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C. Jessica E. Metcalf

C. Jessica E. Metcalf

Princeton University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
16940
World Ranking
9551
National Ranking
4217

C. Jessica E. Metcalf publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Jessica E. Metcalf sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 193 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

C. Jessica E. Metcalf D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Jessica E. Metcalf sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

C. Jessica E. Metcalf is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of medicine and mathematics, with a focus on modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and broader health topics.

Their work extensively covers topics related to COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, virology and viral diseases, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, viral infections and outbreaks research, influenza virus research studies, and viral infections and vectors.

Among recent papers featuring or linked with their research interests are:

  • Infectious disease in an era of global change (2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • The impact of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on the future dynamics of endemic infections (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Disease and healthcare burden of COVID-19 in the United States (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19 (2020, Science)
  • The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology (2020, Nature Communications)

C. Jessica E. Metcalf frequently collaborates with a number of researchers including:

  • Bryan T. Grenfell
  • Justin Lessler
  • Rachel E. Baker
  • Andrea L. Graham
  • Chadi M. Saad-Roy

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Best Publications

  • Infectious disease in an era of global change.

    Rachel E. Baker;Ayesha S. Mahmud;Ian F. Miller;Ian F. Miller;Malavika Rajeev

  • Modeling infectious disease dynamics in the complex landscape of global health.

    Hans Heesterbeek;Roy M. Anderson;Viggo Andreasen;Shweta Bansal

  • The impact of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on the future dynamics of endemic infections.

    Rachel E. Baker;Sang Woo Park;Wenchang Yang;Gabriel A. Vecchi

  • Disease and healthcare burden of COVID-19 in the United States.

    Ian F. Miller;Alexander D. Becker;Bryan T. Grenfell;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • Long-term measles-induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality

    Michael J. Mina;Michael J. Mina;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Rik L. de Swart;A. D. M. E. Osterhaus

  • Assessing the global threat from Zika virus

    Justin Lessler;Lelia H. Chaisson;Lauren M. Kucirka;Lauren M. Kucirka;Qifang Bi

  • Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19.

    Caroline O. Buckee;Satchit Balsari;Jennifer Chan;Mercè Crosas

  • Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in U.S. cities

    Benjamin D. Dalziel;Stephen Kissler;Julia R. Gog;Cecile Viboud

  • Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: A practical guide

    Cory Merow;Cory Merow;Johan P. Dahlgren;Johan P. Dahlgren;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Dylan Z. Childs

  • The compadre Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;C. Ruth Archer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • Use of serological surveys to generate key insights into the changing global landscape of infectious disease

    C Jessica E Metcalf;C Jessica E Metcalf;Jeremy Farrar;Felicity T Cutts;Nicole E Basta;Nicole E Basta

  • Susceptible supply limits the role of climate in the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

    Rachel E. Baker;Wenchang Yang;Gabriel A. Vecchi;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • Why evolutionary biologists should be demographers

    C. Jessica E. Metcalf;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Samuel Pavard

  • The microbiome beyond the horizon of ecological and evolutionary theory.

    Britt Koskella;Lindsay J. Hall;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • Successive passaging of a plant-associated microbiome reveals robust habitat and host genotype-dependent selection.

    Norma M. Morella;Francis Cheng-Hsuan Weng;Pierre M. Joubert;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • Immune life history, vaccination, and the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 over the next 5 years.

    Chadi M. Saad-Roy;Caroline E. Wagner;Caroline E. Wagner;Rachel E. Baker;Sinead E. Morris

  • Reduced vaccination and the risk of measles and other childhood infections post-Ebola

    Saki Takahashi;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Matthew J. Ferrari;William J. Moss

  • Epidemiological and evolutionary considerations of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dosing regimes.

    Chadi M. Saad-Roy;Sinead E. Morris;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Michael J. Mina

  • Thirteen Challenges in modelling plant diseases

    Nik J. Cunniffe;Britt Koskella;C. Jessica E. Metcalf;Stephen Parnell

  • Understanding Herd Immunity

    Charlotte Jessica Eland Metcalf;Charlotte Jessica Eland Metcalf;M. Ferrari;Andrea Linn Graham;Bryan T. Grenfell;Bryan T. Grenfell

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Justin Lessler
Justin Lessler Johns Hopkins University
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Britt Koskella
Britt Koskella University of California, Berkeley
Jean-Michel Heraud
Jean-Michel Heraud Institut Pasteur
Gabriel A. Vecchi
Gabriel A. Vecchi Princeton University
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health

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Ottar N. Bjørnstad

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Simon I. Hay

Simon I. Hay

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Publications: 29

Thomas A. House

Thomas A. House

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Robin N Thompson

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