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D-Index
54
Citations
7773
World Ranking
4023
National Ranking
1562

Bennie Osburn publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bennie Osburn sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 289 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Bennie Osburn D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bennie Osburn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bennie Osburn is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Within these broader areas, Osburn's work extends into subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and Information Systems and Management. Their research covers several main topics, such as zoonotic diseases and public health, animal disease management and epidemiology, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, biomedical and engineering education, interdisciplinary research and collaboration, and agricultural risk and resilience.

Osburn has contributed to a number of publications with recent papers addressing significant interdisciplinary challenges. Notable recent works include:

  • One Health for Food Safety, Food Security, and Sustainable Food Production (2020), published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Advancing One Health education: integrative pedagogical approaches and their impacts on interdisciplinary learning (2024), published in Science in One Health
  • The epic challenge of global food security: a compelling mission for veterinary medicine (2020), published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Osburn's coauthors include Sara N. Garcia, Michele T. Jay-Russell, Chang Cai, Yong-Sam Jung, and Richard Pereira. Their work has been featured in venues such as Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Science in One Health, and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Throughout their career, Osburn has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Detection of bluetongue virus in the blood of inoculated calves: comparison of virus isolation, PCR assay, and in vitro feeding of Culicoides variipennis.

    Nigel J Maclachlan;R. A. Nunamaker;J. B. Katz;M. M. Sawyer

  • Experimental viral-induced congenital encephalopathies. I. Pathology of hydranencephaly and porencephaly caused by bluetongue vaccine virus.

    Bennie Osburn;A. M. Silverstein;R. A. Prendergast;R. T. Johnson

  • Impact of bluetongue virus infection on the international movement and trade of ruminants

    N James MacLachlan;Bennie I Osburn

  • Evidence of natural bluetongue virus infection among African carnivores

    Kathleen A. Alexander;N. James MacLachlan;Pieter W. Kat;Carol House

  • Ontogeny of the immune system.

    Bennie Osburn;Nigel J Maclachlan;T. G. Terrell

  • Equine herpesvirus 1 infection of horses: studies on the experimentally induced neurologic disease.

    T. A. Jackson;Bennie Osburn;D. R. Cordy;J. W. Kendrick

  • Effects of endotoxin infusion on circulating levels of eicosanoids, progesterone, cortisol, glucose and lactic acid, and abortion in pregnant cows

    Shri N. Giri;Peter Emau;James S Cullor;G. H. Stabenfeldt

  • The impact of bluetongue virus on reproduction.

    Bennie I. Osburn

  • PCR Detection of Acute Ehrlichia Canis Infection in Dogs

    Jere W. McBride;Richard E. Corstvet;Stephen D. Gaunt;Jarasvech Chinsangaram

  • Genome segment reassortment between two serotypes of bluetongue virus in a natural host.

    J L Stott;R D Oberst;M B Channell;B I Osburn

  • Experimental viral-induced congenital encephalopathies. II. The pathogenesis of bluetongue vaccine virus infection in fetal lambs.

    Bennie Osburn;R. T. Johnson;A. M. Silverstein;R. A. Prendergast

  • Genetic characterization of rabies field isolates from Venezuela.

    C A de Mattos;C C de Mattos;J S Smith;E T Miller

  • Epizootiologic study of bluetongue: virologic and serologic results.

    B I Osburn;B McGowan;B Heron;E Loomis

  • Immune responses to the lipopolysaccharides and capsular polysaccharides of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae in convalescent and immunized pigs.

    B. W. Fenwick;Bennie Osburn

  • Passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulins from ewe to lamb and its influence on neonatal lamb mortality.

    M. Sawyer;C. H. Willadsen;Bennie Osburn;T. C. McGuire

  • Experimental bluetongue virus infection of sheep; effect of vaccination: pathologic, immunofluorescent, and ultrastructural studies.

    C. R. Mahrt;Bennie Osburn

  • HEPATIC PIGMENTATION WITH PHOTOSENSITIVITY: A SYNDROME IN CORRIEDALE SHEEP RESEMBLING DUBIN-JOHNSON SYNDROME IN MAN.

    C. E. Cornelius;I. M. Arias;Bennie Osburn

  • Impact of Vacuum Cooling on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infiltration into Lettuce Tissue

    Haiping Li;Mehrdad Tajkarimi;Bennie I. Osburn

  • Opioids suppress chemokine-mediated migration of monkey neutrophils and monocytes - an instant response.

    Tomoko Miyagi;Linda F Chuang;Kenneth M Lam;Hsiang-fu Kung

  • Isolation and biological characterization of two lipopolysaccharides and a capsular-enriched polysaccharide preparation from Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae.

    B. W. Fenwick;Bennie Osburn;H. J. Olander

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel J Maclachlan
Nigel J Maclachlan University of California, Davis
Roy H. Doi
Roy H. Doi University of California, Davis
Jere W. McBride
Jere W. McBride The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Robert Bondurant
Robert Bondurant University of California, Davis
Hsiang-Fu Kung
Hsiang-Fu Kung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mark C. Thurmond
Mark C. Thurmond University of California, Davis
Carl L. Keen
Carl L. Keen University of California, Davis
Richard T. Johnson
Richard T. Johnson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
William C. Davis
William C. Davis Washington State University

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