Mikas Ilgūnas

1.5k total citations
45 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mikas Ilgūnas is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikas Ilgūnas has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Parasitology, 17 papers in Infectious Diseases and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mikas Ilgūnas's work include Bird parasitology and diseases (44 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (39 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (17 papers). Mikas Ilgūnas is often cited by papers focused on Bird parasitology and diseases (44 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (39 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (17 papers). Mikas Ilgūnas collaborates with scholars based in Lithuania, Austria and Bulgaria. Mikas Ilgūnas's co-authors include Gediminas Valkiūnas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Vaidas Palinauskas, Rasa Bernotienė, Herbert Weißenböck, Rita Žiegytė, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Dimitar Dimitrov and Josef Harl and has published in prestigious journals such as Genomics, International Journal for Parasitology and Parasitology.

In The Last Decade

Mikas Ilgūnas

45 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mikas Ilgūnas Lithuania 21 1.1k 499 350 264 117 45 1.1k
Dovilė Bukauskaitė Lithuania 18 780 0.7× 407 0.8× 295 0.8× 186 0.7× 91 0.8× 33 825
Asta Križanauskienė Lithuania 20 1.6k 1.5× 540 1.1× 479 1.4× 633 2.4× 158 1.4× 25 1.7k
Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas Lithuania 16 579 0.5× 330 0.7× 209 0.6× 126 0.5× 104 0.9× 53 681
Francisco C. Ferreira Brazil 13 410 0.4× 182 0.4× 90 0.3× 153 0.6× 102 0.9× 50 523
Rita Žiegytė Lithuania 15 517 0.5× 285 0.6× 263 0.8× 141 0.5× 69 0.6× 27 590
J. S. Mathew United States 17 788 0.7× 550 1.1× 206 0.6× 56 0.2× 92 0.8× 24 848
Kelly E. Allen United States 18 911 0.9× 761 1.5× 321 0.9× 94 0.4× 151 1.3× 30 1.0k
Ananda Müller Chile 15 364 0.3× 252 0.5× 77 0.2× 81 0.3× 58 0.5× 44 498
Arif Çiloğlu Türkiye 13 425 0.4× 238 0.5× 146 0.4× 117 0.4× 48 0.4× 53 558
Bilal Dı̇k Türkiye 16 476 0.4× 257 0.5× 387 1.1× 208 0.8× 37 0.3× 136 859

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikas Ilgūnas

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All Works

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Harl, Josef, Tanja Himmel, Mikas Ilgūnas, et al.. (2025). Haemoproteus tartakovskyi and Plasmodium relictum (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) differentially express distinct 18S rRNA gene variants in bird hosts and dipteran vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 18(1). 63–63. 1 indexed citations
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Himmel, Tanja, Josef Harl, Tatjana A. Iezhova, et al.. (2023). Comparative Analysis of the Exo-Erythrocytic Development of Five Lineages of Haemoproteus majoris, a Common Haemosporidian Parasite of European Passeriform Birds. Pathogens. 12(7). 898–898. 6 indexed citations
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Harl, Josef, Tanja Himmel, Mikas Ilgūnas, Gediminas Valkiūnas, & Herbert Weißenböck. (2023). The 18S rRNA genes of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) parasites from European songbirds with remarks on improved parasite diagnostics. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 232–232. 6 indexed citations
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Himmel, Tanja, Josef Harl, Nora Nedorost, et al.. (2023). Co-infecting Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) show different host tissue tropism during exo-erythrocytic development in Fringilla coelebs (Fringillidae). International Journal for Parasitology. 54(1). 1–22. 8 indexed citations
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Harl, Josef, Tanja Himmel, Gediminas Valkiūnas, et al.. (2022). Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 14–14. 25 indexed citations
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Mikas Ilgūnas, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Rasa Bernotienė, & Tatjana A. Iezhova. (2020). Molecular characterization of swallow haemoproteids, with description of one new Haemoproteus species. Acta Tropica. 207. 105486–105486. 5 indexed citations
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Bukauskaitė, Dovilė, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Rasa Bernotienė, et al.. (2019). A new methodology for sporogony research of avian haemoproteids in laboratory-reared Culicoides spp., with a description of the complete sporogonic development of Haemoproteus pastoris. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 582–582. 13 indexed citations
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Ilgūnas, Mikas, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, et al.. (2019). The life-cycle of the avian haemosporidian parasite Haemoproteus majoris, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic and sporogonic development. Parasites & Vectors. 12(1). 516–516. 33 indexed citations
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Chagas, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Mikas Ilgūnas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, & Gediminas Valkiūnas. (2018). A new blood parasite of leaf warblers: molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships, description and identification of vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 11(1). 538–538. 18 indexed citations
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Mikas Ilgūnas, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, et al.. (2018). Characterization of Plasmodium relictum, a cosmopolitan agent of avian malaria. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 184–184. 44 indexed citations
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Bukauskaitė, Dovilė, Tatjana A. Iezhova, Mikas Ilgūnas, & Gediminas Valkiūnas. (2018). High susceptibility of the laboratory-reared biting midges Culicoides nubeculosus to Haemoproteus infections, with review on Culicoides species that transmit avian haemoproteids. Parasitology. 146(3). 333–341. 38 indexed citations
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas, et al.. (2015). Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineage pGRW4) in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens, with implications on avian malaria epidemiology. Parasitology Research. 114(8). 3075–3085. 44 indexed citations
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Dimitrov, Dimitar, Vaidas Palinauskas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, et al.. (2014). Plasmodium spp.: An experimental study on vertebrate host susceptibility to avian malaria. Experimental Parasitology. 148. 1–16. 80 indexed citations
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Ilgūnas, Mikas, Vaidas Palinauskas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, & Gediminas Valkiūnas. (2013). Molecular and morphological characterization of two avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), with description of <i>Plasmodium homonucleophilum</i> n. sp.. Zootaxa. 3666(1). 49–61. 27 indexed citations

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