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Jozef Vercruysse

Jozef Vercruysse

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary 87 43 42 2 2 717 27642

Jozef Vercruysse publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jozef Vercruysse between 1965 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jozef Vercruysse published across 59 years, from 1965 to 2023, averaging 12.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 51 publications in 2007. 6 of the 734 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1965 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 51. Peak 51 publications in 2007. 1965: 1 publication 1966: 1 publication 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 22 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 15 publications 1996: 23 publications 1997: 25 publications 1998: 19 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 28 publications 2001: 20 publications 2002: 34 publications 2003: 24 publications 2004: 25 publications 2005: 34 publications 2006: 32 publications 2007: 51 publications 2008: 33 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 35 publications 2012: 36 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 3 publications
1965 2023

734 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jozef Vercruysse: publications per year, 1965 to 2023
Year Publications
1965 1
1966 1
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 2
1983 1
1984 3
1985 6
1986 5
1987 4
1988 6
1989 8
1990 10
1991 6
1992 9
1993 22
1994 12
1995 15
1996 23
1997 25
1998 19
1999 14
2000 28
2001 20
2002 34
2003 24
2004 25
2005 34
2006 32
2007 51
2008 33
2009 22
2010 28
2011 35
2012 36
2013 27
2014 22
2015 33
2016 9
2017 7
2018 12
2019 8
2020 9
2021 4
2022 3
2023 3
Total 734
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Jozef Vercruysse 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 Jozef Vercruysse sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 84 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 29–33 to 442+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 109. Most scientists, 109, have 119–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 442+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 29–33 publications: 1 scientist 34–38 publications: 6 scientists 39–43 publications: 17 scientists 44–48 publications: 23 scientists 49–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–58 publications: 44 scientists 59–63 publications: 66 scientists 64–68 publications: 75 scientists 69–73 publications: 71 scientists 74–78 publications: 85 scientists 79–83 publications: 108 scientists 84–88 publications: 105 scientists 89–93 publications: 84 scientists 94–98 publications: 103 scientists 99–103 publications: 97 scientists 104–108 publications: 95 scientists 109–113 publications: 89 scientists 114–118 publications: 88 scientists 119–123 publications: 109 scientists 124–128 publications: 93 scientists 129–133 publications: 89 scientists 134–138 publications: 95 scientists 139–143 publications: 92 scientists 144–148 publications: 80 scientists 149–153 publications: 75 scientists 154–158 publications: 74 scientists 159–163 publications: 67 scientists 164–168 publications: 53 scientists 169–173 publications: 62 scientists 174–178 publications: 63 scientists 179–183 publications: 50 scientists 184–188 publications: 55 scientists 189–193 publications: 50 scientists 194–198 publications: 27 scientists 199–203 publications: 44 scientists 204–208 publications: 31 scientists 209–213 publications: 28 scientists 214–218 publications: 38 scientists 219–223 publications: 33 scientists 224–228 publications: 36 scientists 229–233 publications: 29 scientists 234–238 publications: 35 scientists 239–243 publications: 23 scientists 244–248 publications: 24 scientists 249–253 publications: 29 scientists 254–258 publications: 28 scientists 259–263 publications: 21 scientists 264–268 publications: 25 scientists 269–273 publications: 11 scientists 274–278 publications: 18 scientists 279–283 publications: 13 scientists 284–288 publications: 18 scientists 289–293 publications: 10 scientists 294–298 publications: 12 scientists 299–303 publications: 11 scientists 304–308 publications: 15 scientists 309–313 publications: 14 scientists 314–318 publications: 14 scientists 319–323 publications: 8 scientists 324–328 publications: 8 scientists 329–333 publications: 13 scientists 334–338 publications: 14 scientists 339–343 publications: 13 scientists 344–348 publications: 10 scientists 349–353 publications: 11 scientists 354–358 publications: 5 scientists 359–363 publications: 8 scientists 364–368 publications: 8 scientists 369–373 publications: 6 scientists 374–378 publications: 7 scientists 379–383 publications: 8 scientists 384–388 publications: 3 scientists 389–393 publications: 4 scientists 394–398 publications: 5 scientists 399–403 publications: 8 scientists 404–408 publications: 5 scientists 409–413 publications: 4 scientists 414–418 publications: 3 scientists 419–423 publications: 8 scientists 424–428 publications: 5 scientists 429–433 publications: 3 scientists 434–438 publications: 5 scientists 439–441 publications: 5 scientists 442+ publications: 99 scientists
29–33 publications 442+

This scientist: 717 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
29–33 1
34–38 6
39–43 17
44–48 23
49–53 28
54–58 44
59–63 66
64–68 75
69–73 71
74–78 85
79–83 108
84–88 105
89–93 84
94–98 103
99–103 97
104–108 95
109–113 89
114–118 88
119–123 109
124–128 93
129–133 89
134–138 95
139–143 92
144–148 80
149–153 75
154–158 74
159–163 67
164–168 53
169–173 62
174–178 63
179–183 50
184–188 55
189–193 50
194–198 27
199–203 44
204–208 31
209–213 28
214–218 38
219–223 33
224–228 36
229–233 29
234–238 35
239–243 23
244–248 24
249–253 29
254–258 28
259–263 21
264–268 25
269–273 11
274–278 18
279–283 13
284–288 18
289–293 10
294–298 12
299–303 11
304–308 15
309–313 14
314–318 14
319–323 8
324–328 8
329–333 13
334–338 14
339–343 13
344–348 10
349–353 11
354–358 5
359–363 8
364–368 8
369–373 6
374–378 7
379–383 8
384–388 3
389–393 4
394–398 5
399–403 8
404–408 5
409–413 4
414–418 3
419–423 8
424–428 5
429–433 3
434–438 5
439–441 5
442+ 99 717
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Jozef Vercruysse 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 Jozef Vercruysse sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 77+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 158. Most scientists, 158, have 31 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,155 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 5
21 22
22 31
23 44
24 53
25 66
26 80
27 101
28 106
29 116
30 154
31 158
32 143
33 137
34 126
35 134
36 112
37 115
38 105
39 111
40 107
41 87
42 74
43 62
44 61
45 41
46 51
47 43
48 28
49 47
50 40
51 34
52 33
53 43
54 16
55 32
56 21
57 18
58 28
59 33
60 17
61 21
62 18
63 21
64 9
65 20
66 11
67 16
68 12
69 17
70 13
71 15
72 11
73 11
74 14
75 5
76 6
77+ 100 87
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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jozef Vercruysse is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research predominantly focuses on parasitology within immunology, microbiology, veterinary sciences, and environmental science. Their work spans several subfields including parasitology, small animals, ecology, nutrition and dietetics, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's main research topics include parasites and host interactions, helminth infection and control, parasite biology and host interactions, child nutrition and water access, coccidia and coccidiosis research, global maternal and child health, and parasitic diseases research and treatment.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030, 2020, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) guideline for diagnosing anthelmintic resistance using the faecal egg count reduction test in ruminants, horses and swine, 2023, published in Veterinary Parasitology
  • Biology and Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Cattle, 2020, published in Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice
  • World association for the advancement of veterinary parasitology (WAAVP) guideline for the evaluation of the efficacy of anthelmintics in food-producing and companion animals: general guidelines, 2022, published in Veterinary Parasitology
  • Confounding factors affecting faecal egg count reduction as a measure of anthelmintic efficacy, 2022, published in Parasite

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vercruysse include:

  • Bruno Levecke
  • Antonio Montresor
  • Alan Fenwick
  • Michael D. French
  • Gemechu Tadesse Leta

The primary publication venues for their research include Veterinary Parasitology, Research Square, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, and Parasite.

Best Publications

  • The detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance.

    G.C. Coles;F. Jackson;W.E. Pomroy;R.K. Prichard

  • World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) second edition of guidelines for evaluating the efficacy of anthelmintics in ruminants (bovine, ovine, caprine).

    IB Wood;NK Amaral;K Bairden;JL Duncan

  • Chasing helminths and their economic impact on farmed ruminants.

    Johannes Charlier;Mariska van der Voort;Mariska van der Voort;Fiona Kenyon;Philip Skuce

  • The role of targeted selective treatments in the development of refugia-based approaches to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants.

    F Kenyon;AW Greer;GC Coles;G Cringoli

  • Assessment of the anthelmintic efficacy of albendazole in school children in seven countries where soil-transmitted helminths are endemic.

    Bruno Levecke;Antonio Montresor;Marco Albonico;Shaali M. Ame

  • Is anthelmintic resistance a concern for the control of human soil-transmitted helminths?

    Jozef Vercruysse;Marco Albonico;Jerzy M. Behnke;Andrew C. Kotze

  • A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis

    Pierre Dorny;Ik Phiri;Jozef Vercruysse;Sarah Gabriël;Sarah Gabriël

  • The Mini-FLOTAC technique for the diagnosis of helminth and protozoan infections in humans and animals.

    Giuseppe Cringoli;Maria P Maurelli;Bruno Levecke;Antonio Bosco

  • Treatment vs non-treatment of helminth infections in cattle: defining the threshold.

    Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

    Dick De Clercq;Moussa Sacko;Jerzy Behnke;Francis Gilbert

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

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

  • Mixed Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and E infections in calves.

    Thomas Geurden;Peter Geldhof;Bruno Levecke;Cindy Martens

  • Giardia and other intestinal parasites in different dog populations in Northern Belgium.

    E. Claerebout;S. Casaert;A.-C. Dalemans;N. De Wilde

  • Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in lambs and goat kids in Belgium.

    Thomas Geurden;Pieter Thomas;Stijn Casaert;Jozef Vercruysse

  • A comparison of the sensitivity and fecal egg counts of the McMaster egg counting and Kato-Katz thick smear methods for soil-transmitted helminths.

    Bruno Levecke;Jerzy M. Behnke;Sitara S. R. Ajjampur;Marco Albonico

  • International harmonisation of anthelmintic efficacy guidelines.

    Jozef Vercruysse;P Holdsworth;T Letonja;D Barth

  • Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of coprological and serological techniques for the diagnosis of fasciolosis in cattle.

    Johannes Charlier;Luc De Meulemeester;Edwin Claerebout;Diana Williams

  • Recent advances in the diagnosis, impact on production and prediction of Fasciola hepatica in cattle

    Johannes Charlier;Jozef Vercruysse;E Morgan;J Van Dijk

  • Relative importance of management, meteorological and environmental factors in the spatial distribution of Fasciola hepatica in dairy cattle in a temperate climate zone.

    Sita Bennema;E Ducheyne;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • A public health response against Strongyloides stercoralis: time to look at soil-transmitted helminthiasis in full.

    Alejandro J. Krolewiecki;Patrick Lammie;Julie Jacobson;Albis-Francesco Gabrielli

  • Associations between anti-Fasciola hepatica antibody levels in bulk-tank milk samples and production parameters in dairy herds.

    Johannes Charlier;Luc Duchateau;Edwin Claerebout;Diana Williams

  • Is Giardia a significant pathogen in production animals

    Thomas Geurden;Jozef Vercruysse;Edwin Claerebout

  • Multilocus genotyping of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in non-outbreak related cases of diarrhoea in human patients in Belgium.

    Thomas Geurden;Bruno Levecke;SM Caccio;Aline Visser

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin Claerebout
Edwin Claerebout Ghent University
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Peter Geldhof
Peter Geldhof Ghent University
Bruno Levecke
Bruno Levecke Ghent University
Thomas Geurden
Thomas Geurden Zoetis (United States)
David Rollinson
David Rollinson Natural History Museum
Vr Southgate
Vr Southgate Natural History Museum
Stijn Casaert
Stijn Casaert Ghent University

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