Massimo Caruso

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Massimo Caruso is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Caruso has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Massimo Caruso's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (19 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (17 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers). Massimo Caruso is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (19 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (17 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers). Massimo Caruso collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Massimo Caruso's co-authors include Riccardo Polosa, Cristina Russo, Pasquale Caponnetto, Jaymin B. Morjaria, Davide Campagna, Fabio Cibella, Rosalia Emma, Maria Domenica Amaradio, Giovanni Li Volti and Eliana Battaglia and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Gut and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Caruso

73 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

EffiCiency and Safety of an eLectronic cigAreTte (ECLAT) as Tobacco Cigarettes Substitute: A Prospective 12-Month Randomized Control Design Study

2013 557 citations Pasquale Caponnetto, Davide Campagna et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Massimo Caruso	1.4k	490	462	374	369	74	2.3k
Elizabeth Tam	619 0.4×	142 0.3×	292 0.6×	332 0.9×	206 0.6×	37	1.5k
Cindy M. Chang	600 0.4×	271 0.6×	437 0.9×	132 0.4×	197 0.5×	55	2.0k
Thomas E. Sussan	663 0.5×	152 0.3×	744 1.6×	432 1.2×	362 1.0×	36	2.1k
Daniela Schmid	903 0.6×	562 1.1×	383 0.8×	266 0.7×	78 0.2×	50	2.6k
Pierre‐Antoine Dugué	548 0.4×	320 0.7×	708 1.5×	200 0.5×	102 0.3×	96	2.6k
Phillip W. Clapp	655 0.5×	131 0.3×	253 0.5×	600 1.6×	360 1.0×	30	1.6k
G Lagrue	426 0.3×	130 0.3×	601 1.3×	346 0.9×	60 0.2×	286	2.5k
Jianjun Zhang	306 0.2×	392 0.8×	722 1.6×	159 0.4×	77 0.2×	120	2.3k
Mary Beth Scholand	621 0.4×	105 0.2×	514 1.1×	1.1k 2.9×	72 0.2×	67	2.1k
Beata Pepłońska	431 0.3×	265 0.5×	981 2.1×	209 0.6×	284 0.8×	88	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Caruso

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Emma, Rosalia, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the Risks of Heated Tobacco Products: Toxicological Effects on Two Selected Respiratory Bacteria and Human Lung Cells. Toxics. 13(2). 70–70. 2 indexed citations

Giallongo, Sebastiano, Francesco Bellia, Matteo Fallico, et al.. (2025). Comparative Evaluation of Cigarette Smoke and a Heated Tobacco Product on Corneal Oxidative Stress in an Air/Liquid Interface Model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 66(4). 4–4. 1 indexed citations

Emma, Rosalia, Pietro Zuccarello, Chiara Copat, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic toxicity profiling of nicotine-rich e-liquids: mitochondrial and oxidative stress responses in ALI-exposed bronchial cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 481(2). 899–910.

Distefano, Alfio, Laura Orlando, Sebastiano Giallongo, et al.. (2024). Fish Oil Containing Pro-Resolving Mediators Enhances the Antioxidant System and Ameliorates LPS-Induced Inflammation in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Pharmaceuticals. 17(8). 1066–1066. 1 indexed citations

Distefano, Alfio, Laura Orlando, Lucia Longhitano, et al.. (2024). Comparative evaluation of cigarette smoke and a heated tobacco product on microglial toxicity, oxidative stress and inflammatory response. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 876–876. 6 indexed citations

Fuochi, Virginia, Giuseppe Floresta, Rosalia Emma, et al.. (2023). Heparan Sulfate and Enoxaparin Interact at the Interface of the Spike Protein of HCoV-229E but Not with HCoV-OC43. Viruses. 15(3). 663–663. 6 indexed citations

Pavlović, D., Carl Randall Harrell, Riccardo Polosa, et al.. (2023). Cigarette smoke attenuates mesenchymal stem cell-based suppression of immune cell-driven acute liver failure. Toxicology Letters. 385. 12–20. 4 indexed citations

Caponnetto, Pasquale, Davide Campagna, Marilena Maglia, et al.. (2023). Comparing the Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Acceptability of Heated Tobacco Products and Refillable Electronic Cigarettes for Cigarette Substitution (CEASEFIRE): Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e42628–e42628. 27 indexed citations

Caruso, Massimo, Alfio Distefano, Rosalia Emma, et al.. (2022). In vitro cytoxicity profile of e‐cigarette liquid samples on primary human bronchial epithelial cells. Drug Testing and Analysis. 15(10). 1145–1155. 13 indexed citations

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Messina, Grazia M. L., Massimo Caruso, Concetta Federico, et al.. (2022). Cytostatic Effects of Polyethyleneimine Surfaces on the Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Cycle. Polymers. 14(13). 2643–2643. 4 indexed citations

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Longhitano, Lucia, Nunzio Vicario, Stefano Forte, et al.. (2022). Lactate modulates microglia polarization via IGFBP6 expression and remodels tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 72(1). 1–20. 48 indexed citations

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Caruso, Massimo, Rosalia Emma, Alfio Distefano, et al.. (2022). Comparative assessment of electronic nicotine delivery systems aerosol and cigarette smoke on endothelial cell migration: The Replica Project. Drug Testing and Analysis. 15(10). 1164–1174. 13 indexed citations

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Polosa, Riccardo, Rosalia Emma, Fabio Cibella, et al.. (2021). Impact of exclusive e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products use on muco-ciliary clearance. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease. 12. 364083843–364083843. 15 indexed citations

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Fuochi, Virginia, Massimo Caruso, Rosalia Emma, et al.. (2020). Investigation on the Antibacterial Activity of Electronic Cigarette Liquids (ECLs): A Proof of Concept Study. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 22(7). 983–994. 5 indexed citations

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Caruso, Massimo, Fabio Cibella, Rosalia Emma, et al.. (2018). Basophil biomarkers as useful predictors for sublingual immunotherapy in allergic rhinitis. International Immunopharmacology. 60. 50–58. 29 indexed citations

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Tomasello, Barbara, Sandro Dattilo, Fulvia Sinatra, et al.. (2017). Sugar and mineral enriched fraction from olive mill wastewater for promising cosmeceutical application: characterization,in vitroandin vivostudies. Food & Function. 8(12). 4713–4722. 14 indexed citations

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Cappa, Marco, et al.. (2015). GH therapy in transition age: state of the art and future perspectives.. PubMed. 40(1). 23–35. 3 indexed citations

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Luca, Tonia, Vincenza Barresi, Nicolò Musso, et al.. (2014). In vitro combined treatment with cetuximab and trastuzumab inhibits growth of colon cancer cells. Cell Proliferation. 47(5). 435–447. 26 indexed citations

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Caponnetto, Pasquale, Davide Campagna, Fabio Cibella, et al.. (2013). EffiCiency and Safety of an eLectronic cigAreTte (ECLAT) as Tobacco Cigarettes Substitute: A Prospective 12-Month Randomized Control Design Study. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66317–e66317. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jenna, Sarah, Massimo Caruso, Anouk Emadali, et al.. (2005). Regulation of Membrane Trafficking by a Novel Cdc42-related Protein in Caenorhabditis elegans Epithelial Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(4). 1629–1639. 17 indexed citations

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