C. Richard Robins

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

C. Richard Robins is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Richard Robins has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Aquatic Science and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in C. Richard Robins's work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (19 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (15 papers). C. Richard Robins is often cited by papers focused on Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (19 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (15 papers). C. Richard Robins collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. C. Richard Robins's co-authors include Fernando Cervigón, A. Townsend Peterson, Rudolf J. Freund, G. Carleton Ray, Walter R. Courtenay, E. O. Wiley, James E. Böhlke, Ernest A. Lachner, Kristina M. McNyset and William B. Heed and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, BioScience and Journal of Wildlife Management.

In The Last Decade

C. Richard Robins

56 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Los Peces Marinos de Venezuela 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300
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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. Los Peces Marinos de Venezuela
    1967 352 citations C. Richard Robins et al. Copeia profile →

Peers

C. Richard Robins
Charles H. Hocutt United States
C. C. Lindsey Canada
Carter R. Gilbert United States
Walter R. Courtenay United States
Cam Smith United States
D. E. McAllister Australia
Leo Pinkas
Víctor Cussac Argentina
Cuizhang Fu China
Frédéric Santoul France
Charles H. Hocutt United States
C. Richard Robins
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Richard Robins

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robins, C. Richard, R. H. Robins, & Mary E. Brown. (2012). A revision of Lepophidium (Teleostei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 52(1). 1–94. 6 indexed citations
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Wiley, E. O., et al.. (2003). Niche Modeling and Geographic Range Predictions in the Marine Environment Using a Machine-learning Algorithm. 124 indexed citations
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Claro, Rodolfo, et al.. (2000). New records for the marine ichthyofauna from Cuba. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard, et al.. (1995). New Genus and Species of Seven-Spined Goby (Gobiidae: Gobiosomini) from the Offing of the Amazon River, Brazil. Copeia. 1995(3). 676–676. 11 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard. (1991). Two new species of Ophidion (Pisces: Ophidiidae) from remote islands of the eastern Pacific. Contributions in science. 427. 1–11. 4 indexed citations
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Courtenay, Walter R., C. Richard Robins, Reeve M. Bailey, & James E. Deacon. (1987). Records of exotic fishes from Idaho and Wyoming. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 47(4). 11. 13 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard & Henry W. Robison. (1985). Cottus hypselurus, a New Cottid Fish from the Ozark Uplands, Arkansas and Missouri. The American Midland Naturalist. 114(2). 360–360. 9 indexed citations
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Ch, Ch, C. Richard Robins, Reeve M. Bailey, et al.. (1981). A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes. Copeia. 1981(3). 747–747. 3 indexed citations
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Courtenay, Walter R., et al.. (1975). Exotic Organisms. BioScience. 25(10). 608–609.
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Robins, C. Richard. (1974). The validity and status of the roundscale spearfish, Tetrapturus georgei. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 10 indexed citations
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Williams, James D. & C. Richard Robins. (1970). Variation in Populations of the fish Cottus carolinae in the Alabama River System with Description of a New Subspecies from below the Fall Line. The American Midland Naturalist. 83(2). 368–368. 11 indexed citations
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Randall, John E. & C. Richard Robins. (1966). Acanthenchelys spinicauda Norman, a Valid West Indian Species of the Snake-Eel Genus Ophichthus. Copeia. 1966(3). 610–610. 1 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard. (1962). Studies on Fishes of the Family Ophidiidae: VII. The Pacific Species of Lepophidium. Copeia. 1962(3). 487–487. 6 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard. (1961). Two New Cottid Fishes from the Fresh Waters of Eastern United States. Copeia. 1961(3). 305–305. 9 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard, et al.. (1959). Some aspects of the behavior of the blennioid fish Chaenopsis ocellata Poey. Zoologica scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. 44(5). 77–84. 10 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard & Raymond B. Manning. (1958). The status and distribution of the fishes of the family Microdesmidae in the Western Atlantic. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations
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Raney, Edward C., et al.. (1953). Reproductive behavior in Cyprinodon variegatus Lacépède, in Florida. Zoologica scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. 38(6). 97–104. 32 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard & Richard H. Backus. (1952). Tri-Sodium Phosphate as a Storage Medium for Otoliths. Copeia. 1952(3). 207–207. 1 indexed citations
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Robins, C. Richard. (1952). Variation in the Greensnake, Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan), from the Black Hills, South Dakota. Copeia. 1952(3). 191–191. 2 indexed citations

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