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Zoonoses and Public Health
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Zoonoses and Public Health

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 33 119 140 19
Microbiology 142 75 79 14
Medicine 2575 25 24 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 246
Documents by Best Scientists*: 213
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 80
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.788
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Zoonoses and Public Health?

The scientific interests tackled in Zoonoses and Public Health are Veterinary medicine, Virology, Microbiology, Environmental health and Public health. The research on Veterinary medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Feces, Incidence (epidemiology), Outbreak, Salmonella and Transmission (medicine). It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Salmonella and Serotype.

The Transmission (medicine) study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Zoonosis. Issues in Virology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Antibody, Seroprevalence and Serology. While work presented in Zoonoses and Public Health provided substantial information on Microbiology, it also covered topics in Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter, Virulence and Escherichia coli.

Topics in Environmental health were tackled in line with various other fields like Epidemiology and Disease. The featured Public health studies mainly concentrate on Rabies but also cover areas of interest in Vaccination. The studies on Antibiotic resistance discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Antimicrobial and Drug resistance.

  • Veterinary medicine (37.37%)
  • Virology (19.59%)
  • Microbiology (16.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Chickens (Gallus domesticus): Prevalence, Clinical Disease, Diagnosis and Public Health Significance (222 citations)
  • Review of influenza A virus in swine worldwide: a call for increased surveillance and research. (194 citations)
  • Cats and Toxoplasma: implications for public health. (176 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Zoonoses and Public Health:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Veterinary medicine, Virology, Microbiology, Transmission (medicine) and Antibiotic resistance. The most cited publications explore topics in Veterinary medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Feces, Incidence (epidemiology), Outbreak, Salmonella and Seroprevalence. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Virology, it also covers topics in Immunology and Genotype.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Virus
  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Veterinary medicine, Antibiotic resistance, Zoology, Microbiology and Zoonosis. Zoonoses and Public Health holds forums on Veterinary medicine that merges themes from other disciplines such as Campylobacter, Outbreak and Genotype. Antibiotic resistance research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Tetracycline, Multiple drug resistance, Antimicrobial and Salmonella.

The research on Salmonella featured in it combines topics in other fields like Feces and Serotype. The close relationship between Phylogenetic tree and Pathogen is one of the points of interest dissected in Microbiology research. While Zoonosis is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Virus and Environmental health.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • How could we conclude cat-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2? (10 citations)
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of Toxoplasma gondii in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Europe. (6 citations)
  • Second outbreak of Trichinella pseudospiralis in Europe: clinical patterns, epidemiological investigation and identification of the etiological agent based on the western blot patterns of the patients' serum. (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Zoonoses and Public Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan M. Sargeant (35 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • David L. Pearl (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Annette M. O'Connor (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Richard J. Reid-Smith (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael P. Ward (15 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Zoonoses and Public Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (105 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ontario Veterinary College (67 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (63 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Guelph (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (45 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.89% of all publications and 54.21% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • First glimpse into the origin and spread of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in the United States.

    Andrea Egizi;Leslie Bulaga‐Seraphin;Erika Alt;Waheed I. Bajwa

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • First detection of human pathogenic variant of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in field‐collected Haemaphysalis longicornis, Pennsylvania, USA

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • The effectiveness of biosecurity interventions in reducing the transmission of bacteria from livestock to humans at the farm level: A systematic literature review

    Dina Mohamed Youssef;Barbara Wieland;Gwenan M Knight;Jo Lines

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boar and deer in Brandenburg, Germany

    Nadja Seyhan Bier;Kaya Stollberg;Anne Mayer‐Scholl;Annette Johne

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Global prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis infections among human tuberculosis cases: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Hawult Taye;Hawult Taye;Kassahun Alemu;Adane Mihret;James L N Wood

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Estimates of on-farm antimicrobial usage in broiler chicken production in the United States, 2013-2017

    Randall S Singer;Leah J Porter;Nora F D Schrag;Peter R Davies

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Influenza D virus exposure among US cattle workers: A call for surveillance

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Disinfectant testing for veterinary and agricultural applications: A review.

    Andrew D Wales;Rebecca J Gosling;Harriet L Bare;Robert H Davies

    (2021)
    29 Citations

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