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Leonardo Nanni Costa

Leonardo Nanni Costa

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
2653
World Ranking
2519
National Ranking
126

Leonardo Nanni Costa 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 Leonardo Nanni Costa sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 136 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leonardo Nanni Costa 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 Leonardo Nanni Costa sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Combined effects of pre-slaughter treatments and lairage time on carcass and meat quality in pigs of different halothane genotype

    L Nanni Costa;D.P Lo Fiego;S Dall'Olio;R Davoli

  • Analysis of horse myostatin gene and identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in breeds of different morphological types.

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  • Gel‐based phosphoproteomics analysis of sarcoplasmic proteins in postmortem porcine muscle with pH decline rate and time differences

    Honggang Huang;Martin Røssel Larsen;Anders H Karlsson;Luigi Pomponio

  • An analysis of data relating to pig carcass quality and indices of stress collected in the European union.

    P.D. Warriss;S.N. Brown;P.Barton Gade;C. Santos

  • Investigation on CAST, CAPN1 and CAPN3 porcine gene polymorphisms and expression in relation to post-mortem calpain activity in muscle and meat quality

    G. Gandolfi;L. Pomponio;P. Ertbjerg;A.H. Karlsson

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms in several porcine cathepsin genes are associated with growth, carcass, and production traits in Italian Large White pigs.

    V. Russo;L. Fontanesi;E. Scotti;F. Beretti

  • Analysis of raw meat to predict proteolysis in Parma ham.

    C Schivazappa;M Degni;L Nanni Costa;V Russo

  • Comparative evaluation of genomic inbreeding parameters in seven commercial and autochthonous pig breeds

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  • Study of candidate genes for glycolytic potential of porcine skeletal muscle: identification and analysis of mutations, linkage and physical mapping and association with meat quality traits in pigs

    L. Fontanesi;R. Davoli;L. Nanni Costa;E. Scotti

  • The insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) gene intron3-g.3072G>A polymorphism is not the only Sus scrofa chromosome 2p mutation affecting meat production and carcass traits in pigs: evidence from the effects of a cathepsin D (CTSD) gene polymorphism.

    L. Fontanesi;C. Speroni;L. Buttazzoni;E. Scotti

  • Investigation of candidate genes for meat quality in dry-cured ham production: the porcine cathepsin B (CTSB) and cystatin B (CSTB) genes.

    V. Russo;L. Fontanesi;R. Davoli;L. Nanni Costa

  • Investigation of candidate genes for glycolytic potential of porcine skeletal muscle: Association with meat quality and production traits in Italian Large White pigs.

    L. Fontanesi;R. Davoli;L. Nanni Costa;F. Beretti

  • Influence of loading method and stocking density during transport on meat and dry-cured ham quality in pigs with different halothane genotypes

    L Nanni Costa;D.P Lo Fiego;S Dall’Olio;R Davoli

  • The Relationship Between Carcass Bruising in Bulls and Behaviour Observed During Pre-slaughter Phases

    L. Nanni Costa;D. P. Lo Fiego;F. Tassone;V. Russo

  • Evidence for post-mortem m-calpain autolysis in porcine muscle.

    Luigi Pomponio;René Lametsch;Anders H. Karlsson;Leonardo Nanni Costa

  • Influence of early pH decline on calpain activity in porcine muscle.

    Luigi Pomponio;Per Ertbjerg;Anders H. Karlsson;Leonardo Nanni Costa

  • Thermography : current status and advances in livestock animals and in veterinary medicine

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  • A machine learning approach for the identification of population-informative markers from high-throughput genotyping data: application to several pig breeds

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  • The effects of different environmental conditions on thermoregulation and clinical and hematological variables in long-distance road-transported calves1

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  • Metabolomics characterization of colostrum in three sow breeds and its influences on piglets’ survival and litter growth rates

    Gianfranco Picone;Martina Zappaterra;Diana Luise;Alessia Trimigno

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