Sam R. Telford

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sam R. Telford is a scholar working on Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam R. Telford has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Parasitology, 60 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 39 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sam R. Telford's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (70 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (60 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (42 papers). Sam R. Telford is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (70 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (60 papers) and Malaria Research and Control (42 papers). Sam R. Telford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and South Africa. Sam R. Telford's co-authors include Charles R. Bursey, D. H. Persing, Jacqueline E. Dawson, Paula Katavolos, Cynthia K. Warner, C. P. Kolbert, Stephen R. Goldberg, Andrew Spielman, J. Mark Dangerfield and A Spielman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sam R. Telford

177 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Perpetuation of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a deer tick-rodent cycle.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam R. Telford United States	30	2.1k	1.3k	772	751	725	187	3.2k
Ellis C. Greiner United States	42	4.0k 1.9×	2.1k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	1.5k 2.0×	376 0.5×	234	6.0k
Sven Klimpel Germany	36	1.1k 0.5×	807 0.6×	674 0.9×	1.8k 2.4×	644 0.9×	149	3.9k
Sherwin S. Desser Canada	33	1.7k 0.8×	363 0.3×	410 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	508 0.7×	188	4.2k
Carter T. Atkinson United States	42	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	2.1k 2.8×	1.1k 1.6×	117	5.5k
David Modrý Czechia	41	3.8k 1.8×	2.1k 1.7×	867 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	711 1.0×	325	6.2k
Jesse L. Brunner United States	26	921 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	503 0.7×	407 0.5×	624 0.9×	53	2.4k
Daniel M. Tompkins New Zealand	35	1.4k 0.6×	670 0.5×	834 1.1×	2.6k 3.4×	643 0.9×	104	4.5k
Sandra Telfer United Kingdom	31	971 0.5×	809 0.6×	534 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	680 0.9×	75	3.3k
Gwenaël Vourc’h France	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	952 1.2×	356 0.5×	868 1.2×	64	3.1k
Kathleen LoGiudice United States	16	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	501 0.6×	380 0.5×	735 1.0×	19	2.1k

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Walsh, Timothy R., Madison Schwab, Sam R. Telford, et al.. (2025). Focal persistence and phylodynamics of Heartland virus in Georgia. Virus Evolution. 11(1). veaf064–veaf064.

Solomon, Isaac H., Sam R. Telford, Matthew T. Aliota, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Powassan Virus Genome Sequences from Human Cases Reveals Substantial Genetic Diversity with Implications for Molecular Assay Development. Viruses. 16(11). 1653–1653.

Langsjoen, Rose M., Rebecca M. Robich, Erica Normandin, et al.. (2023). Phylodynamics of deer tick virus in North America. Virus Evolution. 9(1). vead008–vead008. 7 indexed citations

Bursey, Charles R., Stephen R. Goldberg, & Sam R. Telford. (2010). A new species of Mathevotaenia (Cestoda, Anoplocephalidae, Linstowiinae) from the lizard Sceloporus malachiticus (Squamata, Phrynosomatidae) from Panama. Acta Parasitologica. 55(1). 3 indexed citations

Telford, Sam R., Terry M. Norton, Paul E. Moler, & John B. Jensen. (2009). A New Haemogregarina Species of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Georgia and Florida that Produces Macromeronts in Circulating Erythrocytes. Journal of Parasitology. 95(1). 208–214. 12 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Kotaro, et al.. (2008). Molecular Detection of Bartonella schoenbuchensis from Ectoparasites of Deer in Massachusetts. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(4). 549–554. 48 indexed citations

Ashton, Kyle G. & Sam R. Telford. (2006). Monthly and Daily Activity of a Fossorial Lizard, Neoseps reynoldsi. Southeastern Naturalist. 5(1). 175–183. 4 indexed citations

Telford, Sam R. & Sam R. Telford. (2003). REDISCOVERY AND REDESCRIPTION OF PLASMODIUM PIFANOI AND DESCRIPTION OF TWO ADDITIONAL PLASMODIUM PARASITES OF VENEZUELAN LIZARDS. Journal of Parasitology. 89(2). 362–368. 2 indexed citations

Telford, Sam R., et al.. (2002). THE STATUS OF HAEMOGREGARINA MANSONI SAMBON AND SELIGMANN FROM ZAMENIS FLAGELLIFORMIS LAURENTI. Journal of Parasitology. 88(4). 783–785. 8 indexed citations

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Forrester, Donald, Grace S. McLaughlin, Sam R. Telford, Garry W. Foster, & J. Walter McCown. (1996). Ectoparasites (Acari, Mallophaga, Anoplura, Diptera) of White-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus from Southern Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology. 33(1). 96–101. 30 indexed citations

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Marshall, W.F., Sam R. Telford, Paul N. Rys, et al.. (1994). Detection Of Borrelia Burgdorferi Dna In Museum Specimens Of Peromyscus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 170(4). 1027–1032. 52 indexed citations

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Dangerfield, J. Mark & Sam R. Telford. (1993). A Note on Aggressive Woodlice. Botswana notes and records. 25. 193–195. 1 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R., Sandy S. Urioste, & Andrew Spielman. (1992). Clustering of Host-Seeking Nymphal Deer Ticks (Ixodes Dammini) Infected by Lyme Disease Spirochetes (Borrelia Burgdorferi). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 47(1). 55–60. 34 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R.. (1988). A Contribution to the Systematics of the Reptilian Malaria Parasites, Family Plasmodiidae (Apicomplexa: Haemospororina). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 34(2). 65–96. 11 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R., et al.. (1979). Density, distribution and movement of populations of Didelphis marsupialis in the high plains of Venezuela.. 19. 119–128. 1 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R., et al.. (1974). Occurrence of two trematodes in Florida anoles. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R.. (1971). Parasitic Diseases of Reptiles. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 159(11). 1644–1652. 49 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R.. (1966). Variation among the Southeastern Crowned Snakes, Genus Tantilla. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 10(7). 261–304. 6 indexed citations

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Telford, Sam R.. (1965). NEW SPECIES OF THE OXYURID NEMATODE GENUS PSEUDOALAEURIS FROM CALIFORNIA LIZARDS.. PubMed. 35. 99–109. 2 indexed citations

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Bovee, Eugene C. & Sam R. Telford. (1962). Protozoan inquilines from reptiles. I. Monocercomonas neosepsorum n. sp. from the sand skink, Neoseps reynoldsi Stejneger. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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