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D-Index
46
Citations
8908
World Ranking
761
National Ranking
79

Darren J. Shaw 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 Darren J. Shaw sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 191 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Darren J. Shaw 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 Darren J. Shaw sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Darren J. Shaw is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Veterinary science, with a more focused exploration into subfields such as Small Animals, Ecology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Veterinary Practice and Education Studies, Helminth infection and control, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis.

Darren J. Shaw has contributed to multiple research publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • The interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium flagella with host cell membranes and cytoskeletal components (2020) published in Microbiology
  • A competing-risks model explains hierarchical spatial coupling of measles epidemics en route to national elimination (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • GLOWORM-PARA: a flexible framework to simulate the population dynamics of the parasitic phase of gastrointestinal nematodes infecting grazing livestock (2020) published in International Journal for Parasitology
  • The behavior of dairy cattle in the transition period: Effects of blood calcium status (2020) published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • Diagnostic accuracy of the Enferplex Bovine Tuberculosis antibody test in cattle sera (2023) published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors in Darren J. Shaw's research include Alastair Macrae, Heather Bacon, Natalie Waran, Catherine M Dwyer, and Catriona Bell, each contributing to at least four joint publications.

Research output has appeared regularly in certain publication venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, International Journal for Parasitology, Journal of Dairy Science, and Animals.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of the 2001 UK foot and mouth epidemic: stochastic dispersal in a heterogeneous landscape

    Matt J. Keeling;Mark E. J. Woolhouse;Darren J. Shaw;Louise Matthews

  • Patterns of macroparasite abundance and aggregation in wildlife populations: a quantitative review

    D J Shaw;A P Dobson

  • Heterogeneous shedding of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle and its implications for control.

    L. Matthews;J.C. Low;D. L. Gally;M. C. Pearce

  • Optimal reactive vaccination strategies for a foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK

    Michael J Tildesley;Nicholas J Savill;Nicholas J Savill;Darren J Shaw;Rob Deardon

  • Mycobacterium bovis in rural Tanzania: Risk factors for infection in human and cattle populations

    Sarah Cleaveland;Darren J. Shaw;Sayoki G. Mfinanga;Gabriel Shirima

  • Feline diabetes mellitus in the UK: the prevalence within an insured cat population and a questionnaire-based putative risk factor analysis

    Theresa M McCann;Kerry E Simpson;Darren J Shaw;Jennifer A Butt

  • The construction and analysis of epidemic trees with reference to the 2001 UK foot-and-mouth outbreak

    D T Haydon;Margo Chase-Topping;Darren Shaw;L Matthews

  • Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacilli

    Charlotte Avanzi;Jorge del-Pozo;Andrej Benjak;Karen Stevenson

  • Salmonella Transforms Follicle-Associated Epithelial Cells into M Cells to Promote Intestinal Invasion

    Amin Tahoun;Amin Tahoun;Simmi Mahajan;Edith Paxton;Georg Malterer

  • A framework for evaluating animals as sentinels for infectious disease surveillance

    Jo E.B Halliday;Anna L Meredith;Darryn L Knobel;Darren J Shaw

  • Pre-clinical evaluation of three non-viral gene transfer agents for cystic fibrosis after aerosol delivery to the ovine lung.

    G McLachlan;H Davidson;E Holder;L A Davies

  • Epidemiological implications of the contact network structure for cattle farms and the 20–80 rule

    M.E.J Woolhouse;D.J Shaw;L Matthews;W.-C Liu

  • Primary and secondary cases in Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks: a statistical analysis

    Kate G Snedeker;Kate G Snedeker;Darren J Shaw;Mary E Locking;Robin J Prescott

  • Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni in northern Senegal

    Michel Picquet;Jozef Vercruysse;Darren J. Shaw;Mamadou Diop

  • Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium infection in children

    Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté;Darren J. Shaw;Laurent Polla;Donato Cioli

  • Mycobacterial Disease in Cats in Great Britain: I. Culture Results, Geographical Distribution and Clinical Presentation of 339 Cases

    Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore;Sarah E. McFarland;Jacqueline I. Brewer;Timothy R. Crawshaw

  • Seroprevalence of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in domestic rabbits in the United Kingdom.

    Emma Keeble;Darren Shaw

  • The transition into veterinary practice: Opinions of recent graduates and final year students

    Susan M Rhind;Sarah Baillie;Tierney Kinnison;Darren J Shaw

  • Gastrointestinal nematode infections of first-grazing season calves in Western Europe: general patterns and the effect of chemoprophylaxis

    Darren Shaw;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout;Pierre Dorny

  • Coxiella burnetii (Q-Fever) Seroprevalence in Prey and Predators in the United Kingdom: Evaluation of Infection in Wild Rodents, Foxes and Domestic Cats Using a Modified ELISA

    Anna Meredith;Sarah Cleaveland;M. J. Denwood;Jeremy Brown

  • Epidemiology. Foot-and-mouth disease under control in the UK

    Mark Woolhouse;Margo Chase-Topping;Daniel Haydon;John Friar

  • Enteropathogen co-infection in UK cats with diarrhoea

    Jasmin K Paris;Sheila Wills;Hans-Jörg Balzer;Darren J Shaw

  • Acquisition and epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in a cohort of newborn calves

    Deborah Hoyle;Hazel I Knight;Darren J Shaw;Kevin Hillman

  • Prevalence, intensity and aggregation of intestinal parasites in mountain hares and their potential impact on population dynamics

    Scott Newey;Darren J. Shaw;Alan Kirby;Alan Kirby;Pauline Montieth

  • Lysogeny with Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophages represses type III secretion in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

    Xuefang Xu;Sean P. McAteer;Jai J. Tree;Darren J. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. J. Woolhouse
Mark E. J. Woolhouse University of Edinburgh
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Daniel T. Haydon
Daniel T. Haydon University of Glasgow
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
David L. Gally
David L. Gally University of Edinburgh
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
George J. Gunn
George J. Gunn Scotland's Rural College
Roberto M. La Ragione
Roberto M. La Ragione University of Surrey
Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow
Andrew J. Roe
Andrew J. Roe University of Glasgow

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