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98
Citations
41466
World Ranking
304
National Ranking
124

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard S. Ostfeld is affiliated with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on infectious diseases, parasitology, and public health with an environmental and occupational health perspective. Their work spans several fields including Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-borne Infectious Diseases
  • Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health
  • Yersinia Bacterium, Plague, Ectoparasites Research
  • Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Felicia Keesing
  • Stacy Mowry
  • Ilya R. Fischhoff
  • Jennifer Pendleton
  • Marissa Teator

Their research has appeared repeatedly in key publication venues such as:

  • Pathogens
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Ecosphere
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Therya

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Dilution effects in disease ecology" (2021) published in Ecology Letters
  • "Recent Progress in Lyme Disease and Remaining Challenges" (2021) published in Frontiers in Medicine
  • "Population fluctuations and synanthropy explain transmission risk in rodent-borne zoonoses" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Viewing Emerging Human Infectious Epidemics through the Lens of Invasion Biology" (2021) published in BioScience

Richard S. Ostfeld has been recognized by several scientific organizations with fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019)
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2013)

Best Publications

  • Climate Warming and Disease Risks for Terrestrial and Marine Biota

    C. Drew Harvell;Charles E. Mitchell;Charles E. Mitchell;Jessica R. Ward;Sonia Altizer;Sonia Altizer

  • Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

    Felicia Keesing;Lisa K. Belden;Peter Daszak;Andrew P. Dobson

  • Effects of species diversity on disease risk.

    F. Keesing;R. D. Holt;R. S. Ostfeld

  • Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

    Sonia Altizer;Richard S. Ostfeld;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Susan Kutz

  • The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk

    Kathleen LoGiudice;Richard S. Ostfeld;Kenneth A. Schmidt;Felicia Keesing

  • Spatial epidemiology: an emerging (or re-emerging) discipline

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Gregory E. Glass;Felicia Keesing

  • Pulsed resources and community dynamics of consumers in terrestrial ecosystems

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing

  • Biodiversity and disease risk : The case of Lyme disease

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing

  • Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Lyme Disease Risk

    Brian F. Allan;Felicia Keesing;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • BIODIVERSITY AND THE DILUTION EFFECT IN DISEASE ECOLOGY

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

    Jason R. Rohr;Jason R. Rohr;Christopher B. Barrett;David J. Civitello;Meggan E. Craft

  • Climate, Deer, Rodents, and Acorns as Determinants of Variation in Lyme-Disease Risk

    Richard S Ostfeld;Charles D Canham;Kelly Oggenfuss;Raymond J Winchcombe

  • Human health impacts of ecosystem alteration

    Samuel S. Myers;Lynne Gaffikin;Christopher D. Golden;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • Biodiversity series: The function of biodiversity in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic diseases

    Richard S Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing

  • Of Mice and Mast Ecological connections in eastern deciduous forests

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Clive G. Jones;Jerry O. Wolff

  • Chain reactions linking acorns to gypsy moth outbreaks and Lyme disease risk.

    Clive G. Jones;Richard S. Ostfeld;Richard S. Ostfeld;Michele P. Richard;Michele P. Richard;Eric M. Schauber;Eric M. Schauber

  • Limiting Resources and Territoriality in Microtine Rodents

    Richard S. Ostfeld

  • Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease

    Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing

  • A call to ecologists: measuring, analyzing, and managing ecosystem services

    Claire Kremen;Richard S. Ostfeld

  • The ecology of territoriality in small mammals

    Richard S. Ostfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Felicia Keesing
Felicia Keesing Bard College
Kenneth A. Schmidt
Kenneth A. Schmidt Texas Tech University
Charles D. Canham
Charles D. Canham Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Clive G. Jones
Clive G. Jones Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Shannon L. LaDeau
Shannon L. LaDeau Duke University
Valerie T. Eviner
Valerie T. Eviner University of California, Davis
Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Laura D. Kramer
Laura D. Kramer University at Albany, State University of New York
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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