Benjamin L. Rice

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Benjamin L. Rice is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin L. Rice has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Benjamin L. Rice's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (9 papers), Malaria Research and Control (9 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers). Benjamin L. Rice is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (9 papers), Malaria Research and Control (9 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (8 papers). Benjamin L. Rice collaborates with scholars based in United States, Madagascar and United Kingdom. Benjamin L. Rice's co-authors include C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Ian Miller, Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Andrew J. Tatem, Rachel E. Baker, Malavika Rajeev, Amy Wesolowski, Lin‐Fa Wang, Ayesha S. Mahmud and Caroline E. Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin L. Rice

24 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Infectious disease in an era of global change

2021 1.0k citations Rachel E. Baker, Ayesha S. Mahmud et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Extensive Unexplored Human Microbiome Diversity Revealed by Over 150,000 Genomes from Metagenomes Spanning Age, Geography, and Lifestyle

2019 916 citations Edoardo Pasolli, Francesco Asnicar et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin L. Rice United States	11	1.0k	545	445	310	216	25	2.3k
Liam P. Shaw United Kingdom	22	1.2k 1.2×	915 1.7×	147 0.3×	387 1.2×	101 0.5×	34	2.9k
Jeremy Sobel United States	36	591 0.6×	762 1.4×	656 1.5×	133 0.4×	162 0.8×	82	4.3k
Étienne Carbonnelle France	27	925 0.9×	753 1.4×	383 0.9×	229 0.7×	73 0.3×	90	3.4k
Liping Wang China	32	442 0.4×	1.2k 2.2×	885 2.0×	109 0.4×	250 1.2×	147	2.9k
Hossam M. Ashour United States	30	799 0.8×	799 1.5×	322 0.7×	143 0.5×	79 0.4×	65	3.3k
Bas B. Oude Munnink Netherlands	22	478 0.5×	1.6k 2.9×	284 0.6×	180 0.6×	222 1.0×	83	2.7k
Antony Croxatto Switzerland	28	1.2k 1.2×	915 1.7×	346 0.8×	274 0.9×	46 0.2×	80	3.7k
Regina C. LaRocque United States	38	657 0.7×	790 1.4×	613 1.4×	246 0.8×	270 1.3×	147	4.0k
Karam Pal Singh India	25	565 0.6×	1.8k 3.4×	233 0.5×	74 0.2×	264 1.2×	120	4.0k
Venkataramana Kandi India	21	492 0.5×	846 1.6×	204 0.5×	55 0.2×	99 0.5×	187	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin L. Rice

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Rice, Benjamin L., Christopher D. Golden, Gabriel A. Vecchi, et al.. (2025). Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar. Science. 389(6757). eadp5365–eadp5365. 1 indexed citations

Rasambainarivo, Fidisoa, et al.. (2024). Assessing the impact of preventative measures to limit the spread of Toxoplasma gondii in wild carnivores of Madagascar. Conservation Biology. 38(6). e14300–e14300.

Golden, Christopher D., Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Alexander W. Levis, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies across diverse environments in rural Madagascar. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1389080–1389080. 3 indexed citations

Rice, Benjamin L., Justin Lessler, Clifton McKee, & C. Jessica E. Metcalf. (2022). Why do some coronaviruses become pandemic threats when others do not?. PLoS Biology. 20(5). e3001652–e3001652. 3 indexed citations

Rasambainarivo, Fidisoa, Tanjona Ramiadantsoa, Benjamin L. Rice, et al.. (2022). Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination efforts and dose allocation within Madagascar. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 724–724. 10 indexed citations

Rice, Benjamin L., Akshaya V. Annapragada, Rachel E. Baker, et al.. (2021). Variation in SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks across sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Medicine. 27(3). 447–453. 44 indexed citations

Glennon, Emma E., Marjolein Bruijning, Justin Lessler, et al.. (2021). Challenges in modeling the emergence of novel pathogens. Epidemics. 37. 100516–100516. 19 indexed citations

Baker, Rachel E., Ayesha S. Mahmud, Ian Miller, et al.. (2021). Infectious disease in an era of global change. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(4). 193–205. 1043 indexed citations breakdown →

Rice, Benjamin L., et al.. (2021). Fine-scale variation in malaria prevalence across ecological regions in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1018–1018. 12 indexed citations

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Ramiadantsoa, Tanjona, et al.. (2021). Existing human mobility data sources poorly predicted the spatial spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Madagascar. Epidemics. 38. 100534–100534. 7 indexed citations

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Rice, Benjamin L., Daniel C. Douek, Adrian B. McDermott, Bryan T. Grenfell, & C. Jessica E. Metcalf. (2021). Why are there so few (or so many) circulating coronaviruses?. Trends in Immunology. 42(9). 751–763. 8 indexed citations

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Rasambainarivo, Fidisoa, Tanjona Ramiadantsoa, Rila Ratovoson, et al.. (2020). Monitoring for outbreak-associated excess mortality in an African city: Detection limits in Antananarivo, Madagascar. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 103. 338–342. 8 indexed citations

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Rice, Benjamin L., et al.. (2020). Variation in Anopheles distribution and predictors of malaria infection risk across regions of Madagascar. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 348–348. 9 indexed citations

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Golden, Christopher D., Cortni Borgerson, Benjamin L. Rice, et al.. (2019). Cohort Description of the Madagascar Health and Environmental Research–Antongil (MAHERY–Antongil) Study in Madagascar. Frontiers in Nutrition. 6. 109–109. 5 indexed citations

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Pasolli, Edoardo, Francesco Asnicar, Serena Manara, et al.. (2019). Extensive Unexplored Human Microbiome Diversity Revealed by Over 150,000 Genomes from Metagenomes Spanning Age, Geography, and Lifestyle. Cell. 176(3). 649–662.e20. 916 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vaitla, Bapu, David C. Collar, Matthew R. Smith, et al.. (2018). Predicting nutrient content of ray-finned fishes using phylogenetic information. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3742–3742. 24 indexed citations

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Rice, Benjamin L., et al.. (2016). Genetic evidence that the Makira region in northeastern Madagascar is a hotspot of malaria transmission. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 596–596. 16 indexed citations

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Rice, Benjamin L., et al.. (2014). The origin and diversification of the merozoite surface protein 3 (msp3) multi-gene family in Plasmodium vivax and related parasites. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 78. 172–184. 39 indexed citations

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Rice, Benjamin L., et al.. (2013). Merozoite surface protein-3 alpha as a genetic marker for epidemiologic studies in Plasmodium vivax: a cautionary note. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 288–288. 24 indexed citations

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Pattison, Robert, et al.. (2010). Early impacts of biological control on canopy cover and water use of the invasive saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA. Oecologia. 165(3). 605–616. 42 indexed citations

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