Robert H. Devlin

15.0k citations

237 papers · 11.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Physiology top 0.02%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
Aquatic Science top 0.05%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Papers in ⓘ

Aquatic Science 66
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth 63
Physiology 40
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species 40

Co-authors: Yoshitaka Nagahama (2 shared papers)Carlo A. Biagi (32 shared papers)L. Fredrik Sundström (26 shared papers)Edward M. Donaldson (14 shared papers)Wendy E. Tymchuk (9 shared papers)Dionne Sakhrani (35 shared papers)Timothy Y. Yesaki (6 shared papers)Michael L. Kent (10 shared papers)
Journals: Aquaculture (23 papers)Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (15 papers)Journal of Fish Biology (12 papers)PLoS ONE (11 papers)General and Comparative Endocrinology (8 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Devlin

234 papers receiving 10.7k citations

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Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences 2002 · 1.9k citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Aquaculture
2001 Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

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1	Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences Aquaculture ·Robert H. Devlin, Yoshitaka Nagahama Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1948
2	Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of the Myxozoa Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology ·Michael L. Kent, Karl B. Andrée, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Mansour El‐Matbouli, Sherwin S. Desser, Robert H. Devlin, Stephen W. Feist, Ronald P. Hedrick, Rudolf Hoffmann, Jaswinder Khattra, Sascha L. Hallett, R. J. G. Lester, Matt Longshaw, OSWALDO PALENZEULA, Mark E. Siddall, Chongxie Xiao Hit paper breakdown →	2001	523
3	Extraordinary salmon growth Nature ·Robert H. Devlin, Timothy Y. Yesaki, Carlo A. Biagi, Edward M. Donaldson, Penny Swanson, Woon‐Khiong Chan	1994	307
4	Brief treatment with an aromatase inhibitor during sex differentiation causes chromosomally female salmon to develop as normal, functional males Journal of Experimental Zoology ·Francesc Piferrer, Silvia Zanuy, Manuel Carrillo, Igor I. Solar, Robert H. Devlin, Edward M. Donaldson	1994	226
5	Status and opportunities for genomics research with rainbow trout Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·Gary H. Thorgaard, George Bailey, David E. Williams, Donald R. Buhler, Stephen L. Kaattari, Sandra S. Ristow, John D. Hansen, James R. Winton, Jerri L. Bartholomew, James J. Nagler, Patrick J. Walsh, M. M. Vijayan, Robert H. Devlin, Ronald W. Hardy, Kenneth Overturf, William P. Young, Barrie D. Robison, Caird E. Rexroad, Yniv Palti	2002	193
6	Growth of domesticated transgenic fish Nature ·Robert H. Devlin, Carlo A. Biagi, Timothy Y. Yesaki, Duane E. Smailus, John C. Byatt	2001	170
7	Growth, viability and genetic characteristics of GH transgenic coho salmon strains Aquaculture ·Robert H. Devlin, Carlo A. Biagi, T. Y. Yesaki	2004	156
8	Isolation of a Y-Chromosomal DNA Probe Capable of Determining Genetic Sex in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Robert H. Devlin, B. Kelly McNeil, T. David D. Groves, Edward M. Donaldson	1991	152
9	A missense mutation at codon 188 of the human lipoprotein lipase gene is a frequent cause of lipoprotein lipase deficiency in persons of different ancestries. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·María Victoria Monsalve, Heather Henderson, Ghislaine O. Roederer, Pierre Julien, S S Deeb, John J.P. Kastelein, Linda N. Peritz, Robert H. Devlin, T. Bruin, M.R.V. Murthy	1990	146
10	PCR primed with VNTR core sequences yields species specific patterns and hypervariable probes Nucleic Acids Research ·Daniel D. Heath, George K. Lwama, Robert H. Devlin	1993	145
11	Production of germline transgenic Pacific salmonids with dramatically increased growth performance Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Robert H. Devlin, Timothy Y. Yesaki, Edward M. Donaldson, Shaojun Du, Choy‐Leong Hew	1995	145
12	Genomic Structure of Growth Hormone Genes in Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ): Presence of Two Functional Genes, GH-I and GH-II, and a Male-Specific Pseudogene, GH-ψ DNA and Cell Biology ·Shaojun Du, Robert H. Devlin, Choy L. Hew	1993	137
13	Interface of biotechnology and ecology for environmental risk assessments of transgenic fish Trends in biotechnology ·Robert H. Devlin, L. Fredrik Sundström, William M. Muir	2005	120
14	Phylogeny of Pacific salmon and trout based on growth hormone type-2 and mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 DNA sequences Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Sheldon McKay, Robert H. Devlin, Michael J. Smith	1996	120
15	TETRACAPSULA RENICOLAN. SP. (MYXOZOA:SACCOSPORIDAE); THE PKX MYXOZOAN—THE CAUSE OF PROLIFERATIVE KIDNEY DISEASE OF SALMONID FISHES Journal of Parasitology ·Michael L. Kent, J Khattra, Ronald P. Hedrick, Robert H. Devlin	2000	119
16	The organization and expression of the light gene, a heterochromatic gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics ·Robert H. Devlin, Brendan Bingham, Barbara T. Wakimoto	1990	112
17	Selection for upper thermal tolerance in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykissWalbaum) Journal of Experimental Biology ·Zhongqi Chen, Michael Snow, Craig Lawrence, Anthony R. Church, Shawn R. Narum, Robert H. Devlin, Anthony P. Farrell	2015	109
18	Growth-enhanced transgenic salmon can be inferior swimmers Canadian Journal of Zoology ·Anthony P. Farrell, William Bennett, Robert H. Devlin	1997	108
19	Increased ability to compete for food by growth hormone-transgenic coho salmonOncorhynchus kisutch(Walbaum) Aquaculture Research ·Robert H. Devlin, Jörgen I. Johnsson, Duane E. Smailus, Carlo A. Biagi, Elisabeth Jönsson, Björn Thrándur Björnsson	1999	106
20	Metabolic engineering of novel ketocarotenoid production in carrot plants Transgenic Research ·J. Jayaraj, Robert H. Devlin, Zamir K. Punja	2007	102

About Robert H. Devlin

Robert H. Devlin is a scholar working on Aquatic Science, Physiology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Immunology, having authored 237 papers that have together received 11.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Genetics and Reproduction (137 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (65 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (64 papers), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (63 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (40 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (35 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (26 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (2.8k citations), Aquatic Science (2.8k citations), Genetics (6.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.4k citations) and Immunology (1.6k citations). Robert H. Devlin has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Yoshitaka Nagahama, Carlo A. Biagi, L. Fredrik Sundström, Edward M. Donaldson, Wendy E. Tymchuk, Dionne Sakhrani, Timothy Y. Yesaki, Michael L. Kent, George K. Iwama and Anthony P. Farrell. Their work appears in journals such as Aquaculture, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal of Fish Biology, PLoS ONE and General and Comparative Endocrinology.

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