World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Heitor Miraglia Herrera

Heitor Miraglia Herrera

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
34
Citations
3627
World Ranking
1916
National Ranking
71

Heitor Miraglia Herrera 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 Heitor Miraglia Herrera sits on this spectrum.

29–33 publications: 1 scientists 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 publications 442+

This scientist: 125 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heitor Miraglia Herrera 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 Heitor Miraglia Herrera 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: 34 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heitor Miraglia Herrera is affiliated with Dom Bosco Catholic University in Brazil. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within biomedical and ecological sciences, emphasizing parasitology, infectious diseases, and wildlife ecology.

The primary fields of study for Heitor Miraglia Herrera include medicine and immunology and microbiology. Their work notably focuses on several subfields:

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Heitor Miraglia Herrera has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Filipe Martins Santos
  • Marcos Rogério André
  • Rosangela Zacarias Machado
  • Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo
  • Carina Elisei de Oliveira

Key venues where Herrera has published work include:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Microorganisms
  • Pathogens
  • Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária/Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
  • Acta Tropica

Representative recent papers by Heitor Miraglia Herrera include:

  • First molecular detection of piroplasmids in non-hematophagous bats from Brazil, with evidence of putative novel species (2020, Parasitology Research)
  • Intra- and Inter-Host Assessment of Bartonella Diversity with Focus on Non-Hematophagous Bats and Associated Ectoparasites from Brazil (2020, Microorganisms)
  • Molecular detection of piroplasmids in synanthropic rodents, marsupials, and associated ticks from Brazil, with phylogenetic inference of a putative novel Babesia sp. from white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) (2021, Parasitology Research)
  • Space use and activity of capybaras in an urban area (2021, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • Bartonella machadoae sp. nov. isolated from wild rodents in the Pantanal wetland (2022, Acta Tropica)

Best Publications

  • Enzootiology of Trypanosoma evansi in Pantanal, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;A.M.R. Dávila;A. Norek;U.G. Abreu

  • Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making:

    Walfrido M. Tomas;Fabio de Oliveira Roque;Ronaldo G. Morato;Patricia Emilia Medici

  • Outbreak of trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma evansi in horses of Pantanal Mato-grossense, Brazil

    R.A.M.S. Silva;N.A.E. Arosemena;H.M. Herrera;C.A. Sahib

  • Trypanosoma cruzi infection in neotropical wild carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora): at the top of the T. cruzi transmission chain.

    Fabiana Lopes Rocha;André Luiz Rodrigues Roque;Juliane Saab de Lima;Carolina Carvalho Cheida

  • Using PCR for unraveling the cryptic epizootiology of livestock trypanosomosis in the Pantanal, Brazil

    A.M.R Dávila;H.M Herrera;T Schlebinger;S.S Souza

  • The role played by sympatric collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), and feral pig (Sus scrofa) as maintenance hosts for Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma cruzi in a sylvatic area of Brazil

    H. M. Herrera;H. M. Herrera;U. G. P. Abreu;A. Keuroghlian;T. P. Freitas

  • Domestic and wild mammals infection by Trypanosoma evansi in a pristine area of the Brazilian Pantanal region

    Heitor M Herrera;Aneska Norek;Tatiana P. T. Freitas;Vitor Rademaker

  • The coati (Nasua nasua, Carnivora, Procyonidae) as a reservoir host for the main lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Pantanal region, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;C.V. Lisboa;A.P. Pinho;N. Olifiers;N. Olifiers

  • Outcomes of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi infections on health of Southern coati (Nasua nasua), crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian Pantanal.

    Filipe Martins Santos;Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo;Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto;Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos

  • Food web connections and the transmission cycles of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in the Pantanal Region, Brazil

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;F.L. Rocha;C.V. Lisboa;V. Rademaker

  • Experimental Trypanosoma evansi infection in South American coati (Nasua nasua): hematological, biochemical and histopathological changes.

    H.M Herrera;A.C Alessi;L.C Marques;A.E Santana

  • Diversity of piroplasmids among wild and domestic mammals and ectoparasites in Pantanal wetland, Brazil

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marina Pugnaghi Fernandes;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Carla Roberta Freschi

  • Variables that modulate the spatial distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma evansi in the Brazilian Pantanal

    H.M. Herrera;H.M. Herrera;V. Rademaker;U.G.P. Abreu;P.S. D‘Andrea

  • Co-Infection and Wild Animal Health: Effects of Trypanosomatids and Gastrointestinal Parasites on Coatis of the Brazilian Pantanal.

    Natalie Olifiers;Ana Maria Jansen;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Rita de Cassia Bianchi

  • Molecular detection of Hepatozoon spp. in domestic dogs and wild mammals in southern Pantanal, Brazil with implications in the transmission route.

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marina Pugnaghi Fernandes;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Jyan Lucas Benevenute

  • Trypanosoma cruzi (kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) genotypes in neotropical bats in Brazil

    Cristiane Varella Lisboa;Ana Paula Pinho;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Marconny Gerhardt

  • Tick-borne agents in domesticated and stray cats from the city of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, midwestern Brazil

    Marcos Rogério André;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Simone de Jesus Fernandes;Keyla Cartens Marques de Sousa

  • Assessment of a quantitative 5' nuclease real-time polymerase chain reaction using the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase gamma subunit (nuoG) for Bartonella species in domiciled and stray cats in Brazil

    Marcos Rogério André;John Stephen Dumler;John Stephen Dumler;Heitor M. Herrera;Luiz R. Gonçalves

  • Uncovering Trypanosoma spp. diversity of wild mammals by the use of DNA from blood clots.

    Marina Silva Rodrigues;Luciana Lima;Samanta Cristina das Chagas Xavier;Heitor Miraglia Herrera

  • NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

    Mariana Nagy-Reis;Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima;Claudia Zukeran Kanda;Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira

  • Association of Bartonella Species with Wild and Synanthropic Rodents in Different Brazilian Biomes

    Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves;Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho;André Luiz Rodrigues Roque;Natalia Serra Mendes

  • Occurrence and molecular characterization of hemoplasmas in domestic dogs and wild mammals in a Brazilian wetland

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Caroline Tostes Secato;André do Vale Oliveira

  • Anaplasmataceae agents among wild mammals and ectoparasites in Brazil.

    K C M De Sousa;A C Calchi;H M Herrera;J S Dumler

  • Molecular and serological detection of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from an area endemic for Leishmania infantum in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa;Marcos Rogério André;Heitor Miraglia Herrera;Gisele Braziliano de Andrade

  • Maintenance of Trypanosoma cruzi , T. evansi and Leishmania spp. by domestic dogs and wild mammals in a rural settlement in Brazil-Bolivian border.

    Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfirio;Filipe Martins Santos;Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo;Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto

  • Detection of Leishmania spp. in Bats from an Area of Brazil Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis

    M B de Rezende;Heitor M Herrera;C M E Carvalho;E A Carvalho Anjos;E A Carvalho Anjos

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos Rogério André
Marcos Rogério André Sao Paulo State University
Ana Maria Jansen
Ana Maria Jansen Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Rosangela Zacarias Machado Sao Paulo State University
Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea
Paulo Sérgio D'Andrea Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Matthew E. Gompper
Matthew E. Gompper New Mexico State University
Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Yaarit Nachum-Biala
Yaarit Nachum-Biala Hebrew University of Jerusalem

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a degree in Animal Science or Veterinary studies opens a variety of career paths, many of which can be enhanced through further education. For those interested in counseling roles connected to animal welfare or owner support, exploring the best online mft programs can offer valuable skills in therapy and client management.

Advancing to higher education such as online doctoral programs in counseling provides opportunities to specialize in areas like animal behavior counseling or rehabilitation, improving expertise and career prospects.

For graduates aiming for practical roles, many jobs with animals that pay well include veterinary technician, wildlife biologist, and animal nutritionist. These professions combine passion with competitive salaries, making them attractive options.

Interestingly, career pathways can also lead to leadership roles such as an athletic director for animal-related sports or programs. Understanding what does an athletic director do can inspire students to pursue organizational and management roles alongside their science or veterinary knowledge.

Best Scientists Citing Heitor Miraglia Herrera

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles