Leonardo Congiu

2.6k total citations
74 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Leonardo Congiu is a scholar working on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo Congiu has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Genetics, 40 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Leonardo Congiu's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (36 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (20 papers). Leonardo Congiu is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (36 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (35 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (20 papers). Leonardo Congiu collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Russia. Leonardo Congiu's co-authors include F. Fontana, Elisa Boscari, Milvia Chicca, Lorenzo Zane, Massimo Lanfredi, James Tagliavini, Andrea Pilastro, Tomaso Patarnello, Ryan A. Rossi and Michele Vidotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo Congiu

71 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonardo Congiu Italy 26 854 693 589 502 358 74 1.9k
Bart Hellemans Belgium 29 1.3k 1.5× 681 1.0× 780 1.3× 699 1.4× 617 1.7× 68 2.3k
Pierre‐Alexandre Gagnaire France 29 1.7k 2.0× 817 1.2× 763 1.3× 756 1.5× 530 1.5× 64 2.7k
Krista M. Nichols United States 30 1.2k 1.4× 837 1.2× 521 0.9× 448 0.9× 510 1.4× 77 2.6k
Éric Normandeau Canada 34 1.5k 1.7× 830 1.2× 1.3k 2.2× 1.3k 2.5× 333 0.9× 93 3.1k
José Martín Pujolar Denmark 25 889 1.0× 653 0.9× 466 0.8× 518 1.0× 393 1.1× 74 1.7k
Yamama Naciri Switzerland 28 659 0.8× 244 0.4× 514 0.9× 399 0.8× 381 1.1× 82 2.1k
Pablo Presa Spain 23 1.2k 1.4× 654 0.9× 437 0.7× 502 1.0× 348 1.0× 72 1.8k
Rolf B. Edvardsen Norway 29 998 1.2× 461 0.7× 1.2k 2.0× 354 0.7× 562 1.6× 74 2.8k
Vadim J. Birstein United States 18 747 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 572 1.0× 549 1.1× 656 1.8× 40 1.9k
Mark J. Bagley United States 24 774 0.9× 416 0.6× 478 0.8× 683 1.4× 177 0.5× 32 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonardo Congiu

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All Works

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Castaldelli, Giuseppe, et al.. (2025). The Record of the Last Sturgeons Caught in the Po River (North Italy) Tells a Cautionary Tale of Reasons of Their Silent Disappearance. River Research and Applications. 42(1). 277–283.
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Matterson, Kenan, Giorgio Bavestrello, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi, et al.. (2024). 2bRAD reveals fine-scale genetic structuring among populations within the Mediterranean zoanthid Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862). Coral Reefs. 43(2). 357–370. 1 indexed citations
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Boscari, Elisa, Nicola Vitulo, Alessia Cariani, et al.. (2024). MIPs: multi-locus intron polymorphisms in species identification and population genomics. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17870–17870. 1 indexed citations
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Congiu, Leonardo, et al.. (2023). IUCN Red List reassessment reveals further decline of sturgeons and paddlefishes. Oryx. 57(1). 9–10. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liang, Haijun Wang, Jörn Geßner, et al.. (2023). To save sturgeons, we need river channels around hydropower dams. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(13). e2217386120–e2217386120. 11 indexed citations
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Boscari, Elisa, et al.. (2021). Interspecific hybridization in natural sturgeon populations of the Eastern Black Sea: the consequence of drastic population decline?. Conservation Genetics. 23(1). 211–216. 15 indexed citations
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Congiu, Leonardo, et al.. (2021). Resumption of natural reproduction of the Adriatic sturgeon in the River Po. Oryx. 55(6). 816–816. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuhuan, Qiaoqing Xu, Elisa Boscari, et al.. (2018). Characterization and expression analysis of g- and c-type lysozymes in Dabry's sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 76. 260–265. 22 indexed citations
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Fusco, Giuseppe, et al.. (2015). Population Genetic Structure of a Centipede Species with High Levels of Developmental Instability. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0126245–e0126245. 3 indexed citations
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Boscari, Elisa, et al.. (2014). Captive Breeding Programs Based on Family Groups in Polyploid Sturgeons. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110951–e110951. 14 indexed citations
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Pujolar, José Martín, Laura Astolfi, Elisa Boscari, et al.. (2012). Tana1, a new putatively active Tc1-like transposable element in the genome of sturgeons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(1). 223–232. 13 indexed citations
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Pujolar, José Martín, Lorenzo Zane, & Leonardo Congiu. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships and demographic histories of the Atherinidae in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea re-examined by Bayesian inference. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(3). 857–865. 8 indexed citations
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Francisco, Sara M., Leonardo Congiu, Sophie von der Heyden, & V. C. Almada. (2011). Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Atherina (Pisces: Atherinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61(1). 71–78. 16 indexed citations
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Congiu, Leonardo, et al.. (2011). Managing Polyploidy in Ex Situ Conservation Genetics: The Case of the Critically Endangered Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii). PLoS ONE. 6(3). e18249–e18249. 35 indexed citations
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Bertorelle, Giorgio, et al.. (2008). Duplication polymorphism at MHC class II DRB1 locus in the wild boar (Sus scrofa). Immunogenetics. 61(2). 145–151. 18 indexed citations
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Francisco, Sara M., Leonardo Congiu, Sérgio Stefanni, et al.. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships of the North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forms of Atherina (Pisces, Atherinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(2). 782–788. 29 indexed citations
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Fontana, F., Massimo Lanfredi, Frank Kirschbaum, et al.. (2007). Comparison of karyotypes of Acipenser oxyrinchus and A. sturio by chromosome banding and fluorescent in situ hybridization. Genetica. 132(3). 281–286. 30 indexed citations
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Congiu, Leonardo, Isabelle Dupanloup, Tomaso Patarnello, et al.. (2001). Identification of interspecific hybrids by amplified fragment length polymorphism: the case of sturgeon. Molecular Ecology. 10(9). 2355–2359. 60 indexed citations
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Fontana, F., James Tagliavini, & Leonardo Congiu. (2001). Sturgeon genetics and cytogenetics: recent advancements and perspectives. Genetica. 111(1-3). 359–373. 64 indexed citations
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Congiu, Leonardo, Milvia Chicca, Andrea Pilastro, M. Turchetto, & Laura Tallandini. (2000). Effects of Chronic Dietary Cadmium on Hepatic Glutathione Levels and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris ). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 38(3). 357–361. 44 indexed citations

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