Robert Blakemore

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Blakemore is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Blakemore has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert Blakemore's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (7 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (7 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (2 papers). Robert Blakemore is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (7 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (7 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (2 papers). Robert Blakemore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Peru. Robert Blakemore's co-authors include David Alland, Martin Jones, Mark D. Perkins, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, Pamela Nabeta, David H. Persing, Mark P. Nicol, Camilla Rodrigues, Doris Hillemann and Catharina Boehme and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Blakemore

7 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

2010 1.6k citations Catharina Boehme, Pamela Nabeta et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Blakemore United States	6	1.9k	1.6k	1.0k	196	146	7	2.1k
Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes Germany	8	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	184 0.9×	115 0.8×	10	2.1k
Shubhada Shenai India	15	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	287 1.5×	124 0.8×	23	2.3k
Jenny Allen South Africa	7	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	931 0.9×	210 1.1×	108 0.7×	7	2.0k
Ana Milovic United States	5	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	807 0.8×	152 0.8×	107 0.7×	7	1.7k
Laura Flores United States	18	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	171 0.9×	82 0.6×	20	2.0k
Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy United Kingdom	27	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	903 0.9×	372 1.9×	97 0.7×	70	2.4k
Andrea Rachow Germany	23	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	655 0.6×	114 0.6×	38 0.3×	45	1.7k
Kim Stanley South Africa	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	545 0.5×	477 2.4×	67 0.5×	47	1.9k
R Urbanczik Germany	7	1.1k 0.6×	956 0.6×	546 0.5×	126 0.6×	132 0.9×	20	1.3k
Amy S. Piatek United States	10	803 0.4×	677 0.4×	356 0.3×	305 1.6×	140 1.0×	16	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Blakemore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Blakemore

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Blakemore

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

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Rowneki, Mazhgan, Naomi Aronson, Peicheng Du, et al.. (2020). Detection of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by high-throughput sequencing of DNA isolated from acid fast bacilli smears. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0232343–e0232343. 9 indexed citations

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Dharan, Nila J., Robert Blakemore, Alex Sloutsky, et al.. (2016). Performance of the G4 Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin resistance: a retrospective case-control study of analytical and clinical samples from high- and low-tuberculosis prevalence settings. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1). 764–764. 11 indexed citations

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Dharan, Nila J., Gerald Mboowa, Willy Ssengooba, et al.. (2015). Improving the Sensitivity of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay on Sputum Pellets by Decreasing the Amount of Added Sample Reagent: a Laboratory and Clinical Evaluation. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53(4). 1258–1263. 6 indexed citations

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Branch, Darren W., et al.. (2014). Nucleic acid extraction using a rapid, chemical free, ultrasonic technique for point-of-care diagnostics. View. 4 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert, Pamela Nabeta, Amy L. Davidow, et al.. (2011). A Multisite Assessment of the Quantitative Capabilities of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(9). 1076–1084. 91 indexed citations

6.

Boehme, Catharina, Pamela Nabeta, Doris Hillemann, et al.. (2010). Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance. New England Journal of Medicine. 363(11). 1005–1015. 1639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blakemore, Robert, Elizabeth Story‐Roller, Padmapriya P. Banada, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of the Analytical Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48(7). 2495–2501. 367 indexed citations

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