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2026

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D-Index
49
Citations
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World Ranking
673
National Ranking
7

Irina S. Khokhlova 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 Irina S. Khokhlova sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 217 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irina S. Khokhlova 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 Irina S. Khokhlova sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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 Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Irina S. Khokhlova is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and focuses their research on environmental and biological sciences, particularly within the realms of ecology and parasitology. Their work spans several interconnected scientific fields, including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields Khokhlova addresses are Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology, and Insect Science.

Their research covers a range of topics centered on animal ecology and behavior studies, examining the dynamics of parasite biology and host interactions. Specific areas of study include Yersinia bacterium and plague research, vector-borne infectious diseases, parasite biology, host interactions, and the study of mite species, along with evolutionary and genetic dynamics.

Irina S. Khokhlova has contributed to the scientific community through multiple papers. Prominent recent publications include:

  • Dispersal-based versus niche-based processes as drivers of flea species composition on small mammalian hosts: inferences from species occurrences at large and small scales, 2021, Oecologia
  • Drivers of compositional turnover are related to species' commonness in flea assemblages from four biogeographic realms: zeta diversity and multi-site generalised dissimilarity modelling, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Latitudinal gradients in body size and sexual size dimorphism in fleas: males drive Bergmann's pattern, 2022, Integrative Zoology
  • Regional flea and host assemblages form biogeographic, but not ecological, clusters: evidence for a dispersal-based mechanism as a driver of species composition, 2022, Parasitology
  • Multi-site generalized dissimilarity modelling reveals drivers of species turnover in ectoparasite assemblages of small mammals across the northern and central Palaearctic, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography

The researcher has a frequent collaboration network which includes:

  • Boris R. Krasnov
  • Georgy I. Shenbrot
  • Natalia P. Korallo-Vinarskaya
  • Maxim V. Vinarski
  • Luther van der Mescht

Irina S. Khokhlova commonly publishes in several scientific journals, with notable publication counts reported in:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Integrative Zoology

Best Publications

  • Sex-biased parasitism, seasonality and sexual size dimorphism in desert rodents

    Boris R. Krasnov;Serge Morand;Hadas Hawlena;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Host-habitat relations as an important determinant of spatial distribution of flea assemblages (Siphonaptera) on rodents in the Negev Desert.

    B. R. Krasnov;G. I. Shenbrot;S. G. Medvedev;V. S. Vatschenok

  • Effect of Air Temperature and Humidity on the Survival of Pre-Imaginal Stages of Two Flea Species (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

    Boris R. Krasnov;Irina S. Khokhlova;Laura J. Fielden;Nadezhda V. Burdelova

  • Flea species richness and parameters of host body, host geography and host ‘milieu’

    Boris R. Krasnov;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova;A. Allan Degen

  • THE EFFECT OF HOST DENSITY ON ECTOPARASITE DISTRIBUTION: AN EXAMPLE OF A RODENT PARASITIZED BY FLEAS

    Boris Krasnov;Irina Khokhlova;Georgy Shenbrot

  • Bartonella Infection in Rodents and Their Flea Ectoparasites: An Overview

    Ricardo Gutiérrez;Boris Krasnov;Danny Morick;Yuval Gottlieb

  • Phylogenetic signal in module composition and species connectivity in compartmentalized host-parasite networks.

    Boris R. Krasnov;Miguel A. Fortuna;David Mouillot;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Spatial variation in species diversity and composition of flea assemblages in small mammalian hosts: geographical distance or faunal similarity?

    Boris R. Krasnov;Georgy I. Shenbrot;David Mouillot;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Energy cost of ectoparasitism: the flea Xenopsylla ramesis on the desert gerbil Gerbillus dasyurus

    I. S. Khokhlova;B. R. Krasnov;M. Kam;N. I. Burdelova

  • Ectoparasitic “Jacks‐of‐All‐Trades”: Relationship between Abundance and Host Specificity in Fleas (Siphonaptera) Parasitic on Small Mammals

    Boris R. Krasnov;Robert Poulin;Georgy I. Shenbrot;David Mouillot

  • Gender-biased parasitism in small mammals: patterns, mechanisms, consequences

    Boris R. Krasnov;Frederic Bordes;Irina S. Khokhlova;Serge Morand

  • Development rates of two Xenopsylla flea species in relation to air temperature and humidity

    B. R. Krasnov;I. S. Khokhlova;L. J. Fielden;N. V. Burdelova

  • Host specificity and geographic range in haematophagous ectoparasites

    Boris R. Krasnov;Robert Poulin;Georgy I. Shenbrot;David Mouillot

  • Immune response to fleas in a wild desert rodent: effect of parasite species, parasite burden, sex of host and host parasitological experience

    Irina S. Khokhlova;Marina Spinu;Boris R. Krasnov;A. Allan Degen

  • Habitat-dependent differences in architecture and microclimate of the burrows of Sundevall's jird (Meriones crassus) (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in the Negev Desert, Israel

    Georgy Shenbrot;Boris Krasnov;Irina Khokhlova;Tatiana Demidova

  • Geographical variation in host specificity of fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals: the influence of phylogeny and local environmental conditions

    Boris R. Krasnov;David Mouillot;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Time of survival under starvation in two flea species (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) at different air temperatures and relative humidities.

    Krasnov Br;Khokhlova Is;Fielden Lj;Burdelova Ni

  • Habitat Dependence of a Parasite-Host Relationship: Flea (Siphonaptera) Assemblages in Two Gerbil Species of the Negev Desert

    B. Krasnov;G. Shenbrot;I. Khokhlova;S. Medvedev

  • The effect of vegetation cover on vigilance and foraging tactics in the fat sand rat Psammomys obesus

    Andrei V. Tchabovsky;Boris R. Krasnov;Irina S. Khokhlova;Georgy I. Shenbrot

  • Relationship between host diversity and parasite diversity: flea assemblages on small mammals

    Boris R. Krasnov;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova;A. Allan Degen

  • Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: Which matters the most?

    Boris R. Krasnov;David Mouillot;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova

  • Assembly rules of ectoparasite communities across scales: combining patterns of abiotic factors, host composition, geographic space, phylogeny and traits

    Boris R. Krasnov;Georgy I. Shenbrot;Irina S. Khokhlova;Michal Stanko

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris R. Krasnov
Boris R. Krasnov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Georgy I. Shenbrot
Georgy I. Shenbrot Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
A. Allan Degen
A. Allan Degen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Michael Kam
Michael Kam Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Michal Stanko
Michal Stanko Slovak Academy of Sciences
Serge Morand
Serge Morand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Berry Pinshow
Berry Pinshow Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Shimon Harrus
Shimon Harrus Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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