Massimo Alfano

4.8k total citations
135 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Massimo Alfano is a scholar working on Virology, Molecular Biology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Alfano has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Virology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 32 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Massimo Alfano's work include HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (27 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Massimo Alfano is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (37 papers), Sperm and Testicular Function (27 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers). Massimo Alfano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Massimo Alfano's co-authors include Guido Poli, Edana Cassol, Andrea Salonia, Francesco Montorsi, Luca Cassetta, Michael Bukrinsky, Manuela Nebuloni, Helena Schmidtmayerova, Filippo Pederzoli and Gerard J. Nuovo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Alfano

129 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Alfano Italy 33 1.1k 1.1k 917 530 495 135 3.5k
Maria Luisa Villa Italy 28 841 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 319 0.3× 135 0.3× 587 1.2× 73 3.2k
M Viganò Italy 43 1.0k 0.9× 917 0.8× 2.3k 2.5× 173 0.3× 1.3k 2.6× 251 6.7k
Susan E. Wilson United States 27 297 0.3× 425 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 208 0.4× 238 0.5× 81 3.0k
Elias K. Haddad United States 35 1.8k 1.6× 3.7k 3.3× 1.0k 1.1× 96 0.2× 946 1.9× 73 5.4k
Kai Krohn Finland 42 1.4k 1.2× 2.3k 2.1× 1.2k 1.3× 76 0.1× 793 1.6× 177 6.9k
Carolina Herrera United Kingdom 24 757 0.7× 375 0.3× 434 0.5× 248 0.5× 666 1.3× 100 2.1k
Lígia A. Pinto United States 37 782 0.7× 2.0k 1.8× 825 0.9× 97 0.2× 530 1.1× 152 5.1k
Bruno Verhasselt Belgium 32 533 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 78 0.1× 501 1.0× 116 3.1k
Michael W. Fanger United States 42 307 0.3× 2.9k 2.6× 1.7k 1.9× 165 0.3× 363 0.7× 124 5.7k
Daniela Fenoglio Italy 36 272 0.2× 2.0k 1.8× 836 0.9× 80 0.2× 355 0.7× 151 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Massimo Alfano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Massimo Alfano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Alfano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Alfano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Alfano 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 Massimo Alfano. Massimo Alfano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alfano, Massimo, et al.. (2025). Nutrimetry and Evaluation of Intestinal Parasites and Anaemia in Malnourished Schoolchildren from Toliara (Madagascar). Children. 12(2). 225–225. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Yi‐Chien, Blythe D. Shepard, Carolyn Ecelbarger, et al.. (2025). Multimodal Diagnostic Imaging of Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 195(5). 875–890. 1 indexed citations
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Alfano, Massimo, et al.. (2025). The impact of specialised orthopaedic surgical nurses on operating room time. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. 57. 101179–101179.
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Tortorella, Silvia, Irene Locatelli, Erica Locatelli, et al.. (2025). Urine‐Stable Aptamer‐Conjugated Gold Nanorods for the Early Detection of High‐Grade Bladder Cancer Residual Disease. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(10). e2403314–e2403314. 5 indexed citations
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Testi, Claudia, Emanuele Pontecorvo, Filippo Pederzoli, et al.. (2024). Progressive alteration of murine bladder elasticity in actinic cystitis detected by Brillouin microscopy. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 484–484. 8 indexed citations
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Pozzi, Edoardo, Federico Belladelli, Christian Corsini, et al.. (2024). Contemporary Diagnostic Work-Up for Male Infertility: Emphasizing Comprehensive Baseline Assessment. The World Journal of Men s Health. 43(2). 265–265. 2 indexed citations
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Pozzi, Edoardo, Luca Boeri, Antonino Saccà, et al.. (2023). Anti-Müllerian hormone predicts positive sperm retrieval in men with idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia—findings from a multi-centric cross-sectional study. Human Reproduction. 38(8). 1464–1472. 17 indexed citations
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Alfano, Massimo, Irene Locatelli, Cristina D’Arrigo, et al.. (2022). Lysyl-Oxidase Dependent Extracellular Matrix Stiffness in Hodgkin Lymphomas: Mechanical and Topographical Evidence. Cancers. 14(1). 259–259. 6 indexed citations
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Corsini, Christian, Luca Boeri, Luigi Candela, et al.. (2022). Is There a Relevant Clinical Impact in Differentiating Idiopathic versus Unexplained Male Infertility?. The World Journal of Men s Health. 41(2). 354–354. 19 indexed citations
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Boeri, Luca, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Walter Cazzaniga, et al.. (2021). Risk of health status worsening in primary infertile men: A prospective 10‐year follow‐up study. Andrology. 10(1). 128–136. 21 indexed citations
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Alfano, Massimo, Filippo Pederzoli, Irene Locatelli, et al.. (2021). Aging, inflammation and DNA damage in the somatic testicular niche with idiopathic germ cell aplasia. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5205–5205. 53 indexed citations
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Boeri, Luca, Paolo Capogrosso, Walter Cazzaniga, et al.. (2020). Clomiphene citrate and FSH treatment in men with elevated sperm DNA fragmentation index: Findings from a cross-sectional study. European Urology Open Science. 19. e549–e549. 1 indexed citations
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Pederzoli, Filippo, Roberto Ferrarese, Irene Locatelli, et al.. (2020). Sex-specific Alterations in the Urinary and Tissue Microbiome in Therapy-naïve Urothelial Bladder Cancer Patients. European Urology Oncology. 3(6). 784–788. 68 indexed citations
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Ooi, Ean Hin, et al.. (2020). Influence of natural convection on gold nanorods-assisted photothermal treatment of bladder cancer in mice. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 37(1). 634–650. 9 indexed citations
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Lenti, Elisa, Silvia Bianchessi, Steven T. Proulx, et al.. (2019). Therapeutic Regeneration of Lymphatic and Immune Cell Functions upon Lympho-organoid Transplantation. Stem Cell Reports. 12(6). 1260–1268. 32 indexed citations
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Graziano, Francesca, Marion Desdouits, Livia Garzetti, et al.. (2015). Extracellular ATP induces the rapid release of HIV-1 from virus containing compartments of human macrophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(25). E3265–73. 58 indexed citations
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Cassol, Edana, et al.. (2009). M1 and M2a Polarization of Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Inhibits HIV-1 Replication by Distinct Mechanisms. The Journal of Immunology. 182(10). 6237–6246. 151 indexed citations
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Ferrarini, Marina, Fanny Delfanti, Monica E. Gianolini, et al.. (2008). NF-κB Modulates Sensitivity to Apoptosis, Proinflammatory and Migratory Potential in Short- versus Long-Term Cultured Human γδ Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 181(9). 5857–5864. 22 indexed citations
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Crippa, Massimo P., Rienk E. Jeeninga, Ben Berkhout, et al.. (2006). Pertussis Toxin B-Oligomer Suppresses IL-6 Induced HIV-1 and Chemokine Expression in Chronically Infected U1 Cells via Inhibition of Activator Protein 1. The Journal of Immunology. 176(2). 999–1006. 20 indexed citations
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Zocchi, Maria Raffaella, Paola Contini, Massimo Alfano, & Alessandro Poggi. (2005). Pertussis Toxin (PTX) B Subunit and the Nontoxic PTX Mutant PT9K/129G Inhibit Tat-Induced TGF-β Production by NK Cells and TGF-β-Mediated NK Cell Apoptosis. The Journal of Immunology. 174(10). 6054–6061. 25 indexed citations

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