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Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
8161
World Ranking
398
National Ranking
14

Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 236 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on aquaculture disease management, microbiota, and parasite biology, with significant contributions in genetics, nutrition, and host-microbiota interactions in aquatic species.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • Genetic selection for growth drives differences in intestinal microbiota composition and parasite disease resistance in gilthead sea bream, 2020, Microbiome
  • Effect of virgin low density polyethylene microplastic ingestion on intestinal histopathology and microbiota of gilthead sea bream, 2021, Aquaculture
  • Cross-Talk Between Intestinal Microbiota and Host Gene Expression in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles: Insights in Fish Feeds for Increased Circularity and Resource Utilization, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Genetics and Nutrition Drive the Gut Microbiota Succession and Host-Transcriptome Interactions through the Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Production Cycle, 2022, Biology
  • To React or Not to React: The Dilemma of Fish Immune Systems Facing Myxozoan Infections, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Their work spans several prominent publication venues including Aquaculture, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Immunology, and Journal of Fish Diseases.

Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla has collaborated frequently with researchers such as M. Carla Piazzon, Itziar Estensoro, Oswaldo Palenzuela, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez, and Raquel Del Pozo.

The scientist's expertise covers main fields of study such as Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Subfields include Immunology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

Main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

In addition to journal articles, Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla has contributed to book publications, including the title Understanding the Interplay Between Diet, Feed Ingredients and Gut Microbiota for Sustainable Aquaculture published in 2022 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Effect of fish meal replacement by plant protein sources on non-specific defence mechanisms and oxidative stress in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    A. Sitjà-Bobadilla;S. Peña-Llopis;P. Gómez-Requeni;F. Médale

  • High levels of vegetable oils in plant protein-rich diets fed to gilthead sea bream ( Sparus aurata L.): growth performance, muscle fatty acid profiles and histological alterations of target tissues.

    Laura Benedito-Palos;Juan C. Navarro;Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla;J. Gordon Bell

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi

    Guifré Torruella;Guifré Torruella;Alex de Mendoza;Alex de Mendoza;Xavier Grau-Bové;Xavier Grau-Bové;Meritxell Antó

  • Under control: how a dietary additive can restore the gut microbiome and proteomic profile, and improve disease resilience in a marine teleostean fish fed vegetable diets

    María Carla Piazzon;Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner;Belén Fouz;Itziar Estensoro

  • Cryptosporidium molnari n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) infecting two marine fish species, Sparus aurata L. and Dicentrarchus labrax L.

    Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero;Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

  • Living off a fish: a trade-off between parasites and the immune system.

    Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

  • Dietary butyrate helps to restore the intestinal status of a marine teleost (Sparus aurata) fed extreme diets low in fish meal and fish oil

    Itziar Estensoro;Gabriel Ballester-Lozano;Laura Benedito-Palos;Fabian Grammes

  • Cryptosporidium scophthalmi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from cultured turbot Scophthalmus maximus. Light and electron microscope description and histopathological study.

    P. Alvarez-Pellitero;M. I. Quiroga;A. Sitjà-Bobadilla;M. J. Redondo

  • Mucins as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in a fish-parasite model: transcriptional and functional analysis

    Jaume Pérez-Sánchez;Itziar Estensoro;María José Redondo;Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner

  • Virulence and molecular typing of Vibrio harveyi strains isolated from cultured dentex, gilthead sea bream and European sea bass

    M.J. Pujalte;A. Sitjà-Bobadilla;M.C. Macián;C. Belloch

  • Differential Modulation of IgT and IgM upon Parasitic, Bacterial, Viral, and Dietary Challenges in a Perciform Fish.

    Maria C. Piazzon;Jorge Galindo-Villegas;Patricia Pereiro;Itziar Estensoro

  • Pathology of Myxosporea in marine fish culture

    P. Alvarez-Pellitero;A. Sitja-Bobadilla

  • In vivo and in vitro treatments against Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) parasitizing the gills of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.)

    Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla;Magnolia Conde de Felipe;Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero

  • Sex, Age, and Bacteria: How the Intestinal Microbiota Is Modulated in a Protandrous Hermaphrodite Fish.

    M. Carla Piazzon;Fernando Naya-Català;Paula Simó-Mirabet;Amparo Picard-Sánchez

  • Deep sequencing for de novo construction of a marine fish (Sparus aurata) transcriptome database with a large coverage of protein-coding transcripts

    Josep A. Calduch-Giner;Azucena Bermejo-Nogales;Laura Benedito-Palos;Itziar Estensoro

  • Innate and adaptive immune responses of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), following experimental infection with Enteromyxum scophthalmi (Myxosporea: Myxozoa)

    A. Sitjà-Bobadilla;M.J. Redondo;R. Bermúdez;O. Palenzuela

  • Chronic exposure to the parasite Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) modulates the immune response and the expression of growth, redox and immune relevant genes in gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata L.

    Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla;Josep Calduch-Giner;Alfonso Saera-Vila;Oswaldo Palenzuela

  • Histopathology and cellular response in Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa) infections of Diplodus puntazzo (Teleostei)

    Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero;Oswaldo Palenzuela;Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

  • Molecular characterization and expression analysis of six peroxiredoxin paralogous genes in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata): insights from fish exposed to dietary, pathogen and confinement stressors.

    Jaume Pérez-Sánchez;Azucena Bermejo-Nogales;Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner;Sadasivam Kaushik

  • Genetic selection for growth drives differences in intestinal microbiota composition and parasite disease resistance in gilthead sea bream.

    M. Carla Piazzon;Fernando Naya-Català;Erick Perera;Oswaldo Palenzuela

  • Interleukin gene expression is strongly modulated at the local level in a fish-parasite model.

    Gregorio Pérez-Cordón;Itziar Estensoro;Laura Benedito-Palos;Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner

  • Dietary vegetable oils do not alter the intestine transcriptome of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), but modulate the transcriptomic response to infection with Enteromyxum leei

    Josep A Calduch-Giner;Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla;Grace C Davey;Michael T Cairns

  • Fish immune response to Myxozoan parasites.

    Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero
Pilar Alvarez-Pellitero Spanish National Research Council
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez
Jaume Pérez-Sánchez Spanish National Research Council
Sadasivam Kaushik
Sadasivam Kaushik University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Pilar M. Muñoz
Pilar M. Muñoz Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón: Zaragoza
Paulino Martínez
Paulino Martínez University of Santiago de Compostela
Victoriano Mulero
Victoriano Mulero University of Murcia
Carolina Tafalla
Carolina Tafalla Spanish National Research Council
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Andres M Perez
Andres M Perez University of Minnesota

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