Richard Challis

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Challis is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Challis has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Challis's work include Plant and animal studies (5 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (3 papers). Richard Challis is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (5 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (3 papers). Richard Challis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Richard Challis's co-authors include Mark Blaxter, E. G. Richards, Jeena Rajan, Guy Cochrane, Graham N. Stone, Ottoline Leyser, Yohey Terai, Stephan Schiffels, Eric A. Miska and Martin J. Genner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Richard Challis

17 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. BlobToolKit – Interactive Quality Assessment of Genome Assemblies
    2020 262 citations Richard Challis, E. G. Richards et al. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Challis United Kingdom 15 494 429 419 349 217 17 1.3k
Simon Fellous France 22 333 0.7× 200 0.5× 422 1.0× 257 0.7× 487 2.2× 45 1.2k
Malte Petersen Germany 16 612 1.2× 479 1.1× 511 1.2× 336 1.0× 406 1.9× 31 1.4k
Étienne Loire France 16 281 0.6× 345 0.8× 657 1.6× 218 0.6× 289 1.3× 34 1.3k
Peter Arensburger United States 15 248 0.5× 537 1.3× 263 0.6× 432 1.2× 152 0.7× 30 1.1k
Hope Hollocher United States 19 563 1.1× 329 0.8× 771 1.8× 227 0.7× 299 1.4× 48 1.3k
Federico Abascal Spain 3 253 0.5× 787 1.8× 284 0.7× 278 0.8× 210 1.0× 3 1.4k
Lino Ometto Italy 19 366 0.7× 397 0.9× 573 1.4× 366 1.0× 615 2.8× 35 1.5k
James B. Pease United States 14 465 0.9× 755 1.8× 806 1.9× 437 1.3× 113 0.5× 24 1.4k
Deepa Agashe India 19 221 0.4× 364 0.8× 394 0.9× 107 0.3× 257 1.2× 50 1.0k
Frantz Depaulis France 16 251 0.5× 389 0.9× 901 2.2× 247 0.7× 183 0.8× 25 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Challis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Challis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Challis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Challis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Challis 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 Richard Challis. Richard Challis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Humphries, Steve E., Richard Challis, Kate Downes, et al.. (2023). How many FH genetic tests were performed by the UK Genetic Laboratory Hubs in 2022?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 54. S9–S9. 4 indexed citations
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Laetsch, Dominik R., et al.. (2021). MolluscDB: a genome and transcriptome database for molluscs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1825). 20200157–20200157. 22 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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Jong, Maaike de, Hugo Tavares, Raj Pasam, et al.. (2019). Natural variation in Arabidopsis shoot branching plasticity in response to nitrate supply affects fitness. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008366–e1008366. 31 indexed citations
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Pascoal, Sónia, Judith Risse, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Field cricket genome reveals the footprint of recent, abrupt adaptation in the wild. Evolution Letters. 4(1). 19–33. 35 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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Challis, Richard, Sujai Kumar, Lewis Stevens, & Mark Blaxter. (2017). GenomeHubs: simple containerized setup of a custom Ensembl database and web server for any species. Database. 2017. 11 indexed citations
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Malinsky, Milan, Richard Challis, Alexandra M. Tyers, et al.. (2015). Genomic islands of speciation separate cichlid ecomorphs in an East African crater lake. Science. 350(6267). 1493–1498. 276 indexed citations
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Challis, Richard, et al.. (2013). A Role forMORE AXILLARY GROWTH1(MAX1) in Evolutionary Diversity in Strigolactone Signaling Upstream ofMAX2       . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 161(4). 1885–1902. 76 indexed citations
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Nicholls, James A., Richard Challis, Serap Mutun, & Graham N. Stone. (2012). Mitochondrial barcodes are diagnostic of shared refugia but not species in hybridizing oak gallwasps. Molecular Ecology. 21(16). 4051–4062. 56 indexed citations
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Liang, Junfeng, Long Zhao, Richard Challis, & Ottoline Leyser. (2010). Strigolactone regulation of shoot branching in chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflorum). Journal of Experimental Botany. 61(11). 3069–3078. 102 indexed citations
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Ács, Zoltán, Richard Challis, Péter Bihari, et al.. (2009). Phylogeny and DNA barcoding of inquiline oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Western Palaearctic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55(1). 210–225. 67 indexed citations
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Tavakoli, Majid, George Melika, Zsolt Pénzes, et al.. (2008). New species of oak gallwaps from Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa. 1699(1). 21 indexed citations
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Stone, Graham N., Richard Challis, Rachel Atkinson, et al.. (2007). The phylogeographical clade trade: tracing the impact of human‐mediated dispersal on the colonization of northern Europe by the oak gallwasp Andricus kollari. Molecular Ecology. 16(13). 2768–2781. 57 indexed citations
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Challis, Richard, Serap Mutun, J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey, et al.. (2007). Longitudinal range expansion and cryptic eastern species in the western Palaearctic oak gallwasp, Andricus coriarius. Molecular Ecology. 16(10). 2103–2114. 42 indexed citations
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Stone, Graham N., Richard Challis, Ahmed Raza, et al.. (2006). Differential var gene transcription in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with cerebral malaria compared to hyperparasitaemia. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 150(2). 211–218. 153 indexed citations
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Challis, Richard, Sara L. Goodacre, & G. M. Hewitt. (2006). Evolution of spider silks: conservation and diversification of the C‐terminus. Insect Molecular Biology. 15(1). 45–56. 48 indexed citations

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