Mekala Sundaram

682 total citations
34 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Mekala Sundaram is a scholar working on Ecology, Infectious Diseases and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Mekala Sundaram has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Mekala Sundaram's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers). Mekala Sundaram is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers). Mekala Sundaram collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malawi and Australia. Mekala Sundaram's co-authors include Janna R. Willoughby, J. Andrew DeWoody, Robert K. Swihart, Bhagya K. Wijayawardena, Jennifer D. Antonides, Nadia B. Fernández, Nathanael I. Lichti, Maureen C. Lamb, Nicholas J. Marra and Andrew B. Leslie and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Ecological Monographs.

In The Last Decade

Mekala Sundaram

30 papers receiving 447 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mekala Sundaram United States 12 229 168 158 91 77 34 450
Friederike Woog Germany 11 213 0.9× 151 0.9× 94 0.6× 153 1.7× 58 0.8× 39 495
Evelyn L. Jensen Canada 15 200 0.9× 254 1.5× 142 0.9× 90 1.0× 124 1.6× 38 525
Bonny Koane Czechia 11 187 0.8× 97 0.6× 187 1.2× 209 2.3× 98 1.3× 31 486
Eloisa H. R. Sari Brazil 12 200 0.9× 174 1.0× 92 0.6× 166 1.8× 60 0.8× 15 521
Kritika M. Garg India 16 189 0.8× 258 1.5× 83 0.5× 208 2.3× 171 2.2× 47 568
Julie L. King United States 13 196 0.9× 216 1.3× 61 0.4× 76 0.8× 111 1.4× 27 525
Surachit Waengsothorn Thailand 11 301 1.3× 190 1.1× 46 0.3× 121 1.3× 50 0.6× 41 473
Magnus Gelang Sweden 10 142 0.6× 170 1.0× 56 0.4× 102 1.1× 85 1.1× 13 343
Eduardo Ferreira Portugal 13 225 1.0× 212 1.3× 53 0.3× 61 0.7× 42 0.5× 52 453
Chaz Hyseni United States 15 185 0.8× 259 1.5× 101 0.6× 111 1.2× 71 0.9× 34 593

Countries citing papers authored by Mekala Sundaram

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mekala Sundaram

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mekala Sundaram

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mekala Sundaram. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mekala Sundaram based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mekala Sundaram. Mekala Sundaram is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ferreira, Susana, et al.. (2025). Shedding light on development: Leveraging the new nightlights data to measure economic progress. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318482–e0318482. 1 indexed citations
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Zohdy, Sarah, et al.. (2024). A quantitative and systematic analysis of Anopheles stephensi bionomics and control approaches. Acta Tropica. 260. 107431–107431.
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2024). Evidence of repeated zoonotic pathogen spillover events at ecological boundaries. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1435233–1435233. 2 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2024). From invasion to outbreak: tick introductions and disease. Trends in Parasitology. 41(1). 24–27. 2 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2023). Footprint of war: integrating armed conflicts in disease ecology. Trends in Parasitology. 39(4). 238–241. 6 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2023). Preliminary Investigation of Schmalhausen’s Law in a Directly Transmitted Pathogen Outbreak System. Viruses. 15(2). 310–310. 1 indexed citations
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Harder, Avril M., Mekala Sundaram, Lana L. Narine, & Janna R. Willoughby. (2023). Remotely sensed environmental measurements detect decoupled processes driving population dynamics at contrasting scales. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8). e10358–e10358. 1 indexed citations
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Stephens, Patrick R., Mekala Sundaram, Susana Ferreira, et al.. (2022). Drivers of African Filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) Outbreaks. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 22(9). 478–490. 11 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, John P. Schmidt, Barbara A. Han, John M. Drake, & Patrick R. Stephens. (2022). Traits, phylogeny and host cell receptors predict Ebolavirus host status among African mammals. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(12). e0010993–e0010993. 4 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Minimally Invasive Monitoring Methods and Live Trapping in Mammals. Genes. 12(12). 1949–1949. 4 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, et al.. (2019). Mechanisms underlying detection of seed dormancy by a scatter‐hoarding rodent. Integrative Zoology. 15(2). 89–102. 8 indexed citations
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Antonides, Jennifer D., Samarth Mathur, Mekala Sundaram, Robert E. Ricklefs, & J. Andrew DeWoody. (2019). Immunogenetic response of the bananaquit in the face of malarial parasites. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 107–107. 16 indexed citations
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Swihart, Robert K., Mekala Sundaram, Kenneth F. Kellner, & Songlin Fei. (2018). Benchmarking Scholarly Performance by Faculty in Forestry and Forest Products. Journal of Forestry. 116(4). 320–327. 1 indexed citations
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Swihart, Robert K., Mekala Sundaram, Tomas O. Höök, J. Andrew DeWoody, & Kenneth F. Kellner. (2016). Performance Benchmarks for Scholarly Metrics Associated with Fisheries and Wildlife Faculty. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155097–e0155097. 6 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala. (2016). The role of seed attributes in eastern gray squirrel foraging. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 2 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, Janna R. Willoughby, Nathanael I. Lichti, Michael A. Steele, & Robert K. Swihart. (2015). Segregating the Effects of Seed Traits and Common Ancestry of Hardwood Trees on Eastern Gray Squirrel Foraging Decisions. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130942–e0130942. 26 indexed citations
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Willoughby, Janna R., Mekala Sundaram, Bhagya K. Wijayawardena, et al.. (2015). The reduction of genetic diversity in threatened vertebrates and new recommendations regarding IUCN conservation rankings. Biological Conservation. 191. 495–503. 123 indexed citations
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Sundaram, Mekala, Janna R. Willoughby, & Bradley Jay Swanson. (2013). Indirect evidence of prey-switching in minks: empirical evidence, theoretical modeling, and spatial drivers. Journal of Mammalogy. 94(5). 1149–1160. 5 indexed citations
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Geetha, N., et al.. (1992). Biology of the predatory mirid, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Reuter) on the eggs of various insect hosts. Journal of Entomological Research. 16(4). 300–304. 3 indexed citations

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