawa, Andreas Cerny, Jean‐François Dufour, (unknown), Markus H. Heim, R Malinverni, Beat Müllhaupt, Francesco Negro, Klaus Badenhoop, C. Sarrazin, Thomas Berg, Jérôme Gouttenoire, Pierre–Yves Bochud, Darius Moradpour	1
17	810 DOWNREGULATION OF PTEN AND IRS1 BY HCV 3A CORE PROTEIN TRIGGERS STEATOSIS IN HEPATOCYTES 2011 ·Journal of Hepatology ·Marion Peyrou, (unknown), (unknown), Lucie Bourgoin, David M. Suter, Manlio Vinciguerra, Kévin Guilloux, Stéphanie Pascarella, Laura Rubbia‐Brandt, Francesco Negro, Michelangelo Foti	1
18	Hepatitis delta virus inhibits alpha interferon signaling # 2008 ·Hepatology ·Paolo Pugnale, Valerio Pazienza, Kévin Guilloux, Francesco Negro	75
19	Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras breakdown → 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas Pietschmann, Artur Kaul, George Koutsoudakis, Anna Shavinskaya, Stephanie Kallis, Eike Steinmann, Karim Abid, Francesco Negro, Marlène Dreux, François–Loïc Cosset, Ralf Bartenschlager	588
20	LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS DISEASE 1987 ·The Lancet ·M. Rizzetto, E. Chiaberge, Francesco Negro, C. Di Giacomo, R Cortesini, M Doglia, S Macagno, G Verme, G. Marinucci, D Alfani, F Milazzo, (unknown), D Galmarini	76

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