J. Robert Britton

15.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
386 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

J. Robert Britton is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Robert Britton has authored 386 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 203 papers in Ecology and 132 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in J. Robert Britton's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (249 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (127 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (78 papers). J. Robert Britton is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (249 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (127 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (78 papers). J. Robert Britton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. J. Robert Britton's co-authors include Rodolphe E. Gozlan, Gordon H. Copp, I. G. Cowx, Gareth D. Davies, Michelle C. Jackson, Helen L. Britton, Julien Cucherousset, Demetra Andreou, Josephine Pegg and Jonathan Grey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

J. Robert Britton

369 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Current knowledge on non‐native freshwater fish introductions

2010 673 citations Rodolphe E. Gozlan, J. Robert Britton et al. Journal of Fish Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Robert Britton United Kingdom	51	5.5k	5.3k	2.7k	1.8k	987	386	10.8k
Richard L. Saunders United States	51	4.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	3.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	326 0.3×	168	8.0k
T. R. E. Southwood United Kingdom	50	4.0k 0.7×	4.6k 0.9×	126 0.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 2.2×	170	17.8k
Tony D. Williams Canada	55	1.3k 0.2×	7.3k 1.4×	220 0.1×	1.3k 0.7×	316 0.3×	348	11.2k
Louis J. Guillette United States	62	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	318	15.8k
N. P. J. Walker United Kingdom	14	5.3k 1.0×	7.2k 1.4×	392 0.1×	4.3k 2.3×	350 0.4×	29	15.3k
Brian H. McArdle New Zealand	35	1.8k 0.3×	3.4k 0.6×	215 0.1×	1.8k 1.0×	819 0.8×	81	7.6k
Jørn Olsen Netherlands	63	811 0.1×	4.3k 0.8×	706 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	269	12.4k
John M. Hoenig United States	34	2.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	985 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	169 0.2×	183	5.8k
Mark P. Johnson United States	63	422 0.1×	1.4k 0.3×	431 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	931 0.9×	495	15.6k
David A. Armstrong United States	53	512 0.1×	2.8k 0.5×	600 0.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	183	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Robert Britton

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Paul, Richard, et al.. (2025). Influence of season, capture method, sample age and extraction protocols on the scale cortisol concentrations of three species of freshwater fish. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 362. 114671–114671. 2 indexed citations

Błońska, Dagmara, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Demetra Andreou, et al.. (2025). Restoration of river connectivity enables long-distance spawning migrations in a potamodromous fish. Journal of Environmental Management. 377. 124646–124646.

Kurtul, Irmak, Phillip J. Haubrock, Çüneyt Kaya, et al.. (2025). Spatial and seasonal patterns in fish assemblages of the Bakırçay river are associated with physicochemical and habitat parameters. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 29647–29647. 1 indexed citations

Kurtul, Irmak, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Hasan M. Sarı, et al.. (2024). Exploring invasiveness and versatility of used microhabitats of the globally invasive Gambusia holbrooki. The Science of The Total Environment. 925. 171718–171718. 7 indexed citations

Britton, J. Robert, et al.. (2024). Microplastic-stressor responses are rarely synergistic in freshwater fishes: A meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 174566–174566. 7 indexed citations

Błońska, Dagmara, Ali Serhan Tarkan, & J. Robert Britton. (2024). Passage efficiency through fishways of species of the family Cyprinidae and their management implications for fragmented rivers. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23015–23015. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jie, et al.. (2024). Density‐dependent trophic consequences of invasive mrigal carp on native mud carp in Chinese fresh waters. Freshwater Biology. 69(7). 1016–1026.

Britton, J. Robert, et al.. (2024). Human-in-the-circular-loop (HITCL): A human-centric approach in circular economy ecosystems research. 653–660.

Pinder, Adrian C., et al.. (2023). Effects of preservation by ethanol on δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N of three tissues of the critically endangered European eel Anguilla anguilla. Journal of Fish Biology. 103(1). 179–182. 1 indexed citations

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Cano‐Barbacil, Carlos, José Manuel Zamora‐Marín, David Almeida, et al.. (2023). A review and meta-analysis of the environmental biology of bleak Alburnus alburnus in its native and introduced ranges, with reflections on its invasiveness. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 33(4). 931–975. 12 indexed citations

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Baltazar‐Soares, Miguel, et al.. (2022). A noninvasive eDNA tool for detecting sea lamprey larvae in river sediments: Analytical validation and field testing in a low‐abundance ecosystem. Journal of Fish Biology. 100(6). 1455–1463. 9 indexed citations

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Kurtul, Irmak, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Hasan M. Sarı, & J. Robert Britton. (2022). Climatic and geographic variation as a driver of phenotypic divergence in reproductive characters and body sizes of invasive Gambusia holbrooki. Aquatic Sciences. 84(2). 6 indexed citations

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Garcia, Diego Azevedo Zoccal, Gustavo Henrique Zaia Alves, Ana Paula Vidotto‐Magnoni, et al.. (2020). Seasonal and habitat variations in diet of the invasive driftwood catfishTrachelyopterus galeatusin a Neotropical river basin, Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 36(3). 326–335. 4 indexed citations

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Závorka, Libor, et al.. (2020). Phenotypic responses of invasive species to removals affect ecosystem functioning and restoration. Global Change Biology. 26(10). 5693–5704. 6 indexed citations

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Engevik, Melinda A., Heather A. Danhof, J. Robert Britton, & James Versalovic. (2020). 20 ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM IN INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 26(Supplement_1). S29–S29. 2 indexed citations

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Pinder, Adrian C., Rajeev Raghavan, & J. Robert Britton. (2020). From scientific obscurity to conservation priority: Research on angler catch rates is the catalyst for saving the hump‐backed mahseer Tor remadevii from extinction. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30(9). 1809–1815. 8 indexed citations

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Radinger, Johannes, J. Robert Britton, Stephanie M. Carlson, et al.. (2018). Effective Monitoring Of Freshwater Fish. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Al‐Shorbaji, Farah, Rodolphe E. Gozlan, Benjamín Roche, J. Robert Britton, & Demetra Andreou. (2015). The alternate role of direct and environmental transmission in fungal infectious disease in wildlife: threats for biodiversity conservation. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10368–10368. 18 indexed citations

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Britton, J. Robert, et al.. (2000). Davidson Médecine interne : principes et pratique.

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Butland, Barbara K., David P. Strachan, Sarah Lewis, et al.. (1997). Investigation into the increase in hay fever and eczema at age 16 observed between the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts. BMJ. 315(7110). 717–721. 195 indexed citations

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