Roberta M. Fisher

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

Roberta M. Fisher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta M. Fisher has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Roberta M. Fisher's work include Plant and animal studies (4 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Roberta M. Fisher is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (4 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Roberta M. Fisher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Denmark. Roberta M. Fisher's co-authors include Stuart A. West, E. Toby Kiers, Charlie K. Cornwallis, Andy Gardner, Lee M. Henry, Steven P. Tanis, Jerry R. Colca, Thomas Bell, Birgitte Regenberg and Jonathan Z. Shik and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Roberta M. Fisher

10 papers receiving 736 citations

Hit Papers

Major evolutionary transitions in individuality 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Major evolutionary transitions in individuality
    2015 260 citations Stuart A. West, Roberta M. Fisher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberta M. Fisher United Kingdom 9 316 228 218 206 136 10 753
Jenna Gallie Germany 10 521 1.6× 101 0.4× 173 0.8× 484 2.3× 29 0.2× 17 959
András Szilágyi Hungary 14 270 0.9× 86 0.4× 113 0.5× 312 1.5× 24 0.2× 40 712
Tom Cavalier-Smith Canada 6 88 0.3× 73 0.3× 63 0.3× 617 3.0× 82 0.6× 7 1.0k
Yukari Suzuki‐Ohno Japan 15 114 0.4× 140 0.6× 52 0.2× 251 1.2× 90 0.7× 36 757
Ilkka Kronholm Finland 12 223 0.7× 131 0.6× 25 0.1× 283 1.4× 21 0.2× 24 854
Janna L. Fierst United States 14 348 1.1× 179 0.8× 18 0.1× 233 1.1× 65 0.5× 29 647
Rebecca A. Zufall United States 14 276 0.9× 155 0.7× 31 0.1× 745 3.6× 21 0.2× 38 986
Emily L. Behrman United States 13 490 1.6× 324 1.4× 42 0.2× 127 0.6× 211 1.6× 16 906
Kevin J. Carpenter Canada 14 150 0.5× 292 1.3× 12 0.1× 319 1.5× 92 0.7× 21 676
Hussein Abdel‐Haleem United States 18 644 2.0× 115 0.5× 59 0.3× 710 3.4× 52 0.4× 47 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Roberta M. Fisher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberta M. Fisher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Roberta M. Fisher. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Roberta M. Fisher. The network helps show where Roberta M. Fisher may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta M. Fisher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roberta M. Fisher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roberta M. Fisher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Roberta M. Fisher. Roberta M. Fisher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Fisher, Roberta M., Jonathan Z. Shik, & Jacobus J. Boomsma. (2020). The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1931). 20192963–20192963. 19 indexed citations
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Fisher, Roberta M. & Birgitte Regenberg. (2019). Multicellular group formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1910). 20191098–20191098. 12 indexed citations
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Fisher, Roberta M., Lee M. Henry, Charlie K. Cornwallis, E. Toby Kiers, & Stuart A. West. (2017). The evolution of host-symbiont dependence. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15973–15973. 190 indexed citations
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Fisher, Roberta M., et al.. (2017). Division of labour in the yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 34(10). 399–406. 17 indexed citations
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Fisher, Roberta M., et al.. (2016). Predation and the formation of multicellular groups in algae. Evolutionary ecology research. 17(5). 651–669. 14 indexed citations
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Fisher, Roberta M., Thomas Bell, & Stuart A. West. (2015). Multicellular group formation in response to predators in the alga Chlorella vulgaris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29(3). 551–559. 39 indexed citations
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West, Stuart A., Roberta M. Fisher, Andy Gardner, & E. Toby Kiers. (2015). Major evolutionary transitions in individuality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(33). 10112–10119. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fisher, Roberta M., Charlie K. Cornwallis, & Stuart A. West. (2013). Group Formation, Relatedness, and the Evolution of Multicellularity. Current Biology. 23(12). 1120–1125. 134 indexed citations
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Tanis, Steven P., et al.. (1996). Synthesis and Biological Activity of Metabolites of the Antidiabetic, Antihyperglycemic Agent Pioglitazone. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(26). 5053–5063. 67 indexed citations

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