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Animal Science and Veterinary
Spain
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
69
Citations
14425
World Ranking
187
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Joaquín Vicente is affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain and contributes extensively to environmental science, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences through a significant number of publications.

Their research spans multiple subfields including ecology, agronomy and crop science, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, and ecological modeling.

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Recent scientific contributions include the following papers:

  • Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Towards a best-practices guide for camera trapping: assessing differences among camera trap models and settings under field conditions, 2021, Journal of Zoology
  • Quantification of the Animal Tuberculosis Multi-Host Community Offers Insights for Control, 2020, Pathogens
  • Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps, 2022, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • The importance of long-term studies on wildlife diseases and their interfaces with humans and domestic animals: A review, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Coauthorship patterns highlight collaboration with several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Pelayo Acevedo
  • José Blanco
  • Javier Fernández López
  • Ezio Ferroglio
  • Stefania Zanet

Publication venues where their work appears most frequently include:

  • EFSA Supporting Publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Pathogens

Joaquín Vicente has also contributed to book literature, with a recorded publication titled Diseases at the Wildlife - Livestock Interface, published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Diseases shared between wildlife and livestock: a European perspective

    Christian Gortázar;Ezio Ferroglio;Ursula Höfle;Kai Frölich

  • Evidence of the role of European wild boar as a reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

    Victoria Naranjo;Christian Gortazar;Joaquín Vicente;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Disease risks and overabundance of game species

    Christian Gortázar;Pelayo Acevedo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente

  • Estimation of European wild boar relative abundance and aggregation: a novel method in epidemiological risk assessment.

    P. Acevedo;J. Vicente;U. Höfle;J. Cassinello

  • Wild boar and red deer display high prevalences of tuberculosis-like lesions in Spain.

    Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M. Garrido;Isabel G. Fernández-De-Mera

  • Estimating red deer abundance in a wide range of management situations in Mediterranean habitats

    P. Acevedo;P. Acevedo;F. Ruiz-Fons;F. Ruiz-Fons;J. Vicente;A. R. Reyes-García

  • The Wild Side of Disease Control at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface: A Review.

    Christian Gortazar;Iratxe Diez-Delgado;Iratxe Diez-Delgado;Jose Angel Barasona;Joaquin Vicente

  • Bovine tuberculosis in Doñana Biosphere Reserve: the role of wild ungulates as disease reservoirs in the last Iberian lynx strongholds.

    Christian Gortázar;María José Torres;Joaquín Vicente;Pelayo Acevedo

  • Epidemiological study on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa).

    Joaquin Vicente;Joaquim Segalés;Ursula Höfle;Mònica Balasch

  • Risk factors associated with the prevalence of tuberculosis-like lesions in fenced wild boar and red deer in south central Spain

    Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M Garrido;Isabel G Fernández-de-Mera

  • Antibodies to selected viral and bacterial pathogens in European wild boars from southcentral Spain.

    Joaquín Vicente;Luís León-Vizcaíno;Christian Gortázar;María José Cubero

  • Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates

    Pilar M Muñoz;Mariana Boadella;Maricruz Arnal;María J de Miguel

  • Seroprevalence of six reproductive pathogens in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: The effect on wild boar female reproductive performance

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente;Dolo Vidal;Ursula Höfle

  • Lesions associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in the European wild boar.

    Maria Paz Martín-Hernando;Ursula Höfle;Joaquin Vicente;Francisco Ruiz-Fons

  • From regional to global patterns in vertebrate scavenger communities subsidized by big game hunting

    Patricia Mateo‐Tomás;Pedro P. Olea;Pedro P. Olea;Marcos Moleón;Joaquín Vicente

  • Spatial and temporal interactions between livestock and wildlife in South Central Spain assessed by camera traps.

    E. Kukielka;E. Kukielka;J.A. Barasona;C.E. Cowie;C.E. Cowie;J.A. Drewe

  • Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from wild ungulates in south-central Spain

    Christian Gortazar;Joaquín Vicente;Sofia Samper;Joseba M. Garrido

  • Social organization and movement influence the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in an undisturbed high-density badger Meles meles population.

    J. Vicente;J. Vicente;R. J. Delahay;N. J. Walker;C. L. Cheeseman

  • Animal-side serologic assay for rapid detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in multiple species of free-ranging wildlife

    K.P. Lyashchenko;R. Greenwald;J. Esfandiari;M.A. Chambers

  • Spatiotemporal interactions between wild boar and cattle: implications for cross-species disease transmission

    Jose A Barasona;M Cecilia Latham;Pelayo Acevedo;Jose A Armenteros

  • Genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis in the Iberian wild boar

    Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse;Joaquin Vicente;Christian Gortazar;Ursula Hofle

  • Protection against tuberculosis in Eurasian wild boar vaccinated with heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis.

    Joseba M. Garrido;Iker A. Sevilla;Beatriz Beltrán-Beck;Esmeralda Minguijón

  • Ixodid ticks parasitizing Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: Geographical and temporal distribution

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Isabel G. Fernández-de-Mera;Pelayo Acevedo;Ursula Höfle

  • Progress in the control of bovine tuberculosis in Spanish wildlife

    Christian Gortázar;Joaquín Vicente;Mariana Boadella;Cristina Ballesteros

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ursula Höfle
Ursula Höfle University of Castilla-La Mancha
Francisco Ruiz-Fons
Francisco Ruiz-Fons University of Castilla-La Mancha
Joseba M. Garrido
Joseba M. Garrido NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera University of Castilla-La Mancha
Beatriz Martínez-López
Beatriz Martínez-López University of California, Davis

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