2026 Marco Candela: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	72	6251	5768	146	140	246	20250

Overview

Marco Candela is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has a research profile focused on environmental science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's work spans several main fields of study including:

Environmental Science
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

More specifically, their research interests cover subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Ecology
Pollution
Immunology
Aquatic Science

Marco Candela's main topics of work include:

Gut microbiota and health
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Diet and metabolism studies

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

Scientific Reports
SSRN Electronic Journal
Research Square (Research Square)
The Science of The Total Environment
Frontiers in Marine Science

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Marco Candela include:

"Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries" (2020, Gut)
"Elevated gut microbiome abundance of Christensenellaceae, Porphyromonadaceae and Rikenellaceae is associated with reduced visceral adipose tissue and healthier metabolic profile in Italian elderly" (2021, Gut Microbes)
"Shotgun Metagenomics of Gut Microbiota in Humans with up to Extreme Longevity and the Increasing Role of Xenobiotic Degradation" (2020, mSystems)
"Tissue-scale microbiota of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and its relationship with the environment" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
"Gut microbiome structure and adrenocortical activity in dogs with aggressive and phobic behavioral disorders" (2020, Heliyon)

Marco Candela collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Simone Rampelli
Silvia Turroni
Daniel Scicchitano
Giorgia Palladino
Patrizia Brigidi

Best Publications

Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Status in Seniors and Centenarians

Elena Biagi;Lotta Nylund;Lotta Nylund;Marco Candela;Rita Ostan

1717
Citations
Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

Stephanie L. Schnorr;Marco Candela;Simone Rampelli;Manuela Centanni

1424
Citations
Gut Microbiota and Extreme Longevity.

Elena Biagi;Claudio Franceschi;Simone Rampelli;Marco Severgnini

995
Citations
Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries

Tarini Shankar Ghosh;Simone Rampelli;Ian B Jeffery;Aurelia Santoro

950
Citations
Interaction of probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains with human intestinal epithelial cells: adhesion properties, competition against enteropathogens and modulation of IL-8 production.

Marco Candela;Federico Perna;P. Carnevali;Beatrice Vitali

538
Citations
Ageing of the human metaorganism: the microbial counterpart

Elena Biagi;Marco Candela;Susan Fairweather-Tait;Claudio Franceschi

435
Citations
The effect of short-chain fatty acids on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells

Claudia Nastasi;Marco Candela;Charlotte Menné Bonefeld;Carsten Geisler

428
Citations
Metagenome Sequencing of the Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Gut Microbiota

Simone Rampelli;Stephanie L. Schnorr;Clarissa Consolandi;Silvia Turroni

417
Citations
Correction: Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Status in Seniors and Centenarians.

Elena Biagi;Lotta Nylund;Marco Candela;Rita Ostan

379
Citations
Functional metagenomic profiling of intestinal microbiome in extreme ageing

Simone Rampelli;Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Elena Biagi

362
Citations
Ageing and gut microbes: perspectives for health maintenance and longevity.

Elena Biagi;Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Paolo Garagnani

329
Citations
Behçet's syndrome patients exhibit specific microbiome signature

Clarissa Consolandi;Silvia Turroni;Giacomo Emmi;Marco Severgnini

266
Citations
Recommendations for the management of mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome in hepatitis C virus-infected patients.

Maurizio Pietrogrande;Salvatore De Vita;Anna Linda Zignego;Pietro Pioltelli

255
Citations
Modulation of gut microbiota dysbioses in type 2 diabetic patients by macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet.

Marco Candela;Elena Biagi;Matteo Soverini;Clarissa Consolandi

250
Citations
Incidence and Characteristics of Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas in a Multicenter Case File of Patients With Hepatitis C Virus-Related Symptomatic Mixed Cryoglobulinemias

Giuseppe Monti;Pietro Pioltelli;Francesco Saccardo;Mauro Campanini

243
Citations
Inflammation and colorectal cancer, when microbiota-host mutualism breaks.

Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Elena Biagi;Franck Carbonero

224
Citations
Intestinal microbiota is a plastic factor responding to environmental changes

Marco Candela;Elena Biagi;Simone Maccaferri;Silvia Turroni

222
Citations
Gut microbiota changes in the extreme decades of human life: a focus on centenarians.

Aurelia Santoro;Rita Ostan;Marco Candela;Elena Biagi

216
Citations
Impact of a synbiotic food on the gut microbial ecology and metabolic profiles

Beatrice Vitali;Maurice Ndagijimana;Federica Cruciani;Paola Carnevali

210
Citations
The three genetics (nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and gut microbiome) of longevity in humans considered as metaorganisms.

Paolo Garagnani;Chiara Pirazzini;Cristina Giuliani;Marco Candela

26
Citations