Robert L. Usinger

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Usinger is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Usinger has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 10 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Usinger's work include Hemiptera Insect Studies (16 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers) and Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (4 papers). Robert L. Usinger is often cited by papers focused on Hemiptera Insect Studies (16 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (5 papers) and Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies (4 papers). Robert L. Usinger collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Robert L. Usinger's co-authors include E Gorton Linsley, Ernst Mayr, W. Robert Eadie, Harry Hoogstraal, Paul R. Needham, Pedro W. Wygodzinsky, Raymond E. Ryckman, Ryuichi Matsuda, Robert Rush Miller and Carl L. Hubbs and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Annual Review of Entomology.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Usinger

36 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Methods and Principles of Systematic Zoology 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Methods and Principles of Systematic Zoology
    1953 475 citations E Gorton Linsley, Robert L. Usinger et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert L. Usinger United States 13 561 456 395 352 314 42 1.7k
R. W. Crosskey United Kingdom 22 973 1.7× 1.0k 2.2× 1.0k 2.7× 666 1.9× 195 0.6× 94 2.4k
Pieter W. Kat United States 24 264 0.5× 943 2.1× 131 0.3× 181 0.5× 621 2.0× 42 1.5k
Adrian G. Marshall United Kingdom 19 959 1.7× 850 1.9× 123 0.3× 181 0.5× 332 1.1× 41 1.7k
Jennifer E. Simpson United States 7 509 0.9× 861 1.9× 61 0.2× 204 0.6× 121 0.4× 9 1.6k
Douglas E. Gill United States 22 1.3k 2.4× 961 2.1× 152 0.4× 227 0.6× 397 1.3× 42 2.6k
Warren Booth United States 23 480 0.9× 208 0.5× 273 0.7× 282 0.8× 676 2.2× 68 1.4k
Guilherme Mourão Brazil 25 386 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 135 0.3× 169 0.5× 219 0.7× 110 2.1k
Fabio Bontadina Switzerland 27 1.1k 2.0× 1.6k 3.5× 74 0.2× 176 0.5× 481 1.5× 54 2.5k
Jos. J. Schall United States 29 1.1k 2.0× 986 2.2× 148 0.4× 219 0.6× 459 1.5× 72 2.7k
P. A. Racey United Kingdom 22 2.3k 4.1× 1.7k 3.6× 117 0.3× 208 0.6× 344 1.1× 41 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1994). Speckle interferometry for detection of subsurface damage in fibre-reinforced composites. Measurement Science and Technology. 5(2). 100–104. 11 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1993). Speckle interferometry for highly localized displacement fields. Measurement Science and Technology. 4(8). 820–825. 12 indexed citations
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Linsley, E Gorton, J. Linsley Gressitt, & Robert L. Usinger. (1972). Robert Leslie Usinger : autobiography of an entomologist. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Davis, Norman T. & Robert L. Usinger. (1970). The Biology and Relationships of the Joppeicidae (Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 63(2). 577–587. 18 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L. & Jean-Claude Beaucournu. (1967). Sur deux Cimex (Insecta, Heteroptera), nouveaux pour la faune française, parasites des chauves-souris. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 42(2). 269–271. 4 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L.. (1966). Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera - Heteroptera). SPIE eBooks. 297 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., Pedro W. Wygodzinsky, & Raymond E. Ryckman. (1966). The Biosystematics of Triatominae. Annual Review of Entomology. 11(1). 309–330. 154 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1966). Copyright Bill: Taxonomic Works. Science. 152(3720). 291–292. 2 indexed citations
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Shaw, H. K. Airy, Tracy I. Storer, & Robert L. Usinger. (1965). The Natural History of a Californian Mountain Range. Kew Bulletin. 19(2). 223–223. 4 indexed citations
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Carayon, Jacques & Robert L. Usinger. (1965). A new genus of Neotropical Anthocoridae that resembles the bed bug (Hemiptera). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations
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Butler, G. D. & Robert L. Usinger. (1963). Insects and Other Arthropods from Kure Island. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 18. 2 indexed citations
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Butler, G. D. & Robert L. Usinger. (1963). Insects and other invertebrates from Laysan Island. Atoll research bulletin. 98. 1–30. 12 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1960). New Species of Cyrtopeltis from the Hawaiian Islands with a Revised Key (Hemiptera: Miridae). ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 3 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1956). Notes on Marine Water Striders of the Hawaiian Islands (Hemiptera: Gerridae). ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 8 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L. & Paul R. Needham. (1956). A Drag-Type Riffle-Bottom Sampler. The Progressive Fish-Culturist. 18(1). 42–44. 5 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L.. (1956). The Stability of Scientific Names. Annual Review of Entomology. 1(1). 59–70. 1 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L.. (1956). Aquatic insects of California, with keys to North American genera and California species. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 88 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L., et al.. (1953). The Insect Life of Arno. Atoll research bulletin. 15. 1–28. 8 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L.. (1952). A new genus of Chryxinae from Brazil and Argentina (Hemiptera : Reduviidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 4 indexed citations
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Usinger, Robert L.. (1951). Heteroptera of the Marshall Islands. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 4 indexed citations

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