Peter Daszak

56.7k total citations · 21 hit papers
257 papers, 34.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Daszak is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Daszak has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 34.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Infectious Diseases, 102 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 73 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Peter Daszak's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (105 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (89 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (67 papers). Peter Daszak is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (105 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (89 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (67 papers). Peter Daszak collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Peter Daszak's co-authors include Alex D. Hyatt, Andrew A. Cunningham, Kate E. Jones, Nikkita Patel, Marc A. Levy, John L. Gittleman, Deborah Balk, Adam Storeygard, Jonathan H. Epstein and A. Marm Kilpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peter Daszak

255 papers receiving 32.7k citations

Hit Papers

Global trends in emerging... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2008 2000 2005 1998 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases
    2008 5.4k citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  2. Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health
    2000 3.1k citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. Science profile →
  3. Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses
    2005 1.8k citations Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi et al. Science profile →
  4. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America
    1998 1.6k citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. profile →
  5. Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases
    2010 1.3k citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  6. Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor
    2013 1.2k citations Xing‐Lou Yang, Aleksei A. Chmura et al. profile →
  7. Emerging Infectious Diseases and Amphibian Population Declines
    1999 771 citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  8. Anthropogenic environmental change and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife
    2001 713 citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. profile →
  9. Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals
    2017 684 citations Kevin J. Olival, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio et al. profile →
  10. Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis
    2012 664 citations Stephen S. Morse, William B. Karesh et al. profile →
  11. Infectious disease and amphibian population declines
    2003 629 citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. profile →
  12. Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus
    2017 601 citations Ben Hu, Leiping Zeng et al. PLoS Pathogens profile →
  13. Cross-Species Virus Transmission and the Emergence of New Epidemic Diseases
    2008 588 citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  14. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia
    2013 514 citations Nischay Mishra, Kevin J. Olival et al. profile →
  15. One Health, emerging infectious diseases and wildlife: two decades of progress?
    2017 369 citations Andrew A. Cunningham, Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  16. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia
    2014 362 citations Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese et al. mBio profile →
  17. Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention
    2020 343 citations Peter Daszak et al. Science profile →
  18. The Global Virome Project
    2018 270 citations Peter Daszak, George F. Gao et al. Science profile →
  19. Global patterns in coronavirus diversity
    2017 266 citations Peter Daszak, William B. Karesh et al. profile →
  20. Sustainable development must account for pandemic risk
    2020 198 citations Moreno Di Marco, Peter Daszak et al. profile →
  21. The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics
    2022 154 citations Hongying Li, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter Daszak 16.2k 11.3k 5.6k 5.5k 5.0k 257 34.3k
Bryan T. Grenfell 8.4k 0.5× 8.2k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 9.8k 2.0× 407 38.2k
Andrew Rambaut 18.4k 1.1× 5.1k 0.5× 4.1k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 11.6k 2.3× 225 72.1k
Edward C. Holmes 30.6k 1.9× 13.0k 1.1× 5.2k 0.9× 944 0.2× 16.9k 3.4× 736 66.1k
Roy M. Anderson 12.9k 0.8× 14.7k 1.3× 3.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.2× 8.7k 1.8× 539 53.9k
Andrew P. Dobson 5.3k 0.3× 7.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 6.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.4× 263 36.0k
Andrew A. Cunningham 5.4k 0.3× 4.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 5.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 265 19.7k
Marc A. Suchard 8.0k 0.5× 3.3k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 5.2k 0.9× 6.2k 1.2× 300 64.7k
Peter J. Hudson 4.4k 0.3× 5.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 1.9k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 297 21.3k
Thomas G. Ksiazek 20.8k 1.3× 5.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 4.6k 0.8× 7.2k 1.5× 289 24.8k
Oliver G. Pybus 10.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 830 0.2× 10.4k 2.1× 303 27.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Daszak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samoilov, Andrei E., Ivan Butenko, Sergei V. Kruskop, et al.. (2024). Alphacoronaviruses from bats captured in European Russia in 2015 and 2021 are closely related to those of Northern Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Cecilia A., Hongying Li, Kendra L. Phelps, et al.. (2022). A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4380–4380. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Liang Wang, Peipei Liu, et al.. (2021). A Novel Potentially Recombinant Rodent Coronavirus with a Polybasic Cleavage Site in the Spike Protein. Journal of Virology. 95(22). e0117321–e0117321. 17 indexed citations
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Roche, Benjamín, Andrés Garchitorena, Jean‐François Guégan, et al.. (2020). Was the COVID‐19 pandemic avoidable? A call for a “solution‐oriented” approach in pathogen evolutionary ecology to prevent future outbreaks. Ecology Letters. 23(11). 1557–1560. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Hongying, Guangjian Zhu, Yunzhi Zhang, et al.. (2020). A qualitative study of zoonotic risk factors among rural communities in southern China. International Health. 12(2). 77–85. 25 indexed citations
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Monagin, Corina, Ning Liang, Sally J. Trufan, et al.. (2018). Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0194647–e0194647. 8 indexed citations
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William, Timothy, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, et al.. (2018). Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in a Wildlife Researcher in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case Study. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 3(1). 29–29. 6 indexed citations
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Allen, Toph, Kris A. Murray, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, et al.. (2017). ecohealthalliance/pubcrawler: "Global correlates" paper. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Toph, Kris A. Murray, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, et al.. (2017). ecohealthalliance/hotspots2: "Global correlates" paper. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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White, Allison M., Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Toph Allen, et al.. (2017). Hotspots of canine leptospirosis in the United States of America. The Veterinary Journal. 222. 29–35. 42 indexed citations
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Hu, Ben, Leiping Zeng, Xing‐Lou Yang, et al.. (2017). Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus. PLoS Pathogens. 13(11). e1006698–e1006698. 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zeng, Leiping, Xing‐Yi Ge, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2016). Bat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Like Coronavirus WIV1 Encodes an Extra Accessory Protein, ORFX, Involved in Modulation of the Host Immune Response. Journal of Virology. 90(14). 6573–6582. 44 indexed citations
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Yang, Xing‐Lou, Ben Hu, Bo Wang, et al.. (2015). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to the Direct Progenitor of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Journal of Virology. 90(6). 3253–3256. 167 indexed citations
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Openshaw, John J., Sonia T. Hegde, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, et al.. (2015). Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Domestic Animals Eating Dropped and Bitten Fruit in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission. EcoHealth. 13(1). 39–48. 11 indexed citations
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Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Thomas Briese, Nischay Mishra, et al.. (2014). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia. mBio. 5(2). e00884–14. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Wendong, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, et al.. (2005). Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses. Science. 310(5748). 676–679. 1780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schloegel, Lisa M., Peter Daszak, & Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava. (2005). Medicina da conservacao: buscando causas e solucoes praticas para doencas infecciosas emergentes. Natureza & Conservação. 3(2). 29–146. 5 indexed citations
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Mohammed, Osama B., A.J. Davies, Peter Daszak, & H. S. Hussein. (2000). Sarcocystis infections in gazelles at the King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia. Veterinary Record. 146(8). 218–221. 3 indexed citations
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Daszak, Peter & Andrew A. Cunningham. (1998). Wildlife disease biology comes of age. Oryx. 32(4). 238–239. 2 indexed citations
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Daszak, Peter. (1995). Prevalence of endoparasites in Round Island reptiles. Herpetological Journal. 5(1). 195–199. 6 indexed citations

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