Robert M. Waterhouse

33.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
62 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Waterhouse is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Waterhouse has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Insect Science, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Waterhouse's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (26 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Robert M. Waterhouse is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (26 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Robert M. Waterhouse collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Robert M. Waterhouse's co-authors include Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Evgenia V. Kriventseva, Felipe A. Simão, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Mathieu Seppey, Mosè Manni, Fredrik Tegenfeldt, Jia Li, George K. Christophides and Michael Povelones and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Waterhouse

61 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

2015 7.8k citations Felipe A. Simão, Robert M. Waterhouse et al. Bioinformatics profile →
BUSCO Applications from Quality Assessments to Gene Prediction and Phylogenomics

2017 1.4k citations Robert M. Waterhouse, Mathieu Seppey et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
Extensive introgression in a malaria vector species complex revealed by phylogenomics

2014 413 citations Robert M. Waterhouse, Igor V. Sharakhov et al. Science profile →
OrthoDB v9.1: cataloging evolutionary and functional annotations for animal, fungal, plant, archaeal, bacterial and viral orthologs

2016 311 citations Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Robert M. Waterhouse et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert M. Waterhouse Switzerland	28	6.4k	4.0k	2.8k	2.0k	2.0k	62	12.1k
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Switzerland	45	11.0k 1.7×	6.0k 1.5×	4.0k 1.4×	3.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	94	19.8k
Mario Stanke Germany	36	7.4k 1.2×	5.2k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	63	12.9k
Evgenia V. Kriventseva Switzerland	22	6.9k 1.1×	4.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	28	12.1k
Panagiotis Ioannidis Greece	23	5.7k 0.9×	4.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	41	10.9k
Steven Kelly United Kingdom	44	6.9k 1.1×	4.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	901 0.5×	147	11.8k
Steven Stones-Havas United States	5	6.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	3.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	6	15.0k
Antonis Rokas United States	70	8.9k 1.4×	4.2k 1.0×	4.0k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	263	15.8k
Chris Duran Australia	13	6.6k 1.0×	3.8k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	3.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	15	15.6k
Amy Wilson Canada	14	6.3k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	4.0k 2.0×	1.4k 0.7×	34	15.5k
Peter Meintjes New Zealand	3	6.4k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	3.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	4	15.1k

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Williams, Paul H., Shan Zhao, Xiaomeng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Genetic differentiation and adaptive evolution of buff‐tailed bumblebees in Asia. Insect Science. 1 indexed citations

Bužan, Elena, Nathaniel R. Street, Kay Lucek, et al.. (2025). Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation. Molecular Ecology. 34(23). e70001–e70001. 1 indexed citations

Thiébaut, Antonin, Xiaoyan Li, Gabrielle Haas, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Evolution of Drosophila STING-Dependent Antiviral Innate Immunity by Multispecies Comparison of 2′3′-cGAMP Responses. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(3). 7 indexed citations

Drage, Harriet B., et al.. (2024). The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(6). 2338–2375. 13 indexed citations

Yao, Jun, Long Su, Xiaomeng Zhao, et al.. (2023). Pan‐genome analysis highlights the role of structural variation in the evolution and environmental adaptation of Asian honeybees. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(2). e13905–e13905. 7 indexed citations

Feron, Romain & Robert M. Waterhouse. (2022). Assessing species coverage and assembly quality of rapidly accumulating sequenced genomes. GigaScience. 11. 23 indexed citations

Lefteri, Daniella, Steven R. Bryden, Marieke Pingen, et al.. (2022). Mosquito saliva enhances virus infection through sialokinin-dependent vascular leakage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2114309119–e2114309119. 29 indexed citations

Liang, Jiangtao, Maarten Reijnders, Livio Ruzzante, et al.. (2022). Anopheles mosquitoes reveal new principles of 3D genome organization in insects. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1960–1960. 30 indexed citations

Boyd, Bret M., Nam Nguyen, Julie M. Allen, et al.. (2022). Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1970). 20220042–20220042. 18 indexed citations

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Ruzzante, Livio, Romain Feron, Maarten Reijnders, Antonin Thiébaut, & Robert M. Waterhouse. (2021). Functional Constraints on Insect Immune System Components Govern Their Evolutionary Trajectories. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(1). 5 indexed citations

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Zancolli, Giulia, Maarten Reijnders, Robert M. Waterhouse, & Marc Robinson‐Rechavi. (2021). Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(1). 26 indexed citations

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Makunin, Alex, Petra Korlević, Naomi Park, et al.. (2021). A targeted amplicon sequencing panel to simultaneously identify mosquito species and Plasmodium presence across the entire Anopheles genus. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(1). 28–44. 23 indexed citations

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Pondeville, Emilie, Jean-Philippe Parvy, Guillaume Carissimo, et al.. (2020). Hemocyte-targeted gene expression in the female malaria mosquito using the hemolectin promoter from Drosophila. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 120. 103339–103339. 11 indexed citations

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Kapheim, Karen M., Beryl M. Jones, Hailin Pan, et al.. (2020). Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(24). 13615–13625. 38 indexed citations

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Manni, Mosè, Felipe A. Simão, Hugh M. Robertson, et al.. (2019). The Genome of the Blind Soil-Dwelling and Ancestrally Wingless Dipluran Campodea augens: A Key Reference Hexapod for Studying the Emergence of Insect Innovations. Genome Biology and Evolution. 12(1). 3534–3549. 5 indexed citations

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Kapheim, Karen M., Hailin Pan, Cai Li, et al.. (2019). Draft Genome Assembly and Population Genetics of an Agricultural Pollinator, the Solitary Alkali Bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi ). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(3). 625–634. 19 indexed citations

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Seppey, Mathieu, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Brent C. Emerson, et al.. (2019). Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles. Genome biology. 20(1). 98–98. 26 indexed citations

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Warren, Wesley C., Lukas F. K. Kuderna, Alana Alexander, et al.. (2017). The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(12). 3260–3264. 27 indexed citations

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Simão, Felipe A., Robert M. Waterhouse, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Evgenia V. Kriventseva, & Evgeny M. Zdobnov. (2015). BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs. Bioinformatics. 31(19). 3210–3212. 7791 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mitchell, Sara N., Evdoxia G. Kakani, Adam South, et al.. (2015). Evolution of sexual traits influencing vectorial capacity in anopheline mosquitoes. Science. 347(6225). 985–988. 51 indexed citations

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