Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

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. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board111
The importance of the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium as a carrier of bacterial agents on a wide range81
The basis of molecular diagnostics for piroplasmids: Do the sequences lie?74
Editorial Board49
Amblyomma ticks in animal carcasses hunted in Mapinguari National Park, Western Amazon, Brazil: New records on species and host-parasite relationships48
Evaluation of Theileria equi vertical transmission rate and routes in a cohort of asymptomatic mares and their foals48
Quantitative detection of Theileria haneyi in South African horses45
Corrigendum to “Various small mammal hosts are involved in the transmission cycle of zoonotic Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Southeastern Canada” [Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2025) Volume 16, Issue 643
Genetic diversity of equine piroplasmosis agents in Guadeloupe (Caribbeans): first report of Theileria haneyi, evaluation of diagnostic tools and impact of horse movement39
Tick (Acari: Ixodoidea) fauna and zoogeographic division of Jiangxi Province, China38
Detection of multiple novel viruses in argasid and ixodid ticks in Mexico33
Genetic diversity in Babesia bovis from southern Africa and estimation of B. bovis infection levels in cattle using an optimised quantitative PCR assay31
Editorial Board31
Tick-borne diseases under the radar in the North Sea Region30
Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma platys in cattle in Nigeria29
Ehrlichia ruminantium (Ehrlichiaceae) infection rates and genotyping in Amblyomma species from southern Africa29
Epidemiological compatibility of Amblyomma sculptum as possible vector and Panthera onca as reservoir of Cytauxzoon spp. in Midwestern Brazil29
Argas ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) on migratory birds from Africa: first record of a genotype close to Argas africolumbae in Italy28
Prevalence of Rickettsia africae in tick vectors collected from mammalian hosts in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis27
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing bushbabies (Mammalia: Galagidae) in a biodiversity hotspot of northern South Africa27
The utility of a maximum entropy species distribution model for Ixodes scapularis in predicting the public health risk of Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada26
gltA typing of Anaplasma strains related to A. platys: Taxonomical and one health implications26
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples following pre-enrichment culture26
Risk factors for tick infestation and equine Piroplasmosis infection among draught horses in France25
Growth dynamics and tissue localization of a Coxiella-like endosymbiont in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis25
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