William Ellis

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
190 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

William Ellis is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, William Ellis has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Parasitology, 56 papers in Ecology and 45 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in William Ellis's work include Leptospirosis research and findings (88 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers) and Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases (27 papers). William Ellis is often cited by papers focused on Leptospirosis research and findings (88 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (41 papers) and Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases (27 papers). William Ellis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. William Ellis's co-authors include J. O'Brien, Alistair Melzer, J. Montgomery, R. A. Hartskeerl, Maria João Collares‐Pereira, S. Neill, J. Hanna, James A. Cassells, S.D. Neill and Frank Carrick and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cancer and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

William Ellis

187 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Emergence, control and re-emerging leptospirosis: dynamics of infection in the changing world

2011 348 citations William Ellis et al. profile →
Animal Leptospirosis

2014 281 citations William Ellis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Ellis United Kingdom	41	3.2k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	617	190	5.7k
Martin Pfeffer Germany	47	2.8k 0.9×	783 0.5×	3.6k 2.6×	633 0.5×	580 0.9×	204	6.9k
Michael R. Hutchings United Kingdom	38	387 0.1×	1.3k 0.9×	894 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	632 1.0×	132	4.4k
P. Nansen Denmark	50	3.6k 1.1×	5.6k 3.7×	550 0.4×	3.3k 2.8×	336 0.5×	319	8.1k
Emmanuel Serrano Spain	31	509 0.2×	536 0.4×	890 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	374 0.6×	191	2.9k
Alexandre J. da Silva United States	46	3.5k 1.1×	505 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	601 0.5×	421 0.7×	142	6.4k
Steve Paterson United Kingdom	40	1.2k 0.4×	842 0.6×	805 0.6×	2.3k 2.0×	1.9k 3.1×	141	6.2k
Solange María Gennari Brazil	51	9.6k 3.0×	887 0.6×	2.7k 1.9×	613 0.5×	441 0.7×	365	10.7k
K. Darwin Murrell United States	45	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	2.4k 1.8×	4.1k 3.5×	221 0.4×	207	7.0k
ROGER S. MORRIS New Zealand	40	227 0.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	617 0.5×	844 1.4×	182	5.3k
Walter M. Boyce United States	42	934 0.3×	600 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.8×	177	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by William Ellis

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Ellis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Ellis

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Arent, Zbigniew, et al.. (2012). Altodouro, a new Leptospira serovar of the Pomona serogroup isolated from rodents in northern Portugal. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 13. 211–217. 23 indexed citations

Cristescu, Romane, David S. Dique, William Ellis, et al.. (2012). What faecal pellet surveys can and can't reveal about the ecology of koalas Phascolarctos cinereus. Australian Zoologist. 36(2). 192–200. 11 indexed citations

Charlton, Benjamin D., David Reby, William Ellis, Jacqui Brumm, & W. Tecumseh Fitch. (2012). Estimating the Active Space of Male Koala Bellows: Propagation of Cues to Size and Identity in a Eucalyptus Forest. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45420–e45420. 20 indexed citations

Cristescu, Romane, William Ellis, Céline Frère, et al.. (2011). North Stradbroke Island; An island ark for Queensland's koala population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 117. 309–334. 10 indexed citations

Melzer, Alistair, et al.. (2011). Tree use, feeding activity and diet of koalas on St Bees Island, Queensland. Australian Zoologist. 35(3). 870–875. 8 indexed citations

Melzer, Alistair, et al.. (2011). Unusual patterns of tooth wear among koalas Phascolarctos cinereus from St Bees Island, Queensland, require re-evaluation of criteria for aging koalas by tooth-wear class. Australian Zoologist. 35(3). 550–554. 5 indexed citations

Melzer, Alistair, William Ellis, & Fred B. Bercovitch. (2010). Observations of Male-on-male Aggression among Queensland Koalas ('Phascolarctos cinereus') from Central Queensland. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 48(4-5). 36–44. 3 indexed citations

Ellis, William, et al.. (2010). Climate change and the koala Phascolarctos cinereus : water and energy. Australian Zoologist. 35(2). 369–377. 47 indexed citations

Melzer, Alistair, et al.. (2005). Tree Use by Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on St Bees Island, Queensland - Report of a Pilot Study. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 112. 47–51. 18 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, P. T. Hale, & Frank Carrick. (2002). Breeding dynamics of koalas in open woodlands. Wildlife Research. 29(1). 19–25. 36 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (2001). Aspects of the ecology of koalas at Blair Athol Coal Mine. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1(1). 127–138. 2 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (1999). The use of faecal cuticle examination to determine the dietary composition of koalas. Australian Zoologist. 31(1). 127–133. 23 indexed citations

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Smyth, Joan A. & William Ellis. (1996). Stillbirth/perinatal weak calf syndrome: radiographic examination for growth retardation lines.. PubMed. 139(24). 599–600. 2 indexed citations

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Murray, R. D., et al.. (1996). Presence of antigen and antibodies in serum and genital discharges of heifers after experimental intrauterine inoculation with Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo. Research in Veterinary Science. 60(2). 157–162. 18 indexed citations

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Webster, Joanne P., William Ellis, & D. W. Macdonald. (1995). Prevalence ofLeptospiraspp. in wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on UK farms. Epidemiology and Infection. 114(1). 195–201. 55 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (1993). Some aspects of the immune response of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and in vitro neutralization ofchlamydia psittaci(koala strains). FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 6(1). 21–30. 14 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (1993). Immuno-dot blot as a rapid diagnostic method for detection of chlamydial infection in koalas (Phasolarctos cinereus). Veterinary Record. 133(6). 136–141. 1 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (1986). Prevalence of Leptospira infection in aborted pigs in Northern Ireland. Veterinary Record. 118(3). 63–65. 52 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, E. Logan, & J. O'Brien. (1978). Serum immunoglobulins in aborted and non-aborted bovine foetuses.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 33(1). 136–41. 17 indexed citations

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Ellis, William, et al.. (1971). Microbial Assay of Lunar Samples. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 2. 1939. 6 indexed citations

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