James M. Hassell

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 839 citations indexed

About

James M. Hassell is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Hassell has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 839 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in James M. Hassell's work include Zoonotic diseases and public health (16 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (8 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (6 papers). James M. Hassell is often cited by papers focused on Zoonotic diseases and public health (16 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (8 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (6 papers). James M. Hassell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. James M. Hassell's co-authors include Eric M. Fèvre, Melissa J. Ward, Michael Begon, Judy Bettridge, Dishon Muloi, Mark Woolhouse, Timothy P. Robinson, Michael R. Cranfield, Samuel Kariuki and Dawn Zimmerman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

James M. Hassell

27 papers receiving 824 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface

2016 461 citations James M. Hassell, Michael Begon et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Hassell United States	12	318	278	151	134	119	31	839
Innocent B. Rwego Uganda	20	519 1.6×	501 1.8×	209 1.4×	220 1.6×	244 2.1×	52	1.4k
Carmelo Ortega Spain	11	402 1.3×	421 1.5×	233 1.5×	230 1.7×	271 2.3×	19	1.3k
Md. Jannat Hossain Bangladesh	8	192 0.6×	217 0.8×	59 0.4×	116 0.9×	47 0.4×	27	732
Johanne Ellis‐Iversen United Kingdom	21	145 0.5×	426 1.5×	67 0.4×	295 2.2×	134 1.1×	49	1.3k
Samina Ievy Bangladesh	13	194 0.6×	266 1.0×	82 0.5×	105 0.8×	49 0.4×	16	826
Cécile Aenishaenslin Canada	18	417 1.3×	337 1.2×	43 0.3×	103 0.8×	329 2.8×	71	939
Ioannis Magouras Switzerland	14	158 0.5×	199 0.7×	43 0.3×	171 1.3×	79 0.7×	37	582
Abdul Katakweba Tanzania	17	145 0.5×	273 1.0×	220 1.5×	30 0.2×	178 1.5×	56	764
Joerg Henning Australia	22	148 0.5×	412 1.5×	153 1.0×	522 3.9×	63 0.5×	103	1.3k
George Valiakos Greece	12	175 0.6×	199 0.7×	46 0.3×	90 0.7×	92 0.8×	43	538

Countries citing papers authored by James M. Hassell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Hassell

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Happi, Anise N., Ralph Buij, Frank van Langevelde, et al.. (2025). Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria. One Health. 20. 100992–100992. 1 indexed citations

Worsley‐Tonks, Katherine E. L., Colin J. Carlson, Guéladio Cissé, et al.. (2025). A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change—East Africa as a case study. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(1). e0003892–e0003892. 1 indexed citations

Hassell, James M., Elizabeth A. J. Cook, Frank van Langevelde, et al.. (2025). Limited knowledge of health risks along the illegal wild meat value chain in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA). PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0316596–e0316596.

Fava, Francesco, James M. Hassell, Lance W. Robinson, et al.. (2025). Leveraging deep learning models to increase the representation of nomadic pastoralists in health campaigns and demographic surveillance. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(4). e0004018–e0004018.

Ergünay, Koray, Brian P. Bourke, John Waitumbi, et al.. (2025). Potential spillover investigated by metagenome sequencing in Laikipia, Kenya reveals tick-borne pathogens and a novel bunyavirus. One Health. 21. 101226–101226.

Muloi, Dishon, Alexandre Caron, James A. Berkley, et al.. (2025). Using the microbiota to study connectivity at human–animal interfaces. Trends in Microbiology. 33(10). 1110–1120. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Lian F., Adam W. Ferguson, Eric M. Fèvre, et al.. (2024). Integrated Community‐Based Reporting and Field Diagnostics for Improved Rabies Surveillance in Rural Laikipia, Kenya. Zoonoses and Public Health. 72(2). 194–199. 2 indexed citations

Pecor, David B., Mary F. Kearney, Dawn Zimmerman, et al.. (2024). Data release: targeted systematic literature search for tick and tick-borne pathogen distributions in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 1901 to 2020. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 84–84. 9 indexed citations

Brown, Janine L., et al.. (2023). Non-invasive assessment of ovarian activity in free-ranging eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) in Kenya. Conservation Physiology. 11(1). coad010–coad010. 1 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., et al.. (2023). A review of clostridial diseases in rhinoceroses. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(3). 1 indexed citations

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Kamau, Joseph, Koray Ergünay, Paul W. Webala, et al.. (2022). A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats. Viruses. 14(12). 2820–2820. 6 indexed citations

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Waage, Jeff, Delia Grace, Eric M. Fèvre, et al.. (2022). Changing food systems and infectious disease risks in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(9). e760–e768. 26 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Tim Newbold, Andrew P. Dobson, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: Towards an ecosystem model of infectious disease. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(8). 1186–1186. 1 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Tim Newbold, Andrew P. Dobson, et al.. (2021). Towards an ecosystem model of infectious disease. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(7). 907–918. 32 indexed citations

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Comizzoli, Pierre, Katrina M. Pagenkopp Lohan, Carly R. Muletz‐Wolz, James M. Hassell, & Brian Coyle. (2021). The Interconnected Health Initiative: A Smithsonian Framework to Extend One Health Research and Education. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 8. 629410–629410. 5 indexed citations

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Muloi, Dishon, John Kiiru, Melissa J. Ward, et al.. (2019). Epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli carriage in sympatric humans and livestock in a rapidly urbanizing city. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 54(5). 531–537. 43 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Mandy J. Ward, Dishon Muloi, et al.. (2019). Deterministic processes structure bacterial genetic communities across an urban landscape. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2643–2643. 24 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Melissa J. Ward, Dishon Muloi, et al.. (2019). Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: an epidemiological study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 3(6). e259–e269. 64 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Dawn Zimmerman, Michael R. Cranfield, et al.. (2017). Morbidity and mortality in infant mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei): A 46‐year retrospective review. American Journal of Primatology. 79(10). 15 indexed citations

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Hassell, James M., Michael Begon, Melissa J. Ward, & Eric M. Fèvre. (2016). Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(1). 55–67. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

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