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D-Index
42
Citations
6277
World Ranking
1013
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Urmas Saarma 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 Urmas Saarma sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 118 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.

Urmas Saarma 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 Urmas Saarma sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Urmas Saarma is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions across related subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Parasitology, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Recent notable publications by Urmas Saarma include:

  • "The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Species and genotypes belonging to Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato complex causing human cystic echinococcosis in Europe (2000-2021): a systematic review" (2022), published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Unveiling the incidences and trends of the neglected zoonosis cystic echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the MEmE project" (2022), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Range-wide whole-genome resequencing of the brown bear reveals drivers of intraspecies divergence" (2023), published in Communications Biology
  • "Phylogenetics and phylogeography of red deer mtDNA lineages during the last 50 000 years in Eurasia" (2021), published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Urmas Saarma are:

  • Adriano Casulli
  • Gérald Umhang
  • Jacek Karamon
  • Maris Hindrikson
  • Egle Tammeleht

Urmas Saarma's work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Parasitology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Revealing the history of sheep domestication using retrovirus integrations

    Bernardo Chessa;Filipe Pereira;Frederick Arnaud;Antonio Amorim

  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.

    Pablo Librado;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Antoine Fages;Mariya A. Kusliy

  • A novel phylogeny for the genus Echinococcus, based on nuclear data, challenges relationships based on mitochondrial evidence

    U. Saarma;I. Jõgisalu;E. Moks;A. Varcasia

  • Phylogenetic relationships within Echinococcus and Taenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae): An inference from nuclear protein-coding genes

    Jenny Knapp;Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Munehiro Okamoto

  • Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species

    John Davison;Simon Y.W. Ho;Simon Y.W. Ho;Sarah C. Bray;Marju Korsten

  • Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears

    Axel Barlow;James A. Cahill;Stefanie Hartmann;Christoph Theunert;Christoph Theunert

  • First report of Echinococcus granulosus G8 in Eurasia and a reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of ‘genotypes’ G5-G10

    E. Moks;I. Jõgisalu;H. Valdmann;U. Saarma

  • New mitogenome and nuclear evidence on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the highly zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto

    Liina Kinkar;Teivi Laurimäe;Mitra Sharbatkhori;Hossein Mirhendi

  • Bucking the trend in wolf-dog hybridization: first evidence from europe of hybridization between female dogs and male wolves.

    Maris Hindrikson;Peep Männil;Janis Ozolins;Andrzej Krzywinski

  • Europe‐wide biogeographical patterns in the diet of an ecologically and epidemiologically important mesopredator, the red fox Vulpes vulpes: a quantitative review

    Egle Soe;John Davison;Karmen Süld;Harri Valdmann

  • Mitogenetic structure of brown bears (Ursus arctos L.) in northeastern Europe and a new time frame for the formation of European brown bear lineages.

    Urmas Saarma;Urmas Saarma;Simon Y. W. Ho;Oliver G. Pybus;Marju Kaljuste

  • Global phylogeography and genetic diversity of the zoonotic tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotype G1

    Liina Kinkar;Teivi Laurimäe;Gerardo Acosta-Jamett;Vanessa Andresiuk

  • HELMINTHOLOGIC SURVEY OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN ESTONIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

    E. Moks;I. Jõgisalu;U. Saarma;U. Saarma;H. Talvik

  • Rapid Urbanization of Red Foxes in Estonia: Distribution, Behaviour, Attacks on Domestic Animals, and Health-Risks Related to Zoonotic Diseases

    Liivi Plumer;John Davison;Urmas Saarma

  • Genetic structure in large, continuous mammal populations: the example of brown bears in northwestern Eurasia.

    E. Tammeleht;J. Remm;M. Korsten;J. Davison

  • Carnivory is Positively Correlated with Latitude among Omnivorous Mammals: Evidence from Brown Bears, Badgers and Pine Martens

    Egle Vulla;Keith A. Hobson;Marju Korsten;Malle Leht

  • A Multiplex PCR for the Simultaneous Detection and Genotyping of the Echinococcus granulosus Complex

    Ghalia Boubaker;Natalia Macchiaroli;Laura Prada;Marcela A. Cucher

  • Echinococcus infections in the Baltic region.

    Audronė Marcinkutė;Mindaugas Šarkūnas;Epp Moks;Urmas Saarma

  • Distinguishing Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto genotypes G1 and G3 with confidence: A practical guide.

    Liina Kinkar;Teivi Laurimäe;Gerardo Acosta-Jamett;Vanessa Andresiuk

  • Molecular phylogeny based on six nuclear genes suggests that Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes G6/G7 and G8/G10 can be regarded as two distinct species.

    Teivi Laurimäe;Liina Kinkar;Epp Moks;Thomas Romig

  • Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe

    Valerio Donfrancesco;Paolo Ciucci;Valeria Salvatori;David Benson

  • Echinococcus multilocularis in Estonia

    Epp Moks;Urmas Saarma;Harri Valdmann

Frequent Co-Authors

John Davison
John Davison University of Tartu
Antonio Varcasia
Antonio Varcasia University of Sassari
Gérald Umhang
Gérald Umhang French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety
Adriano Casulli
Adriano Casulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
Ilpo Kojola
Ilpo Kojola Natural Resources Institute Finland
Cino Pertoldi
Cino Pertoldi Aalborg University
Steffen Rehbein
Steffen Rehbein Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
Eshrat Beigom Kia
Eshrat Beigom Kia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Jenny Knapp
Jenny Knapp Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

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