Massimo Rugge

44.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
507 papers, 22.6k citations indexed

About

Massimo Rugge is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Rugge has authored 507 papers receiving a total of 22.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 282 papers in Surgery, 159 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 155 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Massimo Rugge's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (156 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (119 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (60 papers). Massimo Rugge is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (156 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (119 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (60 papers). Massimo Rugge collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Massimo Rugge's co-authors include Matteo Fassan, David Y. Graham, Peter Malfertheiner, Robert M. Genta, Robert D. Odze, Ian A. Cree, Irıs D. Nagtegaal, David S. Klimstra, Peter Schirmacher and Fátima Carneiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Rugge

496 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Hit Papers

The 2019 WHO classificati... 1980 2026 1995 2010 2019 2016 2022 1980 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system
    2019 2.4k citations Irıs D. Nagtegaal, Robert D. Odze et al. Histopathology profile →
  2. Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht V/Florence Consensus Report
    2016 2.1k citations David Y. Graham, Massimo Rugge et al. Gut profile →
  3. Management of Helicobacter pylori infection: the Maastricht VI/Florence consensus report
    2022 718 citations Massimo Rugge et al. Gut profile →
  4. Seroconversion from hepatitis B e antigen to anti-HBe in chronic hepatitis B virus infection
    1980 377 citations G. Realdi, A. Albertí et al. profile →
  5. Mismatch Repair Deficiency, Microsatellite Instability, and Survival
    2017 365 citations Elizabeth Smyth, Andrew Wotherspoon et al. profile →
  6. Androgen-deprivation therapies for prostate cancer and risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2: a population-based study (N = 4532)
    2020 343 citations Monica Montopoli, Roberto Vettor et al. profile →
  7. Autoimmune gastritis
    2020 193 citations Massimo Rugge, Robert M. Genta et al. profile →
  8. RE.GA.IN.: the Real-world Gastritis Initiative–updating the updates
    2024 43 citations Massimo Rugge, Robert M. Genta et al. Gut profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Massimo Rugge 12.2k 7.1k 5.1k 4.0k 4.0k 507 22.6k
Gregory Y. Lauwers 13.6k 1.1× 7.2k 1.0× 11.2k 2.2× 6.1k 1.5× 5.4k 1.4× 448 28.5k
Keizō Sugimachi 10.3k 0.8× 7.1k 1.0× 6.7k 1.3× 4.0k 1.0× 5.9k 1.5× 876 25.2k
K Sugimachi 7.3k 0.6× 6.6k 0.9× 5.3k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 5.2k 1.3× 759 18.7k
Masahiro Asaka 10.4k 0.8× 5.6k 0.8× 2.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 507 18.0k
Tooru Shimosegawa 13.2k 1.1× 2.8k 0.4× 7.0k 1.4× 7.1k 1.8× 5.3k 1.3× 702 25.7k
Peter D. Siersema 14.1k 1.2× 10.8k 1.5× 6.4k 1.2× 2.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 647 22.9k
Fátima Carneiro 8.1k 0.7× 5.6k 0.8× 5.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 6.3k 1.6× 355 18.8k
Hye Seung Lee 5.5k 0.5× 5.0k 0.7× 5.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.3× 4.0k 1.0× 452 16.1k
Manish A. Shah 5.2k 0.4× 8.0k 1.1× 8.9k 1.7× 992 0.2× 4.1k 1.0× 336 17.3k
Joel K. Greenson 4.3k 0.4× 2.1k 0.3× 4.3k 0.8× 5.7k 1.4× 2.9k 0.7× 201 15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Rugge

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Rugge. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Rugge 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 Rugge. Massimo Rugge 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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Assumpção, Paulo Pimentel de, et al.. (2024). The Landscape of Helicobacter pylori-related Gastric Carcinogenesis. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. 33(4). 524–534. 2 indexed citations
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Giusti, Francesco, Carmen Martos, Manola Bettio, et al.. (2024). Geographical and temporal differences in gastric and oesophageal cancer registration by subsite and morphology in Europe. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1250107–1250107. 2 indexed citations
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Buja, Alessandra, Massimo Rugge, Saveria Tropea, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology, pathological characteristics and survival of retroperitoneal soft‑tissue sarcomas compared with non‑retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas. Oncology Letters. 26(1). 301–301. 4 indexed citations
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Dallapiccola, Bruno, Massimo Rugge, Massimo Cardillo, et al.. (2022). Organ donation from patients with a rare disease is often safe: the italian guidelines. Clinical Transplantation. 36(9). e14769–e14769. 1 indexed citations
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Mancini, Silvia, Lauro Bucchi, Stefano Guzzinati, et al.. (2022). Trends in Liver Cancer Incidence and Survival in Italy by Histologic Type, 2003–2017. Cancers. 14(24). 6162–6162. 4 indexed citations
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Londero, Ambrogio P., Luisa Santoro, Sara Pizzi, et al.. (2021). Abnormal umbilical cord insertions in singleton deliveries: placental histology and neonatal outcomes. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 75(11). 751–758. 13 indexed citations
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Washington, M. Kay, Richard M. Goldberg, George J. Chang, et al.. (2020). Diagnosis of digestive system tumours. International Journal of Cancer. 148(5). 1040–1050. 34 indexed citations
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Nagtegaal, Irıs D., Robert D. Odze, David S. Klimstra, et al.. (2019). The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system. Histopathology. 76(2). 182–188. 2366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rugge, Massimo, Alberto Meggio, Mattia Barbareschi, et al.. (2018). Gastritis staging in the endoscopic follow-up for the secondary prevention of gastric cancer: a 5-year prospective study of 1755 patients. Gut. 68(1). 11–17. 124 indexed citations
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Rizzo, Angelamaria, Martina Di Giovangiulio, Carmine Stolfi, et al.. (2018). RORγt-Expressing Tregs Drive the Growth of Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer by Controlling IL6 in Dendritic Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(9). 1082–1092. 43 indexed citations
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Arcidiacono, Diletta, Arben Dedja, Cinzia Giacometti, et al.. (2018). Hyperinsulinemia Promotes Esophageal Cancer Development in a Surgically-Induced Duodeno-Esophageal Reflux Murine Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(4). 1198–1198. 17 indexed citations
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Caputi, Valentina, Ilaria Marsilio, Viviana Filpa, et al.. (2017). Antibiotic‐induced dysbiosis of the microbiota impairs gut neuromuscular function in juvenile mice. British Journal of Pharmacology. 174(20). 3623–3639. 98 indexed citations
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D’Angelo, Edoardo, Carlo Zanon, Francesca Sensi, et al.. (2017). miR-194 as predictive biomarker of responsiveness to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 71(4). 344–350. 33 indexed citations
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Carraro, Amedeo, Elisabetta Trevellin, Matteo Fassan, et al.. (2017). Esophageal adenocarcinoma microenvironment: Peritumoral adipose tissue effects associated with chemoresistance. Cancer Science. 108(12). 2393–2404. 14 indexed citations
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Pucciarelli, Salvatore, Manuel Zorzi, Nicola Gennaro, et al.. (2017). In-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission, and length of hospital stay after surgery for primary colorectal cancer: A national population-based study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 43(7). 1312–1323. 36 indexed citations
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Mescoli, Claudia, Salvatore Pucciarelli, Luciano Giacomelli, et al.. (2012). Isolated Tumor Cells in Regional Lymph Nodes as Relapse Predictors in Stage I and II Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(9). 965–971. 40 indexed citations
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Realdi, G., F. Tremolada, Flavia Bortolotti, et al.. (1983). The natural history of post-transfusion and sporadic non-A, non-B, hepatitis in Italy.. PubMed. 143. 55–66. 3 indexed citations
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Rugge, Massimo, et al.. (1982). Basal cell carcinoma of the skin metastatic to bone.. PubMed. 68(5). 451–5.

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