Robert A. Barton

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Barton is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Barton has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Social Psychology, 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Barton's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (15 papers). Robert A. Barton is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (15 papers). Robert A. Barton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert A. Barton's co-authors include Paul Harvey, Charles L. Nunn, Isabella Capellini, Andrew Whiten, Russell A. Hill, Chris Venditti, J. M. Parpia, Harold G. Craighead, Richard W. Byrne and Paul L. McEuen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Barton

123 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mosaic evolution of brain structure in mammals 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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. Mosaic evolution of brain structure in mammals
    2000 523 citations Robert A. Barton, Paul Harvey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert A. Barton United Kingdom 49 3.2k 1.9k 1.1k 976 965 128 7.4k
Roger T. Hanlon United States 56 1.5k 0.5× 7.2k 3.7× 544 0.5× 2.1k 2.1× 298 0.3× 243 10.3k
Hermann Wagner Germany 43 254 0.1× 747 0.4× 3.0k 2.8× 675 0.7× 149 0.2× 192 6.4k
Daniel Osorio United Kingdom 46 1.5k 0.5× 5.5k 2.9× 1.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.6× 385 0.4× 131 8.7k
Gerhard Roth Germany 42 650 0.2× 742 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 415 0.4× 78 0.1× 264 7.6k
Russell D. Fernald United States 62 2.7k 0.8× 4.2k 2.2× 858 0.8× 1.9k 2.0× 42 0.0× 184 12.6k
Michael Sanders United States 15 374 0.1× 520 0.3× 2.6k 2.4× 326 0.3× 271 0.3× 31 7.8k
Barbara König Switzerland 39 1.0k 0.3× 2.0k 1.0× 61 0.1× 1.5k 1.6× 283 0.3× 129 4.2k
David M. Green United States 61 867 0.3× 2.1k 1.1× 5.1k 4.8× 2.2k 2.3× 254 0.3× 352 14.6k
Michael J. Ryan United States 78 1.7k 0.5× 15.5k 8.0× 443 0.4× 3.7k 3.7× 84 0.1× 339 20.6k
Lars Chıttka United Kingdom 78 1.9k 0.6× 16.6k 8.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 193 0.2× 267 21.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baker, Joanna, Robert A. Barton, & Chris Venditti. (2025). Human dexterity and brains evolved hand in hand. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1257–1257.
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Peperkoorn, Leonard S., Russell A. Hill, Robert A. Barton, & Thomas V. Pollet. (2024). Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30822–30822. 1 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A., et al.. (2024). Measuring episodic memory and mental time travel: crossing the species gap. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1913). 20230406–20230406. 1 indexed citations
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Venditti, Chris, Joanna Baker, & Robert A. Barton. (2024). Co-evolutionary dynamics of mammalian brain and body size. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(8). 1534–1542. 10 indexed citations
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Püschel, Thomas A., et al.. (2024). Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(49). e2409542121–e2409542121. 4 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A. & Isabella Capellini. (2016). Sleep, Evolution and Brains. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 87(2). 65–68. 2 indexed citations
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Capellini, Isabella, Charles L. Nunn, & Robert A. Barton. (2015). Microparasites and Placental Invasiveness in Eutherian Mammals. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132563–e0132563. 21 indexed citations
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Paul, M. J., A. Jameson, Arend M. van der Zande, et al.. (2012). Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy of Large-Area Single-Layer Graphene. SW1C.1–SW1C.1. 8 indexed citations
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Linzon, Yoav, Slava Krylov, B. Ilic, et al.. (2010). Real-time synchronous imaging of electromechanical resonator mode and equilibrium profiles. Optics Letters. 35(15). 2654–2654. 10 indexed citations
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Capellini, Isabella, Chris Venditti, & Robert A. Barton. (2010). Phylogeny and metabolic scaling in mammals. Ecology. 91(9). 2783–2793. 128 indexed citations
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Preston, Brian T., Isabella Capellini, Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, & Charles L. Nunn. (2009). Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 7–7. 83 indexed citations
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Capellini, Isabella, Charles L. Nunn, Patrick McNamara, Brian T. Preston, & Robert A. Barton. (2008). Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals. Functional Ecology. 22(5). 847–853. 44 indexed citations
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Lindenfors, Patrik, Charles L. Nunn, & Robert A. Barton. (2007). Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex. BMC Biology. 5(1). 20–20. 56 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A.. (2006). Olfactory evolution and behavioral ecology in primates. American Journal of Primatology. 68(6). 545–558. 88 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A., et al.. (2003). The evolution of the cortico-cerebellar complex in primates: anatomical connections predict patterns of correlated evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 44(1). 3–10. 98 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A.. (1996). Neocortex size and behavioural ecology in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 263(1367). 173–177. 201 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A., Andy Purvis, & Paul Harvey. (1995). Evolutionary radiation of visual and olfactory brain systems in primates, bats and insectivores. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1326). 381–392. 236 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A., et al.. (1993). Chemical Composition of Baboon Plant Foods: Implications for the Interpretation of Intra- and Interspecific Differences in Diet. Folia Primatologica. 61(1). 1–20. 43 indexed citations
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Barton, Robert A.. (1992). Allometry of Food Intake in Free-Ranging Anthropoid Primates. Folia Primatologica. 58(1). 56–59. 11 indexed citations
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Whiten, Andrew & Robert A. Barton. (1988). Demise of the checksheet: Using off-the-shelf miniature hand-held computers for remote fieldwork applications. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 3(6). 146–148. 7 indexed citations

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