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James R. Gilkerson

James R. Gilkerson

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
4031
World Ranking
1562
National Ranking
91

James R. Gilkerson 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 R. Gilkerson sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 147 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Gilkerson 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 R. Gilkerson sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James R. Gilkerson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to several subfields including clinical biochemistry, applied microbiology and biotechnology, epidemiology, agronomy and crop science, and equine studies.

The scientist has worked extensively in topics related to bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antibiotic use and resistance, and veterinary equine medical research. Additional research interests include reproductive tract infections, reproductive physiology in livestock, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and veterinary medicine and surgery.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Australian Veterinary Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Veterinary Record
  • Antibiotics
  • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Notable co-authors collaborating with James R. Gilkerson include:

  • Laura Y. Hardefeldt
  • Glenn F. Browning
  • Charles El-Hage
  • Kirsten E. Bailey
  • Ri Scarborough

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Gilkerson are:

  • "Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free text analysis of more than 4.4 million consultation records," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Globetrotting strangles: the unbridled national and international transmission of Streptococcus equi between horses," 2021, Microbial Genomics
  • "Use of Local Antibiogram Data and Antimicrobial Importance Ratings to Select Optimal Empirical Therapies for Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs and Cats," 2020, Antibiotics
  • "Use of cefovecin in dogs and cats attending first-opinion veterinary practices in Australia," 2020, Veterinary Record
  • "Antimicrobial stewardship in companion animal practice: an implementation trial in 135 general practice veterinary clinics," 2022, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

Best Publications

  • Rhodococcus equi infection in foals: the science of 'rattles'.

    G. Muscatello;D. P. Leadon;M. Klay;A. Ocampo-Sosa

  • Epidemiology of EHV-1 and EHV-4 in the mare and foal populations on a Hunter Valley stud farm: are mares the source of EHV-1 for unweaned foals

    J.R Gilkerson;J.M Whalley;H.E Drummer;M.J Studdert

  • Barriers to and enablers of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in veterinary practices.

    Laura Y. Hardefeldt;J. R. Gilkerson;H. Billman-Jacobe;M. A. Stevenson

  • Epidemiological studies of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) in Thoroughbred foals: a review of studies conducted in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales between 1995 and 1997

    J.R Gilkerson;J.M Whalley;H.E Drummer;M.J Studdert

  • Glycoprotein G is a virulence factor in infectious laryngotracheitis virus.

    J. M. Devlin;G. F. Browning;C. A. Hartley;N. C. Kirkpatrick

  • Associations between the Ecology of Virulent Rhodococcus equi and the Epidemiology of R. equi Pneumonia on Australian Thoroughbred Farms

    G. Muscatello;G. A. Anderson;J. R. Gilkerson;G. F. Browning

  • Rapid, single-step differentiation of equid herpesviruses 1 and 4 from clinical material using the polymerase chain reaction and virus-specific primers

    G.L. Lawrence;J. Gilkerson;D.N. Love;M. Sabine

  • Detection of EHV-1 and EHV-4 DNA in unweaned Thoroughbred foals from vaccinated mares on a large stud farm.

    C. E. Foote;D. N. Love;J. R. Gilkerson;J. M. Whalley

  • VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science

    Paul McGreevy;Peter Thomson;Navneet K. Dhand;David Raubenheimer

  • Evaluation of immunological responses to a glycoprotein G deficient candidate vaccine strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus

    Joanne M Devlin;Abel Viejo-Borbolla;Glenn F Browning;Amir H Noormohammadi

  • Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free text analysis of more than 4.4 million consultation records.

    Brian A. Hur;Laura Y. Hardefeldt;Karin M. Verspoor;Timothy Baldwin

  • Comparison of concentrations of Rhodococcus equi and virulent R. equi in air of stables and paddocks on horse breeding farms in a temperate climate.

    G. Muscatello;S. Gerbaud;C. Kennedy;J. R. Gilkerson

  • Comparison of antibody detection assays for the diagnosis of equine herpesvirus 1 and 4 infections in horses.

    Carol A Hartley;Colin R Wilks;Michael J Studdert;James R Gilkerson

  • Population wide assessment of antimicrobial use in dogs and cats using a novel data source - A cohort study using pet insurance data.

    Laura Yvonne Hardefeldt;Joshua Selinger;Mark Anthony Stevenson;James Rudkin Gilkerson

  • EHV-1 and EHV-4 infection in vaccinated mares and their foals.

    C.E. Foote;D.N. Love;J.R. Gilkerson;J.E. Wellington

  • Glycoprotein G deficient infectious laryngotracheitis virus is a candidate attenuated vaccine

    Joanne M Devlin;Glenn F Browning;Carol A Hartley;James R Gilkerson

  • Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease.

    Alistair R Legione;Jade L. S Patterson;Pam Whiteley;Simon M Firestone

  • Epidemiological investigation of equid herpesvirus-4 (EHV-4) excretion assessed by nasal swabs taken from thoroughbred foals.

    J Gilkerson;L R Jorm;D N Love;G L Lawrence

  • Immune responses and protective efficacy of recombinant baculovirus-expressed glycoproteins of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) gB, gC and gD alone or in combinations in BALB/c mice.

    P Packiarajah;Catherine Walker;James Gilkerson;J Millar Whalley

  • THE PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHLAMYDIA INFECTION IN ISLAND AND MAINLAND POPULATIONS OF VICTORIAN KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS)

    Jade L. S. Patterson;Michael Lynch;Garry A. Anderson;Amir H. Noormohammadi

  • Update on viral diseases of the equine respiratory tract.

    James R. Gilkerson;Kirsten E. Bailey;Andrés Diaz-Méndez;Carol A. Hartley

  • Detection of Virulent Rhodococcus equi in Exhaled Air Samples from Naturally Infected Foals

    G. Muscatello;J. R. Gilkerson;G. F. Browning

  • Equine rotaviruses--current understanding and continuing challenges

    Kirsten E. Bailey;James R. Gilkerson;Glenn F. Browning

  • Equine infectious diseases.

    Ben Adler;Wim Gaastra;James Gilkerson;Klaus Osterrieder

  • Veterinary Students’ Knowledge and Perceptions About Antimicrobial Stewardship and Biosecurity—A National Survey

    Laura Hardefeldt;Torben Nielsen;Helen Crabb;James Gilkerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn F. Browning
Glenn F. Browning University of Melbourne
Mark Stevenson
Mark Stevenson University of Melbourne
Michael J. Studdert
Michael J. Studdert University of Melbourne
Daria N. Love
Daria N. Love University of Sydney
Timothy Baldwin
Timothy Baldwin University of Melbourne
Karin Verspoor
Karin Verspoor RMIT University
Heidi E. Drummer
Heidi E. Drummer Burnet Institute
Navneet K. Dhand
Navneet K. Dhand University of Sydney
Wayne L. Bryden
Wayne L. Bryden University of Queensland
Pietro Celi
Pietro Celi University of Melbourne

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