Vega Masignani

13.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Vega Masignani is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Vega Masignani has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Epidemiology, 42 papers in Microbiology and 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Vega Masignani's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (42 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (42 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (18 papers). Vega Masignani is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (42 papers), Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (42 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (18 papers). Vega Masignani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Vega Masignani's co-authors include Rino Rappuoli, Mariagrazia Pizza, Claudio Donati, Hervé Tettelin, Duccio Medini, Michèle A. Barocchi, Beatrice Aricò, Antonello Covacci, Maurizio Comanducci and Jeannette Adu‐Bobie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vega Masignani

66 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The microbial pan-genome

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vega Masignani Italy	32	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	885	814	66	4.8k
Ian M. Feavers United Kingdom	37	3.4k 1.6×	3.9k 2.0×	2.0k 1.1×	589 0.7×	980 1.2×	113	7.2k
Janet Yother United States	35	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	436 0.5×	53	4.2k
J. Simon Kroll United Kingdom	36	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	282 0.3×	449 0.6×	84	4.6k
Davide Serruto Italy	29	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	257 0.3×	657 0.8×	43	3.6k
Jean‐Pierre Claverys France	42	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	731 0.9×	71	5.5k
Kate L. Seib Australia	35	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	240 0.3×	414 0.5×	98	3.4k
Anthony B. Schryvers Canada	39	704 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	417 0.5×	524 0.6×	126	3.9k
Loek van Alphen Netherlands	37	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	400 0.5×	449 0.6×	90	6.1k
Eric T. Harvill United States	37	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	243 0.3×	580 0.7×	142	4.2k
E. Richard Moxon United Kingdom	47	3.1k 1.5×	3.8k 1.9×	2.2k 1.2×	409 0.5×	457 0.6×	116	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Vega Masignani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vega Masignani

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Borrow, Ray, Daniela Toneatto, Stefania Bambini, et al.. (2025). Methods to evaluate the performance of a multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine. mSphere. 10(4). e0089824–e0089824. 1 indexed citations

Giuliani, Maria Elisa, Fabiola Giusti, Roberto Melero, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for cooperativity of human monoclonal antibodies to meningococcal factor H-binding protein. Communications Biology. 2(1). 241–241. 7 indexed citations

Bianchi, Federica, Daniele Veggi, Laura Santini, et al.. (2019). Cocrystal structure of meningococcal factor H binding protein variant 3 reveals a new crossprotective epitope recognized by human mAb 1E6. The FASEB Journal. 33(11). 12099–12111. 3 indexed citations

Rappuoli, Rino, Mariagrazia Pizza, Vega Masignani, & Kumaran Vadivelu. (2018). Meningococcal B vaccine (4CMenB): the journey from research to real world experience. Expert Review of Vaccines. 17(12). 1111–1121. 68 indexed citations

Domina, Maria, Veronica Lanza Cariccio, Salvatore Benfatto, et al.. (2016). Functional characterization of a monoclonal antibody epitope using a lambda phage display-deep sequencing platform. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31458–31458. 9 indexed citations

Vacca, Irene, Elena Del Tordello, Gianmarco Gasperini, et al.. (2016). Neisserial Heparin Binding Antigen (NHBA) Contributes to the Adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to Human Epithelial Cells. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0162878–e0162878. 37 indexed citations

Valeri, María Cristina, Danilo Donnarumma, Silvia Maccari, et al.. (2015). Identification of a Monoclonal Antibody Against Pneumococcal Pilus 1 Ancillary Protein Impairing Bacterial Adhesion to Human Epithelial Cells. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 213(4). 516–522. 12 indexed citations

Ahmed, Muhammad S., Brian Flanagan, Christopher Loh, et al.. (2014). Immune responses to pneumococcal pilus RrgA and RrgB antigens and their relationship with pneumococcal carriage in humans. Journal of Infection. 68(6). 562–571. 13 indexed citations

Moschioni, Monica, Gabriella De Angelis, Vega Masignani, et al.. (2010). Prevalence of pilus-encoding islets among acute otitis media Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Israel. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 16(9). 1501–1504. 21 indexed citations

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Spraggon, Glen, Eric Koesema, Maria Scarselli, et al.. (2010). Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus. PLoS ONE. 5(6). e10919–e10919. 49 indexed citations

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Moschioni, Monica, Gabriella De Angelis, Vega Masignani, et al.. (2009). Prevalence of pilus encoding islets among acute otitis mediaStreptococcus pneumoniaeisolates from Israel.. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 16(9). 1501–4. 25 indexed citations

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Serruto, Davide, Tiziana Spadafina, Maria Scarselli, et al.. (2009). HadA is an atypical new multifunctional trimeric coiled-coil adhesin ofHaemophilus influenzaebiogroupaegyptius, which promotes entry into host cells. Cellular Microbiology. 11(7). 1044–1063. 28 indexed citations

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Serruto, Davide, Laura Serino, Vega Masignani, & Mariagrazia Pizza. (2009). Genome-based approaches to develop vaccines against bacterial pathogens. Vaccine. 27(25-26). 3245–3250. 57 indexed citations

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Hilleringmann, Markus, Fabiola Giusti, Barbara C. Baudner, et al.. (2008). Pneumococcal Pili Are Composed of Protofilaments Exposing Adhesive Clusters of Rrg A. PLoS Pathogens. 4(3). e1000026–e1000026. 105 indexed citations

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Moriel, Danilo Gomes, Maria Scarselli, Laura Serino, et al.. (2008). Genome‑based vaccine development: A short cut for the future. Human Vaccines. 4(3). 184–188. 34 indexed citations

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Barocchi, Michèle A., Xhavit Zogaj, Carolyn Hemsley, et al.. (2006). A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(8). 2857–2862. 350 indexed citations

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Tettelin, Hervé, Duccio Medini, Claudio Donati, & Vega Masignani. (2006). Towards a universal group BStreptococcusvaccine using multistrain genome analysis. Expert Review of Vaccines. 5(5). 687–694. 19 indexed citations

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Serruto, Davide, Jeannette Adu‐Bobie, Barbara Capecchi, et al.. (2004). Biotechnology and vaccines: application of functional genomics to Neisseria meningitidis and other bacterial pathogens. Journal of Biotechnology. 113(1-3). 15–32. 40 indexed citations

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Stadler, Konrad, Vega Masignani, Markus Eickmann, et al.. (2003). SARS — beginning to understand a new virus. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 1(3). 209–218. 396 indexed citations

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Masignani, Vega, Rino Rappuoli, & Mariagrazia Pizza. (2002). Reverse vaccinology: a genome-based approach for vaccine development. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 2(8). 895–905. 114 indexed citations

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