Richard C. Wilkerson

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Richard C. Wilkerson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard C. Wilkerson has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in Insect Science and 24 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Richard C. Wilkerson's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (105 papers), Malaria Research and Control (84 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (24 papers). Richard C. Wilkerson is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (105 papers), Malaria Research and Control (84 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (24 papers). Richard C. Wilkerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Colombia. Richard C. Wilkerson's co-authors include Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Leopoldo M. Rueda, Nora J. Besansky, Desmond H. Foley, Jan E. Conn, E. L. Peyton, Yvonne‐Marie Linton, Terry A. Klein, Ted R. Schultz and Maureen Coetzee and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Richard C. Wilkerson

120 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex

2013 375 citations Richard C. Wilkerson et al. profile →
Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships

2015 235 citations Richard C. Wilkerson, Yvonne‐Marie Linton et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard C. Wilkerson United States	38	3.4k	811	806	742	557	121	4.1k
Jan E. Conn United States	40	3.6k 1.1×	604 0.7×	883 1.1×	879 1.2×	430 0.8×	162	4.7k
Carlo Costantini Burkina Faso	45	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	986 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	408 0.7×	111	5.2k
Anthony J. Cornel United States	36	2.3k 0.7×	794 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	833 1.5×	122	4.2k
William C. Black United States	29	1.7k 0.5×	523 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	516 0.7×	783 1.4×	57	2.8k
Visut Baimai Thailand	34	1.8k 0.5×	716 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	765 1.0×	565 1.0×	150	3.5k
Catherine Walton United Kingdom	30	1.7k 0.5×	605 0.7×	434 0.5×	638 0.9×	263 0.5×	74	2.5k
Vincenzo Petrarca Italy	35	3.3k 1.0×	844 1.0×	398 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	261 0.5×	62	4.1k
Mariangela Bonizzoni Italy	35	2.1k 0.6×	823 1.0×	2.0k 2.4×	837 1.1×	556 1.0×	79	3.6k
Mark Q. Benedict United States	32	3.2k 0.9×	848 1.0×	2.4k 2.9×	1.5k 2.0×	823 1.5×	94	4.8k
Gregory C. Lanzaro United States	36	2.8k 0.8×	642 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	206 0.4×	119	4.0k

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Bourke, Brian P., Richard C. Wilkerson, Freddy Ruíz-López, et al.. (2023). High Levels of Diversity in Anopheles Subgenus Kerteszia Revealed by Species Delimitation Analyses. Genes. 14(2). 344–344. 4 indexed citations

Liria, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Species diversity and spatial distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from La Isla Amazon Park, Napo Province, Ecuador. Revista de Biología Tropical. 71(1). e55184–e55184. 1 indexed citations

Bourke, Brian P., et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical Albitarsis Complex based on mitogenome data. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 589–589. 6 indexed citations

Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne‐Marie Linton, Dina M. Fonseca, et al.. (2015). Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133602–e0133602. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

Ruíz-López, Freddy, Richard C. Wilkerson, D. J. Ponsonby, et al.. (2013). Systematics of the Oswaldoi Complex (Anopheles, Nyssorhynchus) in South America. Parasites & Vectors. 6(1). 324–324. 27 indexed citations

Moreno, Marta, Sara A. Bickersmith, José R. Loaiza, et al.. (2013). Phylogeography of the neotropical Anopheles triannulatus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) supports deep structure and complex patterns. Parasites & Vectors. 6(1). 47–47. 23 indexed citations

Kim, Heung-Chul, Leopoldo M. Rueda, Richard C. Wilkerson, et al.. (2011). Distribution and larval habitats of Anopheles species in northern Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. Journal of Vector Ecology. 36(1). 124–134. 18 indexed citations

Foley, Desmond H., et al.. (2010). MosquitoMap and the Mal-area calculator: new web tools to relate mosquito species distribution with vector borne disease. International Journal of Health Geographics. 9(1). 11–11. 44 indexed citations

Ruíz-López, Freddy, Yvonne‐Marie Linton, D. J. Ponsonby, et al.. (2010). Molecular comparison of topotypic specimens confirms Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dunhami Causey (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Colombian Amazon. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 105(7). 899–903. 42 indexed citations

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Ruíz-López, Freddy, et al.. (2008). Molecular systematics of the Oswaldoi Complex (Anopheles: Nyssorhynchus) in South America. 1 indexed citations

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Foley, Desmond H., Leopoldo M. Rueda, A. Townsend Peterson, & Richard C. Wilkerson. (2008). Potential Distribution of Two Species in the Medically Important Anopheles minimus Complex (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(5). 852–860. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Cong & Richard C. Wilkerson. (2006). Intragenomic rDNA ITS2 Variation in the Neotropical Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis Complex (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Heredity. 98(1). 51–59. 59 indexed citations

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Fritz, Gary N., et al.. (2004). Identification of Four Vectors of Human Plasmodium spp. by Multiplex PCR: Anopheles rangeli, An. strodei, An. triannulatus, and An. trinkae (Diptera: Culicidae: Nyssorhynchus). Journal of Medical Entomology. 41(6). 1111–1115. 16 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C., et al.. (1993). Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers readily distinguish cryptic mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Anopheles ). Insect Molecular Biology. 1(4). 205–211. 80 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C., D Strickman, & Ildefonso Fernández Salas. (1993). Clave ilustrada para la identificación de las hembras de mosquitos anofelinos de México y Centroamérica.. 5 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C. & E. L. Peyton. (1990). Standardized Nomenclature for the Costal Wing Spots of the Genus Anopheles and Other Spotted-Wing Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 27(2). 207–224. 79 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C.. (1990). Redescriptions of Anopheles punctimacula and An. malefactor (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 27(2). 225–247. 28 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C., et al.. (1990). Illustrated key to the female anopheline mosquitoes of Central America and Mexico.. PubMed. 6(1). 7–34. 82 indexed citations

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Wilkerson, Richard C.. (1989). Elevation of Anopheles chiriquiensis from synonymy with Anopheles parapunctipennis and designation of name-bearing types for Anopheles parapunctipennis and Anopheles parapunctipennis guatemalensis (Diptera: Culicidae). 3 indexed citations

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Fairchild, G. B. & Richard C. Wilkerson. (1984). A REVIEW OF THE NEOTROPICAL GENUS STYPOMMISA (DIPTERA: TABANIDAE). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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