Rory Gibb

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rory Gibb is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rory Gibb has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rory Gibb's work include Zoonotic diseases and public health (14 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 papers). Rory Gibb is often cited by papers focused on Zoonotic diseases and public health (14 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (6 papers). Rory Gibb collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Rory Gibb's co-authors include Kate E. Jones, Ella Browning, Paul Glover‐Kapfer, David W. Redding, Tim Newbold, Christl A. Donnelly, Tim M. Blackburn, Lina Moses, Lydia H. V. Franklinos and Colin J. Carlson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Rory Gibb

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems

2020 499 citations Rory Gibb, David W. Redding et al. Nature profile →
Emerging opportunities and challenges for passive acoustics in ecological assessment and monitoring

2018 438 citations Rory Gibb, Ella Browning et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
Pathogens and planetary change

2025 13 citations Colin J. Carlson, Cole B. Brookson et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rory Gibb United Kingdom	17	622	508	423	407	276	25	1.7k
Jeanne M. Fair United States	20	821 1.3×	283 0.6×	51 0.1×	331 0.8×	505 1.8×	92	2.0k
Katarzyna Nowak United Kingdom	16	297 0.5×	371 0.7×	65 0.2×	162 0.4×	118 0.4×	35	983
Scott H. Newman United States	32	1.4k 2.3×	326 0.6×	73 0.2×	864 2.1×	460 1.7×	89	3.2k
Benoı̂t de Thoisy French Guiana	36	1.1k 1.7×	1.1k 2.1×	67 0.2×	845 2.1×	554 2.0×	168	3.7k
Peggy Eby Australia	17	736 1.2×	329 0.6×	30 0.1×	512 1.3×	659 2.4×	33	1.6k
Gregory F. Albery United States	21	430 0.7×	569 1.1×	25 0.1×	463 1.1×	313 1.1×	53	1.6k
Benjamin D. Dalziel United States	17	533 0.9×	139 0.3×	42 0.1×	217 0.5×	242 0.9×	23	1.4k
Noam Ross United States	12	545 0.9×	813 1.6×	17 0.0×	804 2.0×	248 0.9×	28	2.5k
Maxwell B. Joseph United States	22	476 0.8×	284 0.6×	27 0.1×	154 0.4×	193 0.7×	42	1.4k
Susan A. Shriner United States	23	820 1.3×	153 0.3×	23 0.1×	712 1.7×	181 0.7×	69	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rory Gibb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rory Gibb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rory Gibb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rory Gibb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rory Gibb 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 Rory Gibb. Rory Gibb is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Carlson, Colin J., Cole B. Brookson, Daniel J. Becker, et al.. (2025). Pathogens and planetary change. PubMed. 1(1). 32–49. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Tseng, Katie K, Heather Koehler, Daniel J. Becker, et al.. (2025). Viral genomic features predict Orthopoxvirus reservoir hosts. Communications Biology. 8(1). 309–309. 1 indexed citations

Colón‐González, Felipe J., Rory Gibb, Kamran Khan, et al.. (2023). Projecting the future incidence and burden of dengue in Southeast Asia. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5439–5439. 39 indexed citations

Poisot, Timothée, Nardus Mollentze, Maxwell J. Farrell, et al.. (2023). Network embedding unveils the hidden interactions in the mammalian virome. Patterns. 4(6). 100738–100738. 8 indexed citations

Fletcher, Isabel, Rory Gibb, Rachel Lowe, & Kate E. Jones. (2023). Differing taxonomic responses of mosquito vectors to anthropogenic land-use change in Latin America and the Caribbean. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 17(7). e0011450–e0011450. 4 indexed citations

Brady, Oliver J., Barbara Hofmann, Felipe J. Colón‐González, et al.. (2023). Relaxation of anti-COVID-19 measures reveals new challenges for infectious disease outbreak forecasting. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 23(2). 144–146.

Gibb, Rory, Gregory F. Albery, Nardus Mollentze, et al.. (2022). Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort. Biology Letters. 18(1). 20210427–20210427. 23 indexed citations

Franklinos, Lydia H. V., David W. Redding, Tim Lucas, et al.. (2022). Joint spatiotemporal modelling reveals seasonally dynamic patterns of Japanese encephalitis vector abundance across India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(2). e0010218–e0010218. 5 indexed citations

Albery, Gregory F., Colin J. Carlson, Lily Cohen, et al.. (2022). Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(6). 794–801. 33 indexed citations

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Lule, Swaib A., Rory Gibb, Dennison Kizito, et al.. (2022). Widespread exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Uganda might be driven by transmission from Rhipicephalus ticks: Evidence from cross-sectional and modelling studies. Journal of Infection. 85(6). 683–692. 17 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Isabel, et al.. (2022). Supplementary Material: Climate-sensitive disease outbreaks in the aftermath of extreme climatic events: a scoping review. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Carlson, Colin J., Rory Gibb, Gregory F. Albery, et al.. (2022). The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations. mBio. 13(2). e0298521–e0298521. 35 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Isabel, et al.. (2022). Climate-sensitive disease outbreaks in the aftermath of extreme climatic events: A scoping review. One Earth. 5(4). 336–350. 32 indexed citations

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Redding, David W., Rory Gibb, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, et al.. (2021). Geographical drivers and climate-linked dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5759–5759. 44 indexed citations

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Gibb, Rory, Lydia H. V. Franklinos, David W. Redding, & Kate E. Jones. (2020). Ecosystem perspectives are needed to manage zoonotic risks in a changing climate. BMJ. 371. m3389–m3389. 61 indexed citations

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Gibb, Rory, David W. Redding, Christl A. Donnelly, et al.. (2020). Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems. Nature. 584(7821). 398–402. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Newbold, Tim, Georgina Adams, Elizabeth H. Boakes, et al.. (2019). Climate and land-use change homogenise terrestrial biodiversity, with consequences for ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. 3(2). 207–219. 72 indexed citations

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Aodha, Oisin Mac, Rory Gibb, Kate E. Barlow, et al.. (2018). Bat detective—Deep learning tools for bat acoustic signal detection. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(3). e1005995–e1005995. 140 indexed citations

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Gibb, Rory, Ella Browning, Paul Glover‐Kapfer, & Kate E. Jones. (2018). Emerging opportunities and challenges for passive acoustics in ecological assessment and monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(2). 169–185. 438 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gibb, Rory, Lina Moses, David W. Redding, & Kate E. Jones. (2017). Understanding the cryptic nature of Lassa fever in West Africa. Pathogens and Global Health. 111(6). 276–288. 72 indexed citations

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