Mark Blaxter

47.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
296 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Blaxter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Blaxter has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Ecology and 92 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mark Blaxter's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (65 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (61 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (49 papers). Mark Blaxter is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (65 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (61 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (49 papers). Mark Blaxter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Mark Blaxter's co-authors include John W. Davey, Sujai Kumar, Paul D. Etter, Julian Catchen, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Jason Q. Boone, Robin Floyd, Mark Dorris, Georgios Koutsovoulos and Paul De Ley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Blaxter

292 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

Genome-wide genetic marker discovery and genot... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2011 1998 2005 2002 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Genome-wide genetic marker discovery and genotyping using next-generation sequencing
    2011 1.8k citations Mark Blaxter et al. profile →
  2. A molecular evolutionary framework for the phylum Nematoda
    1998 1.5k citations Mark Blaxter, Paul De Ley et al. profile →
  3. Defining operational taxonomic units using DNA barcode data
    2005 647 citations Mark Blaxter et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  4. Molecular barcodes for soil nematode identification
    2002 611 citations Mark Blaxter et al. profile →
  5. Exosomes secreted by nematode parasites transfer small RNAs to mammalian cells and modulate innate immunity
    2014 570 citations Amy H. Buck, Sujai Kumar et al. profile →
  6. How many biological replicates are needed in an RNA-seq experiment and which differential expression tool should you use?
    2016 556 citations Karim Gharbi, Mark Blaxter et al. profile →
  7. RADSeq: next-generation population genetics
    2010 535 citations Mark Blaxter et al. profile →
  8. Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies
    2013 468 citations Mark Blaxter et al. profile →
  9. A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff
    2015 327 citations Judith Risse, Mark Blaxter et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  10. BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies
    2020 262 citations Richard Challis, E. G. Richards et al. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics profile →
  11. Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera
    2024 40 citations Charlotte J Wright, Lewis Stevens et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Blaxter United Kingdom 78 8.3k 7.5k 6.1k 5.4k 4.6k 296 23.5k
Hamish McWilliam United Kingdom 15 25.5k 3.1× 6.7k 0.9× 10.7k 1.8× 6.1k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 18 46.3k
Olivier Gascuel France 35 21.0k 2.5× 11.1k 1.5× 10.8k 1.8× 8.7k 1.6× 3.8k 0.8× 136 46.4k
Stéphane Guindon France 21 16.3k 2.0× 10.0k 1.3× 8.8k 1.4× 8.3k 1.5× 3.4k 0.7× 39 39.8k
Andreas Wilm Singapore 21 21.0k 2.5× 5.4k 0.7× 8.3k 1.4× 5.0k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 29 37.5k
Iain M. Wallace Canada 16 13.6k 1.6× 3.9k 0.5× 6.5k 1.1× 3.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 23 25.4k
Chenna Ramu Germany 8 15.1k 1.8× 4.2k 0.6× 7.1k 1.2× 3.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 11 28.1k
Alan Filipski United States 11 16.4k 2.0× 8.0k 1.1× 12.6k 2.1× 6.4k 1.2× 3.5k 0.8× 14 41.5k
Julio Rozas Spain 34 10.8k 1.3× 7.7k 1.0× 6.7k 1.1× 14.2k 2.6× 4.0k 0.9× 96 31.2k
Michael Li United States 16 11.2k 1.3× 5.6k 0.8× 8.3k 1.4× 3.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 30 28.5k
Daron M. Standley Japan 36 17.9k 2.2× 7.0k 0.9× 9.0k 1.5× 5.4k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 113 35.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Blaxter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weber, Claudia, Michael Paulini, & Mark Blaxter. (2025). Myxozoan parasite genomes assembled from contaminated host data reveal extensive gene order conservation and rapid sequence evolution. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 15(7).
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Lawniczak, Mara, Kevin M. Kocot, Jonas J. Astrin, et al.. (2025). Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation. GigaScience. 14. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, Charlotte J, Lewis Stevens, Alexander Mackintosh, Mara Lawniczak, & Mark Blaxter. (2024). Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(4). 777–790. 40 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sanchez, Santiago, et al.. (2024). Diversity and specificity of molecular functions in cyanobacterial symbionts. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18658–18658. 4 indexed citations
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Nürnberger, Beate, Stuart J. E. Baird, Dagmar Čížková, et al.. (2021). A dense linkage map for a large repetitive genome: discovery of the sex-determining region in hybridizing fire-bellied toads ( Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata ). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(12). 2 indexed citations
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Challis, Richard, E. G. Richards, Jeena Rajan, Guy Cochrane, & Mark Blaxter. (2020). BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(4). 1361–1374. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chow, Franklin Wang‐Ngai, Georgios Koutsovoulos, Cesaré Ovando‐Vázquez, et al.. (2019). Secretion of an Argonaute protein by a parasitic nematode and the evolution of its siRNA guides. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(7). 3594–3606. 63 indexed citations
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Fleming, James F., Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Martin V. Sørensen, et al.. (2018). Molecular palaeontology illuminates the evolution of ecdysozoan vision. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1892). 19 indexed citations
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Laetsch, Dominik R. & Mark Blaxter. (2017). KinFin: Software for Taxon-Aware Analysis of Clustered Protein Sequences. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(10). 3349–3357. 59 indexed citations
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Nowell, Reuben W., Benjamin Elsworth, Vicencio Oostra, et al.. (2017). A high-coverage draft genome of the mycalesine butterfly Bicyclus anynana. GigaScience. 6(7). 1–7. 38 indexed citations
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Lozano-Fernández, Jesús, Robert Carton, Alastair R. Tanner, et al.. (2016). A molecular palaeobiological exploration of arthropod terrestrialization. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1699). 20150133–20150133. 109 indexed citations
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Nürnberger, Beate, Konrad Lohse, Anna Fijarczyk, Jacek M. Szymura, & Mark Blaxter. (2016). Para-allopatry in hybridizing fire-bellied toads ( Bombina bombina and B. variegata ): Inference from transcriptome-wide coalescence analyses. Evolution. 70(8). 1803–1818. 20 indexed citations
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Risse, Judith, Marian Thomson, Sheila Patrick, et al.. (2015). A single chromosome assembly of Bacteroides fragilis strain BE1 from Illumina and MinION nanopore sequencing data. GigaScience. 4(1). 60–60. 43 indexed citations
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Watson, Mick, Marian Thomson, Judith Risse, et al.. (2014). poRe: an R package for the visualization and analysis of nanopore sequencing data. Bioinformatics. 31(1). 114–115. 55 indexed citations
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Jones, Martin O., Anisah W. Ghoorah, & Mark Blaxter. (2011). jMOTU and Taxonerator: Turning DNA Barcode Sequences into Annotated Operational Taxonomic Units. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19259–e19259. 157 indexed citations
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King, Ian W., et al.. (2006). DESS: A versatile solution for preserving morphology and extractable DNA of nematodes. Journal of Nematology. 8. 367–376. 133 indexed citations
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Blaxter, Mark. (2003). Discovering Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics by A. Malcolm Campbell & Laurie J. Heyer. Nature Genetics. 34(2). 111. 2 indexed citations
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Ley, Paul De & Mark Blaxter. (2002). The Biology of Nematodes. 25 indexed citations
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Dorris, Mark, Paul De Ley, & Mark Blaxter. (1999). Molecular Analysis of Nematode Diversity and the Evolution of Parasitism. Parasitology Today. 15(5). 188–193. 124 indexed citations

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