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Sebastián Muñoz-Leal

Sebastián Muñoz-Leal

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
2548
World Ranking
2721
National Ranking
4

Sebastián Muñoz-Leal 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 Sebastián Muñoz-Leal sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 152 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sebastián Muñoz-Leal 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 Sebastián Muñoz-Leal sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sebastián Muñoz-Leal is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on various subfields including Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Insect Science.

Their research interests mainly cover topics such as Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research.

Recent publications by Sebastián Muñoz-Leal include:

  • "Amplification and sequencing of entire tick mitochondrial genomes for a phylogenomic analysis" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America" (2022, Parasites & Vectors)
  • "Risk factors associated with tick infestations on equids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with notes on Rickettsia massiliae detection" (2021, Parasites & Vectors)
  • "Coxiella burnetii and Related Tick Endosymbionts Evolved from Pathogenic Ancestors" (2021, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "Soft and hard ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) on humans: A review of Brazilian biomes and the impact of environmental change" (2022, Acta Tropica)

They have published one book titled Ecosystem and Biodiversity of Amazonia (2020) through IntechOpen.

Frequent co-authors in Sebastián Muñoz-Leal's research collaborations include Marcelo B. Labruna, Adriana Santodomingo, Richard Thomas, José M. Venzal, and Thiago Fernandes Martins.

Their research has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: Updated species checklist and taxonomic keys.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Valeria Castilho Onofrio

  • Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

    Hermes R. Luz;Hermes R. Luz;Francisco B. Costa;Hector R. Benatti;Vanessa N. Ramos;Vanessa N. Ramos

  • A human case of spotted fever caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and its association to the tick Amblyomma ovale.

    Anaiá da Paixão Sevá;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Ana Carla Rodrigues

  • Rickettsia sp. Strain Atlantic Rainforest Infection in a Patient from a Spotted Fever-Endemic Area in Southern Brazil.

    Felipe S. Krawczak;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Ana Carolina Guztzazky;Stefan V. Oliveira

  • Novel Babesia and Hepatozoon agents infecting non-volant small mammals in the Brazilian Pantanal, with the first record of the tick Ornithodoros guaporensis in Brazil

    Rafael William Wolf;Mônica Aragona;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Leticia Borges Pinto

  • Isolation and molecular characterization of a relapsing fever Borrelia recovered from Ornithodoros rudis in Brazil.

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez;Francisco B. Costa;Arlei Marcili

  • Risk factors associated with tick infestations on equids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with notes on Rickettsia massiliae detection.

    Abid Ali;Hafsa Zahid;Ismail Zeb;Muhammad Tufail

  • Coxiella burnetii and related tick endosymbionts evolved from pathogenic ancestors.

    Amanda E Brenner;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Madhur Sachan;Marcelo B Labruna

  • The tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae): Hosts, geographical distribution, and vector roles.

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Daniel González-Acuña

  • Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks parasitizing toads ( Rhinella marina ) in the northern Brazilian Amazon

    Hermes Ribeiro Luz;Ercileide Silva-Santos;Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos;Igor Acosta

  • Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) associated with stream-breeding frogs (Anura: Cycloramphidae: Cycloramphus) in Brazil

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Luís Felipe Toledo;José Manuel Venzal;Arlei Marcili

  • Anaplasmataceae, Borrelia and Hepatozoon agents in ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) from Chile.

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Marcos G. Lopes;Arlei Marcili;Thiago F. Martins

  • A new species of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with monkeys and passerines of the Atlantic rainforest biome, Southeastern Brazil.

    Thiago F. Martins;Hermes R. Luz;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Diego G. Ramirez

  • Ticks, rickettsial and erlichial infection in small mammals from Atlantic forest remnants in northeastern Brazil.

    Marcos Gomes Lopes;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Júlia Teresa Ribeiro de Lima;Gislene Fatima da Silva Rocha Fournier

  • A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae) from desert areas of northern Chile.

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;José M. Venzal;Daniel González-Acuña;Santiago Nava

  • A relapsing fever Borrelia and spotted fever Rickettsia in ticks from an Andean valley, central Chile

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Arlei Marcili;Danny Fuentes-Castillo;Mauricio Ayala

  • Relapsing Fever Group Borreliae in Human-Biting Soft Ticks, Brazil

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez;Bruno M. Teixeira;Maria Marlene Martins

  • Novel Borrelia genotypes in bats from the Macaregua Cave, Colombia

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez;Jairo Pérez-Torres;Sandra M Chala-Quintero

  • A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae), parasite of Microlophus spp. (Reptilia: Tropiduridae) from northern Chile

    José M. Venzal;Santiago Nava;Daniel González-Acuña;Atilio J. Mangold

  • The Geographic Distribution of Argas (Persicargas) Miniatus and Argas (Persicargas) Persicus (Acari: Argasidae) in America, With Morphological and Molecular Diagnoses From Brazil, Chile and Cuba

    Sebastián Muñoz-Leal;José M. Venzal;Santiago Nava;Mercedes Reyes

  • Ornithodoros cerradoensis n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae), a member of the Ornithodoros talaje (Guerin-Meneville, 1849) group, parasite of rodents in the Brazilian Savannah

    Sebastian Muñoz-Leal;Maria Marlene Martins;Santiago Nava;Gabriel Alves Lves Landulfo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Daniel González-Acuña
Daniel González-Acuña University of Concepción
José M. Venzal
José M. Venzal University of the Republic
Santiago Nava
Santiago Nava National Institute of Agricultural Technology
Arlei Marcili
Arlei Marcili Universidade de São Paulo
Richard C. Pacheco
Richard C. Pacheco Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Daniel Moura de Aguiar
Daniel Moura de Aguiar Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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