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P. van den Driessche

P. van den Driessche

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
63
Citations
29156
World Ranking
430
National Ranking
15

P. van den Driessche publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. van den Driessche sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 230 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

P. van den Driessche D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. van den Driessche sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to linear algebra and mathematical biology.

Overview

P. van den Driessche is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research spans the intersecting domains of mathematics and medicine, with a particular emphasis on mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models. Their work frequently addresses topics related to COVID-19 epidemiological studies, evolution and genetic dynamics, matrix theory and algorithms, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, numerical methods for differential equations, and graph theory and applications.

Their recent publications include:

  • A mathematical model to assess the impact of testing and isolation compliance on the transmission of COVID-19, 2023, Infectious Disease Modelling
  • Effects of Asymptomatic Infections on the Spatial Spread of Infectious Diseases, 2022, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
  • Effect of feedback regulation on stem cell fractions in tissues and tumors: Understanding chemoresistance in cancer, 2020, Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Disease-Induced Hydra Effect with Overcompensatory Recruitment, 2021, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
  • Impact of Varying Community Networks on Disease Invasion, 2021, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Minerva Catral
  • Adam H. Berliner
  • D.D. Olesky
  • Junling Ma
  • Chadi M. Saad-Roy

P. van den Driessche often publishes in the following venues:

  • Linear Algebra and its Applications
  • Journal of Biological Dynamics
  • Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
  • Infectious Disease Modelling
  • SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Their academic work covers the following research fields:

  • Mathematics
  • Medicine

Subfields of study include:

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Genetics
  • Infectious Diseases

P. van den Driessche has been recognized as a SIAM Fellow in 2013 for contributions to linear algebra and mathematical biology.

Best Publications

  • Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission

    P. van den Driessche;James Watmough

  • Reproduction numbers of infectious disease models.

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  • On zeroes of some transcendental equations

    K. L. Cooke;P. Van Den Driessche

  • Global attractivity in delayed Hopfield neural network models

    P. van den Driessche;Xingfu Zou

  • Further Notes on the Basic Reproduction Number

    P. van den Driessche;James Watmough

  • Some epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence

    H. W. Hethcote;P. van den Driessche

  • Modelling strategies for controlling SARS outbreaks

    Abba B. Gumel;Shigui Ruan;Troy Day;James Watmough

  • Analysis of an SEIRS epidemic model with two delays

    K L Cooke;P van den Driessche

  • GLOBAL RESULTS FOR AN EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH VACCINATION THAT EXHIBITS BACKWARD BIFURCATION

    Julien Arino;C. Connell McCluskey;P. van den Driessche

  • A multi-city epidemic model

    Julien Arino;P. van den Driessche

  • Interaction of maturation delay and nonlinear birth in population and epidemic models.

    K. Cooke;P. van den Driessche;X. Zou

  • A simple SIS epidemic model with a backward bifurcation

    P. van den Driessche;James Watmough

  • A mathematical model for assessing control strategies against West Nile virus.

    C. Bowman;Abba Gumel;P. van den Driessche;J. Wu

  • Analysis of a disease transmission model in a population with varying size.

    S Busenberg;P van den Driessche

  • Models for transmission of disease with immigration of infectives.

    Fred Brauer;P. van den Driessche

  • Backward bifurcation in epidemic control

    K.P. Hadeler;P. Van den Driessche

  • The basic reproduction number in some discrete-time epidemic models

    Linda J.S. Allen;P. van den Driessche

  • Frustration, stability, and delay-induced oscillations in a neural network model

    Jacques Bélair;Sue Ann Campbell;P. van den Driessche

  • Effective degree network disease models

    Jennifer Lindquist;Junling Ma;P. van den Driessche;Frederick H. Willeboordse

  • NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS IN EPIDEMIC MODELS

    Herbert W. Hethcote;Harlan W. Stech;P. Van Den Driessche

  • Simple models for containment of a pandemic

    Julien Arino;Fred Brauer;P van den Driessche;James Watmough

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Johnson
Charles R. Johnson William & Mary
Leslie Hogben
Leslie Hogben Iowa State University
Fred Brauer
Fred Brauer University of British Columbia
Shaun M. Fallat
Shaun M. Fallat University of Regina
Xingfu Zou
Xingfu Zou University of Western Ontario
Horst R. Thieme
Horst R. Thieme Arizona State University
Dominik Wodarz
Dominik Wodarz University of California, Irvine
Chi-Kwong Li
Chi-Kwong Li William & Mary
Richard A. Brualdi
Richard A. Brualdi University of Wisconsin–Madison
John Lowengrub
John Lowengrub University of California, Irvine

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