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Esther Schelling

Esther Schelling

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Switzerland
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
51
Citations
10752
World Ranking
566
National Ranking
12

Esther Schelling 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 Esther Schelling sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 199 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esther Schelling 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 Esther Schelling 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: 51 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Esther Schelling is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Veterinary studies. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Small Animals, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics covered by their research include zoonotic diseases and public health, Brucella diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment, viral infections and vectors, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, animal disease management and epidemiology, as well as vector-borne animal and infectious diseases.

Significant recent publications by Esther Schelling cover multiple infectious and zoonotic disease topics. These include:

  • Sero-prevalence of brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock in Somali Region, Ethiopia (2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases)
  • Molecular epidemiology of Brucella species in mixed livestock-human ecosystems in Kenya (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Integrated community based human and animal syndromic surveillance in Adadle district of the Somali region of Ethiopia (2021, One Health)
  • Ecological and behavioural risk factors of scrub typhus in central Vietnam: a case-control study (2021, Infectious Diseases of Poverty)
  • Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya (2020, BMC Veterinary Research)

Esther Schelling has frequently collaborated with researchers including Jakob Zinsstag, Jan Hattendorf, Bassirou Bonfoh, Rea Tschopp, and Mahamat Béchir Mahamat. The venues where Schelling publishes most often reflect a focus on tropical diseases, infectious diseases, and One Health approaches.

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • One Health
  • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • BMC Veterinary Research

In addition to articles, Schelling has contributed to book publications, notably:

  • One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches (2020, CABI eBooks)
  • One Health, une seule santé (2020, éditions Quae eBooks)

Their body of work emphasizes integrated health approaches combining human, livestock, and environmental perspectives, addressing zoonotic and vector-borne diseases within mixed ecosystems. This multidisciplinary research situates them within public and veterinary health communities focusing on disease epidemiology and control in both developing and regional contexts.

Best Publications

  • From 'one medicine' to 'one health' and systemic approaches to health and well-being

    J. Zinsstag;E. Schelling;D. Waltner-Toews;M. Tanner

  • Invited review: Role of livestock in human nutrition and health for poverty reduction in developing countries.

    Thomas F. Randolph;E. Schelling;Delia Grace;Delia Grace;C. Nicholson

  • Global Burden of Human Brucellosis: A Systematic Review of Disease Frequency

    Anna S. Dean;Lisa Crump;Lisa Crump;Helena Greter;Helena Greter;Esther Schelling;Esther Schelling

  • Clinical manifestations of human brucellosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Anna S. Dean;Lisa Crump;Lisa Crump;Helena Greter;Helena Greter;Jan Hattendorf;Jan Hattendorf

  • Brucellosis and Q-fever seroprevalences of nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in Chad.

    E Schelling;C Diguimbaye;S Daoud;J Nicolet

  • Human Benefits of Animal Interventions for Zoonosis Control

    Jakob Zinsstag;Esther Schelling;Felix Roth;Bassirou Bonfoh

  • Potential of cooperation between human and animal health to strengthen health systems.

    Jakob Zinsstag;Esther Schelling;Kaspar Wyss;Mahamat Bechir Mahamat

  • Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

    Rebuma Firdessa;Stefan Berg;Elena Hailu;Esther Schelling

  • Climate change and One Health.

    Jakob Zinsstag;Jakob Zinsstag;Lisa Crump;Lisa Crump;Esther Schelling;Esther Schelling;Jan Hattendorf;Jan Hattendorf

  • Prevalence of four enteropathogens in the faeces of young diarrhoeic dairy calves in Switzerland.

    F. Lanz Uhde;T. Kaufmann;H. Sager;S. Albini

  • Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad.

    Esther Schelling;Mahamat Bechir;Mahamat Abdoulaye Ahmed;Kaspar Wyss

  • Zoonotic transmission of tuberculosis between pastoralists and their livestock in South-East Ethiopia.

    Balako Gumi;Esther Schelling;Esther Schelling;Stefan Berg;Rebuma Firdessa

  • Synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver human and animal health interventions in rural low income settings

    Esther Schelling;Kaspar Wyss;Mahamat Béchir;Daugla Doumagoum Moto

  • Risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in rural livestock production systems of Ethiopia

    Rea Tschopp;Esther Schelling;Jan Hattendorf;Abraham Aseffa

  • Representative Seroprevalences of Brucellosis in Humans and Livestock in Kyrgyzstan

    Bassirou Bonfoh;Joldoshbek Kasymbekov;Salome Dürr;Nurjan Toktobaev

  • Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Q-Fever in Southeast Ethiopian Pastoral Livestock

    Balako Gumi;Rebuma Firdessa;Lawrence Yamuah;Teshale Sori

  • Epidemiology of brucellosis and q Fever in linked human and animal populations in northern togo.

    Anna S. Dean;Bassirou Bonfoh;Abalo E. Kulo;G. Aboudou Boukaya

  • Economics of Bovine Tuberculosis

    J. Zinsstag;E. Schelling;F. Roth;R. Kazwala

  • Persistence of brucellosis in pastoral systems

    V. Racloz;E. Schelling;N. Chitnis;F. Roth

  • Evaluation of the discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains.

    Markus Hilty;Colette Diguimbaye;Esther Schelling;Franca Baggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Jan Hattendorf
Jan Hattendorf University of Basel
Abraham Aseffa
Abraham Aseffa Armauer Hansen Research Institute
Catherine E. Dewey
Catherine E. Dewey University of Guelph
Leo Meile
Leo Meile ETH Zurich
Delia Grace
Delia Grace International Livestock Research Institute
Eric M. Fèvre
Eric M. Fèvre University of Liverpool
Douglas B. Young
Douglas B. Young Imperial College London
Rudovick R. Kazwala
Rudovick R. Kazwala Sokoine University of Agriculture

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