Fabio Del Piccolo

695 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 545 citations indexed

About

Fabio Del Piccolo is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabio Del Piccolo has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 545 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Insect Science and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Fabio Del Piccolo's work include Plant and animal studies (5 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers). Fabio Del Piccolo is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (5 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers). Fabio Del Piccolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Fabio Del Piccolo's co-authors include Francesco Nazzi, Desiderato Annoscia, Giorgio Della Vedova, Paola Varricchio, Federica Cattonaro, Sam P. Brown, Emilio Caprio, Francesco Pennacchio, Gennaro Di Prisco and N. Milani and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS Pathogens, Journal of Plant Physiology and Parasitology.

In The Last Decade

Fabio Del Piccolo

7 papers receiving 537 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synergistic Parasite-Pathogen Interactions Mediated by Host Immunity Can Drive the Collapse of Honeybee Colonies

2012 367 citations Francesco Nazzi, Sam P. Brown et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabio Del Piccolo Italy	6	512	428	418	46	14	7	545
Giorgio Della Vedova Italy	10	660 1.3×	542 1.3×	510 1.2×	59 1.3×	20 1.4×	13	682
Virginia Zanni Italy	9	501 1.0×	397 0.9×	401 1.0×	38 0.8×	7 0.5×	15	517
Yamandú Mendoza Uruguay	14	584 1.1×	427 1.0×	488 1.2×	78 1.7×	28 2.0×	34	630
Amparo Martínez‐Salvador Spain	9	535 1.0×	431 1.0×	461 1.1×	38 0.8×	15 1.1×	10	546
Cameron Jack United States	12	673 1.3×	494 1.2×	548 1.3×	101 2.2×	18 1.3×	41	695
Belén Branchiccela Uruguay	15	602 1.2×	447 1.0×	516 1.2×	46 1.0×	7 0.5×	27	632
Eva Rademacher Germany	9	341 0.7×	186 0.4×	237 0.6×	124 2.7×	19 1.4×	15	371
Piotr Semkiw Poland	8	308 0.6×	188 0.4×	234 0.6×	43 0.9×	35 2.5×	26	326
Jozef van der Steen Netherlands	9	635 1.2×	490 1.1×	585 1.4×	82 1.8×	25 1.8×	21	681
Christoph Otten Germany	6	699 1.4×	585 1.4×	609 1.5×	42 0.9×	21 1.5×	10	721

Countries citing papers authored by Fabio Del Piccolo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fabio Del Piccolo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Fabio Del Piccolo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Fabio Del Piccolo. The network helps show where Fabio Del Piccolo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabio Del Piccolo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fabio Del Piccolo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fabio Del Piccolo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fabio Del Piccolo. Fabio Del Piccolo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Annoscia, Desiderato, et al.. (2014). Mite infestation during development alters the in-hive behaviour of adult honeybees. Apidologie. 46(3). 306–314. 22 indexed citations

2.

Nazzi, Francesco, et al.. (2013). Research and education for sustainability in a beekeeping project in sub-Saharan Africa. Environment Development and Sustainability. 16(3). 619–632. 2 indexed citations

3.

Annoscia, Desiderato, Fabio Del Piccolo, & Francesco Nazzi. (2012). How does the mite Varroa destructor kill the honeybee Apis mellifera? Alteration of cuticular hydrcarbons and water loss in infested honeybees. Journal of Insect Physiology. 58(12). 1548–1555. 52 indexed citations

4.

Nazzi, Francesco, Sam P. Brown, Desiderato Annoscia, et al.. (2012). Synergistic Parasite-Pathogen Interactions Mediated by Host Immunity Can Drive the Collapse of Honeybee Colonies. PLoS Pathogens. 8(6). e1002735–e1002735. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Piccolo, Fabio Del, Francesco Nazzi, Giorgio Della Vedova, & N. Milani. (2010). Selection of Apis mellifera workers by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor using host cuticular hydrocarbons. Parasitology. 137(6). 967–973. 50 indexed citations

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Nazzi, Francesco, Renzo Bortolomeazzi, Giorgio Della Vedova, et al.. (2008). Octanoic acid confers to royal jelly varroa-repellent properties. Die Naturwissenschaften. 96(2). 309–314. 34 indexed citations

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Ernst, W. H. O., R.D. Vis, & Fabio Del Piccolo. (1995). Silicon in Developing Nuts of the Sedge Schoenus nigricans. Journal of Plant Physiology. 146(4). 481–488. 18 indexed citations

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