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Microbiology

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74
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19928
World Ranking
1577
National Ranking
5

Medicine

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74
Citations
19838
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44

Animal Science and Veterinary

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74
Citations
19880
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115
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1

Frans Jongejan 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 Frans Jongejan sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 273 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frans Jongejan 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 Frans Jongejan 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: 74 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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 South Africa Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Frans Jongejan is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology and vector-borne infectious diseases, working at the intersection of immunology, microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields of study connected to their work include parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, public health, environmental and occupational health, and insect science.

Jongejan's research has extensively covered topics such as vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, vector-borne animal diseases, mosquito-borne diseases and control, insect and pesticide research, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include Josephus Fourie, Dennis Muhanguzi, Nick Juleff, Frank Norbert Mwiine, and Alassane Touré.

The venues where Jongejan has most frequently published are:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Microorganisms
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jongejan include:

  • "Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Interrupted Blood Feeding in Ticks: Causes and Consequences," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Amblyomma hebraeum is the predominant tick species on goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province South Africa and is co-infected with Ehrlichia ruminantium and Rickettsia africae," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Tick-borne pathogens and body condition of cattle in smallholder rural livestock production systems in East and West Africa," 2023, Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • The global importance of ticks.

    F. Jongejan;G. Uilenberg

  • Ticks feeding on humans: a review of records on human-biting Ixodoidea with special reference to pathogen transmission.

    Agustin Estrada-Peña;Frans Jongejan

  • Simultaneous detection of bovine Theileria and Babesia species by reverse line blot hybridization.

    J. M. Gubbels;A. P. de Vos;M. van der Weide;J. Viseras

  • Simultaneous detection and genotyping of three genomic groups of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Dutch Ixodes ricinus ticks by characterization of the amplified intergenic spacer region between 5S and 23S rRNA genes.

    S. G. T. Rijpkema;M. J. C. H. Molkenboer;L. M. Schouls;F. Jongejan

  • Detection of Theileria annulata in blood samples of carrier cattle by PCR.

    C d'Oliveira;M van der Weide;M A Habela;P Jacquiet

  • European reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.

    L. Gern;A. Estrada-Peña;F. Frandsen;J.S. Gray

  • Detection of haemoparasites in cattle by reverse line blot hybridisation with a note on the distribution of ticks in Sicily

    K Georges;G.R Loria;S Riili;A Greco

  • Ticks and associated pathogens collected from domestic animals in the Netherlands.

    Ard M. Nijhof;Christa Bodaan;Milagros Postigo;Hans Nieuwenhuijs

  • Simultaneous detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in ruminants and detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks by reverse line blot hybridization

    Cornelis P.J Bekker;Sander de Vos;Amar Taoufik;Olivier A.E Sparagano

  • The known distribution and ecological preferences of the tick subgenus Boophilus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa and Latin America

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;A. Bouattour;J. L. Camicas;Alberto Guglielmone

  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Europe: current situation calls for preparedness.

    H. C. Maltezou;L. Andonova;R. Andraghetti;M. Bouloy

  • Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research

    Lesley Bell-Sakyi;Erich Zweygarth;Edmour F. Blouin;Ernest A. Gould

  • Significance of serological testing for ehrlichial diseases in dogs with special emphasis on the diagnosis of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis.

    Trevor Waner;Shimon Harrus;Frans Jongejan;Hylton Bark

  • Simultaneous detection and differentiation of Theileria and Babesia parasites infecting small ruminants by reverse line blotting.

    Leonhard Schnittger;Hong Yin;Bai Qi;Marc J. Gubbels

  • Recent advances in determining the pathogenesis of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis.

    Shimon Harrus;Trevor Waner;Hylton Bark;Frans Jongejan

  • Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov.: Tick-Borne Parasites Associated with Mortality in the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

    Ard M. Nijhof;Banie L. Penzhorn;Godelieve Lynen;Johnson O. Mollel

  • Immunology of the Tick–Host Interaction and the Control of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

    P. Willadsen;F. Jongejan

  • Ticks and control methods.

    Frans Jongejan;Gerrit Uilenberg

  • Evidence for the utility of the Bm86 antigen from Boophilus microplus in vaccination against other tick species.

    Sander De Vos;Laura Zeinstra;Amar Taoufik;Peter Willadsen

  • Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa.

    P.T Matjila;B.L Penzhorn;C.P.J Bekker;A.M Nijhof;A.M Nijhof

  • The genome of the heartwater agent Ehrlichia ruminantium contains multiple tandem repeats of actively variable copy number

    Nicola E. Collins;Junita Liebenberg;Etienne P. de Villiers;Kelly A. Brayton

  • Phylogeny of sheep and goat Theileria and Babesia parasites.

    Leonhard Schnittger;Hong Yin;Marc J. Gubbels;Doreen Beyer

  • Molecular characterization of ticks and tick-borne pathogens.

    Olivier Andre Ettore Sparagano;F Jongejan;F Jongejan;F Jongejan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ard M. Nijhof
Ard M. Nijhof Freie Universität Berlin
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Suman M. Mahan
Suman M. Mahan University of Florida
Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University
Consuelo Almazán
Consuelo Almazán Autonomous University of Queretaro
Chihiro Sugimoto
Chihiro Sugimoto Hokkaido University
Barend Louis Penzhorn
Barend Louis Penzhorn University of Pretoria
Olivier Sparagano
Olivier Sparagano City University of Hong Kong
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Edmour F. Blouin
Edmour F. Blouin Oklahoma State University

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