Robert W. Murphy

15.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
322 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Robert W. Murphy is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Murphy has authored 322 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 164 papers in Genetics and 88 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Murphy's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (164 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (100 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (70 papers). Robert W. Murphy is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (164 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (100 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (70 papers). Robert W. Murphy collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Robert W. Murphy's co-authors include Ya‐Ping Zhang, Amy Lathrop, Jinzhong Fu, Jing Che, Ilya S. Darevsky, Hussam Zaher, Felipe G. Grazziotin, Yongyi Shen, Nikolai L. Orlov and Ross D. MacCulloch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Murphy

310 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)

2019 196 citations Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert W. Murphy Canada	48	3.5k	3.4k	1.9k	1.9k	1.9k	322	8.1k
Stephen C. Donnellan Australia	43	3.2k 0.9×	4.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	222	8.3k
Jimmy A. McGuire United States	42	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	135	6.8k
Indraneil Das Malaysia	28	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	886 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	283	5.6k
H. Bradley Shaffer United States	61	4.0k 1.1×	5.2k 1.5×	2.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	227	10.9k
David C. Cannatella United States	46	2.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	846 0.4×	115	6.2k
J. Scott Keogh Australia	46	2.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	185	6.6k
Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues Brazil	44	2.9k 0.8×	5.7k 1.7×	885 0.5×	3.5k 1.8×	1.6k 0.9×	363	8.5k
Anne D. Yoder United States	47	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	140	7.5k
David R. Vieites Spain	34	1.9k 0.5×	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	110	5.6k
Kerstin Johannesson Sweden	49	4.6k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.9×	170	9.4k

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Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, et al.. (2025). Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy. 989. 2 indexed citations

Nguyen, Luan Thanh, et al.. (2025). A new fanged frog of the genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 5570(1). 57–80.

Murphy, Robert W., et al.. (2024). Incorporating New Datatypes to Enhance Species Delimitation: A Case Study in Rice Paddy Snakes (Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Zootaxa. 5501(1). 39–55. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, et al.. (2023). A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 5318(1). 130–144. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Tingting, Wei Gao, Chengbo Long, et al.. (2022). The highest-elevation frog provides insights into mechanisms and evolution of defenses against high UV radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(46). e2212406119–e2212406119. 19 indexed citations

Kim, Y. S., Donghan Kim, S. B. Liu, et al.. (2022). Cu doping effects on the electronic structure of Fe1−xCuxSe. Physical review. B.. 105(24). 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, et al.. (2021). Notes on the hemipenis and head scalation of Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015 (Serpentes, Colubridae). Herpetology notes. 14. 91–94. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jie, Jia Zhang, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2021). Phenotypic and genomic adaptations to the extremely high elevation in plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi). Molecular Ecology. 30(22). 5765–5779. 20 indexed citations

Nguyen, Luan Thanh, et al.. (2021). Gekko phuyenensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 4966(2). 175186–175186. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, et al.. (2020). A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 4868(3). zootaxa.4868.3.6–zootaxa.4868.3.6. 7 indexed citations

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Montingelli, Giovanna G., Felipe G. Grazziotin, Jaqueline Battilana, et al.. (2019). Higher‐level phylogenetic affinities of the Neotropical genusMastigodryasAmaral, 1934 (Serpentes: Colubridae), species‐group definition and description of a new genus forMastigodryas bifossatus. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 57(2). 205–239. 9 indexed citations

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Zaher, Hussam, Robert W. Murphy, Juan Camilo Arredondo, et al.. (2019). Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0216148–e0216148. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kang, Yinfeng, Xuejuan Shen, Runyu Yuan, et al.. (2018). Pathogenicity and transmissibility of three avian influenza A (H5N6) viruses isolated from wild birds. Journal of Infection. 76(3). 286–294. 22 indexed citations

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Yuan, Zhiyong, et al.. (2016). A new species of genus Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northern Thailand.. PubMed. 37(6). 327–337. 3 indexed citations

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Murphy, Robert W.. (2016). Advances in herpetological research emanating from China.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37(1). 4–6. 3 indexed citations

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Niu, Lihua, Jinhua Xiao, Li‐Ming Niu, et al.. (2015). Host phylogeny and diet structure its bacterial community: a case study of various fig wasps coexisting in Ficus hispida. 4(3). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Liu, et al.. (2013). A new species of Uropsilus(Talpidae:Uropsilinae)from Sichuan,China. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA. 33(2). 113. 7 indexed citations

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Orlov, Nikolai L., Robert W. Murphy, & Theodore J. Papenfuss. (2011). List of Snakes of Tam-Dao Mountain Ridge (Tonkin, Vietnam). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 7(1). 69–80. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuxiang, Haitao Shi, Jie Wang, et al.. (2009). Activity rhythms and time budget of Sacalia quadriocellata in captivity. Herpetological Journal. 19(4). 163–172. 3 indexed citations

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Murphy, Robert W., et al.. (1986). Evolution of isozyme characters in the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13(4). 573–581. 6 indexed citations

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