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D-Index
40
Citations
5303
World Ranking
1213
National Ranking
39

Falk Melzer 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 Falk Melzer sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 159 publications — 61st percentile

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

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

Falk Melzer 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 Falk Melzer sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Falk Melzer is affiliated with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Germany and conducts research primarily in veterinary and related biological sciences. Their work intersects veterinary medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and human medicine, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach in these fields.

The scientist's research covers several subfields including small animal studies, food science, epidemiology, ecology, and agronomy and crop science. Main topics addressed in their work comprise the diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment of Brucella infections; Burkholderia infections and melioidosis; Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology; animal diversity and health studies; bacteriophages and microbial interactions; as well as Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research.

Research output includes numerous papers published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to journals that focus on pathogens, microbiology, and public health. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Animal and Human Brucellosis in Pakistan", 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • "If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella", 2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • "MLVA-16 Genotyping of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis Isolates from Different Animal Species in Egypt: Geographical Relatedness and the Mediterranean Lineage", 2020, Pathogens
  • "Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinical and non-clinical Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus isolates from Egypt", 2021, One Health
  • "Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Improved Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Pathogenic Brucella", 2022, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Falk Melzer frequently publishes in these outlets:

  • Pathogens
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microorganisms
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Collaborations form a notable dimension of Melzer's work. The scientist has coauthored extensively with colleagues including Heinrich Neubauer, Hosny El-Adawy, Gamal Wareth, Hanka Brangsch, and Mandy C. Elschner.

This profile reflects an academic career centered on infectious diseases related to animals and public health, employing epidemiological methods and microbiological techniques to address bacterial pathogens affecting animals and humans.

Best Publications

  • Brucella microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole Microtus arvalis.

    Holger C. Scholz;Zdenek Hubalek;Ivo Sedláček;Gilles Vergnaud

  • Brucellosis - regionally emerging zoonotic disease?

    Mayada Gwida;Sascha Al Dahouk;Falk Melzer;Uwe Rösler

  • Glanders in Animals: A Review on Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Countermeasures

    I. Khan;L.H. Wieler;Falk Melzer;Mandy C. Elschner

  • Brucellosis in camels

    Mayada Mosad Ahmed Shaaban Gwida;A. El-Gohary;Falk Melzer;Iahtasham Khan

  • Systematic review of brucellosis in Kenya: disease frequency in humans and animals and risk factors for human infection.

    J. Njeru;J. Njeru;G. Wareth;G. Wareth;F. Melzer;K. Henning

  • Isolation of Potentially Novel Brucella spp. from Frogs

    Tobias Eisenberg;Hans-Peter Hamann;Ute Kaim;Karen Schlez

  • Raman spectroscopy as a potential tool for detection of Brucella spp. in milk.

    Susann Meisel;Stephan Stöckel;Mandy Elschner;Falk Melzer

  • Comparison of diagnostic tests for the detection of Brucella spp. in camel sera

    Mayada M Gwida;Mayada M Gwida;Adel H El-Gohary;Falk Melzer;Herbert Tomaso

  • Brucella spp. of amphibians comprise genomically diverse motile strains competent for replication in macrophages and survival in mammalian hosts

    Sascha Al Dahouk;Sascha Al Dahouk;Stephan Köhler;Stephan Köhler;Alessandra Occhialini;Alessandra Occhialini;María Pilar Jiménez de Bagüés

  • Detection of Brucella melitensis in bovine milk and milk products from apparently healthy animals in Egypt by real-time PCR.

    Gamal Wareth;Falk Melzer;Mandy C. Elschner;Heinrich Karl Johann Neubauer

  • Detection of Brucella abortus DNA in aborted goats and sheep in Egypt by real-time PCR

    Gamal Wareth;Gamal Wareth;Gamal Wareth;Falk Melzer;Herbert Tomaso;U. Roesler

  • Isolation of Brucella abortus from a Dog and a Cat Confirms their Biological Role in Re-emergence and Dissemination of Bovine Brucellosis on Dairy Farms.

    Gamal Wareth;Gamal Wareth;Falk Melzer;M. El-Diasty;Gernot Schmoock

  • The prevalence of chlamydiae of bulls from six bull studs in Germany

    Johannes Kauffold;Klaus Henning;Rüdiger Bachmann;Helmut Hotzel

  • Rapid identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei by intact cell Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation mass spectrometric typing.

    Axel Karger;Rüdiger Stock;Mario Ziller;Mandy C Elschner

  • Brucellosis of the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)

    Zdeněk Hubálek;Holger Scholz;Ivo Sedláček;Falk Melzer

  • Animal brucellosis in Egypt.

    Gamal Wareth;Ahmed Hikal;Mohamed Refai;Falk Melzer

  • Impact of latent infections with Chlamydophila species in young cattle.

    Petra Reinhold;Julia Jaeger;Elisabeth Liebler-Tenorio;Angela Berndt

  • Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Brucellosis as a Professional Hazard in Pakistan

    Shahzad Ali;Qurban Ali;Heinrich Neubauer;Falk Melzer

  • Chlamydiae in oviducts and uteri of repeat breeder pigs

    Johannes Kauffold;Falk Melzer;Angela Berndt;Grit Hoffmann

  • Use of a Western blot technique for the serodiagnosis of glanders

    Mandy C Elschner;Holger C Scholz;Falk Melzer;Muhammad Saqib

  • Prevalence of chlamydiae in boars and semen used for artificial insemination.

    Johannes Kauffold;Falk Melzer;Klaus Henning;Katrin Schulze

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich Neubauer
Heinrich Neubauer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Herbert Tomaso
Herbert Tomaso Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Konrad Sachse
Konrad Sachse Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Sascha Al Dahouk
Sascha Al Dahouk Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Holger C. Scholz
Holger C. Scholz Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
Helmut Hotzel
Helmut Hotzel Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Christoph Weise
Christoph Weise Freie Universität Berlin
Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Thomas C. Mettenleiter Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Gilles Vergnaud
Gilles Vergnaud University of Paris-Saclay
Jürgen Popp
Jürgen Popp Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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