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Riccardo Paolo Lia

Riccardo Paolo Lia

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
5765
World Ranking
956
National Ranking
43

Riccardo Paolo Lia 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 Riccardo Paolo Lia sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 144 publications — 53rd percentile

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

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

Riccardo Paolo Lia 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 Riccardo Paolo Lia sits on this spectrum.

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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

Riccardo Paolo Lia is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine, with 45 publications in this area. Their work spans several subfields, notably Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics include Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, Helminth Infection and Control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Insects and Parasite Interactions, and Dermatological Diseases and Infestations.

Lia has contributed to multiple publications, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Prevalence and risk factors associated with cat parasites in Italy: a multicenter study," 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Tick exposure and risk of tick-borne pathogens infection in hunters and hunting dogs: a citizen science approach," 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Dirofilarioses in two cats in southern Italy," 2021, Parasitology Research
  • "Spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor marginatus from wild boars in Italy," 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Temperature is a common climatic descriptor of lachryphagous activity period in Phortica variegata (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from multiple geographical locations," 2020, Parasites & Vectors

The publication venues most frequently associated with their work include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Parasitology Research
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Parasitology
  • Veterinary Parasitology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among whom the most frequent are:

  • Domenico Otranto
  • Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan
  • Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos
  • Roberta Iatta
  • Giovanni Sgroi

Best Publications

  • On a Cercopithifilaria sp. transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus: a neglected, but widespread filarioid of dogs

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Giada Annoscia

  • The epidemiology of canine and feline dermatophytoses in southern Italy.

    C. Cafarchia;D. Romito;M. Sasanelli;R. Lia

  • Phortica variegata as an intermediate host of Thelazia callipaeda under natural conditions: Evidence for pathogen transmission by a male arthropod vector

    D. Otranto;C. Cantacessi;G. Testini;R.P. Lia

  • Current status and epidemiological observation of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in Italy: a "coincidence" or a parasitic disease of the Old Continent?

    Domenico Otranto;Ezio Ferroglio;Riccardo P Lia;Donato Traversa

  • Case Report: First Evidence of Human Zoonotic Infection by Onchocerca lupi (Spirurida, Onchocercidae)

    Domenico Otranto;Nermin Sakru;Gabriella Testini;Vuslat P. Gürlü

  • Diagnosis of Canine Vector-Borne Diseases in Young Dogs: a Longitudinal Study

    Domenico Otranto;Gabriella Testini;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Maria S. Latrofa

  • Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in wild animals: Report of new host species and ecological implications

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Egidio Mallia;Peter M. DiGeronimo

  • Biology of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) eyeworms in naturally infected definitive hosts.

    D. Otranto;R. P. Lia;V. Buono;D. Traversa

  • Nematode biology and larval development of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in the drosophilid intermediate host in Europe and China

    D. Otranto;R. P. Lia;C. Cantacessi;G. Testini

  • Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) of carnivores and humans: morphological study by light and scanning electron microscopy.

    D Otranto;R P Lia;D Traversa;S Giannetto

  • Efficacy of a combination of 10% imidacloprid/50% permethrin for the prevention of leishmaniasis in kennelled dogs in an endemic area

    Domenico Otranto;Paola Paradies;Riccardo Paolo Lia;Maria Stefania Latrofa

  • New insights into morphological and biological features of Capillaria aerophila (Trichocephalida, Trichuridae).

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare;Riccardo P. Lia;Giuseppe Castagna

  • Diagnosis and risk factors of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida) infection in cats from Italy.

    Donato Traversa;Riccardo P. Lia;Raffaella Iorio;Andrea Boari

  • Prevention of endemic canine vector-borne diseases using imidacloprid 10% and permethrin 50% in young dogs: a longitudinal field study.

    D. Otranto;D. de Caprariis;R.P. Lia;V. Tarallo

  • Seasonal dynamics of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, on a confined dog population in Italy

    V. Lorusso;F. Dantas-Torres;R. P. Lia;V. D. Tarallo

  • The zoophilic fruitfly Phortica variegata: morphology, ecology and biological niche

    D. Otranto;E. Brianti;C. Cantacessi;R. P. Lia

  • Gastrointestinal parasites in mammals of two Italian zoological gardens.

    Mariarita Fagiolini;Riccardo P. Lia;Piero Laricchiuta;Paolo Cavicchio

  • Phlebotomine sand fly population dynamics in a leishmaniasis endemic peri-urban area in southern Italy.

    Viviana D. Tarallo;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Riccardo P. Lia;Domenico Otranto

  • The spread of zoonotic Thelazia callipaeda in the Balkan area

    Adnan Hodžić;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Giada Annoscia;Amer Alić

  • Morphological and molecular differentiation between Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Rudolphi, 1819) and Dicrocoelium chinensis (Sudarikov and Ryjikov, 1951) Tang and Tang, 1978 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea).

    Domenico Otranto;Steffen Rehbein;Stefania Weigl;Cinzia Cantacessi

  • Occurrence of anthelmintic resistant equine cyathostome populations in central and southern Italy

    Donato Traversa;Thomas R. Klei;Raffaella Iorio;Barbara Paoletti

  • Prevention of canine leishmaniosis in a hyper-endemic area using a combination of 10% imidacloprid/4.5% flumethrin.

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Donato de Caprariis;Giancarlo Di Paola

  • Efficacy of a combination of imidacloprid 10%/permethrin 50% versus fipronil 10%/(S)-methoprene 12%, against ticks in naturally infected dogs

    Domenico Otranto;Riccardo Paolo Lia;Cinzia Cantacessi;Gianluca Galli

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Maria Stefania Latrofa
Maria Stefania Latrofa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Alessio Giannelli
Alessio Giannelli University of Bari Aldo Moro
Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos
Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Annunziata Giangaspero
Annunziata Giangaspero University of Foggia
Giada Annoscia
Giada Annoscia University of Bari Aldo Moro

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