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D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
44
Citations
7738
World Ranking
862
National Ranking
16

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
7712
World Ranking
5061
National Ranking
110

Philippe Christe 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 Philippe Christe sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 129 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philippe Christe 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 Philippe Christe sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Philippe Christe is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their work spans several fields within Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine, with a strong concentration on Ecology and related subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Parasitology.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics connected to wildlife ecology and conservation, vector-borne diseases, and host-parasite interactions. Their scholarship explores dimensions of mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, bat biology and ecology, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Worldwide impacts of landscape anthropization on mosquito abundance and diversity: A meta-analysis," 2022, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Host conservation through their parasites: molecular surveillance of vector-borne microorganisms in bats using ectoparasitic bat flies," 2020, Parasite
  • "Co-occurrence of snow leopard, wolf and Siberian ibex under livestock encroachment into protected areas across the Mongolian Altai," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Assessing environmental DNA metabarcoding and camera trap surveys as complementary tools for biomonitoring of remote desert water bodies," 2021, Environmental DNA
  • "Patterns of human interaction with snow leopard and co-predators in the Mongolian western Altai: Current issues and perspectives," 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation

Frequent coauthors in Philippe Christe's work include Olivier Glaizot, Romain Pigeault, Jérémy Gremion, Tamara Szentiványi, and Julien Mazenauer. This collaborative network reflects interdisciplinary efforts bridging ecology, parasitology, and disease ecology.

The scientist commonly publishes in specialized venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Parasites & Vectors, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Parasite, and Global Ecology and Conservation. These publication venues align with their interests in vector biology, host-parasite relationships, and conservation biology.

Philippe Christe's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Parasitology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases

Key topics addressed in their research represent:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases

Best Publications

  • Parasitism, host immune function, and sexual selection.

    A. P. Moller;P. Christe;E. Lux

  • Effect of an ectoparasite on reproduction in great tits.

    Heinz Richner;Anne Oppliger;Philippe Christe

  • Paternal investment affects prevalence of malaria

    Heinz Richner;Philippe Christe;Anne Oppliger

  • Begging, food provisioning, and nestling competition in great tit broods infested with ectoparasites

    Philippe Christe;Heinz Richner;Anne Oppliger

  • Immunocompetence and nestling survival in the house martin : the tasty chick hypothesis

    Philippe Christe;Anders Pape Møller;Florentino de Lope

  • Wood ants use resin to protect themselves against pathogens

    Michel Chapuisat;Anne Oppliger;Pasqualina Magliano;Philippe Christe

  • FECUNDITY AND SURVIVAL IN RELATION TO RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS IN A FREE-LIVING BIRD

    Pierre Bize;Godefroy Devevey;Patricia Monaghan;Blandine Doligez

  • The energetic grooming costs imposed by a parasitic mite (Spinturnix myoti) upon its bat host (Myotis myotis).

    Maud S. Giorgi;Raphaë Arlettaz;Philippe Christe;Peter Vogel

  • Evidence for collective medication in ants

    Philippe Christe;Anne Oppliger;Francesco Bancalà;Grégoire Castella

  • Condition, disease and immune defence

    A. P. Møller;Ph. Christe;J. Erritzøe;J. Mavarez

  • Effect of an ectoparasite on lay date, nest-site choice, desertion, and hatching success in the great tit (Pants major)

    Anne Oppliger;Heinz Richner;Philippe Christe

  • Host sex and ectoparasites choice: preference for, and higher survival on female hosts

    Philippe Christe;Olivier Glaizot;Guillaume Evanno;Nadia Bruyndonckx

  • Of great tits and fleas: sleep baby sleep . . .

    Philippe Christe;Heinz Richner;Anne Oppliger

  • Clutch size and malaria resistance.

    Anne Oppliger;Philippe Christe;Heinz Richner

  • Differential species-specific ectoparasitic mite intensities in two intimately coexisting sibling bat species: resource-mediated host attractiveness or parasite specialization?

    Philippe Christe;Maud S. Giorgi;Peter Vogel;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • Twofold cost of reproduction: an increase in parental effort leads to higher malarial parasitaemia and to a decrease in resistance to oxidative stress

    Philippe Christe;Olivier Glaizot;Nicole Strepparava;Godefroy Devevey

  • Genetic and environmental components of phenotypic variation in immune response and body size of a colonial bird, Delichon urbica (the house martin).

    Philippe Christe;Anders Pape Møller;Nicola Saino;Florentino De Lope

  • Ectoparasite affects choice and use of roost sites in the great tit, Parus major

    Philippe Christe;Anne Oppliger;Heinz Richner

  • Prophylaxis with resin in wood ants

    Gregoire Castella;Michel Chapuisat;Philippe Christe

  • Experimentally increased group diversity improves disease resistance in an ant species

    Anabelle Reber;Grégoire Castella;Philippe Christe;Michel Chapuisat

  • The influence of environmental conditions on immune responses, morphology and recapture probability of nestling house martins (Delichon urbica).

    Philippe Christe;Florentino de Lope;Guillermo González;Nicola Saino

  • Food availability dictates the timing of parturition in insectivorous mouse‐eared bats

    Raphaël Arlettaz;Philippe Christe;Alain Lugon;Nicolas Perrin

  • Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae).

    Nadia Bruyndonckx;Sylvain Dubey;Manuel Ruedi;Philippe Christe

  • On host life-history response to parasitism

    Nicolas Perrin;Philippe Christe;Heinz Richner

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
Michel Chapuisat
Michel Chapuisat University of Lausanne
Heinz Richner
Heinz Richner University of Bern
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Alexandre Roulin
Alexandre Roulin University of Lausanne
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Sylvain Dubey
Sylvain Dubey University of Lausanne
Nicola Saino
Nicola Saino University of Milan
Gerald Kerth
Gerald Kerth University of Greifswald
Jérôme Goudet
Jérôme Goudet University of Lausanne

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