Jonas Bunikis

3.2k total citations
32 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Jonas Bunikis is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonas Bunikis has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Parasitology, 27 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Jonas Bunikis's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (30 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (26 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers). Jonas Bunikis is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (30 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (26 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (8 papers). Jonas Bunikis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Lithuania. Jonas Bunikis's co-authors include Alan G. Barbour, Durland Fish, Jean I. Tsao, Sven Bergström, Ulf Garpmo, Björn Olsén, Laila Noppa, Johan Berglund, Maria A. Diuk‐Wasser and María G. Luna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jonas Bunikis

32 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonas Bunikis United States 24 2.3k 2.0k 863 522 516 32 2.5k
J Piesman United States 15 2.5k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 285 0.5× 810 1.6× 20 2.6k
Nataliia Rudenko Czechia 28 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 672 0.8× 425 0.8× 502 1.0× 68 2.1k
Nordin S. Zeidner United States 23 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 594 0.7× 462 0.9× 498 1.0× 50 2.1k
Merry E. Schrumpf United States 26 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 670 0.8× 325 0.6× 482 0.9× 35 2.1k
Hiroki Kawabata Japan 30 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 873 1.0× 583 1.1× 586 1.1× 116 2.8k
Maryna Golovchenko Czechia 26 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 613 0.7× 401 0.8× 439 0.9× 57 1.9k
Donald H. Bouyer United States 28 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 565 0.7× 906 1.7× 424 0.8× 60 2.6k
Michael L. Levin United States 33 3.3k 1.4× 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 873 1.7× 840 1.6× 84 3.6k
Franz‐Rainer Matuschka Germany 24 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 660 0.8× 268 0.5× 454 0.9× 55 2.0k
Klára Hanincová United States 16 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 703 0.8× 489 0.9× 468 0.9× 17 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonas Bunikis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonas Bunikis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barbour, Alan G., Jonas Bunikis, Durland Fish, & Klára Hanincová. (2015). Association between body size and reservoir competence of mammals bearing Borrelia burgdorferi at an endemic site in the northeastern United States. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 299–299. 29 indexed citations
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Diuk‐Wasser, Maria A., Anne Gatewood Hoen, Paul Cislo, et al.. (2012). Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 86(2). 320–327. 225 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, et al.. (2010). Geographic Differences in Genetic Locus Linkages forBorrelia burgdorferi. Emerging infectious diseases. 16(7). 1147–1150. 43 indexed citations
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Comstedt, Pär, Loreta Ašoklienė, Ingvar Eliasson, et al.. (2009). Complex Population Structure of Lyme Borreliosis Group Spirochete Borrelia garinii in Subarctic Eurasia. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5841–e5841. 23 indexed citations
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Liebman, Kelly A., Gwenaël Vourc’h, Jonas Bunikis, et al.. (2009). Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(8). 2476–2483. 145 indexed citations
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Schwan, Tom G., et al.. (2009). Mycobacterium bovis and M. tuberculosis in Goats, Nigeria. 3 indexed citations
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Wickramasekara, Samanthi, Jonas Bunikis, Vicki H. Wysocki, & Alan G. Barbour. (2008). Identification of Residual Blood Proteins in Ticks by Mass Spectrometry Proteomics. Emerging infectious diseases. 14(8). 1273–1275. 43 indexed citations
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Comstedt, Pär, Sven Bergström, Björn Olsén, et al.. (2006). Migratory Passerine Birds as Reservoirs of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe. Emerging infectious diseases. 12(7). 1087–1102. 164 indexed citations
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Becker, Michael E., et al.. (2005). Structural Investigation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspB, a BactericidalFab Target. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(17). 17363–17370. 33 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, Jean I. Tsao, Catherine J. Luke, et al.. (2004). Borrelia burgdorferiInfection in a Natural Population ofPeromyscus LeucopusMice: A Longitudinal Study in an Area Where Lyme Borreliosis Is Highly Endemic. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189(8). 1515–1523. 98 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, Jean I. Tsao, Ulf Garpmo, et al.. (2004). Typing ofBorreliaRelapsing Fever Group Strains. Emerging infectious diseases. 10(9). 1661–1664. 88 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas & Alan G. Barbour. (2002). Laboratory testing for suspected lyme disease. Medical Clinics of North America. 86(2). 311–340. 59 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, et al.. (2001). Non‐heritable change of a spirochaete's phenotype by decoration of the cell surface with exogenous lipoproteins. Molecular Microbiology. 40(2). 387–396. 9 indexed citations
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Cadavid, Diego, et al.. (1999). Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae. Molecular Microbiology. 34(5). 1120–1132. 31 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, et al.. (1998). A Surface-Exposed Region of a Novel Outer Membrane Protein (P66) ofBorreliaspp. Is Variable in Size and Sequence. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(7). 1618–1623. 43 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, Björn Olsén, Volker Fingerle, et al.. (1996). Molecular polymorphism of the lyme disease agent Borrelia garinii in northern Europe is influenced by a novel enzootic Borrelia focus in the North Atlantic. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 34(2). 364–368. 40 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, et al.. (1995). Molecular analysis of a 66-kDa protein associated with the outer membrane of Lyme diseaseBorrelia. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 131(2). 139–145. 64 indexed citations
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Bunikis, Jonas, et al.. (1994). Lyme Borreliosis in Lithuania. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 26(2). 149–155. 17 indexed citations
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Olsén, Björn, Thomas G. T. Jaenson, Laila Noppa, Jonas Bunikis, & Sven Bergström. (1993). A Lyme borreliosis cycle in seabirds and Ixodes uriae ticks. Nature. 362(6418). 340–342. 162 indexed citations

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