2026 Giulio A. De Leo: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4521	4327	1681	1551	185	9127

Overview

Giulio A. De Leo is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within Environmental Science and Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Ecology, Parasitology, Global and Planetary Change, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work covers main research topics such as Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Global Maternal and Child Health, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Giulio A. De Leo has published extensively in several venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, The Lancet Planetary Health, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Public Health.

Frequent collaborators include Susanne H. Sokolow, Andrew J. Chamberlin, Isabel J. Jones, Andrea J. Lund, and Nicolas Jouanard.

Selected recent publications include:

Human-mediated impacts on biodiversity and the consequences for zoonotic disease spillover, 2021, Current Biology
Climatic, land-use and socio-economic factors can predict malaria dynamics at fine spatial scales relevant to local health actors: Evidence from rural Madagascar, 2023, PLOS Global Public Health
Improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forest, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa, 2023, Nature
Effects of agrochemical pollution on schistosomiasis transmission: a systematic review and modelling analysis, 2020, The Lancet Planetary Health

Best Publications

Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

1076
Citations
The Multifaceted Aspects of Ecosystem Integrity

Giulio A. De Leo;Simon Asher Levin

489
Citations
Evidence that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts.

Fiorenza Micheli;Andrea Saenz-Arroyo;Ashley P. Greenley;Leonardo Álvarez Vázquez

391
Citations
Application of a Random Forest algorithm to predict spatial distribution of the potential yield of Ruditapes philippinarum in the Venice lagoon, Italy

Simone Vincenzi;Matteo Zucchetta;Piero Franzoi;Michele Pellizzato

270
Citations
Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

Susanne H. Sokolow;Susanne H. Sokolow;Chelsea L. Wood;Isabel J. Jones;Scott J. Swartz

236
Citations
Integrating marine protected areas with catch regulation

Ray Hilborn;Fiorenza Micheli;Giulio A De Leo

214
Citations
Reduced transmission of human schistosomiasis after restoration of a native river prawn that preys on the snail intermediate host

Susanne H. Sokolow;Susanne H. Sokolow;Elizabeth Huttinger;Nicolas Jouanard;Michael H. Hsieh

201
Citations
Assessing the effectiveness of a large marine protected area for reef shark conservation

Timothy D. White;Aaron B. Carlisle;David A. Kroodsma;Barbara A. Block

175
Citations
Disease ecology, health and the environment: a framework to account for ecological and socio-economic drivers in the control of neglected tropical diseases

A. Garchitorena;A. Garchitorena;S. H. Sokolow;B. Roche;C. N. Ngonghala

163
Citations
Ecological interventions to prevent and manage zoonotic pathogen spillover

Susanne H. Sokolow;Susanne H. Sokolow;Nicole Nova;Kim M. Pepin;Alison J. Peel

155
Citations
The value of spatial information in MPA network design

Christopher Costello;Andrew Rassweiler;David Siegel;Giulio De Leo

150
Citations
A GIS-based habitat suitability model for commercial yield estimation of Tapes philippinarum in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Italy)

Simone Vincenzi;Graziano Caramori;Remigio Rossi;Giulio A. De Leo

147
Citations
Pricing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Never-Ending Story

Marino Gatto;Giulio A. De Leo

140
Citations
To Reduce the Global Burden of Human Schistosomiasis, Use ‘Old Fashioned’ Snail Control

Susanne H. Sokolow;Susanne H. Sokolow;Chelsea L. Wood;Isabel J. Jones;Kevin D. Lafferty

137
Citations
THE INVASION ECOLOGY OF THE TOAD BUFO MARINUS:FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO AUSTRALIA

Margarita Lampo;Giulio A. De Leo

132
Citations
Nearly 400 million people are at higher risk of schistosomiasis because dams block the migration of snail-eating river prawns

Susanne H. Sokolow;Susanne H. Sokolow;Isabel J. Jones;Merlijn M. T. Jocque;Diana La

126
Citations
The Resilience of Marine Ecosystems to Climatic Disturbances

Jennifer O'Leary;Fiorenza Micheli;Laura Airoldi;Charles Boch

123
Citations
Dispersal Patterns of Coastal Fish: Implications for Designing Networks of Marine Protected Areas

Antonio Di Franco;Bronwyn M. Gillanders;Giuseppe De Benedetto;Antonio Pennetta

121
Citations
Uncertainty, climate change, and adaptive management

Garry Peterson;Giulio Alessandro De Leo;Jessica J. Hellmann;Marco A. Janssen

114
Citations
Allometry and simple epidemic models for microparasites

Giulio A. De Leo;Andrew P. Dobson

99
Citations
Precision mapping of snail habitat provides a powerful indicator of human schistosomiasis transmission

Chelsea L. Wood;Susanne H. Sokolow;Isabel J. Jones;Andrew J Chamberlin

91
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marino Gatto Polytechnic University of Milan

Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey

Andrew P. Dobson Princeton University

Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame

Armand M. Kuris University of California, Santa Barbara

Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago

Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lorenzo Zane University of Padua

Hillary S. Young University of California, Santa Barbara

Paolo Guidetti Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

External Links

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