Giovanni Piccolo

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Piccolo is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Insect Science and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Piccolo has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Animal Science and Zoology, 31 papers in Insect Science and 27 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Piccolo's work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology (33 papers), Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health (28 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (28 papers). Giovanni Piccolo is often cited by papers focused on Animal Nutrition and Physiology (33 papers), Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health (28 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (28 papers). Giovanni Piccolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Saudi Arabia and Greece. Giovanni Piccolo's co-authors include Laura Gasco, Fulvia Bovera, Morgane Henry, S. Marono, Eleni Fountoulaki, A. Nizza, Giuliana Parisi, Rosa Loponte, Valeria Iaconisi and Stavros Chatzifotis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Piccolo

90 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Review on the use of insects in the diet of farmed fish: Past and future

2015 657 citations Laura Gasco, Giovanni Piccolo et al. profile →
Tenebrio molitor meal in diets for European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax L.) juveniles: Growth performance, whole body composition and in vivo apparent digestibility

2016 244 citations Laura Gasco, Giovanni Piccolo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Piccolo Italy	29	2.5k	1.3k	1.2k	604	463	95	3.9k
Manuela Renna Italy	24	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	580 0.5×	425 0.7×	526 1.1×	87	3.0k
Fulvia Bovera Italy	37	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	599 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	587 1.3×	181	4.5k
Carola Lussiana Italy	25	1.7k 0.7×	991 0.8×	531 0.4×	502 0.8×	402 0.9×	76	2.6k
Fernando G. Barroso Spain	22	1.7k 0.7×	978 0.8×	690 0.6×	176 0.3×	410 0.9×	51	2.5k
Ilaria Biasato Italy	29	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	532 0.4×	545 0.9×	592 1.3×	98	3.6k
Giuliana Parisi Italy	41	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	2.7k 2.2×	1.3k 2.1×	384 0.8×	178	5.7k
Achille Schiavone Italy	40	4.7k 1.9×	2.8k 2.2×	910 0.7×	1.4k 2.4×	1.1k 2.3×	217	6.7k
I. Zoccarato Italy	18	1.0k 0.4×	583 0.5×	577 0.5×	509 0.8×	193 0.4×	65	2.0k
P. Ankers Italy	11	1.2k 0.5×	730 0.6×	470 0.4×	241 0.4×	287 0.6×	21	2.0k
Mark D. Finke United States	23	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	371 0.3×	235 0.4×	619 1.3×	36	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Piccolo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Piccolo

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Addeo, Nicola Francesco, Roberta Imperatore, Giulia Secci, et al.. (2025). Queen bee larvae meal (Apis mellifera ligustica Spin.) in Dicentrarchus labrax diet: growth performance, haepatointestinal histomorphology and fillet quality. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 11(15). 2841–2863.

Mrázek, Jakub, et al.. (2025). The inclusion of insect meal from Hermetia illucens larvae in the diet of laying hens (Hy-line Brown) affects the caecal diversity of methanogenic archaea. Poultry Science. 104(5). 105037–105037.

Lama, Adriano, Anna Monnolo, Claudio Pirozzi, et al.. (2023). Subchronic Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastic Differently Affects Redox Balance in the Anterior and Posterior Intestine of Sparus aurata. Animals. 13(4). 606–606. 15 indexed citations

Arena, Rosaria, Giulia Secci, Simone Mancini, et al.. (2022). Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Honeybee Pollen and Its Supercritical Fluid Extract on Immune Response and Fillet’s Quality of Farmed Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata). Animals. 12(6). 675–675. 5 indexed citations

Lombardi, Pietro, Nicola Francesco Addeo, Nadia Musco, et al.. (2020). Blood profile and productive performance after partial substitution of maize grain with ancient wheat lines by-products in organic laying hens' diet. Research in Veterinary Science. 133. 232–238. 3 indexed citations

Loponte, Rosa, Fulvia Bovera, Giovanni Piccolo, et al.. (2018). Fatty acid profile of lipids and caeca volatile fatty acid production of broilers fed a full fat meal from Tenebrio molitor larvae. Italian Journal of Animal Science. 18(1). 168–173. 27 indexed citations

Loponte, Rosa, Giulia Secci, Simone Mancini, et al.. (2018). Effect of the housing system (free-range vs. open air cages) on growth performance, carcass and meat quality and antioxidant capacity of rabbits. Meat Science. 145. 137–143. 21 indexed citations

Marono, S., Rosa Loponte, Pietro Lombardi, et al.. (2017). Productive performance and blood profiles of laying hens fed Hermetia illucens larvae meal as total replacement of soybean meal from 24 to 45 weeks of age. Poultry Science. 96(6). 1783–1790. 180 indexed citations

Tibaldi, Emilio, et al.. (2015). Wheat gluten as a partial substitute for fish mael protein in sea bass (D. labrax) diets. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Fortina, Riccardo, Laura Gasco, Genciana Terova, et al.. (2015). Farming insects for feeding pigs: constraints and opportunities. Italian Journal of Animal Science. 14(1). 169–170. 1 indexed citations

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Bovera, Fulvia, Sandra Nizza, Youssef A. Attia, et al.. (2014). Prediction of digestible energy and gross energy digestibility of feeds and diets in ostriches. British Poultry Science. 55(4). 518–523. 7 indexed citations

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Nizza, A., et al.. (2011). Effect of density and group composition on the performance of fattening rabbits. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Calabrò, Serena, Francesco Iannaccone, Pier Paolo Danieli, et al.. (2011). Fermentation kinetics of sainfoin hay with and without PEG. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 96(5). 842–849. 40 indexed citations

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Bovera, Fulvia, S. Marono, C. Di Meo, et al.. (2010). Effect of mannanoligosaccharides supplementation on caecal microbial activity of rabbits. animal. 4(9). 1522–1527. 33 indexed citations

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Nizza, A. & Giovanni Piccolo. (2009). Chemical-nutritional characteristics of diets in aquaculture. Veterinary Research Communications. 33(S1). 25–30. 6 indexed citations

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Bovera, Fulvia, Giovanni Piccolo, Sandra Nizza, et al.. (2008). Feed restriction during summer: effect on rabbit carcass traits and meat quality.. 1325–1330. 5 indexed citations

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Bovera, Fulvia, Serena Calabrò, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, et al.. (2008). Prediction of rabbit caecal fermentation characteristics from faeces by in vitro gas production technique: roughages. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 92(3). 260–271. 10 indexed citations

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Tudisco, Raffaella, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Fulvia Bovera, et al.. (2007). Influence of the Concentrate Pellet Process on the Fate of Feed Plant DNA in the Rabbit. Veterinary Research Communications. 31(S1). 409–412. 2 indexed citations

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Bovera, Fulvia, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Serena Calabrò, et al.. (2007). Use of two different dietary energy and protein contents to define nutritive requirements of lactating buffalo cows. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 91(5-6). 181–186. 6 indexed citations

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Moniello, Giuseppe, et al.. (2005). Effect of age and blood collection site on the metabolic profile of ostriches. South African Journal of Animal Science. 35(4). 267–271. 19 indexed citations

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