Ayalew Assefa

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 836 citations indexed

About

Ayalew Assefa is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayalew Assefa has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 836 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 8 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ayalew Assefa's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (5 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers). Ayalew Assefa is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (5 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers). Ayalew Assefa collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, United Kingdom and Kenya. Ayalew Assefa's co-authors include Fufa Abunna, Dorothée Ehrich, Pierre Taberlet, Christian Brochmann, Sileshi Nemomissa, Kebede Amenu, Barbara Wieland, Samson Leta, Yimer Muktar and Dinka Ayana and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Ayalew Assefa

34 papers receiving 819 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Maintenance of Fish Health in Aquaculture: Review of Epidemiological Approaches for Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Fish

2018 382 citations Ayalew Assefa, Fufa Abunna Veterinary Medicine International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ayalew Assefa Ethiopia	14	303	189	134	99	98	35	836
José Antonio García Cabrera Spain	15	409 1.3×	138 0.7×	128 1.0×	42 0.4×	72 0.7×	34	754
Fernando O. Mardones Chile	19	410 1.4×	97 0.5×	120 0.9×	93 0.9×	96 1.0×	50	1.1k
Dunhua Zhang United States	18	528 1.7×	147 0.8×	259 1.9×	165 1.7×	53 0.5×	58	1.1k
Annas Salleh Malaysia	18	362 1.2×	170 0.9×	136 1.0×	43 0.4×	73 0.7×	77	708
Ulisses de Pádua Pereira Brazil	20	500 1.7×	295 1.6×	274 2.0×	177 1.8×	198 2.0×	98	1.3k
R R Bragg South Africa	18	277 0.9×	56 0.3×	254 1.9×	64 0.6×	111 1.1×	75	1.2k
Marine Combe France	13	227 0.7×	109 0.6×	203 1.5×	62 0.6×	32 0.3×	37	943
Edgar Brun Norway	16	346 1.1×	158 0.8×	94 0.7×	104 1.1×	31 0.3×	33	957
Alexandra Tomova United States	12	722 2.4×	215 1.1×	200 1.5×	59 0.6×	58 0.6×	16	1.3k
Xiaofeng Shan China	18	605 2.0×	278 1.5×	259 1.9×	22 0.2×	84 0.9×	58	968

Countries citing papers authored by Ayalew Assefa

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Ayalew Assefa's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ayalew Assefa with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ayalew Assefa more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Ayalew Assefa

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ayalew Assefa. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ayalew Assefa. The network helps show where Ayalew Assefa may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ayalew Assefa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ayalew Assefa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ayalew Assefa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ayalew Assefa. Ayalew Assefa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2025). Mastitis in goats: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and the pathogens. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 246. 106711–106711.

Dione, Michel, et al.. (2024). Food safety and hygiene knowledge, attitudes and practices in street restaurants selling chicken in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8. 2 indexed citations

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Newcastle disease in chickens in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. World s Poultry Science Journal. 80(4). 1189–1207. 1 indexed citations

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of knowledge, attitude and practice of workers in chicken slaughter slabs toward food safety and hygiene in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 6 indexed citations

Sibhat, Berhanu, et al.. (2022). Epidemiological status of bovine cysticercosis and human taeniasis in Eastern Ethiopia. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 17. e00248–e00248. 4 indexed citations

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2022). Ecological niche modeling predicting the potential distribution of African horse sickness virus from 2020 to 2060. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1748–1748. 10 indexed citations

Tarekegn, Zewdu Seyoum, et al.. (2022). Seroepidemiology of peste des petits ruminants virus in small ruminants in selected districts in Northwest Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 9(2). 884–890. 8 indexed citations

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of dog-mediated rabies in Ethiopia: a systematic review and Meta-analysis from 2010 to 2020. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 16–16. 7 indexed citations

Muktar, Yimer, et al.. (2021). Human and bovine tuberculosis knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among cattle owners in Ethiopia. Heliyon. 7(3). e06325–e06325. 11 indexed citations

10.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of new born care practice and its associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year in Adigrattown, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018/19. 6(1). 91–101. 3 indexed citations

11.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2020). Anthrax in the Amhara regional state of Ethiopia; spatiotemporal analysis and environmental suitability modeling with an ensemble approach. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 184. 105155–105155. 17 indexed citations

12.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2019). Bovine cysticercosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence from abattoir-based surveys. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 169. 104707–104707. 10 indexed citations

13.

Assefa, Ayalew, Fikru Regassa, Dinka Ayana, Kebede Amenu, & Fufa Abunna. (2019). Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from harvested fish at Lake Hayq and Tekeze dam, Northern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 5(12). e02996–e02996. 18 indexed citations

14.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2018). Assessment of risk factors and isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli from bovine subclinical mastitic milk in and around Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 51(4). 939–948. 16 indexed citations

15.

Assefa, Ayalew. (2018). Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence in animals and humans. Heliyon. 4(8). e00723–e00723. 39 indexed citations

16.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2018). Assessment of post-harvest fish losses in two selected lakes of Amhara Region, Northern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 4(11). e00949–e00949. 21 indexed citations

17.

Assefa, Ayalew & Fufa Abunna. (2018). Maintenance of Fish Health in Aquaculture: Review of Epidemiological Approaches for Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Fish. Veterinary Medicine International. 2018. 1–10. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

18.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (2017). Ethnoveterinary botanical survey of medicinal plants in Abergelle, Sekota and Lalibela districts of Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 213. 340–349. 31 indexed citations

19.

Assefa, Ayalew, Dorothée Ehrich, Pierre Taberlet, Sileshi Nemomissa, & Christian Brochmann. (2007). Pleistocene colonization of afro-alpine ‘sky islands’ by the arctic-alpine Arabis alpina. Heredity. 99(2). 133–142. 78 indexed citations

20.

Assefa, Ayalew, et al.. (1989). Solar radiation maps fot Ethiopia. 8. 7–15. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact