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Marcello Mele

Marcello Mele

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
6321
World Ranking
944
National Ranking
39

Marcello Mele 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 Marcello Mele sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 233 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcello Mele 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 Marcello Mele sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marcello Mele is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy. Their research spans across multiple fields with a primary focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, alongside significant contributions in Medicine.

Their work is particularly prominent in the subfields of Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Oncology, and Cancer Research. This interdisciplinary approach is further reflected in the diversity of topics they cover, including Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, and Agroforestry and Silvopastoral Systems.

Marcello Mele's recent publications focus strongly on breast cancer research, with notable papers such as:

  • Evolution of HER2-low expression from primary to recurrent breast cancer, 2021, npj Breast Cancer
  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Luminal B-like Breast Cancer: Results of the Phase II GIADA Trial, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
  • HER2-low-positive breast cancer: evolution from primary tumor to residual disease after neoadjuvant treatment, 2022, npj Breast Cancer
  • Impact of estrogen receptor levels on outcome in non-metastatic triple negative breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy, 2021, npj Breast Cancer
  • Integration of tumour infiltrating lymphocytes, programmed cell-death ligand-1, CD8 and FOXP3 in prognostic models for triple-negative breast cancer: Analysis of 244 stage I-III patients treated with standard therapy, 2020, European Journal of Cancer

The venues where Marcello Mele frequently publishes include:

  • Italian Journal of Animal Science
  • animal
  • Animals
  • Agroforestry Systems
  • npj Breast Cancer

Collaborative research is evident in their frequent co-authors, including Giuseppe Conte, Alberto Mantino, Valentina Guarneri, Maria Vittoria Dieci, and Gaia Griguolo. These collaborations indicate engagement in both agricultural sciences and oncological studies.

Best Publications

  • Invited review: Plant polyphenols and rumen microbiota responsible for fatty acid biohydrogenation, fiber digestion, and methane emission: Experimental evidence and methodological approaches.

    V. Vasta;M. Daghio;A. Cappucci;A. Buccioni

  • Metabolic fate of fatty acids involved in ruminal biohydrogenation in sheep fed concentrate or herbage with or without tannins.

    V. Vasta;M. Mele;A. Serra;M. Scerra

  • Ruminal biohydrogenation as affected by tannins in vitro

    Valentina Vasta;Harinder P. S. Makkar;Marcello Mele;Alessandro Priolo

  • Bacterial and protozoal communities and fatty acid profile in the rumen of sheep fed a diet containing added tannins.

    Valentina Vasta;David R. Yáñez-Ruiz;Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra

  • Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase Gene Polymorphism and Milk Fatty Acid Composition in Italian Holsteins

    Marcello Mele;Giuseppe Conte;Bianca Castiglioni;Stefania Chessa

  • Milk fatty acid composition, rumen microbial population, and animal performances in response to diets rich in linoleic acid supplemented with chestnut or quebracho tannins in dairy ewes

    A. Buccioni;M. Pauselli;C. Viti;S. Minieri

  • Sheep cheese naturally enriched in α-linolenic, conjugated linoleic and vaccenic acids improves the lipid profile and reduces anandamide in the plasma of hypercholesterolaemic subjects.

    Stefano Pintus;Elisabetta Murru;Gianfranca Carta;Lina Cordeddu

  • Effect of kind of dietary fat on the quality of milk fat from Italian Friesian cows

    Pier Lorenzo Secchiari;M. Antongiovanni;Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra

  • Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, and sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 gene polymorphisms and milk fatty acid composition in Italian Brown cattle.

    Giuseppe Conte;Marcello Mele;S Chessa;B Castiglioni

  • Enrichment of Pecorino cheese with conjugated linoleic acid by feeding dairy ewes with extruded linseed: Effect on fatty acid and triglycerides composition and on oxidative stability

    Marcello Mele;Giovanna Contarini;Luisito Cercaci;Andrea Serra

  • Dietary olive cake reduces the oxidation of lipids, including cholesterol, in lamb meat enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids

    G. Luciano;M. Pauselli;M. Servili;E. Mourvaki

  • Effect of dietary starch concentration and fish oil supplementation on milk yield and composition, diet digestibility, and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows.

    M. Pirondini;S. Colombini;Marcello Mele;L. Malagutti

  • Effect of forage/concentrate ratio and soybean oil supplementation on milk yield, and composition from Sarda ewes

    Marcello Mele;Arianna Buccioni;Francesco Petacchi;Andrea Serra

  • Genetic parameters for conjugated linoleic acid, selected milk fatty acids, and milk fatty acid unsaturation of Italian Holstein-Friesian cows.

    Marcello Mele;R. Dal Zotto;M. Cassandro;Giuseppe Conte

  • Effectiveness of mid-infrared spectroscopy to predict fatty acid composition of Brown Swiss bovine milk.

    M. De Marchi;M. Penasa;A. Cecchinato;M. Mele

  • Association between a polymorphism at the stearoyl CoA desaturase locus and milk production traits in Italian Holsteins.

    N.P.P. Macciotta;M. Mele;G. Conte;A. Serra

  • Effect of soybean oil supplementation on milk fatty acid composition from Saanen goats fed diets with different forage:concentrate ratios

    Marcello Mele;Andrea Serra;Arianna Buccioni;Giuseppe Conte

  • Sustainable ruminant production to help feed the planet

    Giuseppe Pulina;Ana Helena Dias Francesconi;Bruno Stefanon;Agostino Sevi

  • Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) content of meat from three muscles of Massese suckling lambs slaughtered at different weights

    Andrea Serra;Marcello Mele;F La Comba;Giuseppe Conte

  • Multivariate factor analysis of detailed milk fatty acid profile: Effects of dairy system, feeding, herd, parity, and stage of lactation.

    M. Mele;N. P. P. Macciotta;Alessio Cecchinato;G. Conte

  • Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in Italian Simmental and Italian Holstein cows using single nucleotide polymorphism arrays.

    V. Palombo;M. Milanesi;S. Sgorlon;S. Capomaccio

  • Conjugated linoleic acid and C18:1 isomers content in milk fat of sheep and their transfer to Pecorino Toscano cheese

    Arianna Buccioni;Stefano Rapaccini;Mauro Antongiovanni;Sara Minieri

  • Conservation status and historical relatedness of Italian cattle breeds.

    Salvatore Mastrangelo;Elena Ciani;Paolo Ajmone Marsan;Alessandro Bagnato

  • Effect of different types of olive oil pomace dietary supplementation on the rumen microbial community profile in Comisana ewes.

    Federica Mannelli;Alice Cappucci;Francesco Pini;Roberta Pastorelli

  • Study on the influence of pasture on volatile fraction of ewes' dairy products by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    M Povolo;G Contarini;Marcello Mele;Pier Lorenzo Secchiari

  • Milk production, composition, and milk fatty acid profile from grazing sheep fed diets supplemented with chestnut tannin extract and extruded linseed

    A Buccioni;Andrea Serra;Sara Minieri;F. Mannelli

  • Efficacy Test of a Hydrolysable Tannin Extract Against Necrotic Enteritis in Challenged Broiler Chickens

    Giovanni Tosi;Paola Massi;Mauro Antongiovanni;Arianna Buccioni

  • Genetic and environmental relationships of detailed milk fatty acids profile determined by gas chromatography in Brown Swiss cows

    S. Pegolo;A Cecchinato;J. Casellas;Giuseppe Conte

Frequent Co-Authors

Arianna Buccioni
Arianna Buccioni University of Florence
Giovanni Bittante
Giovanni Bittante University of Padua
Alessio Cecchinato
Alessio Cecchinato University of Padua
Alessandro Priolo
Alessandro Priolo University of Catania
Bruno Stefanon
Bruno Stefanon University of Udine
Giuseppe Luciano
Giuseppe Luciano University of Catania
Martino Cassandro
Martino Cassandro University of Padua
Giuseppe Pulina
Giuseppe Pulina University of Sassari
Massimiliano Lanza
Massimiliano Lanza University of Catania
Anna Nudda
Anna Nudda University of Sassari

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