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Animal Science and Veterinary
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
85
Citations
22280
World Ranking
893
National Ranking
25

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
84
Citations
22026
World Ranking
55
National Ranking
4

Joachim Frey 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 Joachim Frey sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 383 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joachim Frey 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 Joachim Frey sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Joachim Frey is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and specializes in Immunology and Microbiology with a focus on several interconnected fields. Their research output spans key disciplines including Microbiology, Ecology, Food Science, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics pivotal to microbial disease research and food safety. These papers include:

  • Emergence and global spread of Listeria monocytogenes main clinical clonal complex, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society, 2024, published in Microbial Biotechnology
  • Galactocerebroside biosynthesis pathways of Mycoplasma species: an antigen triggering Guillain-Barré-Stohl syndrome, 2021, published in Microbial Biotechnology
  • Quinolone Resistance in Gallibacterium anatis Determined by Mutations in Quinolone Resistance-Determining Region, 2023, published in Antibiotics
  • Proposal of a subtype of serovar 4, K4b:O3, of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae based on serological and genotypic analysis, 2021, published in Veterinary Microbiology

Their work also addresses topics critical to microbial infections and disease research, with particular emphasis on aquaculture disease management and microbiota, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, infection control and ventilation, as well as the epidemiology of pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. Additional research interests include aerosol filtration and electrostatic precipitation.

Frequent publication venues for their work have included:

  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Science Advances
  • Antibiotics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, with multiple frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work. These collaborators include H. Burtscher, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Alexandra Moura, Noémie Lefrancq, and Thierry Wirth, reflecting interdisciplinary and multifaceted teamwork.

Best Publications

  • Specific-purpose plasmid cloning vectors. II. Broad host range, high copy number, RSF1010-derived vectors, and a host-vector system for gene cloning in Pseudomonas.

    M. Bagdasarian;R. Lurz;B. Rückert;F.C.H. Franklin

  • Interposon mutagenesis of soil and water bacteria: a family of DNA fragments designed for in vitro insertional mutagenesis of Gram-negative bacteria

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  • Microarray-Based Detection of 90 Antibiotic Resistance Genes of Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Vincent Perreten;Lorianne Vorlet-Fawer;Peter Slickers;Ralf Ehricht

  • Proposal of a new serovar of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: serovar 15.

    P. J. Blackall;H. L. B. M. Klaasen;H. van den Bosch;Peter Kuhnert

  • Virulence in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and RTX toxins

    Joachim Frey

  • Characterization of apxIVA, a new RTX determinant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

    Alain Schaller;Rolf Kuhn;Peter Kuhnert;Jacques Nicolet

  • PCR Detection of Virulence Genes in Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Investigation of Virulence Gene Distribution

    P. Thoerner;C. I. Bin Kingombe;K. Bögli-Stuber;B. Bissig-Choisat

  • Disseminated and sustained HIV infection in CD34+ cord blood cell-transplanted Rag2-/-gamma c-/- mice.

    Stefan Baenziger;Roxane Tussiwand;Erika Schlaepfer;Luca Mazzucchelli

  • Prevalence of β2-Toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in Horses with Intestinal Disorders

    Cornelia Herholz;Raymond Miserez;Jacques Nicolet;Joachim Frey

  • Target genes for virulence assessment of Escherichia coli isolates from water, food and the environment

    Peter Kuhnert;Patrick Boerlin;Joachim Frey

  • Identification and detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by PCR based on the gene apxIVA.

    Alain Schaller;Steven P Djordjevic;Graeme J Eamens;Wendy A Forbes

  • Phylogeny of the family Pasteurellaceae based on rpoB sequences.

    Bożena Korczak;Henrik Christensen;Stefan Emler;Joachim Frey

  • Phylogenetic positions of Clostridium chauvoei and Clostridium septicum based on 16S rRNA gene sequences.

    Peter Kuhnert;Selja E. Capaul;Jacques Nicolet;Joachim Frey

  • A Metabolic Enzyme as a Primary Virulence Factor of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony

    Paola Pilo;Edy M. Vilei;Ernst Peterhans;Laetitia Bonvin-Klotz

  • Detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae by Air Sampling with a Nested PCR Assay

    Katharina D. C. Stärk;Jacques Nicolet;Joachim Frey

  • Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae RTX-toxins: uniform designation of haemolysins, cytolysins, pleurotoxin and their genes.

    J. Frey;J. T. Bosse;Y.-F. Chang;J. M. Cullen

  • Novel identification and differentiation of Brucella melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. ovis, B. canis, and B. neotomae suitable for both conventional and real-time PCR systems

    Višnja Hinić;I. Brodard;A. Thomann;Željko Cvetnić

  • Bovine Staphylococcus aureus: association of virulence genes, genotypes and clinical outcome

    Christine Fournier;Peter Kuhnert;Joachim Frey;Raymond François Miserez

  • Species identification of Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma agalactiae based on the uvrC genes by PCR.

    S Subramaniam;D Bergonier;F Poumarat;S Capaul

  • Glycerol Metabolism Is Important for Cytotoxicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Claudine Hames;Sven Halbedel;Michael Hoppert;Joachim Frey

  • Identification of Campylobacter jejuni on the basis of a species-specific gene that encodes a membrane protein.

    U Stucki;J Frey;J Nicolet;A P Burnens

  • Anti-carbohydrate antibodies for the detection of anthrax spores.

    Marco Tamborrini;Daniel B. Werz;Joachim Frey;Gerd Pluschke

  • Antimicrobial growth promoter ban and resistance to macrolides and vancomycin in enterococci from pigs.

    P. Boerlin;A. Wissing;Frank Møller Aarestrup;J. Frey

  • Evidence for a Type III Secretion System in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

    Sarah E. Burr;Katja Stuber;Thomas Wahli;Joachim Frey

  • Genetic and biochemical characterization of glycerol uptake in mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC: its impact on H(2)O(2) production and virulence.

    Edy M. Vilei;Joachim Frey

  • Biological safety concepts of genetically modified live bacterial vaccines.

    Joachim Frey

  • RTX toxins in Pasteurellaceae.

    Joachim Frey;Peter Kuhnert

  • Regular ArticleSpecies identification ofMycoplasma bovisandMycoplasma agalactiaebased on theuvrC genes by PCR

    S Subramaniam;D Bergonier;F Poumarat;S Capaul

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Nicolet
Jacques Nicolet University of Bern
Peter Kuhnert
Peter Kuhnert University of Bern
Vincent Perreten
Vincent Perreten University of Bern
Thomas Wahli
Thomas Wahli University of Bern
Patrick Boerlin
Patrick Boerlin University of Guelph
Steven P. Djordjevic
Steven P. Djordjevic University of Technology Sydney
Konrad Sachse
Konrad Sachse Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michel R. Popoff
Michel R. Popoff Institut Pasteur
Gerd Pluschke
Gerd Pluschke Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Henrik Christensen
Henrik Christensen University of Copenhagen

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