David J. Civitello

5.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
73 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David J. Civitello is a scholar working on Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Civitello has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 27 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in David J. Civitello's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (26 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (22 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (20 papers). David J. Civitello is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (26 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (22 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (20 papers). David J. Civitello collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and Singapore. David J. Civitello's co-authors include Jason R. Rohr, Jeremy M. Cohen, Taegan A. McMahon, Keith Clay, Erin L. Sauer, Neal T. Halstead, Matthew D. Venesky, Spencer R. Hall, Elizabeth A. Roznik and Peter J. Hudson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David J. Civitello

71 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect

2015 483 citations David J. Civitello, Jeremy M. Cohen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

2019 423 citations Jason R. Rohr, Christopher B. Barrett et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Towards common ground in the biodiversity–disease debate

2019 186 citations Jason R. Rohr, David J. Civitello et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease

2024 58 citations Michael B. Mahon, O. Alejandro Aleuy et al. Nature profile →

Peers

David J. Civitello

ECOLO

PHEOH

PARAS

GENET

Benoı̂t de Thoisy French Guiana

Johannes Foufopoulos United States

Hildegunn Viljugrein Norway

Jason T. Hoverman United States

Anna E. Jolles United States

Sven Klimpel Germany

Erin A. Mordecai United States

Kris A. Murray United Kingdom

Andy Fenton United Kingdom

Michel Gauthier‐Clerc France

Benoı̂t de Thoisy French Guiana

David J. Civitello

1.1k ×0.9

ECOLO

1.1k ×1.0

PHEOH

547 ×0.7

PARAS

413 ×0.5

GENET

845 ×1.1

Citations per year, relative to David J. Civitello David J. Civitello (= 1×) peers Benoı̂t de Thoisy

Countries citing papers authored by David J. Civitello

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by David J. Civitello

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Civitello

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vazquez‐Prokopec, Gonzalo M., et al.. (2025). Urea-ka: replacing inorganic nitrogen fertilizer with Azolla pinnata maintains rice yields with reduced input costs in the Senegal River Valley. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 23(1). 1 indexed citations

Civitello, David J., et al.. (2025). Mapping of snail intermediate host habitats reveals variability in schistosome and non-schistosome trematode transmission in an endemic setting. Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases. 8. 100299–100299.

Kinung’hi, Safari, et al.. (2024). Spatio-temporal variability in transmission risk of human schistosomes and animal trematodes in a seasonally desiccating East African landscape. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2014). 20231766–20231766. 11 indexed citations

Mahon, Michael B., O. Alejandro Aleuy, Ethan Allan Brown, et al.. (2024). A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease. Nature. 629(8013). 830–836. 58 indexed citations breakdown →

Kinung’hi, Safari, et al.. (2024). Resting in plain sight: Dormancy ecology of the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma haematobium. Ecology. 105(12). e4472–e4472. 1 indexed citations

Vazquez‐Prokopec, Gonzalo M., et al.. (2023). Mapping current and future habitat suitability of Azolla spp., a biofertilizer for small-scale rice farming in Africa. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0291009–e0291009. 4 indexed citations

Willink, Beatriz, et al.. (2023). Host–pathogen interactions under pressure: A review and meta‐analysis of stress‐mediated effects on disease dynamics. Ecology Letters. 26(11). 2003–2020. 7 indexed citations

Civitello, David J., Karena H. Nguyen, Bryan K. Delius, et al.. (2022). Transmission potential of human schistosomes can be driven by resource competition among snail intermediate hosts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 27 indexed citations

Civitello, David J., et al.. (2022). Cascading impacts of host seasonal adaptation on parasitism. Trends in Parasitology. 38(11). 942–949. 3 indexed citations

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Halstead, Neal T., et al.. (2021). Reducing disease and producing food: Effects of 13 agrochemicals on snail biomass and human schistosomes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(3). 729–741. 5 indexed citations

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Rumschlag, Samantha L., et al.. (2021). Variability in environmental persistence but not per capita transmission rates of the amphibian chytrid fungus leads to differences in host infection prevalence. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(1). 170–181. 5 indexed citations

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Perkins, T. Alex, Alun L. Lloyd, Lance A. Waller, et al.. (2021). Disease-driven reduction in human mobility influences human-mosquito contacts and dengue transmission dynamics. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(1). e1008627–e1008627. 14 indexed citations

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Civitello, David J., et al.. (2021). Divergent effects of invasive macrophytes on population dynamics of a snail intermediate host of Schistosoma Mansoni. Acta Tropica. 225. 106226–106226. 6 indexed citations

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Ezenwa, Vanessa O., David J. Civitello, Brandon T. Barton, et al.. (2020). Infectious Diseases, Livestock, and Climate: A Vicious Cycle?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(11). 959–962. 11 indexed citations

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Rohr, Jason R., David J. Civitello, Fletcher W. Halliday, et al.. (2019). Towards common ground in the biodiversity–disease debate. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(1). 24–33. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rohr, Jason R., Christopher B. Barrett, David J. Civitello, et al.. (2019). Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production. Nature Sustainability. 2(6). 445–456. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rohr, Jason R., David J. Civitello, Jeremy M. Cohen, et al.. (2018). The complex drivers of thermal acclimation and breadth in ectotherms. Ecology Letters. 21(9). 1425–1439. 204 indexed citations

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Halstead, Neal T., Christopher M. Hoover, Arathi Arakala, et al.. (2018). Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts. Nature Communications. 9(1). 837–837. 59 indexed citations

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Civitello, David J., Jeremy M. Cohen, Hiba Fatima, et al.. (2015). Biodiversity inhibits parasites: Broad evidence for the dilution effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(28). 8667–8671. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gervasi, Stephanie S., David J. Civitello, Holly J. Kilvitis, & Lynn B. Martin. (2015). The context of host competence: a role for plasticity in host–parasite dynamics. Trends in Parasitology. 31(9). 419–425. 92 indexed citations

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