OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-10-01 to 2023-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Vector competence studies with hard ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes: A review	73
Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: Updated species checklist and taxonomic keys	59
First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden	45
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in endemic areas	45
Theileria orientalis Ikeda in host-seeking Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia, U.S.A.	42
Failure of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, to serve as an experimental vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto	42
Dermacentor reticulatus is a vector of tick-borne encephalitis virus	41
What do we still need to know about Ixodes ricinus?	41
The distribution limit of the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, and some associated pathogens in north-western Europe	40
Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013–2019	38
Controversies in bacterial taxonomy: The example of the genus Borrelia	38
Tick-borne diseases and co-infection: Current considerations	36
Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps	35
Ixodes scapularis saliva components that elicit responses associated with acquired tick-resistance	32
Vector competence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu stricto for Anaplasma platys	32
Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review	31
A new species of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with monkeys and passerines of the Atlantic rainforest biome, Southeastern Brazil	30
Tick-borne encephalitis outbreak following raw goat milk consumption in a new micro-location, Croatia, June 2019	29
Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Uganda's situation	29
Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma	29
Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of t	29
Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence	28
Genetic diversity and geographical distribution of the Siberian subtype of the tick-borne encephalitis virus	28
Synonymy of Ixodes aragaoi with Ixodes fuscipes, and reinstatement of Ixodes spinosus (Acari: Ixodidae)	25
Assessing the role of migratory birds in the introduction of ticks and tick-borne pathogens from African countries: An Italian experience	25

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