Robert J. Blanchard

26.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
255 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

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Robert J. Blanchard is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Blanchard has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Social Psychology, 79 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 74 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Blanchard's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (135 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (79 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (48 papers). Robert J. Blanchard is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (135 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (79 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (48 papers). Robert J. Blanchard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert J. Blanchard's co-authors include D. Caroline Blanchard, D. Caroline Blanchard, Guy Griebel, Scott Μ. Weiss, Christina R. McKittrick, Randall R. Sakai, Kevin J. Flannelly, Bruce S. McEwen, Denise Blanchard and Roger L.H. Pobbe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Blanchard

252 papers receiving 19.1k citations

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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.

Crouching as an index of fear.

1969 884 citations Robert J. Blanchard, D. Caroline Blanchard profile →
The effects of predator odors in mammalian prey species: A review of field and laboratory studies

2005 638 citations Raimund Apfelbach, Robert J. Blanchard et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →
Innate and conditioned reactions to threat in rats with amygdaloid lesions.

1972 591 citations D. Caroline Blanchard, Robert J. Blanchard profile →
Passive and active reactions to fear-eliciting stimuli.

1969 338 citations Robert J. Blanchard, D. Caroline Blanchard profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Blanchard United States	76	9.7k	7.4k	6.2k	6.1k	2.4k	255	19.9k
D. Caroline Blanchard United States	61	5.9k 0.6×	4.5k 0.6×	3.8k 0.6×	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	161	11.9k
Seymour Levine United States	77	9.0k 0.9×	9.3k 1.3×	2.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	450	21.5k
Klaus A. Miczek United States	70	7.3k 0.8×	6.7k 0.9×	8.8k 1.4×	2.5k 0.4×	3.3k 1.4×	278	16.7k
Marian Joëls Netherlands	89	10.4k 1.1×	20.1k 2.7×	6.7k 1.1×	5.7k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	337	32.5k
Bryan Kolb Canada	83	4.0k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	11.2k 1.8×	11.3k 1.8×	3.6k 1.5×	376	26.2k
Martin Kavaliers Canada	60	3.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	3.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	334	12.1k
Stephen J. Suomi United States	70	8.9k 0.9×	4.0k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	372	16.9k
Joram Feldon Switzerland	91	8.0k 0.8×	8.5k 1.2×	12.8k 2.1×	9.8k 1.6×	4.9k 2.1×	419	29.1k
Thomas R. Insel United States	93	15.7k 1.6×	5.6k 0.8×	4.1k 0.6×	8.8k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	263	35.9k
Elizabeth Gould United States	83	4.9k 0.5×	9.4k 1.3×	12.9k 2.1×	5.7k 0.9×	5.0k 2.1×	164	33.1k

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Borelli, Karina Genaro, Erwin B. Defensor, D. Caroline Blanchard, Robert J. Blanchard, & Guy Griebel. (2010). Effects of intra-hippocampal injections of the NK2 receptor antagonist saredutant on the elevated plus maze, and the mouse defense test battery. Neuroscience Letters. 485(3). 241–245. 3 indexed citations

Pobbe, Roger L.H., Brandon L. Pearson, Erwin B. Defensor, et al.. (2010). Expression of social behaviors of C57BL/6J versus BTBR inbred mouse strains in the visible burrow system. Behavioural Brain Research. 214(2). 443–449. 102 indexed citations

Pentkowski, Nathan S., et al.. (2009). Effects of acidic-astressin and ovine-CRF microinfusions into the ventral hippocampus on defensive behaviors in rats. Hormones and Behavior. 56(1). 35–43. 28 indexed citations

Arakawa, Hiroyuki, K Arakawa, D. Caroline Blanchard, & Robert J. Blanchard. (2007). Scent marking behavior in male C57BL/6J mice: Sexual and developmental determination. Behavioural Brain Research. 182(1). 73–79. 46 indexed citations

Apfelbach, Raimund, et al.. (2005). The effects of predator odors in mammalian prey species: A review of field and laboratory studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 29(8). 1123–1144. 638 indexed citations breakdown →

Blanchard, Robert J. & D. Caroline Blanchard. (2005). Some suggestions for revitalizing aggression research. Novartis Foundation symposium. 268. 4–19. 4 indexed citations

Yudko, Errol, et al.. (2002). Emerging Themes in Preclinical Research on Alcohol and Aggression. Recent developments in alcoholism. 13. 123–138. 6 indexed citations

Harley, Carolyn W., et al.. (2001). Glycogen phosphorylase reactivity in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 21(2). 139–148. 1 indexed citations

Tamashiro, Kellie L., Teruhiko Wakayama, Robert J. Blanchard, D. Caroline Blanchard, & Ryuzo Yanagimachi. (2000). Postnatal Growth and Behavioral Development of Mice Cloned from Adult Cumulus Cells1. Biology of Reproduction. 63(1). 328–334. 116 indexed citations

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Blanchard, D. Caroline & Robert J. Blanchard. (2000). Emotions as Mediators and Modulators of Violence: Some Reflections on the “Seville Statement on Violence”. Social research. 67(3). 683–708. 2 indexed citations

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Wakayama, Teruhiko, Yoichi Shinkai, Kellie L. Tamashiro, et al.. (2000). Cloning of mice to six generations. Nature. 407(6802). 318–319. 167 indexed citations

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Hebert, Mark, D. Caroline Blanchard, & Robert J. Blanchard. (1999). Intravenous Cocaine Precipitates Panic-Like Flight Responses and Lasting Hyperdefensiveness in Laboratory Rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 63(3). 349–360. 21 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Robert J., et al.. (1998). Acute cocaine effects on stereotypy and defense: an ethoexperimental approach. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 23(2). 179–188. 32 indexed citations

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Griebel, Guy, D. Caroline Blanchard, & Robert J. Blanchard. (1996). Evidence that the Behaviors in the Mouse Defense Test Battery Relate to Different Emotional States: A Factor Analytic Study. Physiology & Behavior. 60(5). 1255–1260. 61 indexed citations

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Spencer, Robert L., Andrew H. Miller, Heather Moday, et al.. (1996). Chronic social stress produces reductions in available splenic type II corticosteroid receptor binding and plasma corticosteroid binding globulin levels. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 21(1). 95–109. 122 indexed citations

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Griebel, Guy, D. Caroline Blanchard, Richard S. Agnes, & Robert J. Blanchard. (1995). Differential modulation of antipredator defensive behavior in Swiss-Webster mice following acute or chronic administration of imipramine and fluoxetine. Psychopharmacology. 120(1). 57–66. 94 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Robert J., et al.. (1991). Twenty-two kHz alarm cries to presentation of a predator, by laboratory rats living in visible burrow systems. Physiology & Behavior. 50(5). 967–972. 359 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Robert J., D. Caroline Blanchard, Kevin J. Flannelly, & Kevin Hori. (1988). Ethanol effects on freezing and conspecific attack in rats previously exposed to a cat. Behavioural Processes. 16(3). 193–201. 8 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Robert J. & D. Caroline Blanchard. (1987). An ethoexperimental approach to the study of fear.. The Psychological Record. 37(3). 305–316. 32 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Robert J., D. Caroline Blanchard, & Kevin J. Flannelly. (1985). Social stress, mortality and aggression in colonies and burrowing habitats. Behavioural Processes. 11(2). 209–213. 50 indexed citations

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