Francesco Rubino

22.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
125 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Francesco Rubino is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Rubino has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Surgery, 62 papers in Physiology and 39 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Francesco Rubino's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (80 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (60 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (31 papers). Francesco Rubino is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (80 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (60 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (31 papers). Francesco Rubino collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Francesco Rubino's co-authors include Jacques Marescaux, Geltrude Mingrone, David E. Cummings, M Castagneto, Paul Zimmet, Caterina Guidone, Amerigo Iaconelli, Andrea De Gaetano, Simona Panunzi and Michel Vix and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Rubino

116 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

Bariatric Surgery versus ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2012 2015 2009 2006 2001 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
    2012 1.2k citations Geltrude Mingrone, Simona Panunzi et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Bariatric–metabolic surgery versus conventional medical treatment in obese patients with type 2 diabetes: 5 year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial
    2015 867 citations Geltrude Mingrone, Simona Panunzi et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. How Do We Define Cure of Diabetes?
    2009 753 citations Francesco Rubino et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  4. The Mechanism of Diabetes Control After Gastrointestinal Bypass Surgery Reveals a Role of the Proximal Small Intestine in the Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes
    2006 667 citations Francesco Rubino, David E. Cummings et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
  5. Transatlantic robot-assisted telesurgery
    2001 638 citations Joël Leroy, Francesco Rubino et al. profile →
  6. Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19
    2020 611 citations Stefan R. Bornstein, Francesco Rubino et al. profile →
  7. New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19
    2020 541 citations Francesco Rubino, Paul Zimmet et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  8. Metabolic surgery versus conventional medical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes: 10-year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial
    2021 317 citations Geltrude Mingrone, Simona Panunzi et al. The Lancet profile →
  9. Consensus Report: Definition and Interpretation of Remission in Type 2 Diabetes
    2021 238 citations Carel W. le Roux, Francesco Rubino et al. Diabetes Care profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Francesco Rubino 9.1k 5.5k 3.9k 1.5k 1.1k 125 12.4k
Nicolas V. Christou 3.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.3× 293 0.1× 723 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 131 8.0k
Simona Panunzi 3.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 1.7k 0.4× 573 0.4× 417 0.4× 101 5.2k
J. Jeffrey Carr 5.3k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 143 0.1× 3.5k 3.1× 473 25.0k
Rohit Arora 4.2k 0.5× 468 0.1× 588 0.1× 426 0.3× 564 0.5× 372 7.9k
Shelley Hurwitz 1.4k 0.2× 808 0.1× 963 0.2× 91 0.1× 928 0.8× 160 7.8k
J. Hans DeVries 4.2k 0.5× 703 0.1× 8.6k 2.2× 51 0.0× 458 0.4× 235 13.1k
Bruce W. Bode 6.9k 0.8× 846 0.2× 12.8k 3.3× 49 0.0× 286 0.3× 242 14.6k
Pasquale Palumbo 1.4k 0.2× 1.1k 0.2× 2.6k 0.7× 113 0.1× 263 0.2× 218 6.7k
Roland Jung 962 0.1× 2.0k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 325 0.2× 172 0.2× 121 6.1k
Prashanthan Sanders 3.1k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 858 0.2× 102 0.1× 1.4k 1.3× 692 34.8k

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All Works

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Kamocka, Anna, Κλεοπάτρα Αλεξιάδου, Joanna Tan, et al.. (2025). 60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–21.
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Darling, Jonathan C., Mary Rudolf, Francesco Rubino, & Anne Greenough. (2024). Tackling obesity while preventing obesity stigma. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 110(1). 8–11. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ricardo V., Paulina Salminen, Philip R. Schauer, & Francesco Rubino. (2024). Back to the future: malabsorption is the Achilles’ heel of hypoabsorptive metabolic/bariatric procedures. British journal of surgery. 111(3).
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Dobbie, Laurence J., James P. Crane, Abdel Douiri, et al.. (2023). Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with liraglutide in adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes (GLIDE): a pilot randomised placebo controlled trial. International Journal of Obesity. 47(11). 1132–1142. 9 indexed citations
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Hanipah, Zubaidah Nor, Francesco Rubino, & Philip R. Schauer. (2023). Remission with an Intervention. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 52(1). 65–88. 5 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Anna, Nicole Mariani, Melisa Kose, et al.. (2023). Peripheral inflammation associated with depression and reduced weight loss: a longitudinal study of bariatric patients. Psychological Medicine. 54(3). 601–610. 6 indexed citations
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Angelini, Giulia, Lidia Castagneto‐Gissey, Serenella Salinari, et al.. (2022). Upper gut heat shock proteins HSP70 and GRP78 promote insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7715–7715. 15 indexed citations
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Miras, Alexander D., Anna Kamocka, Tricia Tan, et al.. (2021). Long limb compared with standard limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(3). 1–54. 7 indexed citations
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Mingrone, Geltrude, Simona Panunzi, Andrea De Gaetano, et al.. (2021). Metabolic surgery versus conventional medical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes: 10-year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 397(10271). 293–304. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Salinari, Serenella, et al.. (2017). Downregulation of Insulin Sensitivity After Oral Glucose Administration: Evidence for the Anti-Incretin Effect. Diabetes. 66(11). 2756–2763. 19 indexed citations
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Schauer, Philip R., Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, & Francesco Rubino. (2017). Metabolic surgery for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus: Now supported by the world’s leading diabetes organizations. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 84(7 suppl 1). S47–S56. 33 indexed citations
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Rajagopalan, Harith, Alan D. Cherrington, Christopher C. Thompson, et al.. (2016). Endoscopic Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Interim Analysis From the First-in-Human Proof-of-Concept Study. Diabetes Care. 39(12). 2254–2261. 130 indexed citations
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Rubino, Francesco. (2013). From Bariatric to Metabolic Surgery: Definition of a New Discipline and Implications for Clinical Practice. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 15(12). 369–369. 29 indexed citations
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Mingrone, Geltrude, Simona Panunzi, Andrea De Gaetano, et al.. (2012). Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(17). 1577–1585. 1229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dixon, John B., et al.. (2011). Bariatric surgery: an IDF statement for obese Type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine. 28(6). 628–642. 337 indexed citations
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Rubino, Francesco, Lee M. Kaplan, Philip R. Schauer, & David E. Cummings. (2010). The Diabetes Surgery Summit Consensus Conference. Annals of Surgery. 251(3). 399–405. 221 indexed citations
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Leroy, Joël & Francesco Rubino. (2003). Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. European surgery. Supplement/European surgery. 35(1). 64–64. 1 indexed citations
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Rubino, Francesco, et al.. (1951). Behaviour of energy expenditure during caloric underfeeding.. 35. 26–40. 1 indexed citations

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