Robert Thacker

5.9k total citations
102 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Thacker is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Thacker has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, 47 papers in Biotechnology and 15 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Thacker's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (47 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (40 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (13 papers). Robert Thacker is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (47 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (40 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (13 papers). Robert Thacker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Guam. Robert Thacker's co-authors include Patrick M. Erwin, Valerie J. Paul, Christopher Freeman, Cole Easson, Julie B. Olson, Mikel A. Becerro, David W. Ginsburg, Maria Cristina Díaz, Deborah J. Gochfeld and Michael G.‏ Hadfield and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Robert Thacker

83 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Thacker United States 32 1.7k 1.7k 671 651 584 102 3.0k
Thierry Pérez France 29 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 812 1.2× 542 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 89 3.2k
Mikel A. Becerro Spain 33 1.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 484 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 78 3.5k
Klaus Rützler United States 35 2.6k 1.5× 2.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.7× 372 0.6× 963 1.6× 106 4.0k
Susanna López‐Legentil United States 32 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 521 0.8× 470 0.7× 1.3k 2.2× 86 2.7k
Raphael Ritson‐Williams United States 29 2.1k 1.2× 688 0.4× 1.6k 2.4× 228 0.4× 1.1k 1.8× 53 3.0k
María Jesús Uriz Spain 25 751 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 338 0.5× 288 0.4× 456 0.8× 60 1.8k
Koty Sharp United States 18 853 0.5× 479 0.3× 508 0.8× 216 0.3× 222 0.4× 25 1.5k
Simon K. Davy New Zealand 45 5.0k 2.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.7k 4.1× 104 0.2× 1.1k 1.8× 162 5.6k
Euichi Hirose Japan 30 1.0k 0.6× 383 0.2× 900 1.3× 123 0.2× 1.6k 2.7× 179 2.8k
Bernard Picton United Kingdom 19 742 0.4× 752 0.4× 600 0.9× 144 0.2× 529 0.9× 49 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Thacker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Thacker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turner, Thomas L., et al.. (2024). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (2023). Alice Munro’s Late Style. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks.
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Lavrov, Dennis V., Maria Cristina Díaz, Manuel Maldonado, et al.. (2023). Phylomitogenomics bolsters the high-level classification of Demospongiae (phylum Porifera). PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0287281–e0287281. 7 indexed citations
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Kelly, J. B. & Robert Thacker. (2021). New shallow water species of Caribbean Ircinia Nardo, 1833 (Porifera: Irciniidae). Zootaxa. 5072(4). 301–323. 3 indexed citations
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Kelly, J. B., et al.. (2021). The Relationship Between Microbiomes and Selective Regimes in the Sponge Genus Ircinia. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 607289–607289. 8 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (2018). Go Ask Alice: The Progress of Munro Criticism. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).
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Pérez, Thierry, Michelle Klautau, Eduardo Hajdu, et al.. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173859–e0173859. 20 indexed citations
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Baker, David M., Christopher Freeman, Nancy­ Knowlton­, et al.. (2015). Productivity links morphology, symbiont specificity and bleaching in the evolution of Caribbean octocoral symbioses. The ISME Journal. 9(12). 2620–2629. 53 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (2015). Introduction: “The Genius of Alice Munro”. The American Review of Canadian Studies. 45(2). 144–147.
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Díaz, Maria Cristina, Robert Thacker, Niamh E. Redmond, Thierry Pérez, & Allen G. Collins. (2015). Vansoestia caribensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: first report of the family Ianthellidae (Verongida, Demospongiae) in the Caribbean . Zootaxa. 3956(3). 403–12. 2 indexed citations
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Redmond, Niamh E., Christine Morrow, Robert Thacker, et al.. (2013). Phylogeny and Systematics of Demospongiae in Light of New Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA (18S) Sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53(3). 388–415. 115 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert, April Hill, Niamh E. Redmond, et al.. (2013). Nearly Complete 28S rRNA Gene Sequences Confirm New Hypotheses of Sponge Evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53(3). 373–387. 63 indexed citations
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Morrow, Christine, Niamh E. Redmond, Bernard Picton, et al.. (2013). Molecular Phylogenies Support Homoplasy of Multiple Morphological Characters Used in the Taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53(3). 428–446. 48 indexed citations
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Sharp, Koty, Karen E. Arthur, Liangcai Gu, et al.. (2009). Phylogenetic and Chemical Diversity of Three Chemotypes of Bloom-Forming Lyngbya Species ( Cyanobacteria : Oscillatoriales ) from Reefs of Southeastern Florida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(9). 2879–2888. 56 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (2000). Canadian Literature's "Amercica". 128–139. 1 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert, et al.. (1999). Willa Cather's Canadian and old world connections. University of Nebraska Press eBooks.
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Thacker, Robert. (1998). Introduction: Alice Munro, Writing 'Home': 'Seeing This Trickle in Time'. 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (1993). Gazing Through the One-Way Mirror: English-Canadian Literature and the American Presence. Digital Commons - Colby (Colby College). 29(2). 74–87. 3 indexed citations
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Thacker, Robert. (1982). The Plains Landscape AndDescriptive Technique. Insecta mundi. 2(2). 85–92. 3 indexed citations

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