Paolo Gontero

23.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
473 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Paolo Gontero is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Gontero has authored 473 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 245 papers in Surgery, 210 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 116 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Paolo Gontero's work include Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (161 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (138 papers) and Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (119 papers). Paolo Gontero is often cited by papers focused on Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (161 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (138 papers) and Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (119 papers). Paolo Gontero collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Paolo Gontero's co-authors include Richard Sylvester, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Morgan Rouprêt, Bas W.G. van Rhijn, Joan Palou, Éva Compérat, Hugh Mostafid, Marko Babjuk, Maximilian Burger and Bruno Frea and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Gontero

438 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

European Association of Urology Guidelines ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2019 2021 2020 2017 2015 250 500 750
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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.

  1. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (TaT1 and Carcinoma In Situ) - 2019 Update
    2019 893 citations Marko Babjuk, Maximilian Burger et al. European Urology profile →
  2. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (Ta, T1, and Carcinoma in Situ)
    2021 860 citations Marko Babjuk, Maximilian Burger et al. European Urology profile →
  3. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: 2020 Update
    2020 561 citations Morgan Rouprêt, Marko Babjuk et al. European Urology profile →
  4. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: 2017 Update
    2017 515 citations Morgan Rouprêt, Marko Babjuk et al. European Urology profile →
  5. EORTC Nomograms and Risk Groups for Predicting Recurrence, Progression, and Disease-specific and Overall Survival in Non–Muscle-invasive Stage Ta–T1 Urothelial Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with 1–3 Years of Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
    2015 444 citations Richard Sylvester, Paolo Gontero et al. European Urology profile →
  6. Final Results of an EORTC-GU Cancers Group Randomized Study of Maintenance Bacillus Calmette-Guérin in Intermediate- and High-risk Ta, T1 Papillary Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: One-third Dose Versus Full Dose and 1 Year Versus 3 Years of Maintenance
    2012 340 citations Jorg R. Oddens, Maurizio Brausi et al. European Urology profile →
  7. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: 2023 Update
    2023 239 citations Morgan Rouprêt, Thomas Seisen et al. European Urology profile →
  8. Repeat Transurethral Resection in Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review
    2018 218 citations Shahrokh F. Shariat, Richard Sylvester et al. European Urology profile →
  9. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (TaT1 and Carcinoma In Situ)—A Summary of the 2024 Guidelines Update
    2024 54 citations Paolo Gontero, Alison Birtle et al. European Urology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paolo Gontero Italy 51 7.3k 3.9k 3.1k 2.0k 1.9k 473 12.4k
David P. Wood United States 62 6.2k 0.8× 7.9k 2.0× 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 2.7k 1.4× 281 14.8k
Giorgio Guazzoni Italy 59 4.9k 0.7× 7.0k 1.8× 4.5k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 864 0.5× 401 12.8k
Thierry Lebrét France 39 3.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 936 0.5× 269 6.6k
Janet L. Stanford United States 59 2.9k 0.4× 6.1k 1.5× 953 0.3× 2.1k 1.1× 2.9k 1.6× 194 12.1k
Alexandre de la Taille France 68 3.7k 0.5× 10.8k 2.7× 2.4k 0.8× 5.2k 2.6× 1.9k 1.0× 471 15.7k
Giorgio Gandaglia Italy 52 2.7k 0.4× 6.6k 1.7× 1.5k 0.5× 742 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 411 9.8k
Curtis A. Pettaway United States 52 3.5k 0.5× 3.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 2.9k 1.5× 264 10.1k
Kathleen J. Propert United States 50 1.8k 0.2× 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 147 9.9k
Claude C. Schulman Belgium 52 2.1k 0.3× 4.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 943 0.5× 236 8.1k
Naoya Masumori Japan 39 1.7k 0.2× 2.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 928 0.5× 406 6.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Gontero

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All Works

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Oderda, Marco, Giorgio Calleris, Giuseppe Carlo Iorio, Giuseppe Simone, & Paolo Gontero. (2025). Radical Prostatectomy in Multimodal Setting: Current Role of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Hormonal or Chemotherapy-Based Treatments. Current Oncology. 32(2). 92–92.
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Gontero, Paolo, Alison Birtle, Otakar Čapoun, et al.. (2024). European Association of Urology Guidelines on Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (TaT1 and Carcinoma In Situ)—A Summary of the 2024 Guidelines Update. European Urology. 86(6). 531–549. 54 indexed citations breakdown →
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Falcone, Marco, et al.. (2024). The Outcomes of Adult Acquired Buried Penis Surgical Reconstruction. Life. 14(10). 1321–1321. 2 indexed citations
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Pellegrino, Francesco, Elio Mazzone, Armando Stabile, et al.. (2023). Impact of the time elapsed between prostate biopsy and surgery on the accuracy of nomograms predicting lymph node invasion in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 41(9). 387.e17–387.e25. 3 indexed citations
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Falcone, Marco, Mirko Preto, Davide Ciclamini, et al.. (2023). Bioengineered dermal matrix (Integra®) reduces donor site morbidity in total phallic construction with radial artery forearm free-flap. International Journal of Impotence Research. 2 indexed citations
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Sessa, Francesco, Rossella Nicoletti, Cosimo De Nunzio, et al.. (2023). Inflammation and Prostate Cancer: Pathological Analysis from Pros-IT CNR 2. Cancers. 15(3). 630–630. 4 indexed citations
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Preto, Mirko, Gideon Blecher, M. Timpano, Paolo Gontero, & Marco Falcone. (2021). The Frontier of Penile Implants in Phalloplasty: Is the ZSI 475 FTM what we have been waiting for?. International Journal of Impotence Research. 33(7). 779–783. 11 indexed citations
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Bosio, Andrea, et al.. (2021). Flexible Ureterorenoscopy under Spinal Anesthesia: Focus on Technique, Results, Complications, and Patients’ Satisfaction from a Large Series. Urologia Internationalis. 106(5). 455–460. 4 indexed citations
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Falcone, Marco, Mirko Preto, M. Timpano, et al.. (2021). The surgical outcomes of radial artery forearm free-flap phalloplasty in transgender men: single-centre experience and systematic review of the current literature. International Journal of Impotence Research. 33(7). 737–745. 13 indexed citations
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Marra, Giancarlo, Alessandro Marquis, Stefano Tappero, et al.. (2020). Transperineal Free-hand mpMRI Fusion-targeted Biopsies Under Local Anesthesia: Technique and Feasibility From a Single-center Prospective Study. Urology. 140. 122–131. 16 indexed citations
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Falcone, Marco, Marco Oderda, Andrea Cocci, et al.. (2020). Suprapubic pedicled phalloplasty in transgender men: a multicentric retrospective cohort analysis. International Journal of Impotence Research. 33(8). 808–814. 16 indexed citations
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Boeri, Luca, Paolo Capogrosso, Eugenio Ventimiglia, et al.. (2020). Rate of hypogonadism among Klinefelter patients at first presentation: A multicenter cross-sectional study. European Urology Open Science. 19. e676–e676.
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D‘Andrea, David, Francesco Soria, Kilian M. Gust, et al.. (2020). First quarter report from the eBLOC (en-bloc vs conventional resection of primary bladder tumor) trial. European Urology Open Science. 19. e1186–e1186.
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Marra, Giancarlo, Jian Zhuang, Alessandro Marquis, et al.. (2020). Pain in men undergoing transperineal free-hand mpMRI fusion-targeted biopsies under local anesthesia: Outcomes and predictors from a multicenter study of 1008 patients. European Urology Open Science. 19. e2316–e2316. 1 indexed citations
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Compérat, Éva, Maximilian Burger, Paolo Gontero, et al.. (2018). Grading of Urothelial Carcinoma and The New “World Health Organisation Classification of Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs 2016”. European Urology Focus. 5(3). 457–466. 106 indexed citations
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Russo, Alessia, Simonetta Guarrera, Giovanni Fiorito, et al.. (2014). Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Independently Associated with Poor Survival in Patients with Bladder Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(11). 2439–2446. 29 indexed citations
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Gontero, Paolo, Luca Marini, & Bruno Frea. (2005). Intravesical gemcitabine for superficial bladder cancer: rationale for a new treatment option. British Journal of Urology. 96(7). 970–976. 21 indexed citations

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