Beth Okamura

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Beth Okamura is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth Okamura has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Cancer Research, 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 79 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Beth Okamura's work include Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species (88 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (80 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (39 papers). Beth Okamura is often cited by papers focused on Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species (88 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (80 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (39 papers). Beth Okamura collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Beth Okamura's co-authors include Joanna R. Freeland, David T. Bilton, Elizabeth U. Canning, África Gómez, Klaus Schwenk, Luc De Meester, Hanna Hartikainen, Stephen W. Feist, Matt Longshaw and Alexander Gruhl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Beth Okamura

137 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dispersal in Freshwater Invertebrates 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2002 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beth Okamura United Kingdom 43 3.7k 2.4k 2.0k 1.1k 991 141 6.1k
Leo Margolis Canada 29 4.2k 1.1× 640 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 482 0.5× 129 5.6k
Robin M. Overstreet United States 40 4.7k 1.3× 474 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 885 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 246 6.9k
Frank Nilsen Norway 41 3.0k 0.8× 404 0.2× 592 0.3× 673 0.6× 2.2k 2.2× 137 5.7k
Kristina M. Miller Canada 43 2.5k 0.7× 451 0.2× 1.1k 0.5× 2.7k 2.6× 1.7k 1.7× 158 5.6k
D. Timothy J. Littlewood United Kingdom 61 9.7k 2.6× 487 0.2× 2.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 376 0.4× 210 13.7k
Z. Kabata United Kingdom 24 2.9k 0.8× 382 0.2× 684 0.3× 500 0.5× 444 0.4× 137 3.5k
Thorsten B. H. Reusch Germany 63 6.4k 1.7× 109 0.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 218 12.8k
Simon Creer United Kingdom 40 5.8k 1.6× 75 0.0× 891 0.4× 835 0.8× 369 0.4× 128 8.0k
Geoffrey A. Boxshall United Kingdom 36 4.0k 1.1× 138 0.1× 1.0k 0.5× 641 0.6× 375 0.4× 296 5.4k
Masaki Miya Japan 70 5.0k 1.4× 121 0.1× 1.0k 0.5× 6.1k 5.8× 956 1.0× 191 14.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Beth Okamura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beth Okamura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beth Okamura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Beth Okamura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Beth Okamura based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Beth Okamura. Beth Okamura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Palinauskas, Vaidas, et al.. (2026). Host whole genome sequence data represent an untapped resource for characterising affiliated parasite diversity. International Journal for Parasitology. 104768–104768.
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Starčević, Antonio, et al.. (2025). Long-read metagenomic sequencing negates inferred loss of cytosine methylation in Myxosporea (Cnidaria: Myxozoa). GigaScience. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Hutchins, Patrick R., et al.. (2021). Exploration of the 2016 Yellowstone River fish kill and proliferative kidney disease in wild fish populations. Ecosphere. 12(3). 24 indexed citations
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Okamura, Beth, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of Polypodium hydriforme in American Paddlefish. Journal of Fish Diseases. 43(9). 979–989. 3 indexed citations
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Naldoni, Juliana, Edson A. Adriano, Ashlie Hartigan, Carl D. Sayer, & Beth Okamura. (2019). Malacosporean myxozoans exploit a diversity of fish hosts. Parasitology. 146(7). 968–978. 7 indexed citations
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Ruggeri, Paolo, et al.. (2019). To remain or leave: Dispersal variation and its genetic consequences in benthic freshwater invertebrates. Ecology and Evolution. 9(21). 12069–12088. 3 indexed citations
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Antonovics, Janis, Anthony J. Wilson, Mark R. Forbes, et al.. (2017). The evolution of transmission mode. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1719). 20160083–20160083. 76 indexed citations
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Okamura, Beth. (2016). Hidden Infections and Changing Environments. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56(4). 620–629. 17 indexed citations
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Hartikainen, Hanna, Alexander Gruhl, & Beth Okamura. (2014). Diversification and repeated morphological transitions in endoparasitic cnidarians (Myxozoa: Malacosporea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 76. 261–269. 26 indexed citations
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Hartikainen, Hanna, Stuart Humphries, & Beth Okamura. (2013). Form and metabolic scaling in colonial animals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(Pt 5). 779–86. 18 indexed citations
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Williams, Mark, Beth Okamura, Paul D. Taylor, et al.. (2010). Early Pliocene Weddell Sea seasonality determined from bryozoans. Stratigraphy. 7(2-3). 199–206. 13 indexed citations
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Canning, Elizabeth U., Alan Curry, Samantha L. L. Hill, & Beth Okamura. (2007). Ultrastructure of Buddenbrockia allmani n. sp. (Myxozoa, Malacosporea), a Parasite of Lophopus crystallinus (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54(3). 247–262. 16 indexed citations
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Hill, Samantha L. L. & Beth Okamura. (2007). Endoparasitism in colonial hosts: patterns and processes. Parasitology. 134(6). 841–852. 26 indexed citations
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Wood, Timothy S. & Beth Okamura. (2005). A New Key to the Freshwater Bryozoans of Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe, with notes on their ecology. 57 indexed citations
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Feist, S.W., Matt Longshaw, Elizabeth U. Canning, & Beth Okamura. (2001). Induction of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss via the bryozoan Fredericella sultana infected with Tetracapsula bryosalmonae. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 45. 61–68. 93 indexed citations
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Anderson, Cort L., Elizabeth U. Canning, Stefanie Schäfer, Hiroshi Yokoyama, & Beth Okamura. (2000). Molecular confirmation of the life cycle of Thelohanellus hovorkai Achmerov, 1960 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea).. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 20(3). 111–115. 16 indexed citations
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Canning, Elizabeth U., et al.. (1999). Tetracapsula bryosalmonae n.sp. for PKX organism, the cause of PKD in salmonid fish.. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 19(5). 203–206. 90 indexed citations
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Longshaw, Matt, Stephen W. Feist, Elizabeth U. Canning, & Beth Okamura. (1999). First identification of PKX in bryozoans from the United Kingdom - molecular evidence.. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 19(4). 146–148. 55 indexed citations
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Anderson, Cort L., Elizabeth U. Canning, & Beth Okamura. (1999). 18S RDNA SEQUENCES INDICATE THAT PKX ORGANISM PARASITIZES BRYOZOA. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 19(3). 94–97. 32 indexed citations
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Okamura, Beth. (1996). Occurrence, prevalence, and effects of the myxozoan Tetracapsula bryozoides parasitic in the freshwater bryozoan Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata). Folia Parasitologica. 43(4). 262–266. 33 indexed citations

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