Katharina Brugger

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Katharina Brugger is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Brugger has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Infectious Diseases, 22 papers in Parasitology and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Katharina Brugger's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (22 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers). Katharina Brugger is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (25 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (22 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (13 papers). Katharina Brugger collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Katharina Brugger's co-authors include Franz Rubel, Ingeborg Auer, Klaus Haslinger, Olaf Kahl, Melanie Walter, Norbert Nowotny, Herbert Weißenböck, Hans Dautel, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler and Yuliya M. Didyk and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Ecological Modelling.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Brugger

45 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The climate of the European Alps: Shift of very high resolution Köppen-Geiger climate zones 1800–2100
    2017 414 citations Franz Rubel, Katharina Brugger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katharina Brugger Austria 23 994 696 684 377 233 47 2.0k
Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente Brazil 33 693 0.7× 213 0.3× 303 0.4× 237 0.6× 329 1.4× 167 3.4k
B.G. Meerburg Netherlands 24 538 0.5× 717 1.0× 417 0.6× 172 0.5× 329 1.4× 59 2.3k
Emmanuel Serrano Spain 31 890 0.9× 509 0.7× 305 0.4× 414 1.1× 123 0.5× 191 2.9k
Bertrand Losson Belgium 24 729 0.7× 661 0.9× 139 0.2× 650 1.7× 239 1.0× 71 2.1k
Joseph D. Busch United States 28 430 0.4× 514 0.7× 168 0.2× 429 1.1× 332 1.4× 64 2.9k
Gregorio Mentaberre Spain 25 597 0.6× 266 0.4× 226 0.3× 286 0.8× 68 0.3× 102 1.9k
Ignasi Marco Spain 31 622 0.6× 740 1.1× 180 0.3× 620 1.6× 99 0.4× 158 3.0k
Gary A. Wobeser Canada 31 762 0.8× 743 1.1× 510 0.7× 284 0.8× 145 0.6× 181 3.5k
Cheryl Jenkins Australia 33 329 0.3× 545 0.8× 251 0.4× 473 1.3× 228 1.0× 102 3.0k
Torsten Mörner Sweden 24 692 0.7× 367 0.5× 345 0.5× 173 0.5× 66 0.3× 67 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Katharina Brugger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katharina Brugger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katharina Brugger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brugger, Katharina, et al.. (2024). Climate change and health vulnerability assessments to increase regional climate resilience. European Journal of Public Health. 34(Supplement_3).
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Brugger, Katharina, et al.. (2022). The evolving story of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmission in Europe. Parasitology Research. 121(3). 781–803. 55 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina, et al.. (2022). Model-based extrapolation of ecological systems under future climate scenarios: The example of Ixodes ricinus ticks. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0267196–e0267196. 12 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina & Franz Rubel. (2022). Tick maps on the virtual globe: First results using the example of Dermacentor reticulatus. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(2). 102102–102102. 6 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Jessica M., et al.. (2021). Untapped research opportunities in China: promising future avenues and potential concerns for aging companion animals. GeroScience. 44(3). 1295–1299. 2 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2021). Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 84(1). 183–214. 33 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz & Katharina Brugger. (2020). Operational TBE incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 2019–2021. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 12(1). 101579–101579. 12 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2020). Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases are not random: explaining trend, low- and high-frequency oscillations based on the Austrian TBE time series. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 448–448. 15 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Oxana A. Belova, et al.. (2020). Vectors of disease at the northern distribution limit of the genus Dermacentor in Eurasia: D. reticulatus and D. silvarum. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 82(1). 95–123. 40 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz & Katharina Brugger. (2020). Tick-borne encephalitis incidence forecasts for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11(5). 101437–101437. 20 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Melanie Walter, et al.. (2018). Geographical distribution, climate adaptation and vector competence of the Eurasian hard tick Haemaphysalis concinna. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 9(5). 1080–1089. 56 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina, Melanie Walter, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler, Gerhard Dobler, & Franz Rubel. (2018). Forecasting next season’s Ixodes ricinus nymphal density: the example of southern Germany 2018. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 75(3). 281–288. 28 indexed citations
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Walter, Melanie, Katharina Brugger, & Franz Rubel. (2018). Usutu virus induced mass mortalities of songbirds in Central Europe: Are habitat models suitable to predict dead birds in unsampled regions?. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 159. 162–170. 11 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina, Melanie Walter, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler, Gerhard Dobler, & Franz Rubel. (2017). Seasonal cycles of the TBE and Lyme borreliosis vector Ixodes ricinus modelled with time-lagged and interval-averaged predictors. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 73(3-4). 439–450. 16 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina, et al.. (2016). Rabies in Costa Rica: Documentation of the Surveillance Program and the Endemic Situation from 1985 to 2014. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 16(5). 334–341. 17 indexed citations
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Walter, Melanie, Katharina Brugger, & Franz Rubel. (2016). The ecological niche of Dermacentor marginatus in Germany. Parasitology Research. 115(6). 2165–2174. 31 indexed citations
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Bakonyi, Tamás, Emöke Ferenczi, Károly Erdélyi, et al.. (2013). Explosive spread of a neuroinvasive lineage 2 West Nile virus in Central Europe, 2008/2009. Veterinary Microbiology. 165(1-2). 61–70. 182 indexed citations
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Lebl, Karin, et al.. (2013). First Record of the Disease VectorAnopheles hyrcanusin Austria. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 29(1). 59–60. 12 indexed citations
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Brugger, Katharina & Franz Rubel. (2013). Bluetongue Disease Risk Assessment Based on Observed and Projected Culicoides obsoletus spp. Vector Densities. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e60330–e60330. 35 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, Katharina Brugger, Michael Hantel, et al.. (2008). Explaining Usutu virus dynamics in Austria: Model development and calibration. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 85(3-4). 166–186. 62 indexed citations

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