Rupert A. Collins

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Rupert A. Collins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rupert A. Collins has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Rupert A. Collins's work include Identification and Quantification in Food (21 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (21 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (12 papers). Rupert A. Collins is often cited by papers focused on Identification and Quantification in Food (21 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (21 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (12 papers). Rupert A. Collins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Brazil. Rupert A. Collins's co-authors include R. Cruickshank, Martin J. Genner, Robert Cruickshank, Stefano Mariani, David Sims, Owen S. Wangensteen, Samuel D. J. Brown, Karen Armstrong, Stéphane Boyer and Jagoba Malumbres‐Olarte and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rupert A. Collins

33 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The seven deadly sins of DNA barcoding 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 2018 100 200 300 400
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. The seven deadly sins of DNA barcoding
    2012 437 citations Rupert A. Collins et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →
  2. S pider : An R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding
    2012 404 citations Samuel D. J. Brown, Rupert A. Collins et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →
  3. Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems
    2018 323 citations Rupert A. Collins, Owen S. Wangensteen et al. Communications Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rupert A. Collins United Kingdom 17 1.3k 1.3k 472 411 309 37 2.3k
Christoph Hahn Austria 18 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 370 0.8× 589 1.4× 446 1.4× 31 2.7k
Adam D. Miller Australia 28 934 0.7× 656 0.5× 462 1.0× 850 2.1× 353 1.1× 87 2.3k
Éric Normandeau Canada 34 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 830 1.8× 1.5k 3.6× 192 0.6× 93 3.1k
Mark A. Renshaw United States 26 2.8k 2.1× 2.4k 1.9× 754 1.6× 322 0.8× 135 0.4× 83 3.6k
Peter J. Prentis Australia 25 920 0.7× 673 0.5× 679 1.4× 879 2.1× 791 2.6× 91 2.9k
Noah M. Reid United States 15 805 0.6× 659 0.5× 432 0.9× 1.2k 2.9× 680 2.2× 25 2.5k
Ryuji J. Machida Taiwan 19 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.1× 200 0.4× 212 0.5× 156 0.5× 43 2.4k
Daniel P. Duran United States 9 984 0.7× 701 0.5× 360 0.8× 844 2.1× 882 2.9× 28 2.5k
Jonathan B. Puritz United States 18 662 0.5× 548 0.4× 291 0.6× 847 2.1× 178 0.6× 30 1.6k
Kristen L. Kuhn United States 18 794 0.6× 966 0.7× 1.0k 2.2× 548 1.3× 167 0.5× 33 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baillie, Charles, Rupert A. Collins, Owen S. Wangensteen, et al.. (2024). Environmental DNA reveals ecologically relevant spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblages between estuaries and seasons. Ecological Indicators. 165. 112215–112215. 4 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Gary R., Amy Ellison, Tristan Hatton‐Ellis, et al.. (2023). Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 294. 108522–108522. 17 indexed citations
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Kishe, Mary A., Asilatu Shechonge, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, et al.. (2023). Nuclear environmental DNA resolves fine-scale population genetic structure in an aquatic habitat. iScience. 27(1). 108669–108669. 5 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., et al.. (2021). Meta‐Fish‐Lib: A generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes. Journal of Fish Biology. 99(4). 1446–1454. 41 indexed citations
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Ândrade, Marcelo, et al.. (2020). Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon. Neotropical Ichthyology. 18(1). 13 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., Gabriel Rinaldi, Asilatu Shechonge, et al.. (2020). Schistosoma species detection by environmental DNA assays in African freshwaters. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(3). e0008129–e0008129. 26 indexed citations
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Rutterford, Louise A., et al.. (2020). Climate Change Drives Poleward Increases and Equatorward Declines in Marine Species. Current Biology. 30(8). 1572–1577.e2. 157 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., et al.. (2020). Environmental DNA-based xenomonitoring for determining Schistosoma presence in tropical freshwaters. Parasites & Vectors. 13(1). 63–63. 21 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., Owen S. Wangensteen, Eoin J. O’Gorman, et al.. (2018). Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems. Communications Biology. 1(1). 185–185. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collins, Rupert A., et al.. (2018). One thousand DNA barcodes of piranhas and pacus reveal geographic structure and unrecognised diversity in the Amazon. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8387–8387. 50 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., et al.. (2015). A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes). ZooKeys. 3(3). e4162–e4162. 3 indexed citations
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Collins, Rupert A., Karen Armstrong, Rudolf Meier, et al.. (2012). Barcoding and Border Biosecurity: Identifying Cyprinid Fishes in the Aquarium Trade. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e28381–e28381. 134 indexed citations
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Boyer, Stéphane, Samuel D. J. Brown, Rupert A. Collins, et al.. (2012). Sliding Window Analyses for Optimal Selection of Mini-Barcodes, and Application to 454-Pyrosequencing for Specimen Identification from Degraded DNA. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e38215–e38215. 40 indexed citations
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Brown, Samuel D. J., Rupert A. Collins, Stéphane Boyer, et al.. (2012). S pider : An R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(3). 562–565. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collins, Rupert A.. (2012). Investigating interspecific hybridisation in ornamental fishes. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, Samuel D. J. & Rupert A. Collins. (2011). Spider: Species Identity and Evolution in R. A Tutorial. 1 indexed citations

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