Ben Longdon

3.9k total citations
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ben Longdon is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Longdon has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Insect Science, 17 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ben Longdon's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (26 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers). Ben Longdon is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (26 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (13 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers). Ben Longdon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Ben Longdon's co-authors include Francis M. Jiggins, Darren J. Obbard, Claire L. Webster, John J. Welch, Jarrod D. Hadfield, Michael A. Brockhurst, Colin A. Russell, Julien Martinez, Chuan Cao and Jonathan P. Day and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ben Longdon

40 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Longdon United Kingdom 24 1.0k 511 510 482 422 40 2.0k
Cixiu Li China 14 707 0.7× 645 1.3× 1.1k 2.2× 926 1.9× 180 0.4× 29 2.5k
Xin-Cheng Qin China 12 658 0.7× 589 1.2× 1.1k 2.1× 832 1.7× 154 0.4× 26 2.2k
Renato Andreotti Brazil 26 920 0.9× 478 0.9× 643 1.3× 591 1.2× 149 0.4× 130 2.6k
Sandra Junglen Germany 31 803 0.8× 1.5k 3.0× 1.6k 3.1× 469 1.0× 258 0.6× 89 2.9k
Olivier Duron France 36 3.1k 3.1× 921 1.8× 799 1.6× 423 0.9× 492 1.2× 90 4.2k
Kevin R. Macaluso United States 32 943 0.9× 680 1.3× 1.1k 2.2× 116 0.2× 497 1.2× 85 2.5k
Michael W. Gaunt United Kingdom 27 1.1k 1.1× 1.9k 3.8× 761 1.5× 510 1.1× 263 0.6× 38 3.6k
Ellen M. Dotson United States 28 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 2.5× 395 0.8× 415 0.9× 230 0.5× 84 2.8k
Dawn M. Wesson United States 26 880 0.9× 1.4k 2.7× 527 1.0× 434 0.9× 136 0.3× 67 2.3k
Haruhiko Isawa Japan 27 807 0.8× 1.2k 2.3× 1.2k 2.3× 271 0.6× 98 0.2× 98 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Longdon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Longdon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Longdon, Ben, et al.. (2025). Positive correlations in susceptibility to a diverse panel of viruses across Drosophilidae host species. Evolution Letters. 9(3). 335–345. 1 indexed citations
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Matuszewska, Marta, Gavin K. Paterson, Lucy A. Weinert, et al.. (2023). The host phylogeny determines viral infectivity and replication across Staphylococcus host species. PLoS Pathogens. 19(6). e1011433–e1011433. 10 indexed citations
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Roberts, Katherine, et al.. (2021). Between virus correlations in the outcome of infection across host species: Evidence of virus by host species interactions. Evolution Letters. 5(5). 472–483. 14 indexed citations
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Jiménez-Guri, Eva, Katherine Roberts, Francisca C. García, et al.. (2021). Transgenerational effects on development following microplastic exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. PeerJ. 9. e11369–e11369. 33 indexed citations
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Baker‐Austin, Craig, et al.. (2021). The Foodborne Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus to Humans. Food and Environmental Virology. 13(2). 127–145. 69 indexed citations
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Obbard, Darren J., Mǎng Shī, Katherine Roberts, Ben Longdon, & Alice B. Dennis. (2019). A new lineage of segmented RNA viruses infecting animals. Virus Evolution. 6(1). vez061–vez061. 32 indexed citations
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Day, Jonathan P., et al.. (2019). Host-pathogen coevolution increases genetic variation in susceptibility to infection. eLife. 8. 40 indexed citations
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Walker, Peter J., Kim R. Blasdell, Charles H. Calisher, et al.. (2018). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae. Journal of General Virology. 99(4). 447–448. 156 indexed citations
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Roberts, Katherine, Jarrod D. Hadfield, Manmohan D. Sharma, & Ben Longdon. (2018). Changes in temperature alter the potential outcomes of virus host shifts. PLoS Pathogens. 14(10). e1007185–e1007185. 30 indexed citations
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Antonovics, Janis, Anthony J. Wilson, Mark R. Forbes, et al.. (2017). The evolution of transmission mode. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1719). 20160083–20160083. 76 indexed citations
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Longdon, Ben, Jonathan P. Day, Philip T. Leftwich, et al.. (2017). Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1847). 20162381–20162381. 32 indexed citations
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Webster, Claire L., Ben Longdon, Samuel H. Lewis, & Darren J. Obbard. (2016). Twenty-Five New Viruses Associated with the Drosophilidae (Diptera). Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 12s2(Suppl 2). 13–25. 76 indexed citations
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Longdon, Ben, Jarrod D. Hadfield, Jonathan P. Day, et al.. (2015). The Causes and Consequences of Changes in Virulence following Pathogen Host Shifts. PLoS Pathogens. 11(3). e1004728–e1004728. 85 indexed citations
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Longdon, Ben, Gemma G. R. Murray, William J. Palmer, et al.. (2015). The evolution, diversity, and host associations of rhabdoviruses. Virus Evolution. 1(1). vev014–vev014. 66 indexed citations
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Webster, Claire L., Fergal M. Waldron, Shaun Robertson, et al.. (2015). The Discovery, Distribution, and Evolution of Viruses Associated with Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Biology. 13(7). e1002210–e1002210. 240 indexed citations
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Longdon, Ben, Michael A. Brockhurst, Colin A. Russell, John J. Welch, & Francis M. Jiggins. (2014). The Evolution and Genetics of Virus Host Shifts. PLoS Pathogens. 10(11). e1004395–e1004395. 231 indexed citations
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Martinez, Julien, Ben Longdon, Simone Bauer, et al.. (2014). Symbionts Commonly Provide Broad Spectrum Resistance to Viruses in Insects: A Comparative Analysis of Wolbachia Strains. PLoS Pathogens. 10(9). e1004369–e1004369. 204 indexed citations
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Magwire, Michael M., Daniel K. Fabian, Chuan Cao, et al.. (2012). Genome-Wide Association Studies Reveal a Simple Genetic Basis of Resistance to Naturally Coevolving Viruses in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics. 8(11). e1003057–e1003057. 113 indexed citations
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Longdon, Ben, Jarrod D. Hadfield, Claire L. Webster, Darren J. Obbard, & Francis M. Jiggins. (2011). Host Phylogeny Determines Viral Persistence and Replication in Novel Hosts. PLoS Pathogens. 7(9). e1002260–e1002260. 136 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Lena, Ben Longdon, Álvaro Ferreira, Florian Bayer, & Francis M. Jiggins. (2011). Trypanosomatids are common and diverse parasites ofDrosophila. Parasitology. 138(7). 858–865. 15 indexed citations

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