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Filipe Dantas-Torres

Filipe Dantas-Torres

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 76 101 96 2 2 377 22658

Filipe Dantas-Torres publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Filipe Dantas-Torres between 2005 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Filipe Dantas-Torres published across 22 years, from 2005 to 2026, averaging 19.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2013. 45 of the 438 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2013. 2005: 5 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 26 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 37 publications 2014: 36 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 34 publications 2026: 11 publications
2005 2026

438 publications in total across all disciplines

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Filipe Dantas-Torres: publications per year, 2005 to 2026
Year Publications
2005 5
2006 12
2007 5
2008 10
2009 11
2010 26
2011 21
2012 32
2013 37
2014 36
2015 26
2016 19
2017 21
2018 13
2019 17
2020 26
2021 26
2022 19
2023 14
2024 17
2025 34
2026 11
Total 438
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Filipe Dantas-Torres 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 Filipe Dantas-Torres sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 84 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 29–33 to 442+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 109. Most scientists, 109, have 119–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 374–378 publications, is where this scientist sits. 29–33 publications: 1 scientist 34–38 publications: 6 scientists 39–43 publications: 17 scientists 44–48 publications: 23 scientists 49–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–58 publications: 44 scientists 59–63 publications: 66 scientists 64–68 publications: 75 scientists 69–73 publications: 71 scientists 74–78 publications: 85 scientists 79–83 publications: 108 scientists 84–88 publications: 105 scientists 89–93 publications: 84 scientists 94–98 publications: 103 scientists 99–103 publications: 97 scientists 104–108 publications: 95 scientists 109–113 publications: 89 scientists 114–118 publications: 88 scientists 119–123 publications: 109 scientists 124–128 publications: 93 scientists 129–133 publications: 89 scientists 134–138 publications: 95 scientists 139–143 publications: 92 scientists 144–148 publications: 80 scientists 149–153 publications: 75 scientists 154–158 publications: 74 scientists 159–163 publications: 67 scientists 164–168 publications: 53 scientists 169–173 publications: 62 scientists 174–178 publications: 63 scientists 179–183 publications: 50 scientists 184–188 publications: 55 scientists 189–193 publications: 50 scientists 194–198 publications: 27 scientists 199–203 publications: 44 scientists 204–208 publications: 31 scientists 209–213 publications: 28 scientists 214–218 publications: 38 scientists 219–223 publications: 33 scientists 224–228 publications: 36 scientists 229–233 publications: 29 scientists 234–238 publications: 35 scientists 239–243 publications: 23 scientists 244–248 publications: 24 scientists 249–253 publications: 29 scientists 254–258 publications: 28 scientists 259–263 publications: 21 scientists 264–268 publications: 25 scientists 269–273 publications: 11 scientists 274–278 publications: 18 scientists 279–283 publications: 13 scientists 284–288 publications: 18 scientists 289–293 publications: 10 scientists 294–298 publications: 12 scientists 299–303 publications: 11 scientists 304–308 publications: 15 scientists 309–313 publications: 14 scientists 314–318 publications: 14 scientists 319–323 publications: 8 scientists 324–328 publications: 8 scientists 329–333 publications: 13 scientists 334–338 publications: 14 scientists 339–343 publications: 13 scientists 344–348 publications: 10 scientists 349–353 publications: 11 scientists 354–358 publications: 5 scientists 359–363 publications: 8 scientists 364–368 publications: 8 scientists 369–373 publications: 6 scientists 374–378 publications: 7 scientists 379–383 publications: 8 scientists 384–388 publications: 3 scientists 389–393 publications: 4 scientists 394–398 publications: 5 scientists 399–403 publications: 8 scientists 404–408 publications: 5 scientists 409–413 publications: 4 scientists 414–418 publications: 3 scientists 419–423 publications: 8 scientists 424–428 publications: 5 scientists 429–433 publications: 3 scientists 434–438 publications: 5 scientists 439–441 publications: 5 scientists 442+ publications: 99 scientists
29–33 publications 442+

This scientist: 377 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
29–33 1
34–38 6
39–43 17
44–48 23
49–53 28
54–58 44
59–63 66
64–68 75
69–73 71
74–78 85
79–83 108
84–88 105
89–93 84
94–98 103
99–103 97
104–108 95
109–113 89
114–118 88
119–123 109
124–128 93
129–133 89
134–138 95
139–143 92
144–148 80
149–153 75
154–158 74
159–163 67
164–168 53
169–173 62
174–178 63
179–183 50
184–188 55
189–193 50
194–198 27
199–203 44
204–208 31
209–213 28
214–218 38
219–223 33
224–228 36
229–233 29
234–238 35
239–243 23
244–248 24
249–253 29
254–258 28
259–263 21
264–268 25
269–273 11
274–278 18
279–283 13
284–288 18
289–293 10
294–298 12
299–303 11
304–308 15
309–313 14
314–318 14
319–323 8
324–328 8
329–333 13
334–338 14
339–343 13
344–348 10
349–353 11
354–358 5
359–363 8
364–368 8
369–373 6
374–378 7 377
379–383 8
384–388 3
389–393 4
394–398 5
399–403 8
404–408 5
409–413 4
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99
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Filipe Dantas-Torres 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 Filipe Dantas-Torres sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 77+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 158. Most scientists, 158, have 31 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 76 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 5
21 22
22 31
23 44
24 53
25 66
26 80
27 101
28 106
29 116
30 154
31 158
32 143
33 137
34 126
35 134
36 112
37 115
38 105
39 111
40 107
41 87
42 74
43 62
44 61
45 41
46 51
47 43
48 28
49 47
50 40
51 34
52 33
53 43
54 16
55 32
56 21
57 18
58 28
59 33
60 17
61 21
62 18
63 21
64 9
65 20
66 11
67 16
68 12
69 17
70 13
71 15
72 11
73 11
74 14
75 5
76 6 76
77+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Filipe Dantas-Torres is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their research work spans various subfields, notably parasitology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's core research interests focus on vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, and studies on leishmaniasis. Other significant topics include vector-borne animal diseases, research on Trypanosoma species, mosquito-borne diseases and control, and zoonotic diseases with implications for public health.

Dantas-Torres has published multiple papers across several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Acta Tropica
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Pathogens
  • Parasitology Research

Some recent publications highlight the breadth of their research efforts:

  • Overview on Dirofilaria immitis in the Americas, with notes on other filarial worms infecting dogs, 2020, Veterinary Parasitology
  • Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Gateway to Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, 2021, Trends in Parasitology
  • Ticks and associated pathogens in camels (Camelus dromedarius) from Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Comparison of Diagnostic Tools for the Detection of Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs, 2020, Pathogens
  • Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective, 2021, Parasitology Research

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of their career, working frequently with co-authors such as Domenico Otranto, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Lucas Christian de Sousa-Paula, and Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos.

Best Publications

  • Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Bruno B. Chomel;Domenico Otranto

  • Biology and ecology of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae): from taxonomy to control.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • On a Cercopithifilaria sp. transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus: a neglected, but widespread filarioid of dogs

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Giada Annoscia

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • The role of dogs as reservoirs of Leishmania parasites, with emphasis on Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Vector-borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe.

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Emanuele Brianti;Donato Traversa

  • Climate change, biodiversity, ticks and tick-borne diseases: The butterfly effect.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Morphological and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato from the New and Old Worlds

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Giada Annoscia;Alessio Giannelli

  • Vector-borne parasitic zoonoses: emerging scenarios and new perspectives.

    Douglas D. Colwell;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Domenico Otranto

  • Managing canine vector-borne diseases of zoonotic concern: part two

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: revisiting paradigms of epidemiology and control

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho

  • Canine leishmaniosis in the Old and New Worlds: unveiled similarities and differences

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Laia Solano-Gallego;Gad Baneth;Vitor Marcio Ribeiro

  • Canine vector-borne diseases in Brazil.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • The prevention of canine leishmaniasis and its impact on public health

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Systematics and ecology of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

    Jeremy Gray;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Agustín Estrada-Peña;Michael Levin

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae), the brown dog tick, parasitizing humans in Brazil.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Luciana Aguiar Figueredo;Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho

  • Dogs, cats, parasites, and humans in Brazil: opening the black box.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Domenico Otranto

  • Canine leishmaniosis in South America

    Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Canine and feline vector-borne diseases in Italy: current situation and perspectives

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Maria Stefania Latrofa
Maria Stefania Latrofa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Emanuele Brianti
Emanuele Brianti University of Messina
Alessio Giannelli
Alessio Giannelli University of Bari Aldo Moro
Riccardo Paolo Lia
Riccardo Paolo Lia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Giada Annoscia
Giada Annoscia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos
Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos Federal Rural University of Pernambuco
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge

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