David Blair

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
288 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

David Blair is a scholar working on Ecology, Parasitology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, David Blair has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Ecology, 131 papers in Parasitology and 90 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in David Blair's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (163 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (103 papers) and Helminth infection and control (90 papers). David Blair is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (163 papers), Parasites and Host Interactions (103 papers) and Helminth infection and control (90 papers). David Blair collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Japan. David Blair's co-authors include Donald P. McManus, Josephine Bowles, Takeshi Agatsuma, Thanh Hoa Le, JA Morgan, Jess A. T. Morgan, Stephen C. Barker, Lynne van Herwerden, Donna Walker and Kim Luton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Blair

276 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genetic variants within the genus Echinococcus identified by mitochondrial DNA sequencing

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Blair Australia	48	6.6k	4.6k	3.1k	1.6k	1.0k	288	9.3k
Eric P. Hoberg United States	50	5.8k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	843 0.5×	450 0.4×	282	8.6k
D. Timothy J. Littlewood United Kingdom	61	9.7k 1.5×	4.0k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	511 0.3×	3.5k 3.4×	210	13.7k
Peter D. Olson United Kingdom	33	4.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	334 0.2×	667 0.6×	73	4.6k
Gerald W. Esch United States	36	2.7k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	976 0.3×	309 0.2×	194 0.2×	135	4.3k
Tomáš Scholz Czechia	44	7.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	489 0.3×	587 0.6×	422	7.8k
Thomas H. Cribb Australia	40	7.6k 1.2×	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	207 0.1×	608 0.6×	377	8.1k
Robin M. Overstreet United States	40	4.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	84 0.1×	481 0.5×	246	6.9k
Steven A. Nadler United States	49	4.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	240 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	134	6.9k
Peter Robertson United Kingdom	31	3.6k 0.5×	238 0.1×	379 0.1×	200 0.1×	263 0.3×	100	5.4k
David I. Gibson United Kingdom	35	4.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	245 0.2×	377 0.4×	260	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Blair

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Blair

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Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., et al.. (2025). Molecular analysis supports the morphological identification of the amphistome Pseudodiscus collinsi (Paramphistomoidea: Platyhelminthes) in wild elephants of Sri Lanka. Veterinary Research Communications. 49(5). 259–259.

Rodpai, Rutchanee, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Sakhone Laymanivong, et al.. (2025). Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in cattle ticks from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Parasites & Vectors. 19(1). 21–21.

Hongsrichan, Nuttanan, Thidarut Boonmars, Nophawan Bunchu, et al.. (2024). First report of Lipoptena axis Maa, 1965, from captive cervids in Thailand, based on morphological and molecular data. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29886–29886. 1 indexed citations

Chetchotisakd, Ploenchan, Sorujsiri Chareonsudjai, Arnone Nithichanon, et al.. (2024). Analysis of fine-scale phylogeny of Burkholderia pseudomallei in relation to regional geography and drug susceptibility in Thailand. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19961–19961. 2 indexed citations

Le, Thanh Hoa, et al.. (2022). The complete mitogenome of the Asian lung fluke Paragonimus skrjabini miyazakii and its implications for the family Paragonimidae (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Parasitology. 149(13). 1709–1719. 3 indexed citations

Sithithaworn, Paiboon, Kulthida Y. Kopolrat, Nadda Kiatsopit, et al.. (2022). Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in Thailand. Journal of Helminthology. 96. e49–e49. 8 indexed citations

Reechaipichitkul, Wipa, et al.. (2022). High clustering rate and genotypic drug-susceptibility screening for the newly recommended anti-tuberculosis drugs among global extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 11(1). 1857–1866. 7 indexed citations

Müller, Reinhold, et al.. (2019). Growth rates of, and milk feeding schedules for, juvenile spectacled flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) reared for release at a rehabilitation centre in north Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. 66(3). 201–213. 4 indexed citations

Nonaka, Nariaki, et al.. (2016). Molecular and morphological variation of Paragonimus westermani in Vietnam with records of new second intermediate crab hosts and a new locality in a northern province. Parasitology. 143(12). 1639–1646. 14 indexed citations

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Le, Thanh Hoa, et al.. (2016). A complete mitochondrial genome from Echinochasmus japonicus supports the elevation of Echinochasminae Odhner, 1910 to family rank (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Infection Genetics and Evolution. 45. 369–377. 27 indexed citations

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Momigliano, Paolo, et al.. (2013). The Diversity of Coolia spp. (Dinophyceae Ostreopsidaceae) in the Central Great Barrier Reef Region. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e79278–e79278. 41 indexed citations

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Massaro, Melanie & David Blair. (2003). Comparison of population numbers of yellow-eyed penguins, Megadyptes antipodes, on Stewart Island and on adjacent cat-free islands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 27(2). 107–113. 18 indexed citations

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Collins, Peter & David Blair. (1989). Australian English : the language of a new society. 74 indexed citations

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Blair, David, et al.. (1987). The genus Dolichosaccus (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) from amphibians and reptiles in New Zealand, with a description of Dolichosaccus (Lecithopyge) leiolopismae n. sp.. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14(3). 367–374. 6 indexed citations

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Blair, David. (1983). Larval horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from the tissues of native freshwater fish in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 10(4). 341–344. 10 indexed citations

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Blair, David. (1981). The monostome flukes (Digenea : Families Opisthotrematidae Poche and Rhodbiopoeidae Poche) parasitic in sirenians (Mammalia : Sirenia). 29(81). 1–54. 14 indexed citations

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Mackiewicz, John S. & David Blair. (1980). Caryoaustralus gen. n. and Tholophyllaeus gen. n. (Lytocestidae) and other caryophyllid cestodes from Tandanus spp. (Siluriformes) in Australia.. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 47(2). 168–178. 4 indexed citations

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Blair, David. (1974). Strigeoid trematodes parasitizing British freshwater fish.. PubMed. 68(4). 274–274. 1 indexed citations

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Blair, David. (1966). The occurrence of terminal spined eggs, other than those of Schistosoma haematobium, in human beings in Rhodesia.. Central African Journal of Medicine. 12(6). 103–109. 2 indexed citations

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Blair, David, et al.. (1955). Malaria control in Southern Rhodesia.. PubMed. 58(12). 273–80. 11 indexed citations

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