2026 John M. Drake: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	61	2190	2100	787	742	230	13739

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John M. Drake is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Modeling and Simulation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of research consist of COVID-19 epidemiological studies, zoonotic diseases and public health, viral infections and vectors, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, viral infections and outbreaks research, data-driven disease surveillance, and influenza virus research studies.

Among John M. Drake's recent papers are the following:

Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases (2024), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
Detecting critical slowing down in high-dimensional epidemiological systems (2020), published in PLoS Computational Biology
Integrating data mining and transmission theory in the ecology of infectious diseases (2020), published in Ecology Letters
Association between tuberculosis in men and social network structure in Kampala, Uganda (2021), published in BMC Infectious Diseases
Characteristics of the 100 largest modern zoonotic disease outbreaks (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology Letters, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, PLoS Computational Biology, and the Journal of The Royal Society Interface.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Ecology Letters
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
PLoS Computational Biology
Journal of The Royal Society Interface

John M. Drake collaborates often with several coauthors, including Barbara A. Han, Pejman Rohani, Michelle Evans, John P. Schmidt, and Eamon B. O'Dea. These collaborations reflect overlapping interests in infectious diseases and ecological modeling.

Barbara A. Han
Pejman Rohani
Michelle Evans
John P. Schmidt
Eamon B. O'Dea

In 2018, John M. Drake was awarded the title Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

Rodent reservoirs of future zoonotic diseases

Barbara A. Han;John Paul Schmidt;Sarah E. Bowden;John M. Drake

673
Citations
Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments

John M. Drake;Blaine D. Griffen

641
Citations
The evidence for Allee effects

Andrew M. Kramer;Brian Dennis;Andrew M. Liebhold;John M. Drake

620
Citations
Global Patterns of Zoonotic Disease in Mammals.

Barbara A. Han;Andrew M. Kramer;John M. Drake

499
Citations
Global hot spots of biological invasions: evaluating options for ballast-water management.

John M. Drake;David M. Lodge

447
Citations
Modelling ecological niches with support vector machines

John M. Drake;Christophe Randin;Antoine Guisan

403
Citations
Pandora's Box Contained Bait : The Global Problem of Introduced Earthworms

Paul F. Hendrix;Mac A. Callaham;John M. Drake;Ching-Yu Huang

344
Citations
Allee Effects, Propagule Pressure and the Probability of Establishment: Risk Analysis for Biological Invasions

John M. Drake;John M. Drake;David M. Lodge

331
Citations
Linking environmental conditions and ship movements to estimate invasive species transport across the global shipping network

Reuben P. Keller;John M. Drake;Mark B. Drew;David M. Lodge

331
Citations
Environmental transmission of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses and its implications for pathogen invasion.

Pejman Rohani;Romulus Breban;David E. Stallknecht;John M. Drake

316
Citations
PREDICTING INVASIONS: PROPAGULE PRESSURE AND THE GRAVITY OF ALLEE EFFECTS

Brian Leung;John M. Drake;David M. Lodge

311
Citations
What factors might have led to the emergence of ebola in West Africa

Kathleen A. Alexander;Claire E. Sanderson;Madav Marathe;Bryan L. Lewis

310
Citations
The role of environmental transmission in recurrent avian influenza epidemics.

Romulus Breban;John M. Drake;David E. Stallknecht;Pejman Rohani;Pejman Rohani

286
Citations
Risk Analysis and Bioeconomics of Invasive Species to Inform Policy and Management

David M. Lodge;David M. Lodge;Paul W. Simonin;Stanley W. Burgiel;Reuben P. Keller

258
Citations
Hull fouling is a risk factor for intercontinental species exchange in aquatic ecosystems

John M. Drake;David M. Lodge

219
Citations
The Potential Distribution of Zebra Mussels in the United States

John M. Drake;Jonathan M. Bossenbroek

216
Citations
Allee effects and the risk of biological invasion.

John M. Drake

172
Citations
The macroecology of infectious diseases: a new perspective on global-scale drivers of pathogen distributions and impacts

Patrick R. Stephens;Sonia Altizer;Katherine F. Smith;A. Alonso Aguirre

171
Citations
Fecundity as a basis for risk assessment of nonindigenous freshwater molluscs.

Reuben P. Keller;John M. Drake;David M. Lodge

166
Citations
Invasion in space and time: non‐native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity

Elsa E. Cleland;Melinda D. Smith;Sandy J. Andelman;Christy Bowles

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pejman Rohani University of Georgia

David M. Lodge Cornell University

Simon I. Hay University of Washington

Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University

Charles L. Nunn Duke University

Karen R. Lips University of Maryland, College Park

Susan S. Kilham Drexel University

Martin Krkošek University of Toronto

Matt R. Whiles University of Florida

Fred C. Dobbs Old Dominion University

External Links

Personal website of John M. Drake

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