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Daniel González-Acuña

Daniel González-Acuña

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
5003
World Ranking
1717
National Ranking
1

Daniel González-Acuña 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 Daniel González-Acuña sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 253 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel González-Acuña 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 Daniel González-Acuña 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: 35 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Daniel González-Acuña was affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Parasitology, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist contributed extensively to studies on vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, bird parasitology and diseases, parasite biology and host interactions, Yersinia bacterium, plague and ectoparasites research, animal ecology and behavior, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Notable recent papers published by Daniel González-Acuña included:

  • "Sustained RNA virome diversity in Antarctic penguins and their ticks", 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions", 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Circumpolar diversification of the Ixodes uriae tick virome", 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Genomic data reveal international lineages of critical priority Escherichia coli harbouring wide resistome in Andean condors (Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758)", 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Rodents as potential reservoirs for Borrelia spp. in northern Chile", 2020, Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

The scientist worked frequently with several collaborators, including:

  • Lucila Moreno (14 joint publications)
  • María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente (8 joint publications)
  • Juliana A. Vianna (7 joint publications)
  • Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz (7 joint publications)
  • Sebastián Muñoz-Leal (6 joint publications)

Daniel González-Acuña's research was published often in specific scientific journals, including:

  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology (8 publications)
  • Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences (3 publications)
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2 publications)
  • Revista Chilena de Infectología (2 publications)
  • Research Square (Research Square) (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Ticks (Ixodidae) on humans in South America

    A. A. Guglielmone;L. Beati;D. M. Barros-Battesti;M. B. Labruna

  • Borrelia chilensis, a new member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex that extends the range of this genospecies in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Larisa B. Ivanova;Alexandra Tomova;Daniel González-Acuña;Roberto Murúa

  • Human-Associated Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase in the Antarctic

    Jorge Hernández;Jorge Hernández;Johan Stedt;Jonas Bonnedahl;Ylva Molin

  • Sustained RNA virome diversity in Antarctic penguins and their ticks.

    Michelle Wille;Erin Harvey;Mang Shi;Daniel Gonzalez-Acuña

  • Characterization and Comparison of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Resistance Genotypes and Population Structure of Escherichia coli Isolated from Franklin's Gulls (Leucophaeus pipixcan) and Humans in Chile

    Jorge Hernandez;Anders Johansson;Johan Stedt;Stina Bengtsson

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Chile.

    Daniel González-Acuña;Alberto Alejandro Guglielmone

  • Evaluating mortality sources for the Vulnerable pudu Pudu puda in Chile: implications for the conservation of a threatened deer

    Eduardo A. Silva-Rodríguez;Claudio Verdugo;Claudio Verdugo;O. Alejandro Aleuy;James G. Sanderson

  • The Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) talaje Species Group (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae): Description of Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) rioplatensis n. sp. from Southern South America

    J. M. Venzal;A. Estrada-Peña;A. J. Mangold;D. González-Acuña

  • Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

    Alan Fecchio;Nicholas J. Clark;Jeffrey A Bell;Heather Skeen;Heather Skeen

  • Evidence for the Introduction, Reassortment, and Persistence of Diverse Influenza A Viruses in Antarctica

    Aeron C. Hurt;Yvonne C F Su;Malet Aban;Heidi Peck

  • Bartonella rochalimae and other Bartonella spp. in fleas, Chile.

    Laura Pérez-Martínez;José M. Venzal;Daniel González-Acuña;Aránzazu Portillo

  • An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds.

    Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey A. Bell;Mariane Bosholn;Jefferson A. Vaughan

  • Anthropogenic antibiotic resistance genes mobilization to the polar regions

    Jorge Hernández;Daniel González-Acuña

  • New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) from Chile and Cuba.

    Sergey Mironov;Daniel González-Acuña

  • Wild owls colonized by international clones of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (CTX-M)-producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella Infantis in the Southern Cone of America.

    Danny Fuentes-Castillo;Mariella Farfán-López;Fernanda Esposito;Quézia Moura

  • Molecular methods routinely used to detect Coxiella burnetii in ticks cross-react with Coxiella-like bacteria.

    Jourdain Elsa;Olivier Duron;Barry Séverine;Daniel González-Acuña

  • Genetic and Morphological Evidences for the Existence of a New Species of Contracaecum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) Parasite of Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin) From Chile and Its Genetic Relationships with Congeners From Fish-Eating Birds

    Lucas Garbin;Simonetta Mattiucci;Michela Paoletti;Daniel González-Acuña

  • The tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae): Hosts, geographical distribution, and vector roles.

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Daniel González-Acuña

  • Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli strains isolated from Antarctic bird feces, water from inside a wastewater treatment plant, and seawater samples collected in the Antarctic Treaty area

    Virginia Rabbia;Helia Bello-Toledo;Sebastián Jiménez;Mario Quezada

  • Concentration of trace metals in excrements of two species of penguins from different locations of the Antarctic Peninsula

    Winfred Espejo;José E. Celis;Daniel González-Acuña;Solange Jara

  • New host and locality records for the Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae) species group, with a review of host relationships and distribution in the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region.

    Daniel González-acuña;José M. Venzal;James E. Keirans;Richard G. Robbins

Frequent Co-Authors

José M. Venzal
José M. Venzal University of the Republic
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal University of Concepción
Alberto A. Guglielmone
Alberto A. Guglielmone National Agricultural Technology Institute
Santiago Nava
Santiago Nava National Institute of Agricultural Technology
Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov Belgorod National Research University
Ricardo Barra
Ricardo Barra University of Concepción
Atilio J. Mangold
Atilio J. Mangold National Agricultural Technology Institute
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo

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