Danilo Ercolini

29.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
202 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Danilo Ercolini is a scholar working on Food Science, Molecular Biology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Danilo Ercolini has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Food Science, 120 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Danilo Ercolini's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (103 papers), Gut microbiota and health (65 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (43 papers). Danilo Ercolini is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (103 papers), Gut microbiota and health (65 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (43 papers). Danilo Ercolini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Russia and Spain. Danilo Ercolini's co-authors include Francesca De Filippis, Francesco Villani, Antonietta La Storia, Gianluigi Mauriello, Edoardo Pasolli, Annalisa Casaburi, Giuseppe Blaiotta, George‐John E. Nychas, Ilario Ferrocino and Luca Cocolin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Danilo Ercolini

200 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet benef... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2015 2014 2007 2012 2021 250 500 750 1000
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  1. High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome
    2015 1.2k citations Francesca De Filippis, Nicoletta Pellegrini et al. Gut profile →
  2. Bacterial populations and the volatilome associated to meat spoilage
    2014 560 citations Paola Piombino, Danilo Ercolini et al. Food Microbiology profile →
  3. Membrane Toxicity of Antimicrobial Compounds from Essential Oils
    2007 530 citations Danilo Ercolini et al. profile →
  4. Spoilage microbiota associated to the storage of raw meat in different conditions
    2012 507 citations Danilo Ercolini et al. International Journal of Food Microbiology profile →
  5. Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host
    2021 460 citations Edoardo Pasolli, Danilo Ercolini et al. profile →
  6. Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake
    2020 400 citations Victoria Meslier, Manolo Laiola et al. Gut profile →
  7. High-Throughput Sequencing and Metagenomics: Moving Forward in the Culture-Independent Analysis of Food Microbial Ecology
    2013 359 citations Danilo Ercolini Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
  8. Fermented foods, their microbiome and its potential in boosting human health
    2024 50 citations Vincenzo Valentino, Paul D. Cotter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Danilo Ercolini Italy 80 9.0k 8.8k 4.0k 2.0k 1.9k 202 18.1k
Luca Cocolin Italy 60 6.2k 0.7× 8.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 873 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 336 13.5k
Hauke Smidt Netherlands 86 14.4k 1.6× 5.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 3.2k 1.6× 3.3k 1.7× 409 27.0k
Guanghong Zhou China 81 8.3k 0.9× 10.5k 1.2× 17.0k 4.3× 3.3k 1.7× 2.9k 1.5× 692 27.5k
Christophe Lacroix Switzerland 76 9.3k 1.0× 8.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 5.3k 2.7× 415 19.1k
Wei Chen China 80 17.1k 1.9× 8.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 3.6k 1.8× 5.4k 2.8× 934 29.3k
Frédéric Leroy Belgium 54 5.2k 0.6× 6.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 721 0.4× 2.8k 1.5× 203 10.9k
Manuela Pintado Portugal 76 6.7k 0.7× 9.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 693 0.3× 4.0k 2.1× 760 24.8k
Hao Zhang China 74 13.9k 1.5× 7.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.3× 3.5k 1.7× 4.5k 2.3× 759 24.2k
Maria De Angelis Italy 82 8.9k 1.0× 10.7k 1.2× 1.5k 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 7.5k 3.9× 340 21.0k
Bruno Pot Belgium 71 13.6k 1.5× 12.6k 1.4× 1.3k 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 5.4k 2.8× 176 23.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pasolli, Edoardo & Danilo Ercolini. (2025). The hidden diversity of food microbiomes. Current Opinion in Food Science. 64. 101318–101318. 1 indexed citations
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Barcenilla, Coral, José F. Cobo‐Díaz, Vincenzo Valentino, et al.. (2024). In-depth characterization of food and environmental microbiomes across different meat processing plants. Microbiome. 12(1). 199–199. 12 indexed citations
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Motti, Riccardo, et al.. (2024). Persistence of folk dishes in the Coastal Cilento's Culinary Culture: an ethnogastronomic approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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Filippis, Francesca De, Vincenzo Valentino, Min Yap, et al.. (2024). Microbiome mapping in dairy industry reveals new species and genes for probiotic and bioprotective activities. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 10(1). 67–67. 5 indexed citations
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Filippis, Francesca De, Giuseppina Sequino, Daniele Bruno, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive analysis of coffee silverskin bioconversion by Hermetia illucens larvae. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 11(4). 735–750. 3 indexed citations
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Vecchio, Andrea Lo, Paolo Quitadamo, Marco Poeta, et al.. (2023). Aetiology, risk factors and microbiota composition in children with prolonged diarrhoea: A prospective case–controlled cohort study. Acta Paediatrica. 113(3). 598–605.
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Carucci, Laura R., Rita Nocerino, Lorella Paparo, et al.. (2022). Therapeutic effects elicited by the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG in children with atopic dermatitis. The results of the ProPAD trial. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(8). e13836–e13836. 44 indexed citations
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Pasolli, Edoardo, Francesca De Filippis, Fabio Cumbo, et al.. (2020). Large-scale genome-wide analysis links lactic acid bacteria from food with the gut microbiome. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2610–2610. 221 indexed citations
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Milanović, Vesna, Lucia Aquilanti, Stefano Tavoletti, et al.. (2020). Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Saliva of Healthy Omnivores, Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarians, and Vegans. Genes. 11(9). 1088–1088. 8 indexed citations
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Meslier, Victoria, Manolo Laiola, Henrik M. Roager, et al.. (2020). Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake. Gut. 69(7). 1258–1268. 400 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nocerino, Rita, Francesca De Filippis, Gaetano Cecere, et al.. (2019). The therapeutic efficacy of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB‐12® in infant colic: A randomised, double blind, placebo‐controlled trial. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 51(1). 110–120. 61 indexed citations
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Bautista‐Gallego, J., Ilario Ferrocino, Cristian Botta, et al.. (2019). Probiotic potential of a Lactobacillus rhamnosus cheese isolate and its effect on the fecal microbiota of healthy volunteers. Food Research International. 119. 305–314. 21 indexed citations
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Bruno, Daniele, M. Bonelli, Francesca De Filippis, et al.. (2018). The Intestinal Microbiota of Hermetia illucens Larvae Is Affected by Diet and Shows a Diverse Composition in the Different Midgut Regions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(2). 185 indexed citations
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Filippis, Francesca De, Maria Aponte, Paola Piombino, et al.. (2018). Influence of microbial communities on the chemical and sensory features of Falanghina sweet passito wines. Food Research International. 120. 740–747. 26 indexed citations
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Caccia, Silvia, Ilaria Di Lelio, Antonietta La Storia, et al.. (2016). Midgut microbiota and host immunocompetence underlie Bacillus thuringiensis killing mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(34). 9486–9491. 145 indexed citations
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Angelis, Maria De, Lucia Vannini, Raffaella Di Cagno, et al.. (2016). Salivary and fecal microbiota and metabolome of celiac children under gluten-free diet. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 239. 125–132. 33 indexed citations
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Calasso, Maria, Danilo Ercolini, L. Mancini, et al.. (2015). Relationships among house, rind and core microbiotas during manufacture of traditional Italian cheeses at the same dairy plant. Food Microbiology. 54. 115–126. 79 indexed citations
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Ercolini, Danilo, Giuseppe Blaiotta, Giancarlo Moschetti, & Raffaele Coppola. (2002). Evaluation of PCR-DGGE analysis for molecular typing of cheeses. Annals of Microbiology. 52(1). 81–87. 16 indexed citations

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