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D-Index
43
Citations
9486
World Ranking
910
National Ranking
65

John R. Barta 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 John R. Barta sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 165 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John R. Barta 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 John R. Barta sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John R. Barta is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in agricultural and biological sciences, immunology and microbiology, and veterinary fields. Their work spans several subfields, including animal science and zoology, parasitology, small animals, ecology, and molecular biology.

Their research portfolio includes a strong focus on coccidia and coccidiosis, parasitic infections and diagnostics, helminth infection and control, animal nutrition and physiology, and veterinary medicine and infectious diseases, as well as vector-borne infectious diseases.

Frequently published in venues such as Poultry Science and the Journal of Parasitology, Barta's works also appear in Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and Parasitology Research.

Recent papers highlight various aspects of parasitology and poultry science. Titles include:

  • Monitoring coccidia in commercial broiler chicken flocks in Ontario: comparing oocyst cycling patterns in flocks using anticoccidial medications or live vaccination (2020, Poultry Science)
  • Exploiting digital droplet PCR and Next Generation Sequencing technologies to determine the relative abundance of individual Eimeria species in a DNA sample (2021, Veterinary Parasitology)
  • Multilocus sequencing of Hepatozoon cf. griseisciuri infections in Ontario eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) uncovers two genotypically distinct sympatric parasite species (2020, Parasitology Research)
  • Restoration of anticoccidial sensitivity to a commercial broiler chicken facility in Canada (2020, Poultry Science)
  • Standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in broiler chickens fed single or mixture of feed ingredients-based diets with or without Eimeria challenge (2022, Poultry Science)

Barta has co-authored works frequently with several collaborators, including P.S. Kruth, Ryan P. Snyder, Alexandre N. Léveillé, Jessica L. Rotolo, and Billy M. Hargis.

Best Publications

  • The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists

    Sina M Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Mark A Farmer;Robert A. Andersen

  • Phylogenetic relationships among eight Eimeria species infecting domestic fowl inferred using complete small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences.

    John R. Barta;Donald S. Martin;Paul A. Liberator;Michael Dashkevicz

  • An Eimeriid origin of isosporoid coccidia with Stieda bodies as shown by phylogenetic analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.

    Ramon A. Carreno;John R. Barta

  • Redescription of Neospora caninum and its differentiation from related coccidia.

    J P Dubey;B C Barr;J R Barta;I Bjerkås

  • A selective review of advances in coccidiosis research.

    H David Chapman;John R Barta;Damer Blake;Arthur Gruber

  • Canine hepatozoonosis: two disease syndromes caused by separate Hepatozoon spp.

    Gad Baneth;John S Mathew;Varda Shkap;Douglass K Macintire

  • DNA barcoding identifies Eimeria species and contributes to the phylogenetics of coccidian parasites (Eimeriorina, Apicomplexa, Alveolata).

    Joseph D. Ogedengbe;Robert H. Hanner;John R. Barta

  • The conceptual basis for a new classification of the coccidia.

    Astrid M Tenter;John R Barta;Ian Beveridge;Donald W Duszynski

  • What is Cryptosporidium? Reappraising its biology and phylogenetic affinities

    John R. Barta;R.C. Andrew Thompson

  • The Genus Atoxoplasma (Garnham 1950) as a Junior Objective Synonym of the Genus Isospora (Schneider 1881) Species Infecting Birds and Resurrection of Cystoisospora (Frenkel 1977) as the Correct Genus for Isospora Species Infecting Mammals

    J. R. Barta;M. D. Schrenzel;M. D. Schrenzel;R. Carreno;R. Carreno;B. A. Rideout;B. A. Rideout

  • Phylogenetic Position of the Adeleorinid Coccidia (Myzozoa, Apicomplexa, Coccidia, Eucoccidiorida, Adeleorina) Inferred Using 18S rDNA Sequences

    John R. Barta;Joseph D. Ogedengbe;Donald S. Martin;Todd G. Smith

  • Analysis of immunological cross-protection and sensitivities to anticoccidial drugs among five geographical and temporal strains of Eimeria maxima.

    A.G. Martin;H.D. Danforth;J.R. Barta;M.A. Fernando

  • COMPARISON OF FOUR MURINE EIMERIA SPECIES IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT AND IMMUNODEFICIENT MICE

    Marco L. Schito;John R. Barta;Bill Chobotar

  • Coccidiosis: recent advancements in the immunobiology of Eimeria species, preventive measures, and the importance of vaccination as a control tool against these Apicomplexan parasites

    Chaitanya Shivaramaiah;John R Barta;Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco;Guillermo Téllez

  • Genetic and Antigenic Evidence Supports the Separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the Species Level

    Gad Baneth;John R. Barta;Varda Shkap;Donald S. Martin

  • Evolutionary relationships of avian Eimeria species among other Apicomplexan protozoa: monophyly of the apicomplexa is supported.

    J R Barta;M C Jenkins;H D Danforth

  • Plastids are widespread and ancient in parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa.

    Naomi Lang-Unnasch;Michael E. Reith;Janet Munholland;John R. Barta

  • Phylogenetic analysis of coccidia based on 18S rDNA sequence comparison indicates that Isospora is most closely related to Toxoplasma and Neospora.

    Ramon A. Carreno;Beate E. Schnitzler;Alex C. Jeffries;Astrid M. Tenter

  • Species and strain differentiation of Eimeria spp. of the domestic fowl using DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers.

    J. D. Procunier;M. A. Fernando;J. R. Barta

  • Divergent nuclear 18S rDNA paralogs in a turkey coccidium, Eimeria meleagrimitis, complicate molecular systematics and identification.

    Shiem El-Sherry;Mosun E. Ogedengbe;Mian A. Hafeez;John R. Barta

  • Molecular approaches for inferring evolutionary relationships among protistan parasites.

    John R. Barta

Frequent Co-Authors

Dongwan Yoo
Dongwan Yoo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Billy M. Hargis
Billy M. Hargis University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Elijah G. Kiarie
Elijah G. Kiarie University of Guelph
Mark C. Jenkins
Mark C. Jenkins United States Department of Agriculture
Trevor K. Smith
Trevor K. Smith University of Guelph
Gad Baneth
Gad Baneth Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Guillermo Tellez
Guillermo Tellez University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
Michael J. Arrowood
Michael J. Arrowood Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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