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2026

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D-Index
83
Citations
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World Ranking
56
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2

Dirk U. Pfeiffer 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 Dirk U. Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 524 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk U. Pfeiffer 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 Dirk U. Pfeiffer 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: 83 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Dirk U. Pfeiffer is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work addresses a variety of subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Modeling and Simulation.

The primary topics covered in their research include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Zoonotic diseases and public health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Dirk U. Pfeiffer has contributed to numerous scientific publications across several venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, One Health, and Scientific Reports.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Ranking the risk of animal-to-human spillover for newly discovered viruses, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Estimating the effective reproduction number of the 2019-nCoV in China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: Should We Rethink the Animal-Human Interface?, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • The effects of border control and quarantine measures on the spread of COVID-19, 2020, Epidemics
  • The effects of seasonal climate variability on dengue annual incidence in Hong Kong: A modelling study, 2020, Scientific Reports

Dirk U. Pfeiffer frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Guillaume Fournié, Anne Conan, Hsiang-Yu Yuan, Paritosh Kumar Biswas, and Md. Ahasanul Hoque. These collaborations contribute to a significant portion of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Principles and practical application of the receiver-operating characteristic analysis for diagnostic tests.

    M Greiner;D Pfeiffer;R.D Smith

  • Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change

    Bryony A. Jones;Delia Grace;Richard Kock;Silvia Alonso

  • Clinical evaluation of postpartum vaginal mucus reflects uterine bacterial infection and the immune response in cattle.

    Erin J. Williams;Deborah P. Fischer;Dirk U. Pfeiffer;Gary C.W. England

  • Influence of uterine bacterial contamination after parturition on ovarian dominant follicle selection and follicle growth and function in cattle.

    IM Sheldon;DE Noakes;AN Rycroft;DU Pfeiffer

  • African swine fever: how can global spread be prevented?

    Solenne Costard;Barbara Wieland;William De Glanville;Ferran Jori

  • The risk of death: the confidential enquiry into perioperative small animal fatalities.

    David C Brodbelt;Karen J Blissitt;Richard A Hammond;Prue J Neath

  • Leg disorders in broiler chickens: Prevalence, risk factors and prevention

    Toby G. Knowles;Steven C. Kestin;Susan M. Haslam;Steven N. Brown

  • Epidemiology of African swine fever virus

    S. Costard;L. Mur;J. Lubroth;J.M. Sanchez-Vizcaino

  • Review of the Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2005

    Bo Algers;Harry Blokhuis;Martin Wierup;A. Osterhaus

  • African Swine Fever Epidemiology and Control

    Linda K. Dixon;Karl Stahl;Ferran Jori;Laurence Vial

  • The epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infections

    R.S. Morris;D.U. Pfeiffer;R. Jackson

  • Mapping H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza risk in Southeast Asia

    Marius Gilbert;Xiangming Xiao;Dirk U Pfeiffer;Michael Epprecht

  • Transmission routes of African swine fever virus to domestic pigs: current knowledge and future research directions

    Claire Guinat;Andrey Gogin;Sandra Blome;Guenther Keil

  • Survival of cats with naturally occurring chronic renal failure is related to severity of proteinuria.

    Harriet M. Syme;Peter J. Markwell;Dirk Pfeiffer;Jonathan Elliott

  • Towards a conceptual framework to support one-health research for policy on emerging zoonoses

    Richard Coker;Jonathan Rushton;Sandra Mounier-Jack;Esron Karimuribo

  • The animal-human interface and infectious disease in industrial food animal production: rethinking biosecurity and biocontainment.

    Jay P. Graham;Jessica H. Leibler;Lance B. Price;Joachim M. Otte

  • Use of social network analysis to characterize the pattern of animal movements in the initial phases of the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the UK

    A. Ortiz-Pelaez;D.U. Pfeiffer;R.J. Soares-Magalhães;F.J. Guitian

  • Methods and Processes of Developing the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology - Veterinary (STROBE-Vet) Statement.

    J M Sargeant;J M Sargeant;A M O'Connor;I R Dohoo;H N Erb

  • A "One Health" surveillance and control of brucellosis in developing countries: moving away from improvisation.

    Jacques Godfroid;Sascha Al Dahouk;Sascha Al Dahouk;Georgios Pappas;Felix Roth

  • An analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurrence in Vietnam using national surveillance data

    Dirk U. Pfeiffer;Phan Q. Minh;Vincent Martin;Michael Epprecht

  • Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission on porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis)

    B. Algers;H.J. Blokhuis;A. Bøtner;D.M. Broom

  • Use of social network analysis to characterize the pattern of animal movements in the initial phases of the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the UK.

    A. Ortiz-Pelaez;D. U. Pfeiffer;R. J. Soares-Magalhães;F. J. Guitian

Frequent Co-Authors

R.S. Morris
R.S. Morris Massey University
François Roger
François Roger University of Montpellier
Barbara Wieland
Barbara Wieland Institute of Virology and Immunology
Katharina D.C. Stärk
Katharina D.C. Stärk Royal Veterinary College
Jonathan Rushton
Jonathan Rushton University of Liverpool
Javier Guitian
Javier Guitian Royal Veterinary College
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast
Mark Stevenson
Mark Stevenson University of Melbourne
Beatriz Martínez-López
Beatriz Martínez-López University of California, Davis
Linda K. Dixon
Linda K. Dixon The Pirbright Institute

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