Kenneth L. Gage

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

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Kenneth L. Gage is a scholar working on Genetics, Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth L. Gage has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Genetics, 89 papers in Parasitology and 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kenneth L. Gage's work include Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (119 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (86 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (50 papers). Kenneth L. Gage is often cited by papers focused on Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (119 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (86 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (50 papers). Kenneth L. Gage collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and Norway. Kenneth L. Gage's co-authors include Michael Kosoy, Rebecca J. Eisen, John A. Montenieri, Michael F. Antolin, Scott W. Bearden, Russell E. Enscore, Rebecca J. Eisen, James N. Mills, Ali S. Khan and Edward B. Hayes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth L. Gage

149 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth L. Gage United States	44	4.7k	3.3k	2.9k	2.0k	1.4k	149	7.6k
Jean‐Philippe Chippaux France	42	5.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	964 0.7×	369	9.2k
Louise Taylor United Kingdom	36	1.8k 0.4×	888 0.3×	3.2k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	874 0.6×	93	8.4k
Herwig Leirs Belgium	48	2.5k 0.5×	893 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	4.0k 2.8×	317	8.8k
Andy Fenton United Kingdom	39	1.7k 0.4×	914 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	696 0.3×	2.2k 1.5×	117	5.3k
Sarah Cleaveland United Kingdom	61	2.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	3.9k 1.3×	5.2k 2.6×	1.3k 0.9×	217	13.0k
Janet E. Foley United States	47	1.8k 0.4×	4.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	5.2k 2.6×	972 0.7×	294	8.7k
James E. Childs United States	62	1.5k 0.3×	5.6k 1.7×	3.0k 1.0×	8.4k 4.2×	1.4k 1.0×	223	13.1k
Ramón C. Soriguer Spain	42	763 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	282	6.3k
Michael Kosoy United States	46	1.5k 0.3×	4.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	4.0k 2.0×	624 0.4×	168	6.5k
Sarah Randolph United Kingdom	58	1.1k 0.2×	6.3k 1.9×	4.4k 1.5×	6.3k 3.2×	1.1k 0.7×	132	10.7k

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Eads, David A., Dean E. Biggins, & Kenneth L. Gage. (2020). Ecology and Management of Plague in Diverse Communities of Rodents and Fleas. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 20(12). 888–896. 9 indexed citations

Xu, Lei, Leif Christian Stige, Herwig Leirs, et al.. (2019). Historical and genomic data reveal the influencing factors on global transmission velocity of plague during the Third Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(24). 11833–11838. 27 indexed citations

Eisen, Rebecca J., Linda A. Atiku, Karen A. Boegler, et al.. (2018). An Evaluation of Removal Trapping to Control Rodents Inside Homes in a Plague-Endemic Region of Rural Northwestern Uganda. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 18(9). 458–463. 13 indexed citations

Kosoy, Michael, Pamela J. Reynolds, Ying Bai, et al.. (2017). Small-Scale Die-Offs in Woodrats Support Long-Term Maintenance of Plague in the U.S. Southwest. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17(9). 635–644. 20 indexed citations

Jones, Ryan, Jeff N. Borchert, Rebecca J. Eisen, et al.. (2015). Flea-Associated Bacterial Communities across an Environmental Transect in a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0141057–e0141057. 19 indexed citations

Lowell, Jennifer L., Michael F. Antolin, Gary L. Andersen, et al.. (2015). Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Reveal Spatial Diversity Among Clones of Yersinia pestis During Plague Outbreaks in Colorado and the Western United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(5). 291–302. 24 indexed citations

Billeter, Sarah A., et al.. (2014). Bartonella Species in Invasive Rats and Indigenous Rodents from Uganda. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14(3). 182–188. 17 indexed citations

Schotthoefer, Anna M., John A. Montenieri, Jennifer L. Holmes, et al.. (2013). Effects of Low-Temperature Flea Maintenance on the Transmission of Yersinia pestis by Oropsylla montana. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 13(7). 468–478. 34 indexed citations

Schotthoefer, Anna M., Rebecca J. Eisen, Kiersten J. Kugeler, et al.. (2012). Changing Socioeconomic Indicators of Human Plague, New Mexico, USA. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(7). 1151–1154. 3 indexed citations

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Boegler, Karen A., Christine B. Graham, John A. Montenieri, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of the Infectiousness to Mice of Soil Contaminated with Yersinia pestis -Infected Blood. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 12(11). 948–952. 19 indexed citations

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Brown, Heidi E., Craig Levy, Russell E. Enscore, et al.. (2011). Annual Seroprevalence of Yersinia pestis in Coyotes as Predictors of Interannual Variation in Reports of Human Plague Cases in Arizona, United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11(11). 1439–1446. 13 indexed citations

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Ben‐Ari, Tamara, Simon Neerinckx, Kenneth L. Gage, et al.. (2011). Plague and Climate: Scales Matter. PLoS Pathogens. 7(9). e1002160–e1002160. 119 indexed citations

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Biggins, Dean E., Jerry L. Godbey, Kenneth L. Gage, Leon G. Carter, & John A. Montenieri. (2010). Vector Control Improves Survival of Three Species of Prairie Dogs ( Cynomys ) in Areas Considered Enzootic for Plague. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(1). 17–26. 95 indexed citations

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Tripp, Daniel W., Kenneth L. Gage, John A. Montenieri, & Michael F. Antolin. (2009). Flea Abundance on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs ( Cynomys ludovicianus ) Increases During Plague Epizootics. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 9(3). 313–321. 69 indexed citations

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Wilder, Aryn P., Rebecca J. Eisen, Scott W. Bearden, et al.. (2008). Oropsylla hirsuta (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Can Support Plague Epizootics in Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs ( Cynomys ludovicianus ) by Early-Phase Transmission of Yersinia pestis. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8(3). 359–368. 48 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Yoshinori, Richard Williams, A. Townsend Peterson, et al.. (2007). Climate Change Effects on Plague and Tularemia in the United States. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 7(4). 529–540. 80 indexed citations

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Brinkerhoff, R. Jory, et al.. (2006). Abundance patterns of two Oropsylla (Ceratophyllidae: Siphonaptera) species on black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) hosts. Journal of Vector Ecology. 31(2). 355–363. 27 indexed citations

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Avashia, Swati, Katherine Hendricks, Jacob L. Kool, et al.. (2002). Outbreak of tularemia among commercially distributed prairie dogs, 2002.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51(31). 688–699. 9 indexed citations

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Enscore, Russell E., Brad J. Biggerstaff, Pamela J. Reynolds, et al.. (2002). Modeling relationships between climate and the frequency of human plague cases in the southwestern United States, 1960-1997.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 66(2). 186–196. 136 indexed citations

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Gage, Kenneth L., John A. Montenieri, & Rex E. Thomas. (1994). THE ROLE OF PREDATORS IN THE ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND SURVEILLANCE OF PLAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES. Insecta mundi. 16(16). 200–206. 33 indexed citations

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