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D-Index
66
Citations
13234
World Ranking
2436
National Ranking
986

Scott E. LaPatra publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott E. LaPatra sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 219 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Scott E. LaPatra D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott E. LaPatra sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Scott E. LaPatra is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with additional contributions to agricultural and biological sciences and medicine. The main subfields of their work include immunology, infectious diseases, animal science and zoology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in their main topics of work, which cover aquaculture disease management and microbiota, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, immune cell function and interaction, viral infections and vectors, animal virus infections studies, and animal disease management and epidemiology.

Scott E. LaPatra has published in several scientific venues, with the journal Biology being a notable platform for their work.

They have collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Ehab Misk
  • John S. Lumsden
  • Fen Dong
  • Luca Tacchi
  • Zhen Xu

One recent publication by Scott E. LaPatra is titled "Vaccination Route Determines the Kinetics and Magnitude of Nasal Innate Immune Responses in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)", published in 2020 in the journal Biology. This study has been cited 15 times and reflects their focus on immunological responses in aquaculture species.

Best Publications

  • IgT, a primitive immunoglobulin class specialized in mucosal immunity

    Yong-An Zhang;Irene Salinas;Jun Li;David Parra

  • B lymphocytes from early vertebrates have potent phagocytic and microbicidal abilities.

    Jun Li;Daniel R Barreda;Yong-An Zhang;Hani Boshra

  • Teleost skin, an ancient mucosal surface that elicits gut-like immune responses.

    Zhen Xu;David Parra;Daniela Gómez;Irene Salinas

  • Advances in fish vaccine delivery.

    Karen P. Plant;Scott E. LaPatra

  • Mucosal immunoglobulins at respiratory surfaces mark an ancient association that predates the emergence of tetrapods

    Zhen Xu;Zhen Xu;Fumio Takizawa;David Parra;Daniela Gómez

  • Nasal immunity is an ancient arm of the mucosal immune system of vertebrates

    Luca Tacchi;Rami Musharrafieh;Erin T Larragoite;Kyle Crossey

  • Immunity induced shortly after DNA vaccination of rainbow trout against rhabdoviruses protects against heterologous virus but not against bacterial pathogens

    Niels Lorenzen;Ellen Lorenzen;Katja Einer-Jensen;Scott E LaPatra

  • Protection of rainbow trout against infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus four days after specific or semi-specific DNA vaccination.

    Scott E. LaPatra;Serge Corbeil;Gerald R. Jones;William D. Shewmaker

  • Efficacy of an infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) virus DNA vaccine in Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and sockeye O. nerka salmon.

    Kyle A. Garver;Scott E. LaPatra;Gael Kurath

  • DNA vaccines as a tool for analysing the protective immune response against rhabdoviruses in rainbow trout.

    N. Lorenzen;E. Lorenzen;K. Einer-Jensen;S.E. Lapatra

  • Nanogram quantities of a DNA vaccine protect rainbow trout fry against heterologous strains of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus.

    S Corbeil;S.E LaPatra;E.D Anderson;G Kurath

  • The Controversy about Salmon Hatcheries

    Ernest L. Brannon;Donald F. Amend;Matthew A. Cronin;James E. Lannan

  • Immunity to rhabdoviruses in rainbow trout: the antibody response

    Niels Lorenzen;Scott E. Lapatra

  • Evaluation of the protective immunogenicity of the N, P, M, NV and G proteins of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss using DNA vaccines

    S. Corbeil;S.E. LaPatra;E. D. Anderson;J. Jones

  • Fish DNA vaccine against infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus: efficacy of various routes of immunisation.

    Serge Corbeil;Gael Kurath;Scott E Lapatra

  • Characterization of serum and mucosal antibody responses and relative per cent survival in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), following immunization and challenge with Flavobacterium psychrophilum

    B R LaFrentz;S E LaPatra;G R Jones;J L Congleton

  • Naked DNA vaccination of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar against IHNV.

    Garth S. Traxler;Eric Anderson;Scott E. LaPatra;Jon Richard

  • Factors Affecting Pathogenicity of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) for Salmonid Fish

    Scott E. Lapatra

  • First Molecular Evidence for the Existence of Distinct Fish and Snake Adenoviruses

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  • Epitheliocystis in fish.

    B F Nowak;S E LaPatra

  • Spring Viremia of Carp Virus N Protein Suppresses Fish IFNφ1 Production by Targeting the Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling Protein

    Long-Feng Lu;Shun Li;Xiao-Bing Lu;Scott E. LaPatra

  • Protective immunity and lack of histopathological damage two years after DNA vaccination against infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in trout.

    Gael Kurath;Kyle A. Garver;Serge Corbeil;Diane G. Elliott

  • A loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for detection of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    I. Gunimaladevi;T. Kono;S. E. LaPatra;M. Sakai

Frequent Co-Authors

Gael Kurath
Gael Kurath United States Geological Survey
Douglas R. Call
Douglas R. Call Washington State University
James R. Winton
James R. Winton United States Geological Survey
Yong-An Zhang
Yong-An Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University
J. Oriol Sunyer
J. Oriol Sunyer University of Pennsylvania
Gary H. Thorgaard
Gary H. Thorgaard Washington State University
Patricia M. Schulte
Patricia M. Schulte University of British Columbia
Inger Dalsgaard
Inger Dalsgaard Technical University of Denmark
Jerri L. Bartholomew
Jerri L. Bartholomew Oregon State University
Hugh W. Ferguson
Hugh W. Ferguson St. George's University

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