Robert M. Brucker

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Brucker is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Brucker has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Insect Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Brucker's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (15 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (5 papers). Robert M. Brucker is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (15 papers), Gut microbiota and health (6 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (5 papers). Robert M. Brucker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Robert M. Brucker's co-authors include Seth R. Bordenstein, Kevin P. C. Minbiole, Reid N. Harris, Christian R. Schwantes, Edward J. van Opstal, Matthew H. Becker, Andrew Brooks, Kevin D. Kohl, Brianna A. Lam and Douglas C. Woodhams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Brucker

31 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Phylosymbiosis: Relationships and Functional Effects of Microbial Communities across Host Evolutionary History

2016 398 citations Robert M. Brucker, Edward J. van Opstal et al. profile →
Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes

2016 366 citations Kevin R. Theis, Nolwenn M. Dheilly et al. mSystems profile →
The Hologenomic Basis of Speciation: Gut Bacteria Cause Hybrid Lethality in the Genus Nasonia

2013 285 citations Robert M. Brucker, Seth R. Bordenstein Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert M. Brucker United States	24	1.1k	896	736	482	480	31	3.4k
Kevin D. Kohl United States	39	2.8k 2.4×	605 0.7×	355 0.5×	340 0.7×	505 1.1×	96	4.6k
Michaël C. Fontaine France	35	1.0k 0.9×	252 0.3×	231 0.3×	255 0.5×	940 2.0×	97	3.9k
Cheryl Jenkins Australia	33	543 0.5×	228 0.3×	443 0.6×	946 2.0×	255 0.5×	102	3.0k
Ilana Zilber‐Rosenberg Israel	17	1.4k 1.2×	992 1.1×	356 0.5×	116 0.2×	621 1.3×	21	5.0k
John R. Barta Canada	38	416 0.4×	320 0.4×	290 0.4×	270 0.6×	220 0.5×	170	5.0k
Kevin R. Theis United States	27	1.3k 1.2×	302 0.3×	109 0.1×	330 0.7×	329 0.7×	72	3.5k
Matthew H. Becker United States	20	690 0.6×	222 0.2×	1.3k 1.8×	816 1.7×	168 0.3×	29	2.2k
Andy Fenton United Kingdom	39	758 0.7×	825 0.9×	317 0.4×	136 0.3×	1.7k 3.5×	117	5.3k
Chih‐Horng Kuo Taiwan	36	1.7k 1.5×	841 0.9×	140 0.2×	164 0.3×	732 1.5×	117	3.8k
Jan Šlapeta Australia	38	871 0.8×	468 0.5×	123 0.2×	359 0.7×	584 1.2×	232	5.5k

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Wang, Guan-Hong & Robert M. Brucker. (2022). An optimized method for Nasonia germ-free rearing. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 219–219. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Guan-Hong, et al.. (2021). Coadaptation between host genome and microbiome under long-term xenobiotic-induced selection. Science Advances. 7(19). 24 indexed citations

Bettencourt, Brian R., et al.. (2020). Spider phylosymbiosis: divergence of widow spider species and their tissues’ microbiomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 104–104. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Guan-Hong, et al.. (2020). Changes in Microbiome Confer Multigenerational Host Resistance after Sub-toxic Pesticide Exposure. Cell Host & Microbe. 27(2). 213–224.e7. 82 indexed citations

Wang, Guan-Hong & Robert M. Brucker. (2019). Genome Sequence of Providencia rettgeri NVIT03, Isolated from Nasonia vitripennis. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(3). 6 indexed citations

Yang, Yaohua, Wei Zheng, Qiuyin Cai, et al.. (2019). Racial Differences in the Oral Microbiome: Data from Low-Income Populations of African Ancestry and European Ancestry. mSystems. 4(6). 39 indexed citations

Romano-Keeler, Joann, Meghan H. Shilts, Andrey Tovchigrechko, et al.. (2018). Distinct mucosal microbial communities in infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis correlate with age and antibiotic exposure. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0206366–e0206366. 18 indexed citations

Martinez, Keith A., Joann Romano-Keeler, Joseph P. Zackular, et al.. (2018). Bacterial DNA is present in the fetal intestine and overlaps with that in the placenta in mice. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197439–e0197439. 37 indexed citations

Nováková, Eva, Douglas C. Woodhams, Sonia M. Rodríguez‐Ruano, et al.. (2017). Mosquito Microbiome Dynamics, a Background for Prevalence and Seasonality of West Nile Virus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 526–526. 88 indexed citations

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Theis, Kevin R., Nolwenn M. Dheilly, Jonathan L. Klassen, et al.. (2016). Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes. mSystems. 1(2). 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dittmer, Jessica, Edward J. van Opstal, J. Dylan Shropshire, et al.. (2016). Disentangling a Holobiont – Recent Advances and Perspectives in Nasonia Wasps. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1478–1478. 32 indexed citations

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Rebollar, Eria A., Rachael E. Antwis, Matthew H. Becker, et al.. (2016). Using “Omics” and Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches to Guide Probiotic Selection to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 68–68. 93 indexed citations

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Flynn, Charles R., Vance L. Albaugh, Joyce Cheung‐Flynn, et al.. (2015). Bile diversion to the distal small intestine has comparable metabolic benefits to bariatric surgery. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7715–7715. 144 indexed citations

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Romano-Keeler, Joann, Daniel J. Moore, Chunlin Wang, et al.. (2014). Early life establishment of site-specific microbial communities in the gut. Gut Microbes. 5(2). 192–201. 50 indexed citations

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Brucker, Robert M. & Seth R. Bordenstein. (2013). The Hologenomic Basis of Speciation: Gut Bacteria Cause Hybrid Lethality in the Genus Nasonia. Science. 341(6146). 667–669. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brucker, Robert M. & Seth R. Bordenstein. (2012). Speciation by symbiosis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(8). 443–451. 262 indexed citations

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Brucker, Robert M., et al.. (2012). Insect Innate Immunity Database (IIID): An Annotation Tool for Identifying Immune Genes in Insect Genomes. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45125–e45125. 35 indexed citations

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Becker, Matthew H., Reid N. Harris, Kevin P. C. Minbiole, et al.. (2011). Towards a Better Understanding of the Use of Probiotics for Preventing Chytridiomycosis in Panamanian Golden Frogs. EcoHealth. 8(4). 501–506. 89 indexed citations

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Harris, Reid N., Robert M. Brucker, Jenifer B. Walke, et al.. (2009). Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus. The ISME Journal. 3(7). 818–824. 407 indexed citations

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Brucker, Robert M., Reid N. Harris, Christian R. Schwantes, et al.. (2008). Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 34(11). 1422–1429. 248 indexed citations

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