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Juan Antonio Raga

Juan Antonio Raga

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
50
Citations
9029
World Ranking
615
National Ranking
24

Juan Antonio Raga 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 Juan Antonio Raga sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 265 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juan Antonio Raga 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 Juan Antonio Raga sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Juan Antonio Raga is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Parasitology, and Pollution.

Their research primarily covers topics such as Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Marine animal studies overview, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Parasites and Host Interactions, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Juan Antonio Raga include:

  • Using Boops boops (osteichthyes) to assess microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Evaluating the presence of microplastics in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded in the Western Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Causes of cetacean stranding and death on the Catalonian coast (western Mediterranean Sea), 2012-2019, 2020, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
  • Niche partitioning amongst northwestern Mediterranean cetaceans using stable isotopes, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • Considerations on the taxonomy and morphology of Microcotyle spp.: redescription of M. erythrini van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (sensu stricto) (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) and the description of a new species from Dentex dentex (L.) (Teleostei: Sparidae), 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Raga include Francisco E. Montero, Francisco Javier Aznar, Ana Born-Torrijos, Jesús Tomás, and David Ruiz-García.

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Best Publications

  • Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors.

    Marie-Francoise Van Bressem;Juan Antonio Raga;Giovanni Di Guardo;Paul D. Jepson

  • Marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from the Western Mediterranean.

    J Tomás;R Guitart;R Mateo;J.A Raga

  • The striped dolphin epizootic in the Mediterranean Sea

    A. Aguilar;J. Raga

  • Cetacean morbillivirus : current knowledge and future directions

    Marie Françoise Van Bressem;Pádraig J. Duignan;Ashley Banyard;Michelle Barbieri

  • A review of virus infections of cetaceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses, poxviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics

    M.-F. Van Bressem;K. Van Waerebeek;J. A. Raga

  • Diet of the bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) in the western Mediterranean Sea

    C. Blanco;O. Salomón;J.A. Raga

  • Feeding ecology of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in the western Mediterranean

    J. Tomas;F. J. Aznar;J. A. Raga

  • Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea.

    Juan-Antonio Raga;Ashley Banyard;Mariano Domingo;Mandy Corteyn

  • Bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles: insights from 14 years of stranding data

    Jesús Tomás;Patricia Gozalbes;Juan Antonio Raga;Brendan J. Godley

  • An insight into the epidemiology of dolphin morbillivirus worldwide.

    Marie-Françoise Van Bressem;Koen Van Waerebeek;Paul D Jepson;Juan Antonio Raga

  • Abundance of small cetaceans in waters of the central Spanish Mediterranean

    Amaia Gómez de Segura;Enrique Alberto Crespo;Susana Noemi Pedraza;P. S. Hammond

  • Diet of Risso's dolphin ( Grampus griseus ) in the western Mediterranean Sea

    Carmen Blanco;Mª Ángeles Raduán;Juan Antonio Raga

  • Living Together but Remaining Apart: Atlantic and Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Shared Feeding Grounds

    Carlos Carreras;Marta Pascual;Luis Cardona;Adolfo Marco

  • Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: a potential general health indicator for cetaceans.

    Marie-Françoise Van Bressem;Koen Van Waerebeek;Francisco Javier Aznar;Juan Antonio Raga

  • Pathology of morbillivirus infection in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Valencia and Murcia, Spain.

    Duignan Pj;Geraci;Raga Ja;Calzada N

  • Effects of the gill parasite Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) on the amberjack Seriola dumerili Risso (Teleostei: Carangidae)

    Francisco E. Montero;Silvia Crespo;Francesc Padrós;Fernando De la Gándara

  • Serological evidence of Brucella species infection in odontocetes from the south Pacific and the Mediterranean.

    M-F. Van Bressem;K. Van Waerebeek;J. A Raga;J. Godfroid

  • Cephalopods in the diet of the striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba from the western Mediterranean during an epizootic in 1990

    C. Blanco;J. Aznar;J.A. Raga

  • Fine‑scale distribution of juvenile Atlantic and Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea

    Marcel Clusa;Carlos Carreras;Carlos Carreras;Marta Pascual;Stephen J. Gaughran;Stephen J. Gaughran

  • STATUS OF CORYNOSOMA (ACANTHOCEPHALA: POLYMORPHIDAE) BASED ON ANATOMICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE, WITH THE ERECTION OF PSEUDOCORYNOSOMA N. GEN

    F. Javier Aznar;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Juan A. Raga

  • The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

    Elena Valsecchi;William Amos;Juan Antonio Raga;Michela Podestà

  • Abundance and distribution of the endangered loggerhead turtle in Spanish Mediterranean waters and the conservation implications

    A. Gómez de Segura;J. Tomás;Susana Noemi Pedraza;Enrique Alberto Crespo

  • Parasite communities in Boops boops (L.) (Sparidae) after the Prestige oil-spill: detectable alterations.

    A. Pérez-del Olmo;J.A. Raga;A. Kostadinova;A. Kostadinova;M. Fernández

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Javier Aznar
Francisco Javier Aznar University of Valencia
Jesús Tomás
Jesús Tomás University of Valencia
Alex Aguilar
Alex Aguilar University of Barcelona
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva
Mariano Domingo
Mariano Domingo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Thomas Barrett
Thomas Barrett The Pirbright Institute
Ursula Siebert
Ursula Siebert University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Pádraig J. Duignan
Pádraig J. Duignan University of Calgary

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