Vincent A. Connors

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Vincent A. Connors is a scholar working on Ecology, Parasitology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent A. Connors has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Parasitology and 7 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Vincent A. Connors's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (18 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (12 papers) and Helminth infection and control (7 papers). Vincent A. Connors is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (18 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (12 papers) and Helminth infection and control (7 papers). Vincent A. Connors collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and France. Vincent A. Connors's co-authors include Isaure de Buron, Claude Combes, Timothy P. Yoshino, Brent B. Nickol, Willard O. Granath, Michael J. Lodes, Rick L. Tarleton, Sergé Morand, William A. Roumillat and Lam C. Tsoi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Animal Ecology, Emerging infectious diseases and International Journal for Parasitology.

In The Last Decade

Vincent A. Connors

21 papers receiving 973 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.

Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions

2001 609 citations Claude Combes, Isaure de Buron et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vincent A. Connors United States	11	701	423	224	182	179	21	1.0k
Isaure de Buron United States	18	1.1k 1.5×	496 1.2×	243 1.1×	274 1.5×	203 1.1×	76	1.5k
Olivier Rey France	23	638 0.9×	338 0.8×	478 2.1×	143 0.8×	319 1.8×	47	1.4k
F. Renaud France	24	842 1.2×	275 0.7×	507 2.3×	272 1.5×	252 1.4×	35	1.4k
Sarah A. Orlofske United States	16	729 1.0×	271 0.6×	278 1.2×	137 0.8×	133 0.7×	32	996
Ben Hanelt United States	24	894 1.3×	442 1.0×	151 0.7×	191 1.0×	273 1.5×	54	1.3k
Brent B. Nickol United States	22	1.4k 1.9×	787 1.9×	164 0.7×	450 2.5×	172 1.0×	87	1.6k
Otto Seppälä Switzerland	25	1.3k 1.9×	424 1.0×	493 2.2×	240 1.3×	336 1.9×	60	1.7k
Stéphane Cornet France	19	532 0.8×	396 0.9×	179 0.8×	54 0.3×	295 1.6×	28	1.1k
C. Combes France	15	841 1.2×	547 1.3×	160 0.7×	334 1.8×	70 0.4×	77	1.1k
Diane P. Barton Australia	18	863 1.2×	412 1.0×	116 0.5×	205 1.1×	144 0.8×	100	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Qninba, Abdeljebbar, et al.. (2022). Parasites of Moroccan desert Coptodon guineensis (Pisces, Cichlidae): transition and resilience in a simplified hypersaline ecosystem. Parasite. 29. 64–64. 1 indexed citations

Connors, Vincent A., et al.. (2021). Molecular data reshape our understanding of the life cycles of three digeneans (Monorchiidae and Gymnophallidae) infecting the bivalve, Donax variabilis: it’s just a facultative host!. Parasite. 28. 34–34. 9 indexed citations

McElroy, Eric J., Barbara F. Nowak, Willard O. Granath, et al.. (2020). Dynamics of infection and pathology induced by the aporocotylid, Cardicola laruei, in Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Sciaenidae). International Journal for Parasitology. 50(10-11). 809–823. 7 indexed citations

Majláth, Igor, et al.. (2018). Candidatus Cryptoplasma Associated with Green Lizards and Ixodes ricinus Ticks, Slovakia, 2004–2011. Emerging infectious diseases. 24(12). 2348–2351. 9 indexed citations

Buron, Isaure de, et al.. (2011). Philometrids of the Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma: A Multidimensional Approach to Determine Their Diversity. Journal of Parasitology. 97(3). 466–475. 11 indexed citations

Connors, Vincent A., et al.. (2009). Chemokinetic Effect of Interleukin-1β on Cultured Biomphalaria glabrata Embryonic Cells. Journal of Parasitology. 95(3). 772–774. 5 indexed citations

Roumillat, William A., et al.. (2008). Synchronization of occurrence of the ovarian philometrid, Philometra carolinensis, with the spawning season of its fish host, the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Parasitology Research. 104(5). 1079–1085. 22 indexed citations

Connors, Vincent A., et al.. (2005). Population dynamics of the philometrid nematode Margolisianum bulbosum in the southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma (Pisces: Paralichthyidae) in South Carolina, USA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 65(1). 69–74. 3 indexed citations

Granath, Willard O., et al.. (2001). Effects of exogenous interleukin‐1β on primary sporocysts of Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda) incubated with plasma and hemocytes from schistosome‐susceptible and resistant Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda). Invertebrate Biology. 120(4). 365–371. 2 indexed citations

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Combes, Claude, Isaure de Buron, & Vincent A. Connors. (2001). Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Connors, Vincent A., et al.. (1998). Recombinant Human Interleukin-1-Mediated Killing of Schistosoma mansoni Primary Sporocysts in Biomphalaria glabrata. Journal of Parasitology. 84(5). 920–920. 12 indexed citations

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Morand, Sergé, et al.. (1995). Complexity in Parasite Life Cycles: Population Biology of Cestodes in Fish. Journal of Animal Ecology. 64(2). 256–256. 41 indexed citations

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Connors, Vincent A., Isaure de Buron, & Willard O. Granath. (1995). Schistosoma mansoni: Interleukin-1 Increases Phagocytosis and Superoxide Production by Hemocytes and Decreases Output of Cercariae in Schistosome-Susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata. Experimental Parasitology. 80(1). 139–148. 20 indexed citations

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Cooper, Edwin L., David A. Raftos, Gail S. Habicht, et al.. (1994). WHEN DID COMMUNICATION IN THE IMMUNE-SYSTEM BEGIN. 7(3). 203–217. 7 indexed citations

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Granath, Willard O., Vincent A. Connors, & Rick L. Tarleton. (1994). Interleukin 1 activity in haemolymph from strains of the snail biomphalaria glabrata varying in susceptibility to the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni: presence, differential expression, and biological function. Cytokine. 6(1). 21–27. 50 indexed citations

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Connors, Vincent A. & Brent B. Nickol. (1991). Effects ofPlagiorhynchus cylindraceus(Acanthocephala) on the energy metabolism of adult starlings,sturnus vulgaris. Parasitology. 103(3). 395–402. 54 indexed citations

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Connors, Vincent A., Michael J. Lodes, & Timothy P. Yoshino. (1991). Identification of a Schistosoma mansoni sporocyst excretory-secretory antioxidant molecule and its effect on superoxide production by Biomphalaria glabrata hemocytes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 58(3). 387–395. 37 indexed citations

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Lodes, Michael J., Vincent A. Connors, & Timothy P. Yoshino. (1991). Isolation and functional characterization of snail hemocyte-modulating polypeptide from primary sporocysts ofSchistosoma mansoni. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 49(1). 1–10. 38 indexed citations

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Connors, Vincent A. & Timothy P. Yoshino. (1990). In vitro Effect of Larval Schistosoma mansoni Excretory-Secretory Products on Phagocytosis-Stimulated Superoxide Production in Hemocytes from Biomphalaria glabrata. Journal of Parasitology. 76(6). 895–895. 69 indexed citations

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Connors, Vincent A.. (1987). Analysis of the cost of infection by {\it Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus/} (Acanthocephala) in the European starling ({\it Sturnus vulgaris/}). 1 indexed citations

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