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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
60
Citations
16228
World Ranking
322
National Ranking
35

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - Distinguished Teacher Award, American Society of Animal Science
  • 1962 - Meats Research Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Rodney A. Bray is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on areas within Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Ecology, Small Animals, Parasitology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. Their work notably addresses topics such as Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their ongoing research:

  • A paradigm for the recognition of cryptic trematode species in tropical Indo-west Pacific fishes: the problematic genus Preptetos (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae), 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Digenean parasites of deep-sea teleosts: A progress report, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Marine fish parasites of Vietnam: a comprehensive review and updated list of species, hosts, and zoogeographical distribution, 2022, Parasite
  • The biodiversity of marine trematodes: then, now and in the future, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Uncharted digenean diversity in Lake Tanganyika: cryptogonimids (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) infecting endemic lates perches (Actinopterygii: Latidae), 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Frequent co-authors reflect collaborative efforts within parasitological research and related fields. The top co-authors include:

  • Scott C. Cutmore (9 joint publications)
  • Thomas H. Cribb (9 joint publications)
  • Papa Ibnou Ndiaye (5 joint publications)
  • Bernard Marchand (5 joint publications)
  • Cheikh Tidiane Bâ (5 joint publications)

Rodney A. Bray has published multiple articles in specialized venues that frequently feature their work. The most common publication venues are:

  • Systematic Parasitology (4 publications)
  • International Journal for Parasitology (3 publications)
  • Parasitology International (2 publications)
  • Journal of Helminthology (2 publications)
  • Parasite (2 publications)

Throughout their career, the scientist received awards early on, including the Distinguished Teacher Award and Meats Research Award from the American Society of Animal Science in the 1960s.

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda).

    P.D. Olson;T.H. Cribb;V.V. Tkach;V.V. Tkach;R.A. Bray

  • Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates.

    L. F. Khalil;Arlene Jones;R. A. Bray

  • Keys to the Trematoda

    David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones;Rodney A. Bray

  • Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes

    D. T. J. Littlewood;Rodney Alan Bray

  • Interrelationships and evolution of the tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

    Peter D. Olson;D.Timothy J. Littlewood;Rodney A. Bray;Jean Mariaux

  • Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a New Perspective from Phylogeny

    T. H. Cribb;R. A. Bray;P. D. Olson;D. T. J. Littlewood

  • Gut wash, body soak, blender and heat-fixation: approaches to the effective collection, fixation and preservation of trematodes of fishes.

    Thomas H. Cribb;Rodney A. Bray

  • A DNA-based demonstration of a three-host life-cycle for the Bivesiculidae (Platyhelminthes : Digenea)

    Thomas H Cribb;Glenn R anderson;Robert D Adlard;Rodney A Bray

  • Added resolution among ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with complete small and large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA genes.

    Andrea Waeschenbach;Bonnie L. Webster;Rodney A. Bray;D.T.J. Littlewood

  • The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution

    David Ian Gibson;Rodney Alan Bray

  • Platyhelminth Parasites of the Amphibia

    Stephen Prudhoe;Rodney Alan Bray

  • Spermatozoa as phylogenetic characters for the Platyhelminthes

    J. L. Justine;D. T. J. Littlewood;R. A. Bray

  • Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea

    R. Kuchta;T. Scholz;J. Brabec;R.A. Bray

  • Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 3

    Rodney A. Bray;David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones

  • Phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes and the evolution of parasitism

    D. T. J. Littlewood;D. T. J. Littlewood;K. Rohde;R. A. Bray;E. A. Herniou

  • Order Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863.

    R. A. Campbell;I. Beveridge;L. F. Khalil;A. Jones

  • The nature and evolution of the association among digeneans, molluscs and fishes.

    T.H. Cribb;R.A. Bray;D.T.J. Littlewood

  • study and reorganization of Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and related genera, with special reference to forms from European Atlantic waters

    David I. Gibson;Rodney A. Bray

  • Diversity in the Monogenea and Digenea: does lifestyle matter?

    Thomas H Cribb;Leslie A Chisholm;Rodney A Bray

  • A survey of the helminth parasites of cetaceans stranded on the coast of England and Wales during the period 1990-1994

    D. I. Gibson;E. A. Harris;R. A. Bray;P. D. Jepson

  • Family Hymenolepididae Ariola, 1899.

    B. Czaplinski;C. Vaucher;L. F. Khalil;A. Jones

  • The evolutionary expansion and host-parasite relationships of the Digenea.

    David I. Gibson;Rodney A. Bray

  • Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 1

    David I. Gibson;Arlene Jones;Rodney A. Bray

  • Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates

    Brent B. Nickol;L. F. Khalil;A. Jones;R. A. Bray

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas H. Cribb
Thomas H. Cribb University of Queensland
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Bernard Marchand
Bernard Marchand University of Corsica Pascal Paoli
D. T. J. Littlewood
D. T. J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Vasyl V. Tkach
Vasyl V. Tkach University of North Dakota
Stephen C. Barker
Stephen C. Barker University of Queensland
Yann Quilichini
Yann Quilichini Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
D. Timothy J. Littlewood
D. Timothy J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Robert D. Adlard
Robert D. Adlard Queensland Museum
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences

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