Rafael Lemaitre

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Rafael Lemaitre is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Lemaitre has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Ecology, 44 papers in Oceanography and 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rafael Lemaitre's work include Crustacean biology and ecology (107 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (39 papers). Rafael Lemaitre is often cited by papers focused on Crustacean biology and ecology (107 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (39 papers). Rafael Lemaitre collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. Rafael Lemaitre's co-authors include Patsy A. McLaughlin, Darryl L. Felder, Christopher C. Tudge, Shane T. Ahyong, Keith A. Crandall, Carrie E. Schweitzer, Peter K. L. Ng, Ulf Sörhannus, Charles H. J. M. Fransen and Tin‐Yam Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Taxon, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Bulletin of Volcanology.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Lemaitre

114 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod C... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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. A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans
    2009 560 citations Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff et al. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology profile →

Peers

Rafael Lemaitre
Peter C. Dworschak Austria
Danièle Guinot France
Austin B. Williams United States
Phillip S. Lobel United States
Charles H. J. M. Fransen Netherlands
Rodney M. Feldmann United States
Raymond B. Manning United States
Langdon B. Quetin United States
Charles Birkeland United States
Francisco Alemany Spain
Peter C. Dworschak Austria
Rafael Lemaitre
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Lemaitre

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Lemaitre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Lemaitre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Lemaitre based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rafael Lemaitre. Rafael Lemaitre is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Felder, Darryl L., Rafael Lemaitre, & Fernando Luís Medina Mantelatto. (2023). Redescription of the mole crab Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippidae), based on Caribbean populations from Puerto Rico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama. Zootaxa. 5227(3). 341–354. 2 indexed citations
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Komai, Tomoyuki & Rafael Lemaitre. (2022). Reinstatement of “Hippolyte St. Pauli” Brandt, 1851 as a valid species of Lebbeus White, 1847 (Decapoda: Caridea: Thoridae). Zootaxa. 5168(3). 350–360. 2 indexed citations
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Felder, Darryl L. & Rafael Lemaitre. (2020). A new species of the hermit crab genus Cancellus H. Milne Edwards, 1836 from a mesophotic deep bank in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae). Zootaxa. 4890(4). zootaxa.4890.4.10–zootaxa.4890.4.10. 1 indexed citations
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Grave, Sammy De, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong, et al.. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. ˜The œRaffles bulletin of zoology. 1. 560 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lemaitre, Rafael & Patsy A. McLaughlin. (2009). Recent advances and conflicts in concepts of anomuran phylogeny (Crustacea: Malacostraca). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 67(2). 119–135. 17 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Patsy A. & Rafael Lemaitre. (2001). Revision of Pylopagurus and Tomopagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VI. Pylopagurus A. Milne-Edwareds & Bouvier, 1891, Haigia McLaughlin, 1981, and Pylopaguridium , a new genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 114. 444–483. 12 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1999). Crustacea Decapoda: A review of the species of the genus Parapagurus Smith, 1879 (Parapaguridae) from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. 180. 303–378. 25 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1998). Revisiting Tylaspis anomala Henderson, 1885 (Parapaguridae), with comments on its relationships and evolution. Zoosystema. 20(2). 289–305. 19 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1998). A new species of hermit crab of the family Parapaguridae (Decapoda, Anomura) from French Polynesia. Zoosystema. 20(1). 101–107. 2 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael, et al.. (1997). SIETE ESPECIES NUEVAS DE ANFÍPODOS (CRUSTACEA: PERACARIDA: GAMMARIDEA) DE LA COSTA CARIBE DE SUDAMÉRICA. 26(1). 71–104. 1 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1997). Crustacea Decapoda: Parapaguridae from the KARUBAR Cruise in Indonesia, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 172. 573–596. 7 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael & Patsy A. McLaughlin. (1996). Revision of Pylopagurus and Tomopagurus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae), with the descriptions of new genera and species. Part V. Anisopagurus McLaughlin, Manucomplanus McLaughlin, and Protoniopagurus new genus. Bulletin of Marine Science. 59(1). 89–141. 15 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael & Patsy A. McLaughlin. (1995). Alainopagurus crosnieri, gen. et sp. nov. (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from the Western Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum national d histoire naturelle. 17(3). 273–282. 8 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael, et al.. (1992). A collection of thalassinidea (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Pacific Coast of Colombia, with description of a new species and a checklist of eastern pacific species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 105(2). 343–358. 21 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1991). To the Memory of Gilbert L Voss: Portunus vossi , a rare new species of swimming crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from the west coast of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science. 49. 546–551. 2 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael. (1989). Revision of the genus Parapagurus (Anomura: Paguroidea: Parapaguridae), including redescriptions of the western Atlantic species. The Digital Academic Repository of Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Naturalis Biodiversity Center). 253(1). 1–106. 49 indexed citations
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Lemaitre, Rafael & Robert H. Gore. (1988). Redescription, ecological observations, and distribution of the caridean shrimp Plesionika escatilis (Stimpson, 1860) (Decapoda, Pandalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101(2). 382–390. 4 indexed citations

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