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, Deborah Balk, Marc A. Levy, Adam Storeygard, John L. Gittleman, 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

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

2008 5.4k citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health

2000 3.1k citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. Science profile →
Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses

2005 1.8k citations Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi et al. Science profile →
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 →
Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

2010 1.3k citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
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 →
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Amphibian Population Declines

1999 771 citations Peter Daszak, Alex D. Hyatt et al. profile →
Anthropogenic environmental change and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife

2001 713 citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. profile →
Host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals

2017 684 citations Kevin J. Olival, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio et al. profile →
Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis

2012 664 citations Stephen S. Morse, William B. Karesh et al. profile →
Infectious disease and amphibian population declines

2003 629 citations Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham et al. profile →
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 →
Cross-Species Virus Transmission and the Emergence of New Epidemic Diseases

2008 588 citations Peter Daszak et al. profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

2013 514 citations Nischay Mishra, Kevin J. Olival et al. profile →
One Health, emerging infectious diseases and wildlife: two decades of progress?

2017 369 citations Andrew A. Cunningham, Peter Daszak et al. profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

2014 362 citations Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese et al. mBio profile →
Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention

2020 343 citations Peter Daszak et al. Science profile →
The Global Virome Project

2018 270 citations Peter Daszak, George F. Gao et al. Science profile →
Global patterns in coronavirus diversity

2017 266 citations Peter Daszak, William B. Karesh et al. profile →
Sustainable development must account for pandemic risk

2020 198 citations Moreno Di Marco, Peter Daszak et al. profile →
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics

2022 154 citations Hongying Li, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alphacoronaviruses from bats captured in European Russia in 2015 and 2021 are closely related to those of Northern Europe 2024 ·Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Andrei E. Samoilov, (unknown), Ivan Butenko, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sergei V. Kruskop, (unknown), (unknown), Anna S. Gladkikh, Vladimir G. Dedkov, (unknown), Peter Daszak, Anna S. Speranskaya	1
2	A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Cecilia A. Sánchez, Hongying Li, Kendra L. Phelps, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Lin‐Fa Wang, Peng Zhou, Zheng‐Li Shi, Kevin J. Olival, Peter Daszak	45
3	A Novel Potentially Recombinant Rodent Coronavirus with a Polybasic Cleavage Site in the Spike Protein 2021 ·Journal of Virology ·Xin Li, Liang Wang, Peipei Liu, Hongying Li, Shuting Huo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Libiao Zhang, Ben Hu, Yu Lan, Aleksei A. Chmura, Guizhen Wu, Peter Daszak, William J. Liu, George F. Gao	17
4	Seasonality of Date Palm Sap Feeding Behavior by Bats in Bangladesh 2021 ·EcoHealth ·Ausraful Islam, Clifton McKee, Probir Kumar Ghosh, (unknown), Jonathan H. Epstein, Peter Daszak, Stephen P. Luby, Salah Uddin Khan, Emily S. Gurley	7
5	Was the COVID‐19 pandemic avoidable? A call for a “solution‐oriented” approach in pathogen evolutionary ecology to prevent future outbreaks 2020 ·Ecology Letters ·Benjamín Roche, Andrés Garchitorena, Jean‐François Guégan, Audrey Arnal, David Roiz, Sergé Morand, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Gerardo Suzán, Peter Daszak	28
6	A qualitative study of zoonotic risk factors among rural communities in southern China 2020 ·International Health ·Hongying Li, Guangjian Zhu, Yunzhi Zhang, Libiao Zhang, Emily Hagan, Stephanie Martinez, Aleksei A. Chmura, Leilani Francisco, (unknown), Maureen Miller, Peter Daszak	25
7	Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in a Wildlife Researcher in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case Study 2018 ·Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease ·(unknown), Timothy William, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, (unknown), Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Mei Lee, (unknown), Peter Daszak, Benoît Goossens, James Hughes, Stuart D. Blacksell	6
8	ecohealthalliance/pubcrawler: "Global correlates" paper 2017 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Toph Allen, Kris A. Murray, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Stephen S. Morse, Carlo Rondinini, Moreno Di Marco, Nathan Breit, Kevin J. Olival, Peter Daszak	1
9	ecohealthalliance/hotspots2: "Global correlates" paper 2017 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Toph Allen, Kris A. Murray, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Stephen S. Morse, Carlo Rondinini, Moreno Di Marco, Nathan Breit, Kevin J. Olival, Peter Daszak	1
10	Hotspots of canine leptospirosis in the United States of America 2017 ·The Veterinary Journal ·Allison M. White, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio, Toph Allen, Melinda K. Rostal, (unknown), (unknown), Peter Daszak, William B. Karesh	42
11	Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus breakdown → 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Ben Hu, Leiping Zeng, Xing‐Lou Yang, (unknown), Wei Zhang, Bei Li, Jiazheng Xie, (unknown), (unknown), Ning Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Daszak, Lin‐Fa Wang, Jie Cui, Zheng‐Li Shi	601
12	Bat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Like Coronavirus WIV1 Encodes an Extra Accessory Protein, ORFX, Involved in Modulation of the Host Immune Response 2016 ·Journal of Virology ·Leiping Zeng, (unknown), Xing‐Yi Ge, Qian Zhang, Cheng Peng, Xing‐Lou Yang, Bing Tan, Jing Chen, Aleksei A. Chmura, Peter Daszak, Zheng‐Li Shi	44
13	Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to the Direct Progenitor of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2015 ·Journal of Virology ·Xing‐Lou Yang, Ben Hu, Bo Wang, Meiniang Wang, Qian Zhang, Wei Zhang, Lijun Wu, Xing‐Yi Ge, Yunzhi Zhang, Peter Daszak, Lin‐Fa Wang, Zheng‐Li Shi	167
14	Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Domestic Animals Eating Dropped and Bitten Fruit in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission 2015 ·EcoHealth ·John J. Openshaw, Sonia T. Hegde, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Salah Uddin Khan, Jahangir Hossain, Jonathan H. Epstein, Peter Daszak, Emily S. Gurley, Stephen P. Luby	11
15	Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia breakdown → 2014 ·mBio ·Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese, Nischay Mishra, Vishal Kapoor, Stephen Sameroff, Emmie de Wit, Vincent J. Munster, Lisa E. Hensley, Iyad S. Zalmout, Amit Kapoor, Jonathan H. Epstein, William B. Karesh, Peter Daszak, Osama B. Mohammed, W. Ian Lipkin	362
16	Identification and Epidemiology of a Rare HoBi-Like Pestivirus Strain in Bangladesh 2014 ·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·Najmul Haider, (unknown), (unknown), Salah Uddin Khan, Andrea Mikolon, Emily S. Gurley, M. G. Osmani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ariful Islam, (unknown), Jonathan H. Epstein, Peter Daszak, Tasnim Azim, Stephen P. Luby, N. S. Zeidner, (unknown), (unknown)	51
17	Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses breakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, Wuze Ren, Craig Smith, Jonathan H. Epstein, Hanzhong Wang, Gary Crameri, Zhìhóng Hú, Huajun Zhang, Jianhong Zhang, Jennifer A. McEachern, Hume Field, Peter Daszak, Bryan T. Eaton, Shuyi Zhang, Lin‐Fa Wang	1780
18	Sarcocystis infections in gazelles at the King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre, Saudi Arabia 2000 ·Veterinary Record ·Osama B. Mohammed, A.J. Davies, Peter Daszak, H. S. Hussein	3
19	Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health breakdown → 2000 ·Science ·Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham, Alex D. Hyatt	3138
20	Prevalence of endoparasites in Round Island reptiles 1995 ·Herpetological Journal ·Peter Daszak	6

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