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Gianluca D’Amico publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca D’Amico sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 75 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Gianluca D’Amico D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca D’Amico sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 25 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gianluca D'Amico is affiliated with the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a strong emphasis on parasitology and infectious diseases research.

The scientist's work spans various subfields, including:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Small Animals
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Major topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Gianluca D'Amico has contributed to a number of research articles, including the following recent papers:

  • "Modelling the potential spread of Hyalomma marginatum ticks in Europe by migratory birds" (2020), published in International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Multiple Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected from Humans in Romania" (2020), published in Pathogens
  • "Range-wide phylogeography of the golden jackals (Canis aureus) reveals multiple sources of recent spatial expansion and admixture with dogs at the expansion front" (2024), published in Biological Conservation
  • "Intestinal parasites of buffalo calves from Romania: molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis, and the first report of Eimeria bareillyi" (2022), published in Folia Parasitologica
  • "First case report of dermatitis associated with Leporacarus gibbus in cat" (2021), published in BMC Veterinary Research

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animals

Frequent collaborators in Gianluca D'Amico's research include:

  • Angela Monica Ionică
  • Mirabela Oana Dumitrache
  • Viorica Mircean
  • Adriana Györke
  • Giorgio Buttazzo

Best Publications

  • Ixodid ticks in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania

    MO Dumitrache;G D'Amico;IA Matei;A Ionică

  • Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema reconditum infections in dogs in Romania.

    Angela Monica Ionică;Ioana Adriana Matei;Viorica Mircean;Mirabela Oana Dumitrache

  • Out-of-Africa, human-mediated dispersal of the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: The hitchhiker's guide to world domination.

    Andrea L. Lawrence;Cameron E. Webb;Nicholas J. Clark;Ali Halajian

  • Zoonotic pathogens associated with Hyalomma aegyptium in endangered tortoises: evidence for host-switching behaviour in ticks?

    Anamaria I Paștiu;Ioana A Matei;Andrei D Mihalca;Gianluca D’Amico

  • Tick parasites of rodents in Romania: host preferences, community structure and geographical distribution

    Andrei D Mihalca;Mirabela O Dumitrache;Attila D Sándor;Cristian Magdaş

  • Further spreading of canine oriental eyeworm in Europe: first report of Thelazia callipaeda in Romania

    Andrei Daniel Mihalca;Gianluca D’Amico;Iuliu Scurtu;Ramona Chirilă

  • Filarioid infections in wild carnivores: a multispecies survey in Romania

    Angela Monica Ionică;Ioana Adriana Matei;Gianluca D’Amico;Jana Ababii

  • A comparative test of ixodid tick identification by a network of European researchers.

    Agustin Estrada-Pena;Gianluca d'Amico;Ana Maria Palomar;Marlène Dupraz

  • East and west separation of Rhipicephalus sanguineus mitochondrial lineages in the Mediterranean Basin

    Sándor Hornok;Attila D. Sándor;Snežana Tomanović;Relja Beck

  • Eurasian golden jackal as host of canine vector-borne protists

    Barbora Mitková;Kristýna Hrazdilová;Gianluca D’Amico;Georg Gerhard Duscher

  • Modelling the potential spread of Hyalomma marginatum ticks in Europe by migratory birds.

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;Gianluca D'Amico;Natalia Fernández-Ruiz

  • A tsetse and tabanid fly survey of African great apes habitats reveals the presence of a novel trypanosome lineage but the absence of Trypanosoma brucei

    Jan Votýpka;Jana Rádrová;Tomáš Skalický;Milan Jirků

  • Molecular detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania

    Mirabela Oana Dumitrache;Ioana Adriana Matei;Angela Monica Ionică;Zsuzsa Kalmár

  • Cytauxzoon Infections in Wild Felids from Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic Space: Further Evidence for a Different Cytauxzoon Species in European Felids.

    Martina Gallusová;Dagmar Jirsová;Andrei D. Mihalca;Călin Mircea Gherman

  • Thelazia callipaeda in wild carnivores from Romania: new host and geographical records

    Andrei Daniel Mihalca;Angela Monica Ionică;Gianluca D’Amico;Aikaterini Alexandra Daskalaki

  • Do the Ticks of Birds at an Important Migratory Hotspot Reflect the Seasonal Dynamics of Ixodes ricinus at the Migration Initiation Site? A Case Study in the Danube Delta

    Attila D. Sándor;Daniel I. Mărcuţan;Gianluca D'Amico;Călin M. Gherman

  • Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens show circadian co-periodicity in naturally co-infected dogs.

    Angela Monica Ionică;Ioana Adriana Matei;Gianluca D’Amico;Lucia Victoria Bel

  • Role of golden jackals (Canis aureus) as natural reservoirs of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania.

    Angela Monica Ionică;Ioana Adriana Matei;Gianluca D’Amico;Aikaterini Alexandra Daskalaki

  • The risk of exposure to rickettsial infections and human granulocytic anaplasmosis associated with Ixodes ricinus tick bites in humans in Romania: A multiannual study.

    Ioana Adriana Matei;Zsuzsa Kalmár;Mihaela Lupşe;Gianluca D’Amico

  • Transstadial Transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium Ticks

    Zsuzsa Kalmár;Vasile Cozma;Hein Sprong;Setareh Jahfari

  • Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys infection in free-roaming dogs and ticks from Kenya and Ivory Coast

    Ioana Adriana Matei;Gianluca D’Amico;Patrick K. Yao;Angela Monica Ionică

  • Autochthonous Hepatozoon infection in hunting dogs and foxes from the Czech Republic

    Barbora Mitková;Kristýna Hrazdilová;Vladimír Steinbauer;Gianluca D’Amico

  • Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania

    Ioan-Daniel Mărcuţan;Zsuzsa Kalmár;Angela Monica Ionică;Gianluca D’Amico

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Andrei Daniel Mihalca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Călin Mircea Gherman
Călin Mircea Gherman University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Attila D. Sándor
Attila D. Sándor University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Vasile Cozma
Vasile Cozma University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Nikola Pantchev
Nikola Pantchev IDEXX Laboratories (United States)
Klára J. Petrželková
Klára J. Petrželková Czech Academy of Sciences

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