Christopher Blair

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher Blair is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Blair has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Christopher Blair's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers). Christopher Blair is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (24 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (14 papers). Christopher Blair collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. Christopher Blair's co-authors include Yan Yu, Xing‐Jin He, AJ Harris, Robert J. Woods, Jacqueline A. Madison, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, Yu Zuo, Kelsey Gockman, Melanie Zuo and Jason S. Knight and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Blair

47 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19

2020 1.1k citations Yu Zuo, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi et al. JCI Insight profile →
RASP (Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies): A tool for historical biogeography

2015 1.1k citations Yan Yu, AJ Harris et al. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution profile →
RASP 4: Ancestral State Reconstruction Tool for Multiple Genes and Characters

2019 410 citations Yan Yu, Christopher Blair et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Blair United States	19	1.1k	1.0k	896	880	526	48	3.6k
Anders Larsson Sweden	29	982 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	530 0.6×	452 0.5×	269 0.5×	76	4.4k
Jukka Sirén Finland	26	370 0.3×	829 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	496 0.6×	1.3k 2.5×	74	4.7k
Elizabeth A. Thompson United States	25	410 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	3.1k 3.4×	417 0.5×	1.2k 2.3×	48	6.0k
David Porter United States	47	386 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	824 1.6×	158	6.9k
Alex D. Greenwood Germany	33	303 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	775 0.9×	390 0.4×	250 0.5×	125	3.3k
Stephanie N. Seifert United States	18	597 0.6×	283 0.3×	440 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	74 0.1×	41	3.4k
Javier Martı́nez Spain	32	1.2k 1.2×	976 0.9×	357 0.4×	567 0.6×	234 0.4×	131	4.0k
Michael M. Garner United States	29	263 0.2×	374 0.4×	672 0.8×	564 0.6×	404 0.8×	281	3.7k
Klaus‐Peter Koepfli United States	27	439 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	389 0.4×	71 0.1×	81	3.3k
Jana Trifinopoulos Austria	5	825 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	604 0.7×	358 0.4×	209 0.4×	8	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Blair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Blair

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20 of 20 papers shown

Castillo, Raúl Cueva del, et al.. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation of bunchgrass lizards of the genus Sceloporus from Mexico with the description of a new species. Journal of Heredity. 116(5). 603–616.

Blair, Christopher. (2023). Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era. Molecular Ecology. 32(9). 2144–2150. 13 indexed citations

Valesano, Andrew L., Derek E. Dimcheff, Christopher Blair, et al.. (2021). Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 mutation accumulation within and across infected hosts. PLoS Pathogens. 17(4). e1009499–e1009499. 59 indexed citations

Blair, Christopher, Drew R. Schield, Daren C. Card, et al.. (2021). The effects of climate and demographic history in shaping genomic variation across populations of the Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos). Molecular Ecology. 30(18). 4481–4496. 9 indexed citations

Dimcheff, Derek E., Andrew L. Valesano, William J. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2021). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Total and Subgenomic RNA Viral Load in Hospitalized Patients. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(8). 1287–1293. 29 indexed citations

Blair, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Phylogenomics and molecular species delimitation reveals great cryptic diversity of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus), ancient origins, and diversification in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 150. 106880–106880. 18 indexed citations

Zuo, Yu, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, Hui Shi, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19. JCI Insight. 5(11). 1101 indexed citations breakdown →

Shi, Hui, Yu Zuo, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil calprotectin identifies severe pulmonary disease in COVID-19. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 109(1). 67–72. 99 indexed citations

Jadin, Robert C., et al.. (2019). Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity of New World Vine Snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134. 61–65. 8 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher & Robert W. Bryson. (2017). Cryptic diversity and discordance in single‐locus species delimitation methods within horned lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Phrynosoma). Molecular Ecology Resources. 17(6). 1168–1182. 115 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher & Santiago Sánchez‐Ramírez. (2016). Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout western Mexico: Evolutionary biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 97. 145–154. 34 indexed citations

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Yu, Yan, AJ Harris, Christopher Blair, & Xing‐Jin He. (2015). RASP (Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies): A tool for historical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 87. 46–49. 1083 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blair, Christopher, et al.. (2014). Multilocus coalescent analyses reveal the demographic history and speciation patterns of mouse lemur sister species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 57–57. 20 indexed citations

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Luo, Jing, Qingqing Li, Yanqin Wang, et al.. (2013). Ecological Genetics of Chinese Rhesus Macaque in Response to Mountain Building: All Things Are Not Equal. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55315–e55315. 13 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher, et al.. (2013). Landscape Genetics of Leaf-Toed Geckos in the Tropical Dry Forest of Northern Mexico. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57433–e57433. 26 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher, et al.. (2012). Using next-generation DNA sequencing for rapid microsatellite discovery in Mexican leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus tuberculosus). Conservation Genetics Resources. 4(3). 807–810. 2 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher. (2009). Daily Activity Patterns and Microhabitat Use of a Heliothermic Lizard, Ameiva exsul (Squamata: Teiidae) in Puerto Rico. South American Journal of Herpetology. 4(2). 179–179. 7 indexed citations

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Murphy, Robert W., Christopher Blair, & Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz. (2009). A New Species of Leaf-Toed Gecko, Genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology. 4(1). 17–17. 9 indexed citations

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Bryant, Bart, Christopher Blair, Kenneth E. Olson, & Rollie J. Clem. (2008). Annotation and expression profiling of apoptosis-related genes in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 38(3). 331–345. 49 indexed citations

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Blair, Christopher, et al.. (1992). The Effects of Mountain Topography and Trees on Astronomical Seeing and Turbulence in the Local Boundary Layer. AAS. 181. 2 indexed citations

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