A. D. Blest

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

A. D. Blest is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. D. Blest has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 32 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in A. D. Blest's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (45 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (21 papers) and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (19 papers). A. D. Blest is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (45 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (21 papers) and Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (19 papers). A. D. Blest collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. A. D. Blest's co-authors include Robert R. Jackson, Sally Stowe, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, David C. O’Carroll, Thomas E. Collett, David S. Williams, H. Gert de Couet, Michael F. Land, G. Dean Price and W.A. Day and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Cell Biology and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

A. D. Blest

78 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Function of Eyespot Patterns in the Lepidoptera 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Function of Eyespot Patterns in the Lepidoptera
    1957 241 citations A. D. Blest profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. D. Blest Australia 28 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 543 268 78 2.5k
Eisuke Eguchi Japan 25 657 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 460 0.4× 545 1.0× 355 1.3× 69 2.0k
Rainer F. Foelix United States 20 1.3k 1.0× 789 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 290 0.5× 236 0.9× 38 2.6k
Roger D. Farley United States 24 417 0.3× 459 0.4× 651 0.6× 231 0.4× 219 0.8× 49 1.6k
John Palka United States 28 687 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 665 0.6× 748 1.4× 163 0.6× 55 2.1k
J. E. Treherne United Kingdom 33 991 0.8× 1.9k 1.6× 1.0k 1.0× 566 1.0× 1.1k 4.2× 116 3.8k
Mimi Halpern United States 32 818 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 261 0.2× 357 0.7× 233 0.9× 106 3.1k
George Boyan Germany 28 1.1k 0.9× 1.8k 1.5× 797 0.8× 537 1.0× 217 0.8× 91 2.5k
Hans‐Willi Honegger Germany 23 495 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 612 0.6× 277 0.5× 218 0.8× 53 1.5k
Hans‐Joachim Pflüger Germany 30 713 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 800 0.8× 249 0.5× 303 1.1× 78 2.2k
Dietrich Schneider Germany 24 1.1k 0.9× 983 0.8× 969 0.9× 394 0.7× 221 0.8× 76 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. D. Blest

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All Works

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Blest, A. D. & Phillip W. Taylor. (1995). Cambridgea quadromaculata n. sp. (Araneae, Stiphidiidae): A large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 22(3). 351–356. 6 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1991). The distribution of actin immunoreactivity in rhabdomeres of tipulid flies in relation to extracellular membrane shedding. Cell and Tissue Research. 265(3). 465–472. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, David, et al.. (1989). Isolation of rod outer segments on Percoll gradients: Effect of specific protease inhibition. Experimental Eye Research. 49(3). 439–444. 12 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D.. (1988). Post-embryonic development of the principal retina of a jumping spider. I. The establishment of receptor tiering by conformational changes. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 320(1201). 489–504. 12 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1988). Post-embryonic development of the principal retina of a jumping spider. II. The acquisition and reorganization of rhabdomeres and growth of the glial matrix. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 320(1201). 505–515. 8 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1987). Morphogenesis of a tiered principal retina and the evolution of jumping spiders. Nature. 328(6126). 152–155. 16 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D.. (1987). The retinae of Ewyattus bleekeri, an aberrant salticid spider from Queensland. Journal of Zoology. 211(3). 399–408. 3 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1984). The extrarhabdomeral cytoskeleton in photoreceptors of Diptera. II. Plasmalemmal undercoats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1220). 353–359. 16 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1984). The extrarhabdomeral cytoskeleton in photoreceptors of Diptera. I. Labile components in the cytoplasm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1220). 339–352. 14 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1984). Retinal mosaics of the principal eyes of two primitive jumping spiders, Yaginumanis and Lyssomanes : clues to the evolution of Salticid vision. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 221(1222). 111–125. 29 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1982). The local deletion of a microvillar cytoskeleton from photoreceptors of tipulid flies during membrane turnover. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 215(1201). 469–479. 42 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D., et al.. (1980). Extracellular shedding of photoreceptor membrane in the open rhabdom of a tipulid fly. Cell and Tissue Research. 205(3). 423–38. 60 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D. & W.A. Day. (1978). The Rhabdomere organization of some nocturnal pisaurid spiders in light and darkness. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 283(993). 1–23. 56 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D. & Gregory Pomeroy. (1978). The sexual behaviour and genital mechanics of three species of Mynoglenes (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Journal of Zoology. 185(3). 319–340. 25 indexed citations
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Blest, A. D.. (1976). A new method for the reduced silver impregnation of arthropod central nervous systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 193(1111). 191–197. 17 indexed citations
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Strausfeld, Nicholas J. & A. D. Blest. (1970). Golgi studies on insects Part I. The optic lobes of Lepidoptera. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 258(820). 81–134. 161 indexed citations

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