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D-Index
33
Citations
4029
World Ranking
2005
National Ranking
12

Petr Horák 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 Petr Horák sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 119 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Petr Horák 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 Petr Horák sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Petr Horák is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these broader disciplines, their scholarly focus includes Parasitology, Ecology, Small Animals, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Immunology.

Horák's main research topics cover Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Trace Elements in Health, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications across various notable journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • Differential proteomic analysis of laser-microdissected penetration glands of avian schistosome cercariae with a focus on proteins involved in host invasion, 2022, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Avian schistosome species in Danish freshwater lakes: relation to biotic and abiotic factors, 2021, Journal of Helminthology
  • Mechanisms of the host immune response and helminth-induced pathology during Trichobilharzia regenti (Schistosomatidae) neuroinvasion in mice, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • MrgprA3 neurons drive cutaneous immunity against helminths through selective control of myeloid-derived IL-33, 2024, Nature Immunology
  • Nitric oxide debilitates the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti in mice, partly by inhibiting its vital peptidases, 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Horák are:

  • Tomáš Macháček
  • Martin Majer
  • Roman Leontovyč
  • Jana Bulantová
  • Barbora Šmídová

Horák's works have been published most often in these venues:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • PeerJ
  • Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

    A. E. Lockyer;P. D. Olson;P. Østergaard;D. Rollinson

  • European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences.

    M.D Bargues;M Vigo;P Horak;J Dvorak

  • Biology of the schistosome genus Trichobilharzia.

    P Horák;L Kolárová;C M Adema

  • Avian Schistosomes and Outbreaks of Cercarial Dermatitis

    Petr Horák;Libor Mikeš;Lucie Lichtenbergová;Vladimír Skála

  • Trichobilharzia regenti, a pathogen of the avian and mammalian central nervous systems.

    P Horák;J Dvorák;Libuse Kolárová;L Trefil

  • Bird schistosomes: do they die in mammalian skin?

    Petr Horak;Libuse Kolarova

  • Comparison of European Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences

    J. Dvorák;Š. Vanácová;V. Hampl;J. Flegr

  • Cercarial Dermatitis, a Neglected Allergic Disease

    Libuše Kolářová;Petr Horák;Karl Skírnisson;Helena Marečková

  • Trichobilharzia regenti n. sp. (Schistosomatidae, Bilharziellinae), a new nasal schistosome from Europe

    Horák P;Kolárová L;Dvorák J

  • Chapter 4. Peptidases of trematodes.

    Martin Kasný;Libor Mikes;Vladimír Hampl;Jan Dvorák

  • Snails, waterfowl and cercarial dermatitis

    Petr Horák;Libuše Kolářová

  • Validity reassessment of Trichobilharzia species using Lymnaea stagnalis as the intermediate host

    J. Rudolfová;V. Hampl;C. Bayssade-Dufour;A. E. Lockyer

  • Insights into the relationships of Palearctic and Nearctic lymnaeids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by rDNA ITS-2 sequencing and phylogeny of stagnicoline intermediate host species of Fasciola hepatica.

    M.D. Bargues;P. Horak;Robert Patzner;J.P. Pointier

  • Schistosome cercariae as the causative agent of swimmer's itch in Iceland

    Kolárová L;Skirnisson K;Horák P

  • Neurotropic behaviour of Trichobilharzia regenti in ducks and mice

    K. Hrádková;P. Horák

  • Survival of bird schistosomes in mammalian lungs

    P Horák;L Kolářová

  • Multiple cathepsin B isoforms in schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti: identification, characterisation and putative role in migration and nutrition.

    Jan Dvořák;Melaine Delcroix;Andrea Rossi;Václav Vopálenský

  • Histopathology of CNS and nasal infections caused by Trichobilharzia regenti in vertebrates

    Kolárová L;Horák P;Cada F

  • Lectins in snail-trematode immune interactions: a review

    vanderKnaap Wpw;Horak P

  • Cercaria-schistosomulum surface transformation of Trichobilharzia szidati and its putative immunological impact.

    P Horák;L Kovár;L Kolárová;J Nebesárová

  • Methodical approaches in the identification of areas with a potential risk of infection by bird schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis.

    Kolárová L;Horák P;Skírnisson K

  • Bird schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic and Poland.

    Jitka Rudolfová;D.T.J. Littlewood;Jiljí Sitko;Petr Horák

  • Radix spp.: Identification of trematode intermediate hosts in the Czech Republic

    Kateřina Huňová;Martin Kašný;Vladimír Hampl;Roman Leontovyč

  • THE COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME OF THE BIRD SCHISTOSOME TRICHOBILHARZIA REGENTI (PLATYHELMINTHES: DIGENEA), CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CERCARIAL DERMATITIS

    Bonnie L. Webster;Jitka Rudolfová;Petr Horák;D. T J. Littlewood

  • In vitro stimulation of penetration gland emptying by Trichobilharzia szidati and T. regenti (Schistosomatidae) cercariae. Quantitative collection and partial characterization of the products

    Libor Mikeš;Lenka Zìdková;Martin Kašný;Jan Dvořák

  • Trichobilharzia regenti : The developmental differences in natural and abnormal hosts

    Kateřina Blažová;Petr Horák

  • Comparison of cysteine peptidase activities in Trichobilharzia regenti and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae

    M. Kašný;L. Mikeš;J. P. Dalton;A. P. Mountford

  • The functional expression and characterisation of a cysteine peptidase from the invasive stage of the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

    Kateřina Dolečková;Martin Kašný;Libor Mikeš;Jared Cartwright

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Skírnisson
Karl Skírnisson University of Iceland
D. T. J. Littlewood
D. T. J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Jan Dvorak
Jan Dvorak University of California, Davis
Conor R. Caffrey
Conor R. Caffrey University of Montana
Milan Gelnar
Milan Gelnar Masaryk University
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne
Hubert Ferté
Hubert Ferté University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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