Giovanni Tarantino

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Tarantino is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Tarantino has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Epidemiology, 39 papers in Hepatology and 28 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Tarantino's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (79 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (25 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (18 papers). Giovanni Tarantino is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (79 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (25 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (18 papers). Giovanni Tarantino collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Giovanni Tarantino's co-authors include Domênico Capone, Carmine Finelli, Vincenzo Citro, Paolo Conca, Clara Balsano, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Fabrizio Pasanisi, Marianna Tarantino, Paolo Sorrentino and Silvia Savastano and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Tarantino

147 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Insights into the molecular targets and emerging pharmacotherapeutic interventions for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2021 153 citations Giovanni Tarantino et al. profile →
Sarcopenia, a condition shared by various diseases: can we alleviate or delay the progression?

2023 79 citations Giovanni Tarantino, Vincenzo Citro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Tarantino Italy	43	2.7k	1.2k	955	881	774	148	4.9k
Chengfu Xu China	38	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	684 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	480 0.6×	183	4.9k
Chaohui Yu China	47	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	808 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	664 0.9×	234	6.9k
Antonio Grieco Italy	38	3.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	225	6.5k
Luca Miele Italy	40	4.4k 1.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	193	6.7k
Dae Won Jun South Korea	37	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	826 1.1×	290	5.3k
Marcello Persico Italy	41	4.3k 1.6×	987 0.8×	3.3k 3.4×	716 0.8×	401 0.5×	204	6.5k
Carlo Sabbà Italy	46	1.3k 0.5×	693 0.6×	967 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	846 1.1×	211	6.7k
Suthat Liangpunsakul United States	50	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	1.9k 2.2×	699 0.9×	252	7.3k
Roberto Testa Italy	48	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.7k 1.8×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	238	8.3k
Giuseppe Palasciano Italy	39	1.5k 0.6×	610 0.5×	719 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	669 0.9×	178	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Tarantino

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Tarantino

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Tarantino, Giovanni, Ciro Imbimbo, Matteo Ferro, et al.. (2025). Which Surrogate Marker of Insulin Resistance Among Those Proposed in the Literature Better Predicts the Presence of Non-Metastatic Bladder Cancer?. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(8). 2636–2636. 1 indexed citations

Tarantino, Giovanni & Vincenzo Citro. (2024). What are the common downstream molecular events between alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver?. Lipids in Health and Disease. 23(1). 41–41. 17 indexed citations

Tarantino, Giovanni & Vincenzo Citro. (2024). Crosstalk Between the Spleen and Other Organs/Systems: Downstream Signaling Events. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 479–501. 2 indexed citations

Tarantino, Giovanni, Mauro Cataldi, & Vincenzo Citro. (2024). Could chronic opioid use be an additional risk of hepatic damage in patients with previous liver diseases, and what is the role of microbiome?. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1319897–1319897. 2 indexed citations

Renzo, Tiziana Di, et al.. (2023). Pharmacomicrobiomics of Classical Immunosuppressant Drugs: A Systematic Review. Biomedicines. 11(9). 2562–2562. 8 indexed citations

Renzo, Tiziana Di, et al.. (2023). Pharmacomicrobiomics of classical immunosuppressant drugs: a systematic review. 2 indexed citations

Caputo, Valerio, et al.. (2023). The Role of Epigenetic Control of Mitochondrial (Dys)Function in MASLD Onset and Progression. Nutrients. 15(22). 4757–4757. 9 indexed citations

Crocetto, Felice, Ciro Imbimbo, Biagio Barone, et al.. (2023). Which inflammatory marker, between systemic immune-inflammation index and neutrophil to eosinophil ratio, is associated with Peyronie’s disease and are there any implications for a better understanding of its mechanisms?. Basic and Clinical Andrology. 33(1). 38–38. 2 indexed citations

Crocetto, Felice, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Achille Aveta, et al.. (2022). A Comparative Study of the Triglycerides/HDL Ratio and Pseudocholinesterase Levels in Patients with Bladder Cancer. Diagnostics. 12(2). 431–431. 22 indexed citations

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Santini, Silvano Junior, et al.. (2022). Copper-catalyzed dicarbonyl stress in NAFLD mice: protective effects of Oleuropein treatment on liver damage. Nutrition & Metabolism. 19(1). 9–9. 10 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni, Vincenzo Citro, & Mauro Cataldi. (2021). Findings from Studies Are Congruent with Obesity Having a Viral Origin, but What about Obesity-Related NAFLD?. Viruses. 13(7). 1285–1285. 15 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni, Vincenzo Citro, & Carmine Finelli. (2015). Hype or Reality: Should Patients with Metabolic Syndromerelated NAFLD be on the Hunter-Gatherer (Paleo) Diet to Decrease Morbidity?. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. 24(3). 359–368. 23 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni. (2014). Nutrition: a promising route for prevention and management of obesity-related nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 20(2). 39–41. 5 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni & Domênico Capone. (2013). Inhibition of the mTOR pathway: A possible protective role in coronary artery disease. Annals of Medicine. 45(4). 348–356. 76 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni. (2011). Is spleen circulation impaired in systemic sclerosis and what is the role of liver fibrosis?. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 17(12). 1606–1606. 6 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni, et al.. (2009). Circulating Levels of Interferon-γ in Course of Hepatitis C Virus-Related Arthritis. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 29(7). 389–392. 3 indexed citations

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Fazio, Claudio, et al.. (2008). Modelling Mechanical Wave Propagation: Guidelines and experimentation of a teaching–learning sequence. International Journal of Science Education. 30(11). 1491–1530. 22 indexed citations

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Barba, Gianvincenzo, Ferruccio Galletti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, et al.. (2007). Incidence of hypertension in individuals with different blood pressure salt-sensitivity: results of a 15-year follow-up study. Journal of Hypertension. 25(7). 1465–1471. 45 indexed citations

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Tarantino, Giovanni, Paolo Conca, Domênico Capone, et al.. (2006). Reliability of total overnight salivary caffeine assessment (TOSCA) for liver function evaluation in compensated cirrhotic patients. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 62(8). 605–612. 15 indexed citations

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Fazio, Claudio, et al.. (2006). Measuring longitudinal wave speed in solids: two methods and a half. European Journal of Physics. 27(4). 687–701. 6 indexed citations

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