Robin Kundrata

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Robin Kundrata is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Kundrata has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 52 papers in Paleontology and 52 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robin Kundrata's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (116 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (52 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (50 papers). Robin Kundrata is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (116 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (52 papers) and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (50 papers). Robin Kundrata collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, China and United Kingdom. Robin Kundrata's co-authors include Ladislav Bocák, Milada Bocáková, Hume Douglas, Michel Faucheux, Chenyang Cai, Diying Huang, Nicole L. Gunter, Matthew L. Gimmel, Manfred A. Jäch and Adam Ślipiński and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Annual Review of Entomology.

In The Last Decade

Robin Kundrata

119 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles
    2022 180 citations Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →

Peers

Robin Kundrata
Milada Bocáková Czechia
Margaret K. Thayer United States
Vasily V. Grebennikov Canada
Alexander G. Kirejtshuk Russia
S A Slipinski Poland
Matthew L. Gimmel United States
Erik Tihelka United Kingdom
Karen A. Ober United States
Anthony Davies Canada
Mingyi Tian China
Milada Bocáková Czechia
Robin Kundrata
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Countries citing papers authored by Robin Kundrata

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Kundrata

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Kundrata

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robin Kundrata. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robin Kundrata 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 Robin Kundrata. Robin Kundrata is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Beutel, Rolf G., Chunpeng Xu, Edmund A. Jarzembowski, et al.. (2024). The evolutionary history of Coleoptera ( Insecta ) in the late Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. Systematic Entomology. 49(3). 355–388. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Chenyang, Erik Tihelka, Lesley Ballantyne, et al.. (2024). A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2030). 20241671–20241671. 2 indexed citations
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Kundrata, Robin, et al.. (2024). New species of Sinodima Kundrata, Sormova & Qiu, 2019 reveal the first case of strong sexual dimorphism in Dimini (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 27(3). 102289–102289. 1 indexed citations
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Ghahari, Hassan, et al.. (2024). Updates and additions to the annotated checklist of click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Iran. Zootaxa. 5432(2). 250–266. 1 indexed citations
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Háva, Jiří, et al.. (2023). A new species of Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae) from China, with notes on E. sanzang Wang & Liu. Zootaxa. 5230(5). 540–548. 1 indexed citations
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Kundrata, Robin, et al.. (2023). An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa. 5270(2). 281–305. 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Chenyang, Erik Tihelka, Mattia Giacomelli, et al.. (2022). Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science. 9(3). 211771–211771. 180 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yanda, Robin Kundrata, Diying Huang, & Chenyang Cai. (2022). First Artematopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Zootaxa. 5129(2). 257–271. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yanda, et al.. (2022). A New Species of Vetubrachypsectra from Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Brachypsectridae). Insects. 13(2). 122–122. 1 indexed citations
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Kundrata, Robin, et al.. (2021). The genus Selasia Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa. 4926(2). zootaxa.4926.2.8–zootaxa.4926.2.8. 2 indexed citations
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Douglas, Hume, Robin Kundrata, Adam Brunke, et al.. (2021). Anchored Phylogenomics, Evolution and Systematics of Elateridae: Are All Bioluminescent Elateroidea Derived Click Beetles?. Biology. 10(6). 451–451. 49 indexed citations
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Kundrata, Robin, et al.. (2020). Two new species of Elathous Reitter, 1890 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Syria. Zoology in the Middle East. 66(2). 167–177. 1 indexed citations
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Kundrata, Robin, et al.. (2020). Dima spicata Schimmel, 1999 (Elateridae: Dimini), a morphologically remarkable species endemic to China. Zootaxa. 4768(3). zootaxa.4768.3.8–zootaxa.4768.3.8. 5 indexed citations

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