Weidong Gu

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Weidong Gu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Weidong Gu has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Weidong Gu's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers), Malaria Research and Control (20 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (8 papers). Weidong Gu is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (25 papers), Malaria Research and Control (20 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (8 papers). Weidong Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Kenya. Weidong Gu's co-authors include Robert K. Swihart, Robert J. Novak, John C. Beier, John I. Githure, James L. Regens, Josephat Shililu, Günter C. Müller, Yosef Schlein, Charles Mbogo and Gerry F. Killeen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Weidong Gu

54 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Absent or undetected? Effects of non-detection of species occurrence on wildlife–habitat models

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weidong Gu United States	28	1.4k	712	476	475	387	55	2.9k
Parviez R. Hosseini United States	24	1.2k 0.9×	750 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	349 0.7×	266 0.7×	35	3.4k
Michael R. Hutchings United Kingdom	38	547 0.4×	1.6k 2.2×	894 1.9×	323 0.7×	364 0.9×	132	4.4k
Peter Daszak United States	9	623 0.4×	337 0.5×	440 0.9×	840 1.8×	151 0.4×	11	2.2k
Robert Cheke United Kingdom	35	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	1.2k 2.4×	750 1.6×	452 1.2×	219	4.6k
Lindsay P. Campbell United States	16	512 0.4×	408 0.6×	279 0.6×	118 0.2×	283 0.7×	48	1.6k
Jason K. Blackburn United States	31	1.3k 0.9×	630 0.9×	475 1.0×	110 0.2×	111 0.3×	145	3.0k
Marianne Sinka United Kingdom	22	2.7k 2.0×	197 0.3×	574 1.2×	617 1.3×	85 0.2×	34	3.2k
Sarah E. Perkins United Kingdom	34	533 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	636 1.3×	93 0.2×	131 0.3×	90	3.4k
Crawford W. Revie Canada	34	605 0.4×	1.8k 2.5×	390 0.8×	127 0.3×	413 1.1×	156	3.9k
Robert J. Novak United States	40	3.7k 2.6×	335 0.5×	2.0k 4.1×	922 1.9×	82 0.2×	167	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weidong Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weidong Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weidong Gu

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

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Liu, Zhaojun, et al.. (2024). Physiological cost of Ulva lactuca under combined pressure of nutrient-oxytetracycline: One potential formation and maintenance mechanism of Ulva sp. green tide. Aquatic Toxicology. 267. 106830–106830.

Gu, Weidong, Zhaohui Cui, Steven Stroika, et al.. (2023). Predicting Food Sources of Listeria monocytogenes Based on Genomic Profiling Using Random Forest Model. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 20(12). 579–586. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Fuzhi, Xuelin Zhang, Yingting Wu, et al.. (2022). The short-term outcomes of nonintubated anesthesia compared with intubated anesthesia in single-port video-assisted lung surgery in enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery: results from a single-center retrospective study. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 14(12). 4951–4965. 7 indexed citations

Lively, Joana Y, Shacara D. Johnson, Mary E. Wikswo, et al.. (2018). Clinical and Epidemiologic Profiles for Identifying Norovirus in Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreak Investigations. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5(4). ofy049–ofy049. 8 indexed citations

Yu, Patricia, Neal H. Lin, Barbara E. Mahon, et al.. (2017). Safety and Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients Treated With New Equine-Derived Heptavalent Botulinum Antitoxin. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 66(suppl_1). S57–S64. 60 indexed citations

Gu, Weidong, Felicita Medalla, & Robert M. Hoekstra. (2017). Bayesian hierarchical model of ceftriaxone resistance proportions among Salmonella serotype Heidelberg infections. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 24. 19–26. 2 indexed citations

Kong, Deyang, Weidong Gu, Xinyan Guo, et al.. (2017). Determination of glyphosate in soil/sludge by high performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 1502. 8–13. 81 indexed citations

Imanishi, Maho, Janell Routh, Weidong Gu, et al.. (2015). Estimating the Attack Rate of Pregnancy-Associated Listeriosis during a Large Outbreak. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015. 1–5. 18 indexed citations

Beier, John C., Günter C. Müller, Weidong Gu, Kristopher L. Arheart, & Yosef Schlein. (2012). Attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) methods decimate populations of Anopheles malaria vectors in arid environments regardless of the local availability of favoured sugar-source blossoms. Malaria Journal. 11(1). 31–31. 133 indexed citations

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Gu, Weidong, Günter C. Müller, Yosef Schlein, Robert J. Novak, & John C. Beier. (2011). Natural Plant Sugar Sources of Anopheles Mosquitoes Strongly Impact Malaria Transmission Potential. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e15996–e15996. 95 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaobo, Qiyong Liu, Yuhong Guo, et al.. (2011). The abundance and host-seeking behavior of culicine species (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles sinensis in Yongcheng city, people's Republic of China. Parasites & Vectors. 4(1). 221–221. 32 indexed citations

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Gu, Weidong & Robert J. Novak. (2009). Agent-based modelling of mosquito foraging behaviour for malaria control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(11). 1105–1112. 46 indexed citations

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Muturi, Ephantus J., Joseph Mwangangi, Josephat Shililu, et al.. (2007). Mosquito Species Succession and Physicochemical Factors Affecting Their Abundance in Rice Fields in Mwea, Kenya. Journal of Medical Entomology. 44(2). 336–344. 46 indexed citations

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Gu, Weidong, et al.. (2006). Spatio-temporal Analyses of West Nile Virus Transmission in Culex Mosquitoes in Northern Illinois, USA, 2004. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 6(1). 91–98. 25 indexed citations

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Muturi, Ephantus J., Josephat Shililu, Benjamin Jacob, et al.. (2006). Mosquito species diversity and abundance in relation to land use in a riceland agroecosystem in Mwea, Kenya. Journal of Vector Ecology. 31(1). 129–137. 66 indexed citations

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Mwangangi, Joseph, Josephat Shililu, Ephantus J. Muturi, et al.. (2006). Dynamics of immature stages of Anopheles arabiensis and other mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in relation to rice cropping in a rice agro-ecosystem in Kenya. Journal of Vector Ecology. 31(2). 245–251. 26 indexed citations

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Keating, Joseph, Charles Mbogo, Joseph Mwangangi, et al.. (2005). Anopheles gambiaes.l. andAnopheles funestusMosquito Distributions at 30 Villages along the Kenyan Coast. Journal of Medical Entomology. 42(3). 241–246. 7 indexed citations

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Killeen, Gerry F., Bart GJ Knols, & Weidong Gu. (2003). Taking malaria transmission out of the bottle: implications of mosquito dispersal for vector-control interventions. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 3(5). 297–303. 66 indexed citations

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Gu, Weidong, Gerry F. Killeen, Charles Mbogo, et al.. (2003). An individual-based model of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission on the coast of Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97(1). 43–50. 79 indexed citations

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Gu, Weidong. (1995). Estimating sporozoite rates by examining pooled samples of mosquitoes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 89(4). 359–360. 12 indexed citations

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