Michael Begon

27.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
260 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Begon is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Begon has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Genetics, 80 papers in Ecology and 58 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Michael Begon's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (57 papers), Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (44 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (42 papers). Michael Begon is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (57 papers), Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (44 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (42 papers). Michael Begon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. Michael Begon's co-authors include John L. Harper, Colin R. Townsend, Steward T. A. Pickett, Walter P. Carson, D. J. Thompson, George A. Parker, Martin Mortimer, Roger Bowers, Sandra Telfer and Pablo M. Beldoménico and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Begon

255 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. 1986 2026 1999 2012 1987 2005 1996 1997 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.
    1987 2.5k citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
  2. Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems
    2005 1.2k citations Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend et al. profile →
  3. Population Ecology
    1996 786 citations Michael Begon et al. profile →
  4. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.
    1997 760 citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
  5. Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations
    1995 618 citations Michael Begon et al. profile →
  6. Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.
    1987 581 citations Michael Begon, John L. Harper et al. profile →
  7. Optimal Egg Size and Clutch Size: Effects of Environment and Maternal Phenotype
    1986 500 citations Michael Begon et al. profile →
  8. Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface
    2016 461 citations Michael Begon et al. profile →
  9. Species Interactions in a Parasite Community Drive Infection Risk in a Wildlife Population
    2010 441 citations Sandra Telfer, Xavier Lambin et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Begon United Kingdom 65 7.4k 4.8k 4.4k 3.8k 3.4k 260 20.0k
Peter J. Hudson United States 73 8.0k 1.1× 4.2k 0.9× 3.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 5.7k 1.7× 297 21.3k
Andrew P. Dobson United States 84 15.0k 2.0× 6.1k 1.3× 5.5k 1.2× 4.5k 1.2× 7.3k 2.2× 263 36.0k
Richard S. Ostfeld United States 77 8.7k 1.2× 3.3k 0.7× 5.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.9× 7.4k 2.2× 258 24.4k
John L. Gittleman United States 66 12.7k 1.7× 5.0k 1.0× 7.2k 1.6× 5.7k 1.5× 3.5k 1.0× 121 28.2k
Kevin D. Lafferty United States 71 18.8k 2.5× 4.0k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 214 26.0k
Sergé Morand France 67 9.2k 1.2× 4.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 2.8k 0.8× 520 17.8k
Andrew A. Cunningham United Kingdom 62 5.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 4.4k 1.3× 265 19.7k
Stéphane Guindon France 21 10.0k 1.3× 8.3k 1.7× 7.3k 1.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 39 39.8k
Olivier Gascuel France 35 11.1k 1.5× 8.7k 1.8× 6.5k 1.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 136 46.4k
Sonia Altizer United States 58 5.5k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 4.2k 1.0× 903 0.2× 2.8k 0.8× 130 14.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Begon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lambin, Xavier, Michael Begon, Sarah J. Burthe, et al.. (2025). Density-dependent recruitment but not survival drives cyclic dynamics in a field vole population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2509516122–e2509516122. 1 indexed citations
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Eyre, Max T., Peter J. Diggle, Albert I. Ko, et al.. (2024). Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1447592–1447592. 3 indexed citations
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Costa, Federico, Hammed Oladeji Mogaji, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, et al.. (2022). Why is leptospirosis hard to avoid for the impoverished? Deconstructing leptospirosis transmission risk and the drivers of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a disadvantaged community in Salvador, Brazil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). e0000408–e0000408. 3 indexed citations
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Khalil, Hussein, Daiana de Oliveira, Max T. Eyre, et al.. (2021). Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(3). e0009256–e0009256. 35 indexed citations
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Silva, Eduardo Mendes da, et al.. (2021). Using Rhodamine B to assess the movement of small mammals in an urban slum. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(11). 2234–2242. 9 indexed citations
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Pinto, Pedro Luiz Silva, Max T. Eyre, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, et al.. (2021). Angiostrongylus cantonensisin urban populations of terrestrial gastropods and rats in an impoverished region of Brazil. Parasitology. 148(8). 994–1002. 11 indexed citations
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Khalil, Hussein, Ticiana S. A. Carvalho‐Pereira, Melissa Hanzen Pinna, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and Salmonella spp. with zoonotic potential in urban rats in Salvador, Brazil. Epidemiology and Infection. 149. e128–e128. 6 indexed citations
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Eyre, Max T., Ticiana S. A. Carvalho‐Pereira, Hussein Khalil, et al.. (2020). A multivariate geostatistical framework for combining multiple indices of abundance for disease vectors and reservoirs: a case study of rattiness in a low-income urban Brazilian community. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 17(170). 20200398–20200398. 7 indexed citations
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Begon, Michael, et al.. (2020). Short Communicaton:Increased Rat Sightings in Urban Slums During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Risk for Rat-Borne Zoonoses. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 21(3). 160–161. 5 indexed citations
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Arriero, Elena, Richard J. Birtles, Janette E. Bradley, et al.. (2017). From the animal house to the field: Are there consistent individual differences in immunological profile in wild populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis)?. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183450–e0183450. 16 indexed citations
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Kallio, Eva R., Michael Begon, Richard J. Birtles, et al.. (2014). First Report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Rodents in Finland. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 14(6). 389–393. 43 indexed citations
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Telfer, Sandra, Xavier Lambin, Richard J. Birtles, et al.. (2010). Species Interactions in a Parasite Community Drive Infection Risk in a Wildlife Population. Science. 330(6001). 243–246. 441 indexed citations breakdown →
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Telfer, Sandra, Eva R. Kallio, Sarah J. Burthe, et al.. (2009). Host–pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(19). 7905–7909. 112 indexed citations
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Stenseth, Nils Chr., Noelle I. Samia, Hildegunn Viljugrein, et al.. (2006). Plague dynamics are driven by climate variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(35). 13110–13115. 195 indexed citations
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Bown, Kevin J., Michael Begon, Malcolm J. Bennett, et al.. (2006). Sympatric Ixodes trianguliceps and Ixodes ricinus Ticks Feeding on Field Voles ( Microtus agrestis ): Potential for Increased Risk of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United Kingdom?. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(4). 404–410. 57 indexed citations
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Begon, Michael, Colin R. Townsend, & John L. Harper. (2006). Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th edition. 233 indexed citations
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Begon, Michael, et al.. (2001). reply: How wild are wild mammals?. 409(6816). 38. 1 indexed citations
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Begon, Michael & Bryan Shorrocks. (1978). The feeding- and breeding-sites of Drosophila obscura Fallén and D. subobscura Collin. Journal of Natural History. 12(2). 137–151. 25 indexed citations

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