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Chihiro Sugimoto

Chihiro Sugimoto

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
60
Citations
11200
World Ranking
3169
National Ranking
123

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
59
Citations
11162
World Ranking
356
National Ranking
5

Chihiro Sugimoto 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 Chihiro Sugimoto sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 359 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chihiro Sugimoto 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 Chihiro Sugimoto sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Chihiro Sugimoto is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on infectious diseases and parasitology. Their academic work spans several key fields including Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research concentrates on vector-borne infectious diseases and related topics that intersect disease ecology, epidemiology, and animal health. Main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

Frequent publication venues for Sugimoto's work comprise:

  • Pathogens
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Parasite
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Blood meal sources and bacterial microbiome diversity in wild-caught tsetse flies," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Investigation of the piroplasm diversity circulating in wildlife and cattle of the greater Kafue ecosystem, Zambia," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Screening of tick-borne pathogens in argasid ticks in Zambia: Expansion of the geographic distribution of Rickettsia lusitaniae and Rickettsia hoogstraalii and detection of putative novel Anaplasma species," 2021, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Molecular identification and genetic characterization of tick-borne pathogens in sheep and goats at two farms in the central and southern regions of Malawi," 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella rousetti and Other Bat-associated Bartonellae from Bats and Their Flies in Zambia," 2020, Pathogens

Collaboration is a significant element of Sugimoto's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Kyoko Hayashida
  • Junya Yamagishi
  • Ryo Nakao
  • Boniface Namangala
  • Naoko Kawai

The scientist's work prominently addresses public health, environmental and occupational health issues, as reflected in their involvement in subfields such as Epidemiology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research contributes to understanding the ecology and transmission dynamics of various pathogens affecting both humans and animals, particularly those transmitted by ticks, tsetse flies, and other insect vectors.

Best Publications

  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of African Trypanosomes

    Noritaka Kuboki;Noboru Inoue;Tatsuya Sakurai;Francescopaolo Di Cello

  • Evolution and genetic diversity of Theileria.

    Thillaiampalam Sivakumar;Kyoko Hayashida;Chihiro Sugimoto;Naoaki Yokoyama

  • Emergence of new types of Theileria orientalis in Australian cattle and possible cause of theileriosis outbreaks.

    Joseph Kamau;Albertus J de Vos;Matthew Playford;Bashir Salim

  • Species-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for diagnosis of trypanosomosis.

    Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Noritaka Kuboki;Andrew Nambota;Kozo Fujisaki

  • Seroepidemiological Prevalence of Multiple Species of Filoviruses in Fruit Bats (Eidolon helvum) Migrating in Africa

    Hirohito Ogawa;Hiroko Miyamoto;Eri Nakayama;Reiko Yoshida

  • Molecular Characterization of a Haemaphysalis longicornis Tick Salivary Gland-Associated 29-Kilodalton Protein and Its Effect as a Vaccine against Tick Infestation in Rabbits

    Albert Mulenga;Chihiro Sugimoto;Yasuhito Sako;Kazuhiko Ohashi

  • Identification of a novel gene, dep, associated with depolymerization of the capsular polymer in Bacillus anthracis.

    I. Uchida;S. Makino;C. Sasakawa;M. Yoshikawa

  • Microbial population analysis of the salivary glands of ticks; a possible strategy for the surveillance of bacterial pathogens.

    Yongjin Qiu;Ryo Nakao;Aiko Ohnuma;Fumihiko Kawamori

  • Direct Blood Dry LAMP: A Rapid, Stable, and Easy Diagnostic Tool for Human African Trypanosomiasis

    Kyoko Hayashida;Kiichi Kajino;Lottie Hachaambwa;Boniface Namangala

  • Issues in tick vaccine development: identification and characterization of potential candidate vaccine antigens.

    Albert Mulenga;Chihiro Sugimoto;Misao Onuma

  • A novel approach, based on BLSOMs (Batch Learning Self-Organizing Maps), to the microbiome analysis of ticks

    Ryo Nakao;Takashi Abe;Takashi Abe;Ard M Nijhof;Seigo Yamamoto

  • Serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant SAG1

    Elikira N. Kimbita;Xuenan Xuan;Xiaohong Huang;Takayuki Miyazawa

  • Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), PCR and parasitological tests for detection of Trypanosoma evansi in experimentally infected pigs.

    Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Noboru Inoue;Noritaka Kuboki;Darunee Tuntasuvan

  • Vertical transmission of bovine leukemia virus and bovine immunodeficiency virus in dairy cattle herds.

    Sothy Meas;Tatsufumi Usui;Kazuhiko Ohashi;Chihiro Sugimoto

  • Molecular epidemiology of camel trypanosomiasis based on ITS1 rDNA and RoTat 1.2 VSG gene in the Sudan.

    Bashir Salim;Bashir Salim;Mohammed A Bakheit;Joseph Kamau;Ichiro Nakamura

  • Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis.

    Andy Alhassan;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Naoaki Yokoyama;Noboru Inoue

  • Stability of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) reagents and its amplification efficiency on crude trypanosome DNA templates.

    Oriel M. M. Thekisoe;Raoul S. B. Bazie;Andrea M. Coronel-Servian;Chihiro Sugimoto

  • Serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum infection in cattle by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant truncated NcSAG1

    Bayin Chahan;Irungu Gaturaga;Xiaohong Huang;Min Liao

  • Detection of Theileria sergenti infection in cattle by polymerase chain reaction amplification of parasite-specific DNA.

    M Tanaka;S Onoe;T Matsuba;S Katayama

  • Cellular Localization of Babesia bovis Merozoite Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 and Its Erythrocyte-Binding Activity

    Naoaki Yokoyama;Boonchit Suthisak;Haruyuki Hirata;Tomohide Matsuo

  • Common inheritance of chromosome Ia associated with clonal expansion of Toxoplasma gondii

    Asis Khan;Ulrike Böhme;Krystyna A. Kelly;Ellen Adlem

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiko Ohashi
Kazuhiko Ohashi Hokkaido University
Xuenan Xuan
Xuenan Xuan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Kozo Fujisaki
Kozo Fujisaki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Ikuo Igarashi
Ikuo Igarashi Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Naoaki Yokoyama
Naoaki Yokoyama Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hirofumi Sawa
Hirofumi Sawa Hokkaido University
Ayato Takada
Ayato Takada Hokkaido University
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Yutaka Suzuki
Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

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