Paolo Merella

1.5k total citations
81 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Paolo Merella is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Merella has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Paolo Merella's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (52 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (26 papers) and Helminth infection and control (19 papers). Paolo Merella is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (52 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (26 papers) and Helminth infection and control (19 papers). Paolo Merella collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Tunisia. Paolo Merella's co-authors include Francisco Alemany, G. Garippa, Aïna Carbonell, Antoni Quetglas, Sarra Farjallah, Nabil Amor, Pilar Sánchez, Khaled Saïd, Badreddine Ben Slimane and Enric Massutı́ and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Biogeography and Marine Biology.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Merella

76 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Merella Italy	20	835	571	300	250	249	81	1.2k
Elvira Abollo Spain	26	1.4k 1.6×	866 1.5×	189 0.6×	525 2.1×	113 0.5×	78	1.8k
Francisco E. Montero Spain	19	1.1k 1.3×	329 0.6×	281 0.9×	385 1.5×	216 0.9×	94	1.2k
Mario George‐Nascimento Chile	21	1.2k 1.5×	368 0.6×	299 1.0×	507 2.0×	129 0.5×	88	1.4k
Michael A. Barger United States	14	1.0k 1.2×	189 0.3×	411 1.4×	455 1.8×	80 0.3×	61	1.2k
B. Berland Norway	18	1.3k 1.6×	595 1.0×	248 0.8×	459 1.8×	111 0.4×	56	1.5k
Liang Li China	19	972 1.2×	295 0.5×	255 0.8×	444 1.8×	91 0.4×	106	1.1k
Michela Paoletti Italy	23	1.5k 1.8×	764 1.3×	224 0.7×	736 2.9×	89 0.4×	39	1.7k
Papa Ibnou Ndiaye Senegal	20	899 1.1×	166 0.3×	439 1.5×	424 1.7×	143 0.6×	86	1.2k
Juan T. Timi Argentina	28	2.2k 2.6×	789 1.4×	398 1.3×	890 3.6×	449 1.8×	147	2.3k
P. Orecchia Italy	19	1.2k 1.5×	498 0.9×	331 1.1×	514 2.1×	118 0.5×	61	1.4k

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Merella, Paolo, et al.. (2025). First genetic characterisation and phylogenetic analysis of Trichomonadida from Gallus gallus domesticus (Aves: Phasianidae) and its nematode parasite Heterakis gallinarum (Ascaridida: Heterakidae) in Tunisia. Folia Parasitologica. 72.

Merella, Paolo, Francisco E. Montero, Luca Parma, et al.. (2024). In Vivo Challenge Trials with Dietary Antiparasitics Reveal New Insights into the Practical Use of Fenbendazole against Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea) Infection in Sparus aurata (Teleostei). Aquaculture Research. 2024(1).

Farjallah, Sarra, et al.. (2024). Assessment of the Genetic Diversity of the Monogenean Gill Parasite Lamellodiscus echeneis (Monogenea) Infecting Wild and Cage-Reared Populations of Sparus aurata (Teleostei) from the Mediterranean Sea. Animals. 14(18). 2653–2653. 1 indexed citations

Amor, Nabil, et al.. (2022). Genetic diversity of wild rodents and detection of Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, in Saudi Arabia. Veterinary Research Communications. 46(3). 769–780. 3 indexed citations

Farjallah, Sarra, et al.. (2022). Genetic variation of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) from the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology Research. 122(1). 157–165. 4 indexed citations

Giannetto, Alessia, Sabrina Oliva, Olga Reñones, et al.. (2022). Morphological and molecular study of Didymodiclinus marginati n. sp. (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) gill parasite of Epinephelus marginatus from the central and western Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology. 149(9). 1219–1228. 1 indexed citations

Padrós, Francesc, et al.. (2018). Ecological and histopathological aspects of Didymodiclinus sp. (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) parasite of the dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Osteichthyes: Serranidae), from the western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Fish Diseases. 41(9). 1385–1393. 4 indexed citations

Dezfuli, Bahram Sayyaf, Maurizio Manera, G. Bosi, et al.. (2018). Description of epithelial granular cell in catshark spiral intestine: Immunohistochemistry and ultrastructure. Journal of Morphology. 280(2). 205–213. 5 indexed citations

Dezfuli, Bahram Sayyaf, Maurizio Manera, G. Bosi, et al.. (2018). Intestinal granular cells of a cartilaginous fish, thornback ray Raja clavata: Morphological characterization and expression of different molecules. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 75. 172–180. 9 indexed citations

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Sanna, Daria, et al.. (2018). Xenoligophoroides cobitis (Ergens, 1963) n. g., n. comb. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), a parasite of Gobius cobitis Pallas (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Mediterranean and Black seas. Systematic Parasitology. 95(7). 625–643. 2 indexed citations

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Scarano, Christian, Paolo Merella, Francesca Piras, et al.. (2017). Occurrence of nematodes of the genus Anisakis in Mediterranean and Atlantic fish marketed in Sardinia. Italian Journal of Food Safety. 6(1). 6185–6185. 11 indexed citations

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Pennino, María Grazia, David Macías, Francisco Alemany, et al.. (2016). Ecology of the Atlantic black skipjack Euthynnus alletteratus (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) in the western Mediterranean Sea inferred by parasitological analysis. Parasitology. 143(10). 1330–1339. 12 indexed citations

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Sanna, Daria, Jong-Yil Chai, Bong-Kwang Jung, et al.. (2016). Epidemiological and molecular data on heterophyid trematode metacercariae found in the muscle of grey mullets (Osteichthyes: Mugilidae) from Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea). Parasitology Research. 115(9). 3409–3417. 16 indexed citations

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Garippa, G., et al.. (2015). The first record of Gyrodactylus corleonis Paladini, Cable, Fioravanti, Faria & Shinn, 2010 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the wild. Systematic Parasitology. 92(1). 65–72. 1 indexed citations

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Farjallah, Sarra, Nabil Amor, Paolo Merella, & Khaled Saïd. (2012). Pattern of Genetic Diversity of North African Green Frog Pelophylax saharicus (Amphibia) in Tunisia. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 44(4). 901–907. 7 indexed citations

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Amor, Nabil, et al.. (2011). Genetic characterization of Fasciola spp. from Tonekabon city (northern Iran) based on the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions.. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 43(6). 1061–1067. 6 indexed citations

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Amor, Nabil, Sarra Farjallah, Slim Benyacoub, Paolo Merella, & Khaled Saïd. (2011). Morphological Variation of the African Green Toad, Bufo boulengeri (Amphibia: Anura) in Tunisia. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 43(5). 921–926. 8 indexed citations

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Merella, Paolo, et al.. (2009). Outbreak of Sciaenacotyle panceri (Monogenea) on cage-reared meagre Argyrosomus regius (Osteichthyes) from the western Mediterranean Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 86(2). 169–173. 25 indexed citations

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Merella, Paolo, et al.. (2008). Morphological and biomolecular characterization of didymozoid trematodes of gills of wild Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (L.) caught off Sardinia (western Mediterranean). 50. 78–78. 1 indexed citations

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Moravec, František, Branko Glamuzina, G. Marino, Paolo Merella, & David Di Cave. (2003). Occurrence of Philometra lateolabracis (Nematoda: Philometridae) in the gonads of marine perciform fishes in the Mediterranean region. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 53(3). 267–269. 33 indexed citations

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