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39
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4945
World Ranking
1322
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39

Walter A. Boeger 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 Walter A. Boeger sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 188 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter A. Boeger 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 Walter A. Boeger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 61st percentile

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

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

Overview

Walter A. Boeger is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and biological sciences, with a specific focus on parasitology, zoonotic diseases, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • "Emerging infectious disease: An underappreciated area of strategic concern for food security," 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Food security and emerging infectious disease: risk assessment and risk management," 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • "The role of ecological opportunity in shaping host-parasite networks," 2020, Parasitology
  • "Phylogenetic status and historical origins of the oviparous and viviparous gyrodactylids (Monogenoidea, Gyrodactylidea)," 2020, Zoologica Scripta
  • "'Accidents waiting to happen'-Insights from a simple model on the emergence of infectious agents in new hosts," 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter A. Boeger include:

  • Daniel R. Brooks
  • Eric P. Hoberg
  • Emanuel Razzolini
  • Valeria Trivellone
  • Sabrina B. L. Araújo

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • MANTER Journal of Parasite Biodiversity
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Parasitology
  • Systematic Parasitology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their book publications include a contribution to the European Organization for Nuclear Research titled "Resumos do XXXIV Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia" published in 2022.

Walter A. Boeger's main fields of study are Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Within these fields, subfields of study include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Aquatic Science

Their research covers these main topics:

  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Best Publications

  • Understanding Host-Switching by Ecological Fitting

    Sabrina B. L. Araujo;Mariana Pires Braga;Daniel R. Brooks;Salvatore J. Agosta

  • Phylogeny and a revised classification of the Monogenoidea Bychowsky, 1937 (Platyhelminthes)

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky

  • Finding them before they find us: informatics, parasites, and environments in accelerating climate change.

    Daniel R. Brooks;Eric P. Hoberg;Walter A. Boeger;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Coevolution of the Monogenoidea (Platyhelminthes) based on a revised hypothesis of parasite phylogeny

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky

  • The effect of trichlorfon on acetylcholinesterase activity and histopathology of cultivated fish Oreochromis niloticus.

    A.T.B. Guimarães;H.C. Silva de Assis;W. Boeger

  • Embracing Colonizations: A New Paradigm for Species Association Dynamics

    Sören Nylin;Salvatore Agosta;Staffan Bensch;Walter A. Boeger

  • Neotropical Monogenoidea. 41: New and previously described species of Dactylogyridae (Platyhelminthes) from the gills of marine and freshwater perciform fishes (Teleostei) with proposal of a new genus and a hypothesis on phylogeny

    Delane C. Kritsky;Walter A. Boeger

  • Neotropical Monogenea. 7. Parasites of the Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas (Cuvier), with descriptions of two new species and redescription of Dawestrema cycloancistrium Price and Nowlin, 1967 (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae)

    D. C. Kritsky;W. A. Boeger;V. E. Thatcher

  • The Monogenean Parasite Fauna of Cichlids: A Potential Tool for Host Biogeography

    Antoine Pariselle;Walter A. Boeger;Jos Snoeks;Jos Snoeks;Charles F. Bilong Bilong

  • Lethargic crab disease: multidisciplinary evidence supports a mycotic etiology

    Walter A Boeger;Marcio R Pie;Antonio Ostrensky;Luciana Patella

  • The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease

    Daniel R. Brooks;Eric P. Hoberg;Walter A. Boeger

  • Context of diversification of the viviparous Gyrodactylidae (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea)

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky;Marcio R. Pie

  • Black yeast-like fungi associated with Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) in the mangrove-land crab, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae).

    Vania A. Vicente;R. Orélis-Ribeiro;M.J. Najafzadeh;Jiufeng Sun

  • THE PHYLOGENETIC STATUS OF THE ANCYROCEPHALIDAE BYCHOWSKY, 1937 (MONOGENEA: DACTYLOGYROIDEA)

    Delane C. Kritsky;Walter A. Boeger

  • Phylogeny, coevolution, and revision of the hexabothriidae price, 1942 (Monogenea)

    Walter A. Boeger;Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky

  • Morphology and histology of the male reproductive system of the mangrove land crab Ucides cordatus (L.) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

    G. G. Castilho;A. Ostrensky;M. R. Pie;W. A. Boeger

  • Mode of transmission, host switching, and escape from the Red Queen by viviparous gyrodactylids (Monogenoidea).

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky;Marcio R. Pie;Kerlen B. Engers

  • Evaluating the impact of seismic prospecting on artisanal shrimp fisheries

    José M. Andriguetto-Filho;Antonio Ostrensky;Marcio R. Pie;Ubiratã A. Silva

  • A simple PCR‐RFLP method for the discrimination of native and introduced oyster species (Crassostrea brasiliana, C. rhizophorae and C. gigas; Bivalvia: Ostreidae) cultured in Southern Brazil

    Marcio R Pie;Raphael O Ribeiro;Walter A Boeger;Antonio Ostrensky

  • Parasites, fossils and geologic history: Historical biogeography of the South American freshwater croakers, Plagioscion spp. (Teleostei, Sciaenidae)

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky

  • Histopathology of the mangrove land crab Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae) affected by lethargic crab disease.

    Walter A. Boeger;Marcio R. Pie;Vânia Vicente;Antonio Ostrensky

  • Drivers of parasite sharing among Neotropical freshwater fishes

    Mariana P. Braga;Emanuel Razzolini;Walter A. Boeger

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Brooks
Daniel R. Brooks University of Toronto
Eric P. Hoberg
Eric P. Hoberg United States Department of Agriculture
Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh
Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Joseph A. Cook
Joseph A. Cook University of New Mexico
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Scott Lyell Gardner
Scott Lyell Gardner University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Niklas Janz
Niklas Janz Stockholm University
G. Sybren de Hoog
G. Sybren de Hoog Radboud University
G.S. de Hoog
G.S. de Hoog Radboud University Medical Center
Hamid Badali
Hamid Badali The University of Texas at San Antonio

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