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D-Index
39
Citations
8726
World Ranking
1239
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114

David I. Gibson 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 David I. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 331 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David I. Gibson 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 David I. Gibson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David I. Gibson is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Ecology, Parasitology, Small Animals, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main research topics associated with Gibson include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasites and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones, Marine animal studies overview, and Cephalopods and Marine Biology.

David I. Gibson has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Larisa G. Poddubnaya, А. Е. Жохов, David A. Keith, José R. Ferrer-Paris, and Emily Nicholson.

Scientific papers authored or coauthored by Gibson cover detailed studies on parasitic organisms and ecosystem functional groups. Recent publications include:

  • Ultrastructural features of aporocotylid blood flukes: The tegument and sensory receptors of Sanguinicola inermis Plehn, 1905 from the pike Esox lucius, with a comparative analysis of their traits within the Neodermata (2020) in Zoologischer Anzeiger
  • Ultrastructural evidence for the participation of muscle cells in the formation of extracellular matrices in aporocotylid blood flukes (Digenea) (2021) in Zoologischer Anzeiger
  • Indicative distribution maps for Ecosystem Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (2020) in UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Life-history studies on infrapopulations of Mazocraes alosae (Monogenea) parasitising Alosa immaculata (Actinopterygii) in the northern Black and Azov Seas (2021) in Folia Parasitologica
  • Interrelationships of vitelline and muscle cells within the vitelline follicles of the blood fluke Aporocotyle simplex (Digenea, Aporocotylidae) and morphological evidence for the modification of vitelline material for eggshell formation (2020) in Parasitology Research

The venues where Gibson most frequently publishes include UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland), Zoologischer Anzeiger, Folia Parasitologica, Parasitology Research, and Parasite.

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • Keys to the Trematoda

    David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones;Rodney A. Bray

  • Genetic and morphological approaches distinguish the three sibling species of the Anisakis simplex species complex, with a species designation as Anisakis berlandi n. sp. for A. simplex sp. C (Nematoda: Anisakidae).

    Simonetta Mattiucci;Paolo Cipriani;Stephen C. Webb;Michela Paoletti

  • The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution

    David Ian Gibson;Rodney Alan Bray

  • Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 3

    Rodney A. Bray;David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones

  • study and reorganization of Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and related genera, with special reference to forms from European Atlantic waters

    David I. Gibson;Rodney A. Bray

  • A catalogue of the nominal species of the monogenean genus Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1850 and their host genera

    David I. Gibson;Tatjana A. Timofeeva;Pavel I. Gerasev

  • Aspects of the biology of diplostomid metacercarial (Digenea) populations occurring in fishes in different localities of northern Finland

    E. Tellervo Valtonen;David I. Gibson

  • Checklist of Nematoda associated with the fishes of Brazil

    José L. Luque;Julio C. Aguiar;Fabiano M. Vieira;David I. Gibson

  • A survey of the helminth parasites of cetaceans stranded on the coast of England and Wales during the period 1990-1994

    D. I. Gibson;E. A. Harris;R. A. Bray;P. D. Jepson

  • The evolutionary expansion and host-parasite relationships of the Digenea.

    David I. Gibson;Rodney A. Bray

  • Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 1

    David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones;Rodney A. Bray

  • Questions in digenean systematics and evolution.

    D. I. Gibson

  • Dactylogyridean monogeneans of the siluriform fishes of the Old World

    L.H.S. Lim;T.A. Timofeeva;D.I. Gibson

  • Digenean species diversity in teleost fish from a nature reserve off Corsica, France (Western Mediterranean), and a comparison with other Mediterranean regions

    Pierre Bartoli;David I. Gibson;Rodney A. Bray

  • Ecological studies of some parasites of plaice Pleuronectes platessa L. and flounder Platichthys flesus (L.).

    K. Mackenzie;D. I. Gibson;A. E. R. Taylor;R. Muller

  • Molecular Phylogeny and Dating Reveal a Terrestrial Origin in the Early Carboniferous for Ascaridoid Nematodes

    Liang Li;Liang Lü;Liang Lü;Steven A Nadler;David I Gibson

  • The Fellodistomidae (Digenea) of fishes from the northeast Atlantic.

    R. A. Bray;D. I. Gibson

  • A key to three species of larval Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) occurring in european and North American freshwater fishes

    Karin I. Andersen;David I. Gibson

  • Checklist of Acanthocephala associated with the fishes of Brazil

    Claudia P. Santos;David I. Gibson;Luiz E. R. Tavares;Jose L. Luque

  • Studies on bucephalid digeneans parasitising molluscs and fishes in Finland I. Ecological data and experimental studies

    Jouni Taskinen;E. Tellervo Valtonen;David I. Gibson

  • Pseudoterranova decipiens species A and B (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea): nomenclatural designation, morphological diagnostic characters and genetic markers

    Lia Paggi;Simonetta Mattiucci;David I. Gibson;Bjorn Berland

  • Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2

    A. Jones;R. A. Bray;D. I. Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney A. Bray
Rodney A. Bray Natural History Museum
Christina Sommerville
Christina Sommerville University of Stirling
Vasyl V. Tkach
Vasyl V. Tkach University of North Dakota
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling
Juan Antonio Raga
Juan Antonio Raga University of Valencia
Jordi Miquel
Jordi Miquel University of Barcelona
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva
E. Tellervo Valtonen
E. Tellervo Valtonen University of Jyväskylä
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
Csaba Székely
Csaba Székely Institute for Veterinary Medical Research

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