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Yusuf Özbel

Yusuf Özbel

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Turkey
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
39
Citations
5473
World Ranking
1297
National Ranking
3

Yusuf Özbel 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 Yusuf Özbel sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 169 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yusuf Özbel 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 Yusuf Özbel sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Yusuf Özbel is an academic affiliated with Ege University in Turkey, focusing primarily on medical research. Their work encompasses a range of topics within medicine, particularly emphasizing public health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and parasitology.

Their research interests cover various areas including:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases

Ozbel has contributed to multiple fields of study, with publication counts distributed as follows:

  • Medicine - 73 publications
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - 41 publications
  • Infectious Diseases - 15 publications
  • Epidemiology - 13 publications
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - 7 publications
  • Parasitology - 7 publications

The researcher's work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, such as:

  • Acta Parasitologica (6 publications)
  • Acta Tropica (4 publications)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases (3 publications)
  • Turkish Journal of Parasitology (3 publications)
  • Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni (2 publications)

Frequent collaborators in Özbel's research include Seray Töz, Muhammed Nalçacı, Özge Erişöz Kasap, Mehmet Karakuş, and Bülent Alten.

Notable recent papers by Özbel encompass the following:

  • "Vaccine hesitancy of the COVID-19 by health care personnel," 2020, International Journal of Clinical Practice
  • "The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005-2020," 2023, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries," 2021, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in eight Balkan countries: historical review and region-wide entomological survey," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "The current epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia and implications for disease emergence in European countries," 2022, Zoonoses and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Spread of Vector-borne Diseases and Neglect of Leishmaniasis, Europe

    Jean-Claude Dujardin;Lenea Campino;Carmen Cañavate;Jean-Pierre Dedet

  • Leishmaniasis in Turkey.

    Ü.Z. Ok;I.C. Balcıoğlu;A. Taylan Özkan;S. Özensoy

  • Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum.

    Bulent Alten;Carla Maia;Maria Odete Afonso;Lenea Campino

  • A real-time ITS1-PCR based method in the diagnosis and species identification of Leishmania parasite from human and dog clinical samples in Turkey.

    Seray Ozensoy Toz;Gulnaz Culha;Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek;Hatice Ertabaklar

  • Serodiagnosis and epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Turkey

    S Ozensoy;Y Ozbel;N Turgay;M Z Alkan

  • Detection of species-specific antibody response of humans and mice bitten by sand flies.

    I. Rohousova;S. Ozensoy;Y. Ozbel;P. Volf

  • Vaccine hesitancy of the COVID-19 by health care personnel

    Sukran Kose;Aliye Mandiracioglu;Seheray Sahin;Teoman Kaynar

  • A survey on canine leishmaniasis in western Turkey by parasite, DNA and antibody detection assays.

    Y Ozbel;L Oskam;S Ozensoy;N Turgay

  • Quantitative Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Assay as a New Molecular Tool for Detection and Quantification of Leishmania Parasites in Skin Biopsy Samples

    Wendy F. van der Meide;Gerard J. Schoone;William R. Faber;Jim E. Zeegelaar

  • Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean region.

    Y. Özbel;N. Turgay;S. Özensoy;A. Özbilgin

  • Distribution and altitudinal structuring of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in southern Anatolia, Turkey: their relation to human cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Fatih M. Simsek;Bulent Alten;Selim S. Caglar;Yusuf Ozbel

  • Sand Flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Sanliurfa, Turkey Relationship of Phlebotomus sergenti with the Epidemic of Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

    P. Volf;Y. Ozbel;F. Akkafa;M. Svobodová

  • Leishmaniasis in Turkey: molecular characterization of Leishmania from human and canine clinical samples.

    Seray Ozensoy Toz;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Abedelmajeed Nasereddin;Yusuf Ozbel;Hatice Ertabaklar

  • Molecular homogeneity in diverse geographical populations of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera, Psychodidae) inferred from ND4 mtDNA and ITS2 rDNA Epidemiological consequences.

    Jérôme Depaquit;Emmanuel Lienard;Astrid Verzeaux-Griffon;Hubert Ferté

  • Sampling strategies for phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe.

    B. Alten;Y. Ozbel;K. Ergunay;O.E. Kasap

  • The new situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after Syrian civil war in Gaziantep city, Southeastern region of Turkey

    Ahmet Özkeklikçi;Mehmet Karakuş;Yusuf Özbel;Seray Töz

  • Isolation, genetic characterization and seroprevalence of Adana virus a novel phlebovirus belonging to the Salehabad virus complex in Turkey

    Cigdem Alkan;Sulaf Alwassouf;Géraldine Piorkowski;Laurence Bichaud;Laurence Bichaud

  • Virus discovery in sandflies, from field studies to phylogenetic tree building: classic methods versus novel methods, what do we need to address public health impact?

    L Bichaud;C Alkan;G Piorkowski;E Zhioua

  • Seroepidemiological survey for Toxocara canis infection in the northwestern part of Turkey.

    Nihal Doğan;Ener Cağri Dinleyici;Ozcan Bor;Seray Ozensoy Töz

  • Development of a fast agglutination screening test (FAST) for the detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in dogs.

    H.D.F.H Schallig;G.J Schoone;E.G.M Beijer;C.C.M Kroon

  • Serodiagnosis of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) caused by Leishmania tropica in Sanliurfa Province, Turkey, where ACL Is highly endemic.

    Fadile Yildiz Zeyrek;Metin Korkmaz;Yusuf Özbel

  • Treatment of head lice with dimeticone 4% lotion: comparison of two formulations in a randomised controlled trial in rural Turkey

    Özgür Kurt;I Cüneyt Balcıoğlu;Ian F Burgess;M Emin Limoncu

  • The sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Turkish province of Hatay: some possible vectors of the parasites causing human cutaneous leishmaniasis

    M. Yaman;Y. Özbel

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Turkey

    Soner Uzun;Mehmet S. Gürel;Murat Durdu;Melih Akyol

  • Seroprevalence of Leishmania infection and molecular detection of Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infantum in stray cats of İzmir, Turkey.

    Hüseyin Can;Mert Döşkaya;H.Gökhan Özdemir;Esra Atalay Şahar

  • Leishmaniasis in Turkey: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Turkey

    Ahmet Özbilgin;Mehmet Harman;Mehmet Karakuş;Aldert Bart

  • Detection of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica in domestic cats in the Ege Region of Turkey.

    Serdar Paşa;Aslı Tetik Vardarlı;Nural Erol;Mehmet Karakuş

  • Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries.

    Eduardo Berriatua;Carla Maia;Cláudia Conceição;Yusuf Özbel

  • Leishmaniasis in Turkey: First clinical isolation of Leishmania major from 18 autochthonous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in four geographical regions

    Ahmet Özbilgin;Gülnaz Çulha;Soner Uzun;Mehmet Harman

  • The current clinical and geographical situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis based on species identification in Turkey.

    Ahmet Özbilgin;Seray Töz;Mehmet Harman;Suhan Günaştı Topal

  • Plastic detection comb better than visual screening for diagnosis of head louse infestation.

    C. Balcioglu;I. F. Burgess;M. E. Limoncu;M. T. Şahin

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Volf
Petr Volf Charles University
Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Francine Pratlong
Francine Pratlong University of Montpellier
Luigi Gradoni
Luigi Gradoni Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Carla Maia
Carla Maia Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Piero Olliaro
Piero Olliaro University of Oxford
Henk D. F. H. Schallig
Henk D. F. H. Schallig University of Amsterdam
Jean-Pierre Dedet
Jean-Pierre Dedet University of Montpellier
Jérôme Depaquit
Jérôme Depaquit University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Yvonne-Marie Linton
Yvonne-Marie Linton Smithsonian Institution

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