Richard Griffiths

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Griffiths is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Griffiths has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, 36 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 28 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Richard Griffiths's work include Avian ecology and behavior (35 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (25 papers). Richard Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (35 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (35 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (25 papers). Richard Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Richard Griffiths's co-authors include Kate J. Orr, Mike Double, Innes C. Cuthill, Andrew T. D. Bennett, Sarah Hunt, Ruedi G. Nager, Pat Monaghan, David J. Houston, Isabel Castro and Russell D. Dawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Griffiths

81 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

A DNA test to sex most birds 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. A DNA test to sex most birds
    1998 2.7k citations Richard Griffiths, Mike Double et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

Peers

Richard Griffiths
Linda A. Whittingham United States
Peter O. Dunn United States
Cor Dijkstra Netherlands
Jan T. Lifjeld Norway
David J. Houston United Kingdom
Alistair Dawson United Kingdom
C. M. Lessells Netherlands
János Török Hungary
Juan Moreno Spain
Kate J. Orr United Kingdom
Linda A. Whittingham United States
Richard Griffiths
Citations per year, relative to Richard Griffiths Richard Griffiths (= 1×) peers Linda A. Whittingham

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Griffiths

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Griffiths

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Griffiths

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Campbell, Karl J., Greg Baxter, Victor G. Carrión, et al.. (2022). Managing non-target wildlife mortality whilst using rodenticides to eradicate invasive rodents on islands. Biological Invasions. 24(11). 3423–3440. 3 indexed citations
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Samaniego‐Herrera, Araceli, Peter J. Kappes, Keith Broome, et al.. (2021). Factors leading to successful island rodent eradications following initial failure. Conservation Science and Practice. 3(6). 14 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Richard, et al.. (2009). Human Pif1 helicase unwinds synthetic DNA structures resembling stalled DNA replication forks. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(19). 6491–6502. 54 indexed citations
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Kalmbach, Ellen, Richard Griffiths, & Robert W. Furness. (2009). Sex‐specific growth patterns and effects of hatching condition on growth in the reversed sexually size‐dimorphic great skua Stercorarius skua. Journal of Avian Biology. 40(4). 358–368. 12 indexed citations
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Dilks, Peter J., et al.. (2008). Homalanthus polyandrus (Euphorbiaceae) on Macauley Island, southern Kermadec Islands, with notes on that island's vascular flora. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 46(3). 373–379. 3 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Richard, et al.. (2004). The juvenile three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) as a model organism for endocrine disruption. Aquatic Toxicology. 70(4). 287–310. 47 indexed citations
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Arnold, Kathryn E., Kate J. Orr, & Richard Griffiths. (2003). Primary sex ratios in birds: problems with molecular sex identification of undeveloped eggs. Molecular Ecology. 12(12). 3451–3458. 51 indexed citations
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Arnold, Kathryn E. & Richard Griffiths. (2003). Sex‐specific hatching order, growth rates and fledging success in jackdaws Corvus monedula. Journal of Avian Biology. 34(3). 275–281. 40 indexed citations
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Lee, Patricia L. M., Paul F. Brain, Dan W. Forman, Richard B. Bradbury, & Richard Griffiths. (2002). SEX AND DEATH: CHD1Z ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MORTALITY IN MOORHENS. Evolution. 56(12). 2548–2553. 27 indexed citations
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Birkhead, T. R., Ben J. Hatchwell, Robert Lindner, et al.. (2001). Extra-Pair Paternity in the Common Murre. Ornithological Applications. 103(1). 158–162. 2 indexed citations
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Birkhead, T. R., Ben J. Hatchwell, Robert Lindner, et al.. (2001). EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY IN THE COMMON MURRE1. Ornithological Applications. 103(1). 158–158. 32 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Richard & Kate J. Orr. (1999). The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) in the isolation of sex‐specific markers. Molecular Ecology. 8(4). 671–674. 64 indexed citations
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Hunt, Sarah, Innes C. Cuthill, Andrew T. D. Bennett, & Richard Griffiths. (1999). Preferences for ultraviolet partners in the blue tit. Animal Behaviour. 58(4). 809–815. 192 indexed citations
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Becher, S. A. & Richard Griffiths. (1998). Genetic differentiation among local populations of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in mosaic habitats. Molecular Ecology. 7(11). 1599–1604. 32 indexed citations
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Page, Roderic, Patricia L. M. Lee, S. A. Becher, Richard Griffiths, & Dale H. Clayton. (1998). A Different Tempo of Mitochondrial DNA Evolution in Birds and Their Parasitic Lice. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9(2). 276–293. 133 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Richard, et al.. (1998). A DNA test to sex most birds. Molecular Ecology. 7(8). 1071–1075. 2702 indexed citations breakdown →
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Griffiths, Richard & Bela Tiwari. (1993). Primers for the differential amplification of the sex‐determining region Y gene in a range of mammal species. Molecular Ecology. 2(6). 405–406. 67 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Richard, Bela Tiwari, & S. A. Becher. (1992). The identification of sex in the starling Sturnus vulgaris using a molecular DNA technique. Molecular Ecology. 1(3). 191–194. 28 indexed citations

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