Virgilio De Stefano

567 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 261 citations indexed

About

Virgilio De Stefano is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Virgilio De Stefano has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 261 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 5 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Virgilio De Stefano's work include Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (7 papers), Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies (6 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Virgilio De Stefano is often cited by papers focused on Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments (7 papers), Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies (6 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Virgilio De Stefano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Singapore and Hong Kong. Virgilio De Stefano's co-authors include M. Brescia, G. Longo, S. Cavuoti, Daniele Castellani, Jeremy Yuen‐Chun Teoh, Andrea Benedetto Galosi, Carlo Giulioni, Vineet Gauhar, Bhaskar Somani and Carlotta Nedbal and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancers, Reproductive Toxicology and European Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Virgilio De Stefano

21 papers receiving 258 citations

Hit Papers

Scoping Review of Experimental and Clinical Evidence and ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30
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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. Scoping Review of Experimental and Clinical Evidence and Its Influence on Development of the Suction Ureteral Access Sheath
    2024 36 citations Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Olivier Traxer et al. Diagnostics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virgilio De Stefano Italy 10 131 75 66 49 37 25 261
Thomas D. Richardson United States 8 147 1.1× 63 0.8× 100 1.5× 12 0.2× 76 2.1× 11 346
Thomas G. Barnes United Kingdom 13 50 0.4× 5 0.1× 84 1.3× 43 0.9× 158 4.3× 19 342
J Ferrand France 9 30 0.2× 32 0.4× 22 0.3× 132 2.7× 38 1.0× 52 391
Jens Borg Denmark 10 13 0.1× 29 0.4× 61 0.9× 5 0.1× 59 1.6× 15 571
George Napolitano Denmark 11 54 0.4× 9 0.1× 27 0.4× 5 0.1× 25 0.7× 43 285
P. Della Monica Italy 11 91 0.7× 18 0.2× 15 0.2× 1 0.0× 99 2.7× 22 338
Menelaos Konstantinidis Canada 10 35 0.3× 8 0.1× 88 1.3× 2 0.0× 17 0.5× 31 229
Huasheng Du China 5 14 0.1× 8 0.1× 21 0.3× 7 0.1× 22 0.6× 7 277
Vijay Gupta India 12 75 0.6× 27 0.4× 20 0.3× 94 2.5× 56 393
Hideo Takayama Japan 11 136 1.0× 14 0.2× 10 0.2× 2 0.0× 56 1.5× 29 462

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virgilio De Stefano

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All Works

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Nedbal, Carlotta, Bhaskar Somani, Virgilio De Stefano, et al.. (2025). Current utility of artificial intelligence in benign prostate surgery: a review of literature on behalf of the EAU section of endourology. World Journal of Urology. 43(1). 631–631. 1 indexed citations
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Yuen, Steffi Kar Kei, Olivier Traxer, Marcelo Langer Wroclawski, et al.. (2024). Scoping Review of Experimental and Clinical Evidence and Its Influence on Development of the Suction Ureteral Access Sheath. Diagnostics. 14(10). 1034–1034. 36 indexed citations breakdown →
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Giulioni, Carlo, Giacomo Maria Pirola, Martina Maggi, et al.. (2024). Pudendal Nerve Neurolysis in Patients Afflicted With Pudendal Nerve Entrapment: A Systematic Review of Surgical Techniques and Their Efficacy. International Neurourology Journal. 28(1). 11–21. 1 indexed citations
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Nedbal, Carlotta, Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Martina Maggi, et al.. (2024). Understanding the role of surveys in modern urology: an insight into survey trends over the decades. Editor-in-Chief s Voice List of Authors is an Important Element in a Scientific Publication. 77(3). 547–565.
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Castellani, Daniele, et al.. (2024). Advancements in artificial intelligence for robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy in men suffering from prostate cancer: results from a scoping review. Chinese Clinical Oncology. 13(4). 54–54. 6 indexed citations
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Castellani, Daniele, Giacomo Maria Pirola, Yılören Tanıdır, et al.. (2023). Aplicaciones clínicas, experimentales y resultados del uso de diferentes dispositivos de aspiración en la cirugía intrarrenal retrógrada. Revisión sistemática. Actas Urológicas Españolas. 48(1). 57–70. 17 indexed citations
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Castellani, Daniele, Giacomo Maria Pirola, Yılören Tanıdır, et al.. (2023). Experimental and clinical applications and outcomes of using different forms of suction in retrograde intrarenal surgery. Results from a systematic review. Actas Urológicas Españolas (English Edition). 48(1). 57–70. 23 indexed citations
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Stefano, Virgilio De, Daniele Castellani, Bhaskar Somani, et al.. (2023). Suction in Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy: Evolution, Development, and Outcomes from Experimental and Clinical studies. Results from a Systematic Review. European Urology Focus. 10(1). 154–168. 18 indexed citations
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Nedbal, Carlotta, Daniele Castellani, Virgilio De Stefano, et al.. (2023). Will Aquablation Be the New Benchmark for Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia?. European Urology Focus. 10(4). 581–593. 3 indexed citations
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Giulioni, Carlo, Daniele Castellani, Virgilio De Stefano, et al.. (2023). Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging with Indocyanine Green for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers. 15(23). 5560–5560. 2 indexed citations
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Giulioni, Carlo, Virgilio De Stefano, Giulio Milanese, et al.. (2023). Current Evidence on Surgical Management for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review. Journal of Endourology. 37(10). 1129–1138. 2 indexed citations
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Castellani, Daniele, Carlotta Nedbal, Virgilio De Stefano, et al.. (2023). Radiomics vs radiologist in prostate cancer. Results from a systematic review. World Journal of Urology. 41(3). 709–724. 15 indexed citations
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Giulioni, Carlo, Virgilio De Stefano, Jeremy Yuen‐Chun Teoh, et al.. (2023). The influence of lead exposure on male semen parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Reproductive Toxicology. 118. 108387–108387. 15 indexed citations
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Stefano, Virgilio De, et al.. (2023). The use of renal biopsy in the kidney tumor management: A retrospective analysis of consecutive cases in a referral center. Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia. 95(2). 11115–11115.
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Anastasi, Emanuela, Martina Maggi, Antonio Angeloni, et al.. (2020). Predictive value of MCM5 (ADXBLADDER) analysis in urine of men evaluated for the initial diagnosis of bladder cancer: A comparative prospective study. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 48(11). 1034–1040. 13 indexed citations
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Monteleone, Alessio Maria, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Riccardo Dalle Grave, et al.. (2015). Neuroendocrine Responses to Hedonic Eating in Obese Patients with and Without Binge Eating. European Psychiatry. 30. 1351–1351. 1 indexed citations
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Brescia, M., S. Cavuoti, G. Longo, & Virgilio De Stefano. (2014). A catalogue of photometric redshifts for the SDSS-DR9 galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 51 indexed citations

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