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Lucio Montanaro

Lucio Montanaro

University of Bologna
Italy

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
20863
World Ranking
8087
National Ranking
209

Lucio Montanaro publications per year

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1965 2023

214 publications in total across all disciplines

Lucio Montanaro publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucio Montanaro sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Lucio Montanaro D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucio Montanaro sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lucio Montanaro is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Within these areas, Montanaro has contributed to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, and Periodontics.

Montanaro's work covers several main topics, notably bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, orthopedic infections and treatments, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, antimicrobial peptides and activities, as well as crystallization and solubility studies.

Their publication record includes papers in prominent journals, with frequent appearances in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (6 publications), Biofouling (2 publications), The Cambridge Structural Database (2 publications), Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (1 publication), and Inorganic Chemistry (1 publication).

Notable recent papers authored by Montanaro include:

  • "Extracellular DNA (eDNA). A Major Ubiquitous Element of the Bacterial Biofilm Architecture" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Colonization and Infection of Indwelling Medical Devices by Staphylococcus aureus with an Emphasis on Orthopedic Implants" (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Exploring the anticancer effects of standardized extracts of poplar-type propolis: In vitro cytotoxicity toward cancer and normal cell lines" (2021), published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • "Tracing the origins of extracellular DNA in bacterial biofilms: story of death and predation to community benefit" (2021), published in Biofouling
  • "Various biofilm matrices of the emerging pathogen Staphylococcus lugdunensis: exopolysaccharides, proteins, eDNA and their correlation with biofilm mass" (2020), published in Biofouling

Montanaro has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These include Davide Campoccia (12 joint publications), Carla Renata Arciola (12 publications), Stefano Ravaioli (9 publications), Valentina Mariani (5 publications), and Pietro Speziale (3 publications).

Best Publications

  • Implant infections: adhesion, biofilm formation and immune evasion

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro

  • A review of the biomaterials technologies for infection-resistant surfaces.

    Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola

  • The significance of infection related to orthopedic devices and issues of antibiotic resistance.

    Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola

  • Biofilm formation in Staphylococcus implant infections. A review of molecular mechanisms and implications for biofilm-resistant materials.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Pietro Speziale;Lucio Montanaro

  • Biofilm in implant infections: its production and regulation.

    J. W. Costerton;L. Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola

  • Presence of icaA and icaD genes and slime production in a collection of staphylococcal strains from catheter-associated infections.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Lucilla Baldassarri;Lucio Montanaro

  • Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in biofilm: structural and regulatory aspects.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Stefano Ravaioli;Lucio Montanaro

  • Antibiotic-loaded biomaterials and the risks for the spread of antibiotic resistance following their prophylactic and therapeutic clinical use.

    Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro;Pietro Speziale;Carla Renata Arciola

  • Scenery of Staphylococcus implant infections in orthopedics

    Lucio Montanaro;Pietro Speziale;Davide Campoccia;Stefano Ravaioli

  • A review of the clinical implications of anti-infective biomaterials and infection-resistant surfaces

    Davide Campoccia;Lucio Montanaro;Carla Renata Arciola

  • Cytotoxicity, blood compatibility and antimicrobial activity of two cyanoacrylate glues for surgical use.

    L Montanaro;C.R Arciola;E Cenni;G Ciapetti

  • Extracellular DNA in biofilms.

    Lucio Montanaro;Alessandro Poggi;Livia Visai;Stefano Ravaioli

  • Etiology of implant orthopedic infections: a survey on 1027 clinical isolates.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Y. H. An;D. Campoccia;M. E. Donati

  • Detection of slime production by means of an optimised Congo red agar plate test based on a colourimetric scale in Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates genotyped for ica locus.

    Carla Renata Arciola;Davide Campoccia;Simonetta Gamberini;Marina Cervellati

  • Antibiofilm activity of a monolayer of silver nanoparticles anchored to an amino-silanized glass surface

    Angelo Taglietti;Carla Renata Arciola;Agnese D'Agostino;Giacomo Dacarro

  • Evaluation of bacterial adhesion of Streptococcus mutans on dental restorative materials

    Lucio Montanaro;Davide Campoccia;Simona Rizzi;Maria Elena Donati

  • Slime Production and Expression of the Slime-Associated Antigen by Staphylococcal Clinical Isolates

    M. G. Ammendolia;R. Di Rosa;L. Montanaro;C. R. Arciola

  • Enterococcus spp. produces slime and survives in rat peritoneal macrophages

    Lucilla Baldassarri;Roberto Cecchini;Lucia Bertuccini;Maria G. Ammendolia

  • Relationship between biofilm formation, the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) and gelatinase in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

    Roberta Di Rosa;Roberta Creti;Mario Venditti;Raffaele D'Amelio

  • Antibiotic GE2270 a: a novel inhibitor of bacterial protein synthesis. I. Isolation and characterization.

    E. Selva;G. Beretta;N. Montanini;G. S. Saddler

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla Renata Arciola
Carla Renata Arciola University of Bologna
Lucilla Baldassarri
Lucilla Baldassarri Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Pietro Speziale
Pietro Speziale University of Pavia
Livia Visai
Livia Visai University of Pavia
Fiorenzo Stirpe
Fiorenzo Stirpe University of Bologna
Gabriela Ciapetti
Gabriela Ciapetti University of Bologna
Luigi Barbieri
Luigi Barbieri University of Bologna
Alessandro Poggi
Alessandro Poggi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Graziella Orefici
Graziella Orefici Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Mario Venditti
Mario Venditti Sapienza University of Rome

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