Robert J. Blakemore

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Blakemore is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Blakemore has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 39 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Blakemore's work include Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (59 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (24 papers) and Leech Biology and Applications (11 papers). Robert J. Blakemore is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (59 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (24 papers) and Leech Biology and Applications (11 papers). Robert J. Blakemore collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and Australia. Robert J. Blakemore's co-authors include D. A. Stahl, Radhey S. Gupta, Erko Stackebrandt, Jack Maniloff, T. A. Dyer, L. Zablen, Linda J. Magrum, Linda Bonen, Robert B. Hespell and C R Woese and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Blakemore

65 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Blakemore Japan	16	827	701	631	198	183	69	2.0k
Jarrod J. Scott United States	26	1.1k 1.4×	655 0.9×	361 0.6×	198 1.0×	432 2.4×	41	2.7k
Michiel Vos United Kingdom	27	1.5k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	287 0.5×	205 1.0×	953 5.2×	57	3.4k
Ólafur S. Andrésson Iceland	23	576 0.7×	204 0.3×	335 0.5×	145 0.7×	200 1.1×	53	1.6k
Andrea Thürmer Germany	25	1.3k 1.5×	969 1.4×	93 0.1×	104 0.5×	273 1.5×	58	2.7k
Johannes Sikorski Germany	27	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	168 0.3×	125 0.6×	270 1.5×	57	2.6k
Shannon L. Johnson United States	26	1.2k 1.5×	448 0.6×	736 1.2×	30 0.2×	138 0.8×	105	2.7k
William M. Nelson United States	31	894 1.1×	401 0.6×	631 1.0×	36 0.2×	422 2.3×	81	3.3k
Klaus Reuter Germany	9	1.1k 1.3×	500 0.7×	135 0.2×	46 0.2×	206 1.1×	12	2.1k
Lu Sun China	19	852 1.0×	600 0.9×	340 0.5×	63 0.3×	198 1.1×	62	2.2k
Roland C. Wilhelm United States	23	625 0.8×	696 1.0×	94 0.1×	60 0.3×	113 0.6×	47	2.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Blakemore, Robert J.. (2025). Biodiversity restated: > 99.9% of global species in Soil Biota. ZooKeys. 1224. 283–316.

Blakemore, Robert J.. (2024). Biomass Refined: 99% of Organic Carbon in Soils. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1257–1300. 1 indexed citations

Blakemore, Robert J., et al.. (2021). Stability and conformation of the dimeric HIV-1 genomic RNA 5′UTR. Biophysical Journal. 120(21). 4874–4890. 9 indexed citations

Шеховцов, С. В., et al.. (2018). Identifying earthworms (Oligochaeta, Megadrili) of the Southern Kuril Islands using DNA barcodes. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 41(1). 9–17. 9 indexed citations

Blakemore, Robert J.. (2013). Earthworms newly from Mongolia (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae, Eisenia). ZooKeys. 285(285). 1–21. 23 indexed citations

Blakemore, Robert J., et al.. (2013). Two new Korean earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae). ZooKeys. 307(307). 35–44. 2 indexed citations

Blakemore, Robert J., et al.. (2012). Accidental vaginal parasitism by oligochaete worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43(2). 197–201.

Blakemore, Robert J.. (2012). Call for a Census of Soil Invertebrates (CoSI). Zoology in the Middle East. 58(sup4). 163–169. 2 indexed citations

Blakemore, Robert J.. (2011). Further records of non-cryptic New Zealand earthworms. ZooKeys. 160(160). 23–46. 9 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J. & Elena K. Kupriyanova. (2010). Unraveling some Kinki worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megadrili: Moniligastridae) - Part I. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J., Elena K. Kupriyanova, & Mark J. Grygier. (2010). Neotypification of Drawida hattamimizu Hatai, 1930 (Oligochaeta: Megadrili: Moniligastridae) and the first DNA (COI) sequences from an earthworm type, plus response to the ‘Can of worms’ theory of cryptic species. ZooKeys. 41. 8 indexed citations

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Banada, Padmapriya P., Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, Robert J. Blakemore, et al.. (2010). Containment of Bioaerosol Infection Risk by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Its Applicability to Point-of-Care Settings. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48(10). 3551–3557. 110 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J.. (2008). Review of Criodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) including Biwadrilus from Japan.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J., et al.. (2006). Biodiversity of Earthworms in Taiwan: a Species Checklist with the Confirmation and New Records of the Exotic Lumbricids Eisenia fetida and Eiseniella tetraedra. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J.. (2003). Japanese earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta): a review and checklist of species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 3(3). 241–244. 75 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J.. (2000). New species of the earthworm genus Anisochaeta (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 52(1). 1–40. 5 indexed citations

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Yeates, G. W., Sergei E. Spiridonov, & Robert J. Blakemore. (1998). Plesioungella kathleenae gen. n. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Drilonematoidea) from the Australian endemic megascoiecid earthworm Fletcherodrilus unicus (Fletcher, 1889). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 25(2). 205–212. 2 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J.. (1998). Retrovescus , a new genus of opisthogastric earthworm from Tasmania. Invertebrate taxonomy. 12(4). 655–665. 1 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J.. (1994). A review of Heteroporodrilus from south-east Queensland lAnnelidac Oligochaetar. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 37(1). 19–39. 5 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Robert J., et al.. (1994). A hundred-year-old worm?. Australian Zoologist. 29(3-4). 251–254. 3 indexed citations

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