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Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan 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 Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 160 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan 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 Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 57th percentile

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

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

Overview

Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan is affiliated with the ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics in India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these domains, their work extensively covers the subfields of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Virology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Balamurugan include:

  • K. Vinod Kumar
  • Bibek Ranjan Shome
  • Parimal Roy
  • G. Govindaraj
  • Divakar Hemadri

Publications have appeared most frequently in these venues:

  • Veterinary World
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B Biological Sciences
  • VirusDisease
  • Heliyon
  • Viruses

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Balamurugan include:

  • "Developments in Rabies Vaccines: The Path Traversed from Pasteur to the Modern Era of Immunization" (2023), Vaccines
  • "S-Allyl-L-Cysteine - A garlic Bioactive: Physicochemical Nature, Mechanism, Pharmacokinetics, and health promoting activities" (2023), Journal of Functional Foods
  • "Phytochemicals, therapeutic benefits and applications of chrysanthemum flower: A review" (2023), Heliyon
  • "Temporal and Spatial Epidemiological Analysis of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Outbreaks from the Past 25 Years in Sheep and Goats and Its Control in India" (2021), Viruses
  • "Exploring apple pectic polysaccharides: Extraction, characterization, and biological activities - A comprehensive review" (2023), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Balamurugan has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. One such work is Economics of Integrated Broiler Farming published by Skyfox Publishing Group eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and control of peste des petits ruminants: a comprehensive review

    V. Balamurugan;D. Hemadri;M. R. Gajendragad;R. K. Singh

  • Vaccines against peste des petits ruminants virus

    Arnab Sen;Paramasivam Saravanan;Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Kaushal Kishor Rajak

  • Buffalopox: an emerging and re-emerging zoonosis.

    R. K. Singh;M. Hosamani;V. Balamurugan;V. Bhanuprakash

  • Comparative efficacy of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccines

    P. Saravanan;A. Sen;V. Balamurugan;K.K. Rajak

  • Zoonotic cases of camelpox infection in India

    B.C. Bera;K. Shanmugasundaram;Sanjay Barua;G. Venkatesan

  • Economically important non-oncogenic immunosuppressive viral diseases of chicken--current status.

    V. Balamurugan;J. M. Kataria

  • The hydropericardium syndrome in poultry--a current scenario.

    V Balamurugan;J M Kataria

  • Prevalence of peste des petits ruminants among sheep and goats in India.

    Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Paramasivam Saravanan;Arnab Sen;Arnab Sen;Kaushal Kishor Rajak

  • Possible control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants from India: technical aspects.

    Raj Kumar Singh;Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash;Arnab Sen

  • Pox outbreaks in sheep and goats at Makhdoom (Uttar Pradesh), India: evidence of sheeppox virus infection in goats.

    V. Bhanuprakash;G. Venkatesan;V. Balamurugan;M. Hosamani

  • One-step Multiplex RT-PCR Assay for the Detection of Peste des petits ruminants Virus in Clinical Samples

    V. Balamurugan;A. Sen;P. Saravanan;R. P. Singh

  • Development of an Indirect ELISA for the Detection of Antibodies against Peste-des-petits-ruminants Virus in Small Ruminants

    V. Balamurugan;R. P. Singh;P. Saravanan;A. Sen

  • Characterization of leptospira isolates from animals and humans: phylogenetic analysis identifies the prevalence of intermediate species in India

    Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Nidaghatta L Gangadhar;Nagalingam Mohandoss;Sushma Rahim Assadi Thirumalesh

  • Prevalence of Peste-des-petits-ruminant virus antibodies in cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats in India.

    V. Balamurugan;P. Krishnamoorthy;D. S. N. Raju;K. K. Rajak

  • Zoonotic Infections of Buffalopox in India

    V. Bhanuprakash;G. Venkatesan;V. Balamurugan;M. Hosamani

  • Emergence and Reemergence of Vaccinia-Like Viruses: Global Scenario and Perspectives

    R. K. Singh;V. Balamurugan;V. Bhanuprakash;G. Venkatesan

  • Seroprevalence of Peste des petits ruminants in cattle and buffaloes from Southern Peninsular India

    Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Paramanandham Krishnamoorthy;Belamaranahalli Muniveerappa Veeregowda;Arnab Sen

  • Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the structural genes of virulent isolates and vaccine strains of peste des petits ruminants virus from India.

    V. Balamurugan;A. Sen;G. Venkatesan;V. Yadav

  • Bluetongue vaccines: the past, present and future.

    V Bhanuprakash;BK Indrani;M Hosamani;V Balamurugan

  • Protective immune response of the capsid precursor polypeptide (P1) of foot and mouth disease virus type 'O' produced in Pichia pastoris.

    V. Balamurugan;R. Renji;S.N. Saha;G.R. Reddy

  • Mixed infection of peste des petits ruminants and orf on a goat farm in Shahjahanpur, India

    P. Saravanan;V. Balamurugan;A. Sen;J. Sarkar

  • Development of a N gene-based PCR-ELISA for detection of Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus in clinical samples.

    P Saravanan;R P Singh;V Balamurugan;P Dhar

  • A Polymerase Chain Reaction Strategy for the Diagnosis of Camelpox

    Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan;Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash;Madhusudhan Hosamani;Kallesh Danappa Jayappa

  • Animal poxvirus vaccines: a comprehensive review.

    Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash;Madhusudan Hosamani;Gnanavel Venkatesan;Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Kumar Singh
Raj Kumar Singh Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Satya Parida
Satya Parida The Pirbright Institute
Yashpal Singh Malik
Yashpal Singh Malik Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Chris A. Johnson
Chris A. Johnson University of Iowa

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