Olaf Kahl

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Olaf Kahl is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Kahl has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Parasitology, 52 papers in Infectious Diseases and 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Olaf Kahl's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (71 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (51 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (33 papers). Olaf Kahl is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (71 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (51 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (33 papers). Olaf Kahl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Ireland and Austria. Olaf Kahl's co-authors include Jeremy Gray, Hans Dautel, Agustín Estrada‐Peña, Elisabet Lindgren, Jürgen M. Stein, Franz Rubel, Robert S. Lane, Katharina Brugger, Lidia Chitimia‐Dobler and Yuliya M. Didyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Kahl

76 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Climate Change on Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Effects of Climate Change on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Europe
    2009 570 citations Jeremy Gray, Hans Dautel 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
Olaf Kahl Germany 30 3.0k 2.5k 1.3k 925 641 79 3.3k
Michael L. Levin United States 33 3.3k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 840 0.9× 873 1.4× 84 3.6k
Jerome Goddard United States 29 2.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 887 0.7× 931 1.0× 767 1.2× 144 3.1k
Richard C. Falco United States 30 2.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 797 0.6× 893 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 62 3.1k
Kirby C. Stafford United States 35 2.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 955 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 624 1.0× 82 3.4k
Gwenaël Vourc’h France 29 2.1k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 952 0.7× 605 0.7× 868 1.4× 64 3.1k
Manoj Fonville Netherlands 34 2.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 568 0.6× 427 0.7× 82 3.1k
Gary O. Maupin United States 31 2.0k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 849 0.6× 678 0.7× 733 1.1× 51 3.3k
Pete D. Teel United States 25 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 769 0.6× 750 0.8× 329 0.5× 102 2.2k
Will K. Reeves United States 25 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 772 0.6× 454 0.5× 409 0.6× 133 2.3k
Lars Eisen United States 28 1.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 565 0.4× 609 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 55 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Kahl

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Springer, Andrea, Nina Król, Dominik Fischer, et al.. (2025). Tick hazard in a Central European country: Mapping Europe’s principal tick-borne disease vector across Germany. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 16(3). 102485–102485. 1 indexed citations
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Eisen, Lars, Jeremy Gray, Olaf Kahl, et al.. (2024). Tribute to Prof. Dr. Thomas Gustav Tore Jaenson, Uppsala University, Sweden. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 15(6). 102376–102376.
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Gray, Jeremy, Olaf Kahl, & Annetta Zintl. (2024). Pathogens transmitted by Ixodes ricinus. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 15(6). 102402–102402. 14 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz & Olaf Kahl. (2023). The Eurasian shrew and vole tick Ixodes trianguliceps: geographical distribution, climate preference, and pathogens detected. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 90(1-2). 47–65. 3 indexed citations
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Kahl, Olaf & Jeremy Gray. (2022). The biology of Ixodes ricinus with emphasis on its ecology. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(2). 102114–102114. 71 indexed citations
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Gray, Jeremy, Olaf Kahl, & Annetta Zintl. (2021). What do we still need to know about Ixodes ricinus?. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 12(3). 101682–101682. 56 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, 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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Kahl, Olaf. (2018). Hard ticks as vectors—some basic issues. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 130(15-16). 479–483. 11 indexed citations
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Dessau, Ram Benny, Alje P. van Dam, Volker Fingerle, et al.. (2017). To test or not to test? Laboratory support for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis: a position paper of ESGBOR, the ESCMID study group for Lyme borreliosis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 24(2). 118–124. 105 indexed citations
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Gray, Jeremy, Olaf Kahl, Robert S. Lane, Michael L. Levin, & Jean I. Tsao. (2016). Diapause in ticks of the medically important Ixodes ricinus species complex. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 7(5). 992–1003. 138 indexed citations
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Pagès, Frédéric, et al.. (2014). Tick Repellents for Human Use: Prevention of Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Diseases. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14(2). 85–93. 45 indexed citations
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Rubel, Franz, et al.. (2014). The first German map of georeferenced ixodid tick locations. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 477–477. 49 indexed citations
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Süß, Jochen, Olaf Kahl, Horst Aspöck, et al.. (2010). Tick-borne encephalitis in the age of general mobility. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift. 160(3-4). 94–100. 25 indexed citations
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Pichon, Bruno, et al.. (2006). Pathogens and Host DNA in Ixodes ricinus Nymphal Ticks from a German Forest. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(4). 382–387. 64 indexed citations
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Gray, Jeremy, Olaf Kahl, J.N. Robertson, et al.. (1998). Lyme Borreliosis Habitat Assessment. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 287(3). 211–228. 101 indexed citations
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Süß, Jochen, et al.. (1997). Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV)-specific RT-PCR for Characterization of Natural Foci of TBE and for Other Applications. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie. 286(1). 125–138. 29 indexed citations
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Dautel, Hans, Olaf Kahl, Stephan Scheurer, & W. Knülle. (1994). Seasonal activities of the pigeon tick Argas reflexus (Acari: Argasidae) in Berlin, Germany.. Folia Parasitologica. 41(2). 155–160. 12 indexed citations
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Gray, Jeremy, et al.. (1994). Acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes ricinus ticks fed on the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus L. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 18(8). 485–491. 39 indexed citations
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Kahl, Olaf, Katrin Schmidt, A. Schönberg, et al.. (1989). Prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Berlin (West). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Series A Medical Microbiology Infectious Diseases Virology Parasitology. 270(3). 434–440. 43 indexed citations

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