Massimo Sartelli

25.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
168 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Massimo Sartelli is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Sartelli has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Surgery, 64 papers in Emergency Medicine and 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Massimo Sartelli's work include Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (53 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (24 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers). Massimo Sartelli is often cited by papers focused on Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (53 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (24 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers). Massimo Sartelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Massimo Sartelli's co-authors include Mainul Haque, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena, Salomone Di Saverio, Judy McKimm, Muhamad Abu Bakar, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger and Giulia Montori and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Sartelli

158 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Health care-associated infections – an overview
    2018 793 citations Mainul Haque, Massimo Sartelli et al. profile →
  2. 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis
    2019 502 citations Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen et al. profile →
  3. Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery
    2017 320 citations Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger et al. profile →
  4. Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis
    2015 280 citations Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena et al. profile →
  5. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: a scattered picture
    2021 228 citations Katia Iskandar, Massimo Sartelli et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Massimo Sartelli 2.9k 1.3k 1.3k 902 649 168 5.7k
Federico Coccolini 4.5k 1.5× 2.0k 1.5× 2.1k 1.6× 1.3k 1.5× 239 0.4× 252 6.4k
Soumitra R. Eachempati 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 885 0.7× 231 0.3× 423 0.7× 98 4.5k
John E. Mazuski 3.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 471 0.5× 914 1.4× 109 8.5k
E. Patchen Dellinger 1.7k 0.6× 972 0.7× 470 0.4× 253 0.3× 570 0.9× 59 5.4k
Ying P. Tabak 1.1k 0.4× 568 0.4× 552 0.4× 458 0.5× 343 0.5× 67 3.9k
Douglas N. Fish 2.5k 0.9× 424 0.3× 647 0.5× 401 0.4× 590 0.9× 135 7.3k
Philip S. Barie 3.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.7× 1.7k 1.4× 720 0.8× 405 0.6× 282 10.1k
Pamela A. Lipsett 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 2.6k 2.1× 581 0.6× 559 0.9× 153 11.0k
Timothy L. Pruett 5.6k 1.9× 522 0.4× 794 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 409 0.6× 414 11.5k
Kamal M.F. Itani 7.5k 2.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 215 0.3× 203 11.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Sartelli

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All Works

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Mishra, Shyam Kumar, Umme Laila Urmi, Binod Rayamajhee, et al.. (2025). Harnessing Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Counter Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pathogens with Special Reference to Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Coatings. Antibiotics. 14(1). 57–57. 6 indexed citations
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Pipitone, Giuseppe, et al.. (2024). On the use of intravenous metronidazole for severe and complicated Clostridioides difficile infection: a review and meta-analysis. Infezioni in Medicina. 32(1). 20–24. 1 indexed citations
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Vallicelli, Carlo, et al.. (2024). Bedside Laparoscopy in the Critically Ill: A Review of the Literature. Preprints.org. 1 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo. (2024). Le guerre e la ricerca di un mondo più sicuro. Il ruolo della sanità. Recenti Progressi in Medicina. 115(9). 381–383. 1 indexed citations
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Кryvoruchko, І. А., et al.. (2023). Pancreatic Necrosis Infection as a Determinant of Multiple Organ Failure and Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis. Pathogens. 12(3). 428–428. 4 indexed citations
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Coccolini, Federico, Massimo Sartelli, Robert G. Sawyer, et al.. (2023). Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma: Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery, Surgical Infection Society Europe, World Surgical Infection Society, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 96(4). 674–682. 9 indexed citations
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Mudenda, Steward, Scott Kaba Matafwali, Moses Mukosha, et al.. (2023). Antifungal resistance and stewardship: a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey among pharmacy students at the University of Zambia; findings and implications. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 5(6). dlad141–dlad141. 11 indexed citations
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Cicuttin, Enrico, Massimo Sartelli, Dario Tartaglia, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Torso, Maxillofacial, and Skin Traumatic Lesions: A Systematic Review of Recent Evidence. Antibiotics. 11(2). 139–139. 8 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, et al.. (2021). World Society of Emergency Surgery-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients: An executive summary. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 91(2). 422–426. 5 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Fausto Catena, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery. Antibiotics. 9(8). 497–497. 93 indexed citations
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Leppäniemi, Ari, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, et al.. (2020). Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 88(6). 888–890. 23 indexed citations
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Bassetti, Matteo, Christian Eckmann, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Massimo Sartelli, & Philippe Montravers. (2019). Post-operative abdominal infections: epidemiology, operational definitions, and outcomes. Intensive Care Medicine. 46(2). 163–172. 47 indexed citations
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Catena, Fausto, Rita Maria Melotti, Daniel Z. Louis, et al.. (2017). Cholecystectomy in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy): A retrospective cohort study based on a large administrative database.. PubMed. 88. 215–221. 1 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, Therèse M. Duane, Fausto Catena, et al.. (2016). Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Call to Action for Surgeons. Surgical Infections. 17(6). 625–631. 66 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, et al.. (2016). Non-Restrictive Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a General and Emergency Surgery Unit. Surgical Infections. 17(4). 485–490. 16 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, et al.. (2015). Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy in Treating Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Comprehensive Review. Surgical Infections. 17(1). 9–12. 20 indexed citations
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Sartelli, Massimo, Fausto Catena, Alessia Biancafarina, et al.. (2014). Use of Floseal Hemostatic Matrix for Control of Hemostasis During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: A Multicenter Historical Control Group Comparison (The GLA Study Gelatin Matrix for Acute Cholecystitis). Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 24(12). 837–841. 9 indexed citations

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