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D-Index
48
Citations
10382
World Ranking
687
National Ranking
221

James E. Keirans 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 James E. Keirans sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 163 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James E. Keirans 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 James E. Keirans sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 78th percentile

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

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

Overview

James E. Keirans was affiliated with Georgia Southern University in the United States. The academic career involved contributions to the collection and identification of natural history specimens.

The scientist's recent publications focused on documenting natural history specimens. Two papers were published in the repository Zenodo, operated by the CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, in the years 2023 and 2025. The titles of these papers are:

  • Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited., 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited., 2025, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Publication activity concentrated exclusively within the Zenodo platform, with two total outputs in that venue. No frequent co-authors were identified in the available records.

There are no records of book publications or awards connected to this scientist.

The data does not provide specific details on the main fields or subfields of study, nor on particular scientific topics covered, aside from the general focus on natural history specimen collection and identification.

Best Publications

  • The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World

    Jane B. Walker;James E. Keirans;Ivan G. Horak

  • ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TICKS OF THE GENERA RHIPICEPHALUS AND BOOPHILUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL 12S RIBOSOMAL DNA GENE SEQUENCES AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS

    Lorenza Beati;James E. Keirans

  • Pictorial Key to the Adults of Hard Ticks, Family Ixodidae (Ixodida: Ixodoidea), East of the Mississippi River

    James E. Keirans;Taina R. Litwak

  • Evolution of Ticks

    J. S. H. Klompen;W. C. Black;J. E. Keirans;J. H. Oliver

  • The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): A World List of Valid Tick Names

    Ivan G. Horak;Jean-Louis Camicas;James E. Keirans

  • Illustrated key to nymphs of the tick genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) found in the United States.

    James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • Ixodes (Ixodes) scapularis (Acari:Ixodidae): redescription of all active stages, distribution, hosts, geographical variation, and medical and veterinary importance.

    J. E. Keirans;H. J. Hutcheson;H. J. Hutcheson;L. A. Durden;J. S. H. Klompen

  • Nymphs of the genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) of the United States: taxonomy, identification key, distribution, hosts, and medical/veterinary importance.

    L. A. Durden;J. E. Keirans

  • Phylogenetic Relationships among Tick Subfamilies (Ixodida: Ixodidae: Argasidae) Based on the 18S Nuclear rDNA Gene

    William C. Black;J.S.H. Klompen;James E. Keirans

  • Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) and Amblyomma ovale Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae): hosts, distribution and 16S rDNA sequences.

    A.A. Guglielmone;A. Estrada-Peña;A.J. Mangold;D.M. Barros-Battesti

  • Systematics and Biogeography of Hard Ticks, a Total Evidence Approach

    J.S.H. Klompen;William C. Black;James E. Keirans;Douglas E. Norris;Douglas E. Norris

  • Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the Ixodes ricinus complex is a paraphyletic group.

    Guang Xu;Quentin Q. Fang;James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • Invasion: Exotic Ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) Imported into the United States. A Review and New Records

    James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • Systematics of the Ixodida (Argasidae, Ixodidae, Nuttalliellidae): An Overview and Some Problems

    J. E. Keirans;J. E. Keirans

  • First records of Amblyomma americanum, Ixodes (Ixodes) dentatus, and Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) from Maine.

    James E. Keirans;Eleanor H. Lacombe

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Wild Animals in the Pantanal Region of Brazil

    Marcelo De Campos Pereira;Matias Pablo Juan SzabÓ;Gervasio Henrique Bechara;Eliana Reiko Matushima

  • Distribution, Seasonality, and Hosts of the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick in the United States

    Angela M. James;Jerome E. Freier;James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • Tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana.

    Tom G. Schwan;Paul F. Policastro;Zachary Miller;Robert L. Thompson

  • Mitochondrial Sequence Variation in Carios capensis (Neumann), a Parasite of Seabirds, Collected on Torishima Island in Japan

    Y. Ushijima;J. H. Oliver;J. H. Oliver;J. E. Keirans;J. E. Keirans;M. Tsurumi

  • Ectoparasites and classification

    C. E. Hopla;Lance A. Durden;James E. Keirans

  • Host–Parasite Coextinction and the Plight of Tick Conservation

    Lance A. Durden;James E. Keirans

  • Amblyomma latepunctatum, a valid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) long misidentified with both amblyomma incisum and Amblyomma scalpturatum.

    Marcelo B. Labruna;James E. Keirans;Luis Marcelo A. Camargo;Alberto F. Ribeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance A. Durden
Lance A. Durden Georgia Southern University
James H. Oliver
James H. Oliver Georgia Southern University
José M. Venzal
José M. Venzal University of the Republic
Alberto A. Guglielmone
Alberto A. Guglielmone National Agricultural Technology Institute
Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
William C. Black
William C. Black Colorado State University
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte
José Maurício Barbanti Duarte Sao Paulo State University
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia

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