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2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
60
Citations
15371
World Ranking
323
National Ranking
8

Zhigao Bu 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 Zhigao Bu sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhigao Bu 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 Zhigao Bu sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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 China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhigao Bu is affiliated with the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist has addressed a variety of topics within their work, including:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Zhigao Bu has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Integrative Agriculture
  • Journal of Virology
  • Viruses
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2," 2020, Science
  • "A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs," 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • "A single dose of an adenovirus-vectored vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Genotype I African swine fever viruses emerged in domestic pigs in China and caused chronic infection," 2021, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • "Emergence and prevalence of naturally occurring lower virulent African swine fever viruses in domestic pigs in China in 2020," 2021, Science China Life Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Dongming Zhao, Xijun He, Zhiyuan Wen, Lei Shuai, and Renqiang Liu. These individuals have partnered with Zhigao Bu on numerous publications, with collaboration counts ranging from over 30 to more than 50 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2.

    Jianzhong Shi;Zhiyuan Wen;Gongxun Zhong;Huanliang Yang

  • A Single-Amino-Acid Substitution in the NS1 Protein Changes the Pathogenicity of H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Mice

    Peirong Jiao;Guobin Tian;Yanbing Li;Guohua Deng

  • H7N9 Influenza Viruses Are Transmissible in Ferrets by Respiratory Droplet

    Qianyi Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Jianzhong Shi;Guohua Deng;Jing Guo

  • Identification of amino acids in HA and PB2 critical for the transmission of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in a mammalian host.

    Yuwei Gao;Ying Zhang;Kyoko Shinya;Guohua Deng

  • Architecture of African swine fever virus and implications for viral assembly

    Nan Wang;Dongming Zhao;Jialing Wang;Yangling Zhang

  • The NS1 Gene Contributes to the Virulence of H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Zejun Li;Yongping Jiang;Peirong Jiao;Aiqin Wang

  • Replication and virulence in pigs of the first African swine fever virus isolated in China

    Dongming Zhao;Renqiang Liu;Xianfeng Zhang;Fang Li

  • Newcastle Disease Virus-Based Live Attenuated Vaccine Completely Protects Chickens and Mice from Lethal Challenge of Homologous and Heterologous H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Jinying Ge;Guohua Deng;Zhiyuan Wen;Guobing Tian

  • Protective efficacy in chickens, geese and ducks of an H5N1-inactivated vaccine developed by reverse genetics.

    Guobin Tian;Suhua Zhang;Yanbing Li;Zhigao Bu

  • A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective as a live attenuated vaccine in pigs.

    Weiye Chen;Dongming Zhao;Xijun He;Renqiang Liu

  • Two amino acid residues in the matrix protein M1 contribute to the virulence difference of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in mice.

    Shufang Fan;Guohua Deng;Jiasheng Song;Guobin Tian

  • Genetics, Receptor Binding Property, and Transmissibility in Mammals of Naturally Isolated H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses

    Xuyong Li;Jianzhong Shi;Jing Guo;Guohua Deng

  • H7N9 virulent mutants detected in chickens in China pose an increased threat to humans.

    Jianzhong Shi;Guohua Deng;Huihui Kong;Chunyang Gu

  • H5N1 Hybrid Viruses Bearing 2009/H1N1 Virus Genes Transmit in Guinea Pigs by Respiratory Droplet

    Ying Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Qianyi Zhang;Huihui Kong;Yongping Jiang

  • A single dose of an adenovirus-vectored vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge.

    Shipo Wu;Gongxun Zhong;Jun Zhang;Lei Shuai

  • Continued Evolution of H5N1 Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds, Domestic Poultry, and Humans in China from 2004 to 2009

    Yanbing Li;Jianzhong Shi;Gongxun Zhong;Guohua Deng

  • Genotype I African swine fever viruses emerged in domestic pigs in China and caused chronic infection.

    Encheng Sun;Lianyu Huang;Xianfeng Zhang;Jiwen Zhang

  • Emergence and prevalence of naturally occurring lower virulent African swine fever viruses in domestic pigs in China in 2020

    Encheng Sun;Zhenjiang Zhang;Zilong Wang;Xijun He

  • A Naturally Occurring Deletion in Its NS Gene Contributes to the Attenuation of an H5N1 Swine Influenza Virus in Chickens

    Qiyun Zhu;Huanliang Yang;Weiye Chen;Wenyan Cao

  • Herc5 Attenuates Influenza A Virus by Catalyzing ISGylation of Viral NS1 Protein

    YuJie Tang;Gongxun Zhong;Lianhui Zhu;Xing Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hualan Chen
Hualan Chen Harbin Veterinary Research Institute
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo
Chengjun Li
Chengjun Li Harbin Veterinary Research Institute
Lin-Fa Wang
Lin-Fa Wang Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Cheng-Feng Qin
Cheng-Feng Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard W. Compans
Richard W. Compans Emory University
Yasuo Suzuki
Yasuo Suzuki Chubu University
Yuelong Shu
Yuelong Shu Sun Yat-sen University
Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang Xiamen University
Huanchun Chen
Huanchun Chen Huazhong Agricultural University

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