Jessica E. Light

2.5k total citations
74 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Jessica E. Light is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica E. Light has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Jessica E. Light's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (18 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (16 papers). Jessica E. Light is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (22 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (18 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (16 papers). Jessica E. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Jessica E. Light's co-authors include David L. Reed, Mark S. Hafner, Julie M. Allen, Mark E. Siddall, Richard M. Warwick, Jeremy J. Kirchman, Gary Voelker, David J. Hafner, Lance A. Durden and Vincent Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Jessica E. Light

69 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jessica E. Light United States 23 617 537 450 396 294 74 1.6k
Jason D. Weckstein United States 22 600 1.0× 422 0.8× 495 1.1× 799 2.0× 138 0.5× 85 1.4k
Jean‐Louis Chapuis France 22 881 1.4× 379 0.7× 472 1.0× 315 0.8× 217 0.7× 57 1.5k
Gregory H. Adler United States 33 1.5k 2.5× 336 0.6× 793 1.8× 394 1.0× 308 1.0× 91 2.8k
Marlon E. Cobos United States 16 544 0.9× 271 0.5× 449 1.0× 273 0.7× 251 0.9× 54 1.7k
Juan Carlos Illera Spain 29 975 1.6× 875 1.6× 779 1.7× 263 0.7× 82 0.3× 88 2.1k
Benoît Pisanu France 21 762 1.2× 273 0.5× 372 0.8× 384 1.0× 267 0.9× 59 1.3k
Martim Melo Portugal 16 462 0.7× 301 0.6× 295 0.7× 386 1.0× 114 0.4× 53 1.1k
Andrzej Zalewski Poland 35 2.2k 3.6× 625 1.2× 385 0.9× 169 0.4× 182 0.6× 108 2.7k
Gauthier Dobigny France 31 757 1.2× 1.3k 2.4× 320 0.7× 240 0.6× 194 0.7× 97 2.3k
Russell L. Burke United States 20 495 0.8× 311 0.6× 278 0.6× 235 0.6× 152 0.5× 73 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessica E. Light

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica E. Light

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All Works

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Gustafsson, Daniel R., Julie M. Allen, Kayce C. Bell, et al.. (2025). Phthiraptera systematics: past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 9(5).
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Auckland, Lisa D., et al.. (2024). Apparent absence of Trypanosoma cruzi in Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from Texas, USA. Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports. 51. 101031–101031. 1 indexed citations
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Tucker, Erika M., Julie M. Allen, Vijay Barve, et al.. (2023). Building a community-based taxonomic resource for digitization of parasites and their hosts. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7(6).
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Ogawa, Hiroshi, et al.. (2021). Origin and evolution of the Haustoriidae (Amphipoda): a eulogy for the Haustoriidira. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194(4). 1252–1267. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E., et al.. (2021). Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Zoology. 18(1). 4–4. 12 indexed citations
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Hafner, David J., Mark S. Hafner, Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, & James W. Demastes. (2019). Temporal and spatial dynamics of competitive parapatry in chewing lice. Ecology and Evolution. 9(13). 7410–7424. 6 indexed citations
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Teel, Pete D., et al.. (2019). Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 79(1). 87–97. 5 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E., et al.. (2018). Population structure of the Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii) in California. Journal of Mammalogy. 99(3). 646–658. 5 indexed citations
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Castellanos, Adrian A., Matthew C. I. Medeiros, Gabriel L. Hamer, et al.. (2016). Decreased small mammal and on-host tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants ( Solenopsis invicta ). Biology Letters. 12(9). 20160463–20160463. 24 indexed citations
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Allen, Julie M., J. Gordon Burleigh, Jessica E. Light, & David L. Reed. (2016). Effects of 16S rDNA sampling on estimates of the number of endosymbiont lineages in sucking lice. PeerJ. 4. e2187–e2187. 13 indexed citations
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Voelker, Gary & Jessica E. Light. (2011). Palaeoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 163–163. 44 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E., Vincent Smith, Julie M. Allen, Lance A. Durden, & David L. Reed. (2010). Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 292–292. 86 indexed citations
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Raoult, Didier, David L. Reed, Katharina Dittmar, et al.. (2008). Molecular Identification of Lice from Pre‐Columbian Mummies. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197(4). 535–543. 72 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E., Julie M. Allen, Lauren Long, et al.. (2008). Geographic Distributions and Origins of Human Head Lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) Based on Mitochondrial Data. Journal of Parasitology. 94(6). 1275–1281. 55 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E., Melissa A. Toups, & David L. Reed. (2008). What’s in a name: The taxonomic status of human head and body lice. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(3). 1203–1216. 77 indexed citations
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Light, Jessica E. & Mark S. Hafner. (2007). Cophylogeny and disparate rates of evolution in sympatric lineages of chewing lice on pocket gophers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45(3). 997–1013. 47 indexed citations
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Reed, David L., Jessica E. Light, Julie M. Allen, & Jeremy J. Kirchman. (2007). Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice. BMC Biology. 5(1). 7–7. 116 indexed citations

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