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Luis Fernando Chaves

Luis Fernando Chaves

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7423
World Ranking
7650
National Ranking
152

Luis Fernando Chaves publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luis Fernando Chaves sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Luis Fernando Chaves D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luis Fernando Chaves sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luis Fernando Chaves is affiliated with Nagasaki University in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, and Ecology.

They have produced a significant body of published work in the following venues:

  • Insects
  • Pathogens
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Luis Fernando Chaves include:

  • Gabriel L. Hamer
  • Luke Bergmann
  • José E. Calzada
  • Chystrie Rigg
  • Nicole Gottdenker

Their research contributions focus on several main topics:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

A selection of recent papers authored by or involving Luis Fernando Chaves includes:

  • "COVID-19 basic reproduction number and assessment of initial suppression policies in Costa Rica," 2020, published in Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena
  • "A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making," 2021, published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "High Rate of Non-Human Feeding by Aedes aegypti Reduces Zika Virus Transmission in South Texas," 2020, published in Viruses
  • "Dispersal of female and male Aedes aegypti from discarded container habitats using a stable isotope mark-capture study design in South Texas," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • "COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital," 2020, published in Monthly Review

Best Publications

  • Malaria resurgence in the East African highlands: Temperature trends revisited

    M. Pascual;J. A. Ahumada;L. F. Chaves;X. Rodó

  • A systematic review of mathematical models of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission: 1970–2010

    Robert C Reiner;Robert C Reiner;T Alex Perkins;T Alex Perkins;Christopher M Barker;Christopher M Barker;Tianchan Niu;Tianchan Niu

  • Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA

    Marilyn O Ruiz;Luis F Chaves;Gabriel L Hamer;Ting Sun

  • Climate Cycles and Forecasts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a Nonstationary Vector-Borne Disease

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Mercedes Pascual

  • Climate Change and Highland Malaria: Fresh Air for a Hot Debate

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt

  • Shifting patterns: malaria dynamics and rainfall variability in an African highland

    M Pascual;B Cazelles;M.J Bouma;L.F Chaves

  • Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured?

    Luis F Chaves;Laura C Harrington;Carolyn L Keogh;Andy M Nguyen

  • Recasting the theory of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission dynamics and control

    David L. Smith;T. Alex Perkins;T. Alex Perkins;Robert C. Reiner;Robert C. Reiner;Christopher M. Barker;Christopher M. Barker

  • Climatic variability and landscape heterogeneity impact urban mosquito diversity and vector abundance and infection

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Luis Fernando Chaves;Gabriel L. Hamer;Gabriel L. Hamer;Edward D. Walker;William M. Brown

  • Social exclusion modifies climate and deforestation impacts on a vector-borne disease.

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Justin M. Cohen;Mercedes Pascual;Mark L. Wilson

  • COVID-19 and circuits of capital New York to China and back

    Rob Wallace;Alex Liebman;Luis Fernando Chaves;Rodrick Wallace

  • Ecological patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

    Jorge Eduardo Rabinovich;Uriel Dan Kitron;Uriel Dan Kitron;Yamila Obed;Miho Yoshioka

  • Host Life History Strategy, Species Diversity, and Habitat Influence Trypanosoma cruzi Vector Infection in Changing Landscapes

    Nicole L. Gottdenker;Luis Fernando Chaves;José E. Calzada;Azael Saldaña

  • Fine-Scale Variation in Vector Host Use and Force of Infection Drive Localized Patterns of West Nile Virus Transmission

    Gabriel L. Hamer;Gabriel L. Hamer;Luis Fernando Chaves;Luis Fernando Chaves;Tavis K. Anderson;Uriel D. Kitron

  • A systematic review of mathematical models of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission: 1970-2010

    Robert C. Reiner;Alex Perkins;Christopher M. Barker;Tianchan Niu

  • Nonlinear impacts of climatic variability on the density‐dependent regulation of an insect vector of disease

    Luis F. Chaves;Amy C. Morrison;Uriel D. Kitron;Uriel D. Kitron;Thomas W. Scott;Thomas W. Scott

  • An entomologist guide to demystify pseudoreplication: data analysis of field studies with design constraints.

    Luis Fernando Chaves

  • Snakebites are associated with poverty, weather fluctuations, and El Niño

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Luis Fernando Chaves;Ting Wu Chuang;Mahmood Sasa;José María Gutiérrez

  • Sources and sinks: revisiting the criteria for identifying reservoirs for American cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Luis F. Chaves;Maria J. Hernandez;Andrew P. Dobson;Mercedes Pascual

  • Mathematical modelling of American cutaneous leishmaniasis: incidental hosts and threshold conditions for infection persistence.

    Luis Fernando Chaves;Maria-Josefina Hernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Uriel Kitron
Uriel Kitron Emory University
Mercedes Pascual
Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago
Thomas W. Scott
Thomas W. Scott University of California, Davis
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
William K. Reisen
William K. Reisen University of California, Davis
Edwin Michael
Edwin Michael University of Notre Dame
Alun L. Lloyd
Alun L. Lloyd North Carolina State University
David L. Smith
David L. Smith University of Washington
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Derek A. T. Cummings
Derek A. T. Cummings University of Florida

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