R. Michael Roberts

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

R. Michael Roberts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Michael Roberts has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 23 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in R. Michael Roberts's work include Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (22 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (20 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (18 papers). R. Michael Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (22 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (20 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (18 papers). R. Michael Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. R. Michael Roberts's co-authors include Fuller W. Bazer, James D. Godkin, F. W. Bazer, W.W. Thatcher, W.W. Thatcher, Randall H. Renegar, Rodney D. Geisert, Catherine M. Ketcham, Lee D. Spate and S. M. Mahaboob Basha and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. Michael Roberts

62 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Establishment of Pregnancy in the Pig: I. Interrelationships Between Preimplantation Development of the Pig Blastocyst and Uterine Endometrial Secretions12

1982 319 citations W.W. Thatcher, R. Michael Roberts et al. Biology of Reproduction profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Michael Roberts United States	36	1.7k	1.4k	1.0k	944	830	63	3.6k
R. Michael Roberts United States	27	606 0.3×	503 0.4×	877 0.8×	456 0.5×	180 0.2×	77	2.2k
Sabine Kölle Germany	27	472 0.3×	268 0.2×	565 0.5×	425 0.5×	1000 1.2×	63	2.0k
Kenneth P. McNatty New Zealand	38	1.1k 0.6×	386 0.3×	2.4k 2.3×	1.8k 1.9×	4.1k 5.0×	82	5.6k
Edda Töpfer‐Petersen Germany	45	724 0.4×	361 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	885 0.9×	3.0k 3.7×	160	5.5k
Sándor Cseh Hungary	24	306 0.2×	471 0.3×	495 0.5×	236 0.3×	728 0.9×	116	2.1k
Gilles Frenette Canada	32	151 0.1×	471 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	384 0.4×	814 1.0×	74	3.3k
Kurt J. Sales United Kingdom	31	241 0.1×	812 0.6×	622 0.6×	586 0.6×	296 0.4×	48	2.6k
David W. Bullock United States	21	189 0.1×	260 0.2×	513 0.5×	400 0.4×	184 0.2×	67	1.4k
Louis‐Marie Houdebine France	30	223 0.1×	221 0.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	113 0.1×	109	3.0k
Xiuchun Tian United States	35	530 0.3×	351 0.2×	2.8k 2.6×	1.6k 1.6×	2.3k 2.8×	131	4.3k

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Roberts, R. Michael. (2012). WHY DO WE NEED TRANSGENIC ANIMALS?. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 25(1). 322–323.

Ireland, James J., R. Michael Roberts, Guy H. Palmer, D.E. Bauman, & Fuller W. Bazer. (2008). A commentary on domestic animals as dual-purpose models that benefit agricultural and biomedical research1. Journal of Animal Science. 86(10). 2797–2805. 47 indexed citations

Kimura, Koji, Lee D. Spate, Mark P. Green, & R. Michael Roberts. (2005). Effects ofD-glucose concentration,D-fructose, and inhibitors of enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway on the development and sex ratio of bovine blastocysts. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 72(2). 201–207. 96 indexed citations

Ealy, Alan D., Jonathan A. Green, Andrei P. Alexenko, D. H. Keisler, & R. Michael Roberts. (1998). Different Ovine Interferon-Tau Genes Are Not Expressed Identically and Their Protein Products Display Different Activities1. Biology of Reproduction. 58(2). 566–573. 36 indexed citations

Kubisch, H. Michael, Melissa A. Larson, P. A. Eichen, James M. Wilson, & R. Michael Roberts. (1997). Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer by Perivitelline Microinjection of Mouse, Rat, and Cow Embryos1. Biology of Reproduction. 56(1). 119–124. 17 indexed citations

Roberts, R. Michael, Limin Liu, & Andrei P. Alexenko. (1997). New and Atypical Families of Type I Interferons in Mammals: Comparative Functions, Structures, and Evolutionary Relationships1. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 56. 287–325. 80 indexed citations

Larson, Melissa A., et al.. (1995). Comparative expression patterns of two transgenes in murine, porcine and bovine embryos. Theriogenology. 43(1). 262–262. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, R. Michael, Douglas W. Leaman, & James C. Cross. (1992). Role of Interferons in Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Ruminants. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 200(1). 7–18. 66 indexed citations

Keisler, D. H., et al.. (1991). Induction of the synthesis of the pregnancy-specific protein p70 in the endometrium by intramuscular injection of recombinant bovine interferon-αI1 in nonpregnant ewes. Reproduction. 93(2). 367–374. 8 indexed citations

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Simmen, Rosalia C.M., V. R. Srinivas, & R. Michael Roberts. (1989). cDNA Sequence, Gene Organization, and Progesterone Induction of mRNA for Uteroferrin, a Porcine Uterine Iron Transport Protein. DNA. 8(8). 543–554. 35 indexed citations

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Ketcham, Catherine M., R. Michael Roberts, Frank A. Simmen, & Harry S. Nick. (1989). Molecular Cloning of the Type 5, Iron-containing, Tartrate-resistant Acid Phosphatase from Human Placenta. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(1). 557–563. 90 indexed citations

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Roberts, R. Michael & Fuller W. Bazer. (1988). The functions of uterine secretions. Reproduction. 82(2). 875–892. 257 indexed citations

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Roberts, R. Michael, Mary K. Murray, Michael Burke, Catherine M. Ketcham, & Fuller W. Bazer. (1987). Hormonal Control and Function of Secretory Proteins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 230. 137–150. 26 indexed citations

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Moffatt, R. J., Fuller W. Bazer, R. Michael Roberts, & W.W. Thatcher. (1987). Secretory Function of the Ovine Uterus: Effects of Gestation and Steroid Replacement Therapy. Journal of Animal Science. 65(5). 1400–1410. 45 indexed citations

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Godkin, James D., Fuller W. Bazer, & R. Michael Roberts. (1985). Protein production by cultures established from Day-14–16 sheep and pig conceptuses. Reproduction. 74(2). 377–382. 24 indexed citations

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Lang, Lei, Marc L. Reitman, Jordan Tang, R. Michael Roberts, & Stuart Kornfeld. (1984). Lysosomal enzyme phosphorylation. Recognition of a protein-dependent determinant allows specific phosphorylation of oligosaccharides present on lysosomal enzymes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(23). 14663–14671. 121 indexed citations

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Godkin, James D., et al.. (1982). Purification and properties of a major, low molecular weight protein released by the trophoblast of sheep blastocysts at Day 13–21. Reproduction. 65(1). 141–150. 303 indexed citations

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Zavy, Michael T., et al.. (1982). Comparison of Glucose, Fructose, Ascorbic Acid and Glucosephosphate lsomerase Enzymatic Activity in Uterine Flushings from Nonpregnant and Pregnant Guts and Pony Mares12. Biology of Reproduction. 27(5). 1147–1158. 30 indexed citations

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Masters, Robert A., R. Michael Roberts, Gregory S. Lewis, et al.. (1982). High molecular weight glycoproteins released by expanding, pre-attachment sheep, pig and cow blastocysts in culture. Reproduction. 66(2). 571–583. 35 indexed citations

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Basha, S. M. Mahaboob, Fuller W. Bazer, & R. Michael Roberts. (1980). Effect of the conceptus on quantitative and qualitative aspects of uterine secretion in pigs. Reproduction. 60(1). 41–48. 65 indexed citations

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