Marco Candela

18.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
228 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Marco Candela is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Candela has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Physiology and 34 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Marco Candela's work include Gut microbiota and health (102 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (29 papers). Marco Candela is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (102 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (34 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (29 papers). Marco Candela collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Marco Candela's co-authors include Patrizia Brigidi, Elena Biagi, Silvia Turroni, Simone Rampelli, Claudio Franceschi, Clarissa Consolandi, Marco Severgnini, Rita Ostan, Daniela Monti and Beatrice Vitali and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Marco Candela

218 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammato... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2014 2016 2015 2021 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Status in Seniors and Centenarians
    2010 1.1k citations Elena Biagi, Marco Candela et al. profile →
  2. Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers
    2014 888 citations Stephanie L. Schnorr, Marco Candela et al. profile →
  3. Gut Microbiota and Extreme Longevity
    2016 698 citations Elena Biagi, Simone Rampelli et al. profile →
  4. The effect of short-chain fatty acids on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells
    2015 317 citations Marco Candela, Elena Biagi et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  5. Elevated gut microbiome abundance of Christensenellaceae, Porphyromonadaceae and Rikenellaceae is associated with reduced visceral adipose tissue and healthier metabolic profile in Italian elderly
    2021 196 citations Simone Rampelli, Monica Barone et al. profile →

Peers

Marco Candela
Liping Zhao China
Michael A. Mahowald United States
Jesse Stombaugh United States
Julia K. Goodrich United States
Brandi L. Cantarel United States
Duccio Cavalieri Italy
Lawrence A. David United States
John Penders Netherlands
Tanya Yatsunenko United States
Elizabeth K. Costello United States
Liping Zhao China
Marco Candela
Citations per year, relative to Marco Candela Marco Candela (= 1×) peers Liping Zhao

Countries citing papers authored by Marco Candela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Candela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Candela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Candela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Candela 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 Marco Candela. Marco Candela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Scicchitano, Daniel, Silvia Turroni, Luca Corlatti, et al.. (2025). Ski Tourism Shapes the Snow Microbiome on Ski Slopes in the Italian Central Alps. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17(5). e70195–e70195.
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Dondi, Francesco, Daniel Scicchitano, Giorgia Palladino, et al.. (2024). The use of fishery and aquaculture by-products with Nannochloropsis sp. allows total dietary replacement of wild-caught fishmeal, fish oil and soy protein in European sea bass juveniles. Aquaculture. 590. 741015–741015. 4 indexed citations
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Wathsala, Rajapaksha Haddokara Gedara Rasika, et al.. (2024). Stability and expression patterns of housekeeping genes in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) under field investigations. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 287. 110047–110047. 3 indexed citations
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Scicchitano, Daniel, Cédric C. Laczny, Rashi Halder, et al.. (2024). A 15-day pilot biodiversity intervention with horses in a farm system leads to gut microbiome rewilding in 10 urban Italian children. One Health. 19. 100902–100902.
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Dell’Anno, Antonio, Michael Tangherlini, Marco Candela, et al.. (2024). Resistance to freezing conditions of endemic Antarctic polychaetes is enhanced by cryoprotective proteins produced by their microbiome. Science Advances. 10(25). eadk9117–eadk9117. 2 indexed citations
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Palladino, Giorgia, Daniel Scicchitano, Jessica Fiori, et al.. (2024). Zonation of the Vitis vinifera microbiome in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano PDO production area. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1626–1626.
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Savini, Federica, Valentina Indio, Federica Giacometti, et al.. (2024). Systematic review on microbiome-related nutritional interventions interfering with the colonization of foodborne pathogens in broiler gut to prevent contamination of poultry meat. Poultry Science. 103(5). 103607–103607. 11 indexed citations
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Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Silvia Bianchelli, Marco Candela, et al.. (2023). Microbiome-assisted restoration of degraded marine habitats: a new nature-based solution?. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 8 indexed citations
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Parma, Luca, Silvia Turroni, Simone Rampelli, et al.. (2023). Microbiome variation at the clam-sediment interface may explain changes in local productivity of Chamelea gallina in the North Adriatic sea. BMC Microbiology. 23(1). 402–402. 2 indexed citations
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Cortés, Farid B., Diana Luise, Giorgia Palladino, et al.. (2023). Influence of body lesion severity on oxidative status and gut microbiota of weaned pigs. animal. 17(6). 100818–100818. 9 indexed citations
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Fabbrini, Marco, Federica D’Amico, Davide Leardini, et al.. (2023). Levofloxacin prophylaxis and parenteral nutrition have a detrimental effect on intestinal microbial networks in pediatric patients undergoing HSCT. Communications Biology. 6(1). 36–36. 10 indexed citations
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Masetti, Riccardo, Davide Leardini, Edoardo Muratore, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota diversity before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as a predictor of mortality in children. Blood. 142(16). 1387–1398. 25 indexed citations
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Rosato, Antonella, Monica Barone, Andrea Negroni, et al.. (2022). Bacterial colonization dynamics of different microplastic types in an anoxic salt marsh sediment and impact of adsorbed polychlorinated biphenyls on the plastisphere. Environmental Pollution. 315. 120411–120411. 20 indexed citations
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Turroni, Silvia, Stephanie Wright, Simone Rampelli, et al.. (2021). Microplastics shape the ecology of the human gastrointestinal intestinal tract. Current Opinion in Toxicology. 28. 32–37. 17 indexed citations
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Barone, Monica, Simone Rampelli, Elena Biagi, et al.. (2021). Searching for New Microbiome-Targeted Therapeutics through a Drug Repurposing Approach. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(23). 17277–17286. 6 indexed citations
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Rampelli, Simone, Silvia Turroni, Carolina Mallol, et al.. (2021). Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt. Communications Biology. 4(1). 169–169. 22 indexed citations
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D’Amico, Federica, Matteo Soverini, Daniele Zama, et al.. (2019). Gut resistome plasticity in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5649–5649. 19 indexed citations
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Biagi, Elena, Daniele Zama, Simone Rampelli, et al.. (2019). Early gut microbiota signature of aGvHD in children given allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for hematological disorders. BMC Medical Genomics. 12(1). 49–49. 54 indexed citations
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Quercia, Sara, Silvia Turroni, Jessica Fiori, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiome response to short‐term dietary interventions in reactive hypoglycemia subjects. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 33(8). 20 indexed citations
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Turroni, Silvia, Simone Rampelli, Elena Biagi, et al.. (2017). Temporal dynamics of the gut microbiota in people sharing a confined environment, a 520-day ground-based space simulation, MARS500. Microbiome. 5(1). 39–39. 86 indexed citations

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