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2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
53
Citations
9573
World Ranking
508
National Ranking
8

Johan Höglund 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 Johan Höglund sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 228 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan Höglund 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 Johan Höglund sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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 Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Johan Höglund is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary and agricultural biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these fields. They have contributed extensively to subfields including small animals, ecology, parasitology, animal science and zoology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics addressed in Höglund's work cover helminth infection and control, parasite biology and host interactions, coccidia and coccidiosis research, animal behavior and welfare studies, parasites and host interactions, parasitic infections and diagnostics, and plant and fungal interactions.

Höglund has published notably in several scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent coauthors include Peter Halvarsson, Paulius Baltrušis, Giulio Grandi, Edwin Claerebout, and Nizar Enweji.

Selected recent papers by Höglund cover a range of topics related to parasitology and veterinary science:

  • Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe, 2020, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database, 2020, Parasite
  • Biology and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Cattle, 2020, Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • Practical guide to the diagnostics of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, liver fluke and lungworm infection: interpretation and usability of results, 2023, Parasites & Vectors
  • Sheep nemabiome diversity and its response to anthelmintic treatment in Swedish sheep herds, 2021, Parasites & Vectors

Höglund has also authored a book titled Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth, published by University of Minnesota Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe

    J Charlier;L Rinaldi;V Musella;H.W Ploeger

  • Gastrointestinal nematode infections in adult dairy cattle: Impact on production, diagnosis and control

    Johannes Charlier;Johan Höglund;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Pierre Dorny

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database

    Hannah Rose Vineer;Eric R. Morgan;Hubertus Hertzberg;David J. Bartley

  • Plants as De-Worming Agents of Livestock in the Nordic Countries: Historical Perspective, Popular Beliefs and Prospects for the Future

    Peter J Waller;G Bernes;Stig M Thamsborg;A Sukura

  • Monitoring the efficacy of ivermectin and albendazole against gastro intestinal nematodes of cattle in Northern Europe

    J. Demeler;A.M.J. Van Zeveren;N. Kleinschmidt;J. Vercruysse

  • Practices to optimise gastrointestinal nematode control on sheep, goat and cattle farms in Europe using targeted (selective) treatments

    Johannes Charlier;ER Morgan;Laura Rinaldi;J van Dijk

  • Evaluation of anthelmintic properties of some plants used as livestock dewormers against Haemonchus contortus infections in sheep.

    J. B. Githiori;J. Höglund;P. J. Waller;R. L. Baker

  • Effects of Temperature and Humidity on Oviposition, Molting, and Longevity of Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae)

    Helena Nordenfors;Johan Höglund;Arvid Uggla

  • Global Change and Helminth Infections in Grazing Ruminants in Europe: Impacts, Trends and Sustainable Solutions

    Eric R. Morgan;Johannes Charlier;Guy Hendrickx;Annibale Biggeri

  • Standardization of the egg hatch test for the detection of benzimidazole resistance in parasitic nematodes.

    Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Gerald C. Coles;Frank Jackson;Christian Bauer

  • Prevalence of the Poultry Red Mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, in Different Types of Production Systems for Egg Layers in Sweden

    J. Höglund;H. Nordenfors;A. Uggla

  • Evaluation of gastro-intestinal nematode parasite control strategies for first-season grazing cattle in Sweden

    Sten-Olof Dimander;Johan Höglund;Arvid Uggla;Eva Spörndly

  • Anthelmintic resistance in Swedish sheep flocks based on a comparison of the results from the faecal egg count reduction test and resistant allele frequencies of the β-tubulin gene.

    Johan Höglund;Katarina Gustafsson;Britt-Louise Ljungström;Annie Engström

  • Ethnoveterinary plant preparations as livestock dewormers: practices, popular beliefs, pitfalls and prospects for the future.

    John B. Githiori;Johan Höglund;Peter J. Waller

  • Standardization of the larval migration inhibition test for the detection of resistance to ivermectin in gastro intestinal nematodes of ruminants

    J. Demeler;U. Küttler;A. El-Abdellati;K. Stafford

  • A Field Study on the Effect of Some Anthelmintics on Cyathostomins of Horses in Sweden

    E. Osterman Lind;T. Kuzmina;A. Uggla;P. J. Waller

  • Mind the gaps in research on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of farmed ruminants and pigs

    Johannes Charlier;SM Thamsborg;DJ Bartley;PJ Skuce

  • The anthelmintic efficacy of the plant, Albizia anthelmintica, against the nematode parasites Haemonchus contortus of sheep and Heligmosomoides polygyrus of mice

    John B Githiori;Johan Höglund;Peter J Waller;R.Leyden Baker

  • Ascarid infections in laying hens kept in different housing systems.

    Désirée S. Jansson;Ann Nyman;Ivar Vågsholm;Dan Christensson

  • Global patterns reveal strong population structure in Haemonchus contortus, a nematode parasite of domesticated ruminants

    Karin Troell;Annie Engström;David A. Morrison;Jens G. Mattsson

  • Prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep and goats in Norway

    Atle V. Meling Domke;Christophe Chartier;Bjørn Gjerde;Johan Höglund

  • Anthelmintic activity of preparations derived from Myrsine africana and Rapanea melanophloeos against the nematode parasite, Haemonchus contortus, of sheep.

    John B. Githiori;Johan Höglund;Peter J. Waller;R.Leyden Baker

  • Anoplocephala perfoliata in horses in Sweden: prevalence, infection levels and intestinal lesions.

    O. Nilsson;B.-L. Ljungström;J. Höglund;H. Lundquist

  • Occurrence of Gasterophilus intestinalis and some parasitic nematodes of horses in Sweden

    J. Höglund;B.-L. Ljungström;O. Nilsson;H. Lundquist

  • Evaluation of anthelmintic properties of extracts from some plants used as livestock dewormers by pastoralist and smallholder farmers in Kenya against Heligmosomoides polygyrus infections in mice

    John B Githiori;John B Githiori;Johan Höglund;Peter J Waller;R Leyden Baker

  • A field survey on the distribution of strongyle infections of horses in Sweden and factors affecting faecal egg counts.

    E. Osterman Lind;J. Höglund;B.-L. Ljungström;O. Nilsson

  • A field survey on the status of internal parasites in calves on organic dairy farms in southwestern Sweden.

    Johan Höglund;Catarina Svensson;Anna Hessle

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Waller
Peter J. Waller Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Arvid Uggla
Arvid Uggla Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Freie Universität Berlin
Jozef Vercruysse
Jozef Vercruysse Ghent University
Janina McKay-Demeler
Janina McKay-Demeler Freie Universität Berlin
Eric R. Morgan
Eric R. Morgan Queen's University Belfast
Laura Rinaldi
Laura Rinaldi University of Naples Federico II
Marián Várady
Marián Várady Slovak Academy of Sciences
Stig Milan Thamsborg
Stig Milan Thamsborg University of Copenhagen

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