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Vincenzo A. Ellis 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 Vincenzo A. Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 publications — 1st percentile

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Vincenzo A. Ellis 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 Vincenzo A. Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 25 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vincenzo A. Ellis is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Parasitology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Infectious Diseases.

Their scientific work has concentrated on Vector-borne infectious diseases, Bird parasitology and diseases, Avian ecology and behavior, Viral Infections and Vectors, Study of Mite Species, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Ellis has published research in a variety of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Oikos
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ellis are:

  • Explaining prevalence, diversity and host specificity in a community of avian haemosporidian parasites (2020, Oikos)
  • Haemosporidian parasites of Neotropical birds: Causes and consequences of infection (2020, The Auk)

Ellis has often collaborated with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Arif Çiloğlu
  • Staffan Bensch
  • Olof Hellgren
  • Abdullah Incı
  • Xi Huang

The work of Ellis reflects an interdisciplinary approach, integrating parasite ecology, host-parasite interactions, and disease vector biology. This is evident in their research topics covering avian host specificity and diversity of haemosporidian parasites, and studies of mitochondrial genomes of disease vectors.

Best Publications

  • Species formation by host shifting in avian malaria parasites

    Robert E Ricklefs;Diana C Outlaw;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Matthew Ci Medeiros

  • Mixed Species Flock, Nest Height, and Elevation Partially Explain Avian Haemoparasite Prevalence in Colombia

    Angie D. González;Nubia E. Matta;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Eliot T. Miller

  • Avian migration and the distribution of malaria parasites in New World passerine birds

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Matthew Medeiros;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Maria Svensson‐Coelho

  • Local host specialization, host-switching, and dispersal shape the regional distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Michael D. Collins;Matthew C. I. Medeiros;Eloisa H. R. Sari

  • Rickettsial agents in avian ixodid ticks in northeast Brazil

    Camile Lugarini;Thiago Fernandes Martins;Maria Ogrzewalska;Nathália Costa Teixeira de Vasconcelos

  • A new one-step multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection and identification of avian haemosporidian parasites

    Arif Ciloglu;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Rasa Bernotienė;Gediminas Valkiūnas

  • Explaining prevalence, diversity, and host specificity in a community of avian haemosporidian parasites

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Xi Huang;Xi Huang;Helena Westerdahl;Jane Jönsson

  • Habitat modification and seasonality influence avian haemosporidian parasite distributions in southeastern Brazil

    Francisco C. Ferreira Junior;Raquel A. Rodrigues;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Lemuel O. Leite

  • Haemosporidian parasites and avian host population abundance in the Lesser Antilles

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Leticia Soares;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Steven C. Latta

  • Avian haemosporidian prevalence and its relationship to host life histories in eastern Tennessee

    Alix E. Matthews;Alix E. Matthews;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Alison A. Hanson;Alison A. Hanson;Jackson R. Roberts;Jackson R. Roberts

  • Avian malaria, ecological host traits and mosquito abundance in southeastern Amazonia.

    Alan Fecchio;Vincenzo A Ellis;Jeffrey A Bell;Christian B Andretti

  • The ecology of host immune responses to chronic avian haemosporidian infection

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Melanie R. Kunkel;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Generalist haemosporidian parasites are better adapted to a subset of host species in a multiple host community.

    Xi Huang;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Jane Jönsson;Staffan Bensch

  • Prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites is positively related to the abundance of host species at multiple sites within a region.

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Matthew C. I. Medeiros;Matthew C. I. Medeiros;Michael D. Collins;Eloisa H. R. Sari

  • Specialized avian Haemosporida trade reduced host breadth for increased prevalence.

    Matthew C.I. Medeiros;V. A. Ellis;R E Ricklefs

  • Evolution of vector transmitted parasites by host switching revealed through sequencing of Haemoproteus parasite mitochondrial genomes.

    Arif Ciloglu;Arif Ciloglu;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Mélanie Duc;Philip A. Downing

  • Host associations and turnover of haemosporidian parasites in manakins (Aves: Pipridae).

    Alan Fecchio;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Jeffrey Bell;Vincenzo A. Ellis

  • Host immune responses to experimental infection of Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria)

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Stéphane Cornet;Loren Merrill;Melanie R. Kunkel

  • Reciprocal specialization in multihost malaria parasite communities of birds: a temperate-tropical comparison.

    Maria Svensson-Coelho;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Bette A. Loiselle;John G. Blake

  • Host specificity of avian haemosporidian parasites is unrelated among sister lineages but shows phylogenetic signal across larger clades.

    Vincenzo A. Ellis;Staffan Bensch

  • Loss of forest cover and host functional diversity increases prevalence of avian malaria parasites in the Atlantic Forest.

    Alan Fecchio;Marcos R. Lima;Jeffrey A. Bell;Fabio Schunck

  • Co-infections of haemosporidian and trypanosome parasites in a North American songbird.

    Letícia Soares;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Robert E. Ricklefs

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Alan Fecchio
Alan Fecchio Drexel University
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Jason D. Weckstein
Jason D. Weckstein Drexel University
Bette A. Loiselle
Bette A. Loiselle University of Florida
Stephen I. Rothstein
Stephen I. Rothstein University of California, Santa Barbara
Vasyl V. Tkach
Vasyl V. Tkach University of North Dakota
Gediminas Valkiūnas
Gediminas Valkiūnas Nature Research Centre
Scott V. Edwards
Scott V. Edwards Harvard University

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