Victor Sprague

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Victor Sprague is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Sprague has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Parasitology, 19 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Victor Sprague's work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (29 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (10 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (9 papers). Victor Sprague is often cited by papers focused on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (29 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (10 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (9 papers). Victor Sprague collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Victor Sprague's co-authors include Edwin I. Hazard, Sanford H. Vernick, James J. Becnel, Carol M. Morrison, John A. Couch, J. Grain, John O. Corliss, Norman D. Levine, Gilbert Deroux and Alfred R. Loeblich and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Microbiology, Systematic Biology and Canadian Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Victor Sprague

55 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Newly Revised Classification of the Protozoa*

1980 566 citations Victor Sprague et al. The Journal of Protozoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Victor Sprague United States	23	1.1k	722	456	357	327	55	2.1k
Jiří Vávra Czechia	21	1.1k 1.0×	500 0.7×	474 1.0×	403 1.1×	305 0.9×	63	1.8k
Michael T. Dixon United States	6	250 0.2×	985 1.4×	793 1.7×	406 1.1×	529 1.6×	7	2.5k
I. Paperna Israel	37	1.6k 1.5×	2.7k 3.7×	312 0.7×	227 0.6×	127 0.4×	229	4.4k
M.T.E.P. Allsopp South Africa	22	976 0.9×	252 0.3×	339 0.7×	265 0.7×	176 0.5×	35	1.5k
Ben Williams United Kingdom	26	1.2k 1.1×	729 1.0×	745 1.6×	488 1.4×	449 1.4×	61	2.5k
G. W. Esch United States	20	1.3k 1.2×	2.6k 3.6×	153 0.3×	168 0.5×	72 0.2×	37	3.4k
Marshall Laird Canada	20	901 0.8×	914 1.3×	306 0.7×	550 1.5×	318 1.0×	94	2.4k
Kelly S. Bateman United Kingdom	31	580 0.5×	993 1.4×	374 0.8×	510 1.4×	207 0.6×	75	2.4k
Christine Coustau France	29	959 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	433 0.9×	512 1.4×	328 1.0×	64	2.4k
Mitchell L. Sogin United States	19	786 0.7×	2.4k 3.4×	2.7k 5.9×	181 0.5×	478 1.5×	22	4.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sprague, Victor. (2011). Comparative Pathobiology: Volume 2 Systematics Of The Microsporidia. 1 indexed citations

Sprague, Victor, James J. Becnel, & Edwin I. Hazard. (1992). Taxonomy of Phylum Microspora. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 18(5-6). 285–395. 270 indexed citations

Sprague, Victor. (1990). Richard Roksabro Kudo, the man and his hobby. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 55(3). 297–305. 1 indexed citations

Becnel, James J., Victor Sprague, Tokuo Fukuda, & Edwin I. Hazard. (1989). Development of Edhazardia aedis (Kudo, 1930) N. G., N. Comb. (Microsporida: Amblyosporidae) in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae). The Journal of Protozoology. 36(2). 119–130. 75 indexed citations

Morrison, Carol M. & Victor Sprague. (1981). Light and electron microscope study of microsporida in the gill of haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (L.)*. Journal of Fish Diseases. 4(2). 179–184. 14 indexed citations

Morrison, Carol M. & Victor Sprague. (1981). Electron microscopical study of a new genus and new species of microsporida in the gills of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L.*. Journal of Fish Diseases. 4(1). 15–32. 59 indexed citations

Marchand, Jocelyne & Victor Sprague. (1979). Ultrastructure de Minchinia cadomensis sp. n. (Haplosporida) Parasite du Décapode Rhithropanopeus harrisii tridentatus Maitland dans le Canal de Caen à la Mer (Calvados, France)*. The Journal of Protozoology. 26(2). 179–185. 25 indexed citations

Sprague, Victor & Elizabeth U. Canning. (1976). The Microsporidian Parasites of Platyhelminthes: Their Morphology, Development, Transmission, and Pathologenicity. Journal of Parasitology. 62(5). 692–692. 4 indexed citations

Streett, D.A., Victor Sprague, & Dan M. Harman. (1975). Brief Study of Microsporidian Pathogens in the White Pine Weevil Pissodes strobi. Chesapeake Science. 16(1). 32–32. 11 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor, et al.. (1972). Creation of a new genus and a new family in the microsporida. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 20(2). 228–231. 23 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor & John A. Couch. (1971). An Annotated List of Protozoan Parasites, Hyperparasites, and Commensals of Decapod Crustacea*. The Journal of Protozoology. 18(3). 526–537. 87 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor, et al.. (1969). A new species of Paramoeba (Amoebida, Paramoebidae) parasitic in the crab Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 14(2). 167–174. 49 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1969). Microsporida and tumors, with particular reference to the lesion associated with Ichtyosporidium sp. Schwartz, 1963.. PubMed. 31. 237–49. 1 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor, et al.. (1968). The nature of the etiological agent of “gray crab” disease. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 11(3). 503–503. 11 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor & Sanford H. Vernick. (1968). Light and Electron Microscope Study of a New Species of Glugea (Microsporida, Nosematidae) in the 4‐Spined Stickleback Apeltes quadracus*. The Journal of Protozoology. 15(3). 547–571. 63 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1966). Two New Species of Plistophora (Microsporida, Nosematidae) in Decapods, with Particular Reference to One in the Blue Crab*. The Journal of Protozoology. 13(2). 196–199. 16 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1966). Ichthyosporidium sp. Schwartz, 1963, Parasite of the Fish Leiostomus xanthurus, Is a Microsporidian*. The Journal of Protozoology. 13(2). 356–358. 11 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1966). Suggested Changes in "A Revised Classification of the Phylum Protozoa", with Particular Reference to the Position of the Haplosporidans'. Systematic Biology. 15(4). 345–349. 6 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1965). Nosema sp. (Microsporida, Nosematidae) in the Musculature of the Crab Callinectes sapidus*. The Journal of Protozoology. 12(1). 66–70. 25 indexed citations

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Sprague, Victor. (1964). Nosema dollfusi n. sp. (Microsporidia, Nosematidae), a Hyperparasite of Bucephalus cuculus in Crassostrea virginica.*. The Journal of Protozoology. 11(3). 381–385. 22 indexed citations

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