Simon P. Blomberg

19.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Simon P. Blomberg is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon P. Blomberg has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Ecology, 33 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Simon P. Blomberg's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Simon P. Blomberg is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (39 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (18 papers). Simon P. Blomberg collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Simon P. Blomberg's co-authors include Theodore Garland, Anthony R. Ives, Campbell O. Webb, Matthew R. Helmus, David D. Ackerly, Hélène Morlon, William K. Cornwell, Peter D. Cowan, Steven W. Kembel and Diana O. Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon P. Blomberg

106 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology 2002 2026 2010 2018 2010 2003 2006 2002 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology
    2010 4.6k citations Simon P. Blomberg et al. profile →
  2. TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN COMPARATIVE DATA: BEHAVIORAL TRAITS ARE MORE LABILE
    2003 3.6k citations Simon P. Blomberg, Theodore Garland et al. Evolution profile →
  3. Ecological Census Techniques
    2006 881 citations Simon P. Blomberg et al. profile →
  4. Tempo and mode in evolution: phylogenetic inertia, adaptation and comparative methods
    2002 613 citations Simon P. Blomberg, Theodore Garland profile →
  5. Fast–slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide
    2015 282 citations Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Owen R. Jones 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
Simon P. Blomberg Australia 37 5.5k 5.5k 4.7k 2.3k 2.2k 109 13.7k
T. Jonathan Davies Canada 56 5.3k 1.0× 4.3k 0.8× 5.8k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 4.3k 2.0× 159 13.0k
Liam J. Revell United States 36 5.9k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 2.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 74 12.9k
Hélène Morlon France 36 3.5k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 3.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 87 10.1k
Sébastien Lavergne France 54 4.8k 0.9× 3.6k 0.7× 5.6k 1.2× 1.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.5× 132 10.9k
Richard E. Glor United States 31 4.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 4.2k 1.9× 64 10.6k
Michael R. Willig United States 59 5.8k 1.1× 7.8k 1.4× 6.0k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.8× 222 16.7k
Jon Fjeldså Denmark 57 4.3k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 4.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 3.7k 1.7× 244 12.0k
Julien Claude France 29 3.8k 0.7× 3.2k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 955 0.4× 130 12.4k
William K. Cornwell Australia 50 5.6k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 7.8k 1.6× 3.7k 1.6× 3.5k 1.6× 154 16.1k
Campbell O. Webb United States 29 9.2k 1.7× 5.5k 1.0× 10.8k 2.3× 2.6k 1.1× 3.5k 1.6× 45 19.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon P. Blomberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blomberg, Simon P. & Orlin S. Todorov. (2025). The fallacy of single imputation for trait databases: Use multiple imputation instead. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(4). 658–667. 4 indexed citations
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Grutter, Alexandra S., Simon P. Blomberg, William E. Feeney, et al.. (2024). Parental care reduces parasite-induced mortality in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2033).
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Blomberg, Simon P., et al.. (2023). Is Mushy Tuna Syndrome a Growing Problem for the Tuna Industry?. Foods. 12(19). 3590–3590. 1 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Simon P., et al.. (2023). The relative performance of geometric morphometrics and linear‐based methods in the taxonomic resolution of a mammalian species complex. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9698–e9698. 12 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Caro, Roberto C., Eva Graciá, Simon P. Blomberg, et al.. (2023). Anthropogenic impacts on threatened species erode functional diversity in chelonians and crocodilians. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1542–1542. 12 indexed citations
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Lester, R. J. G. & Simon P. Blomberg. (2021). Three methods to measure parasite aggregation using examples from Australian fish parasites. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(10). 1999–2007. 4 indexed citations
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Baker, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Using 3D geometric morphometrics to aid taxonomic and ecological understanding of a recent speciation event within a small Australian marsupial ( Antechinus : Dasyuridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196(3). 963–978. 7 indexed citations
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Vucko, Matthew J., et al.. (2020). Skin hydrophobicity as an adaptation for self‐cleaning in geckos. Ecology and Evolution. 10(11). 4640–4651. 15 indexed citations
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Grutter, Alexandra S., Simon P. Blomberg, Steve Box, et al.. (2019). Changes in local free-living parasite populations in response to cleaner manipulation over 12 years. Oecologia. 190(4). 783–797. 19 indexed citations
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Goldizen, Anne W., Ross G. Dwyer, Simon P. Blomberg, et al.. (2017). Mule deer spatial association patterns and potential implications for transmission of an epizootic disease. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175385–e0175385. 12 indexed citations
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Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Owen R. Jones, Eelke Jongejans, et al.. (2015). Fast–slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(1). 230–235. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weisbecker, Vera, et al.. (2015). The Evolution of Relative Brain Size in Marsupials Is Energetically Constrained but Not Driven by Behavioral Complexity. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 85(2). 125–135. 32 indexed citations
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Pope, Lisa C., et al.. (2015). Population Genetic Diversity in the Australian ‘Seascape’: A Bioregion Approach. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0136275–e0136275. 18 indexed citations
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Buckley, Yvonne M., Satu Ramula, Simon P. Blomberg, et al.. (2010). Causes and consequences of variation in plant population growth rate: a synthesis of matrix population models in a phylogenetic context. Ecology Letters. 13(9). 1182–1197. 158 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Simon P., et al.. (2009). Diving and digestion - the effect of an elevated metabolic rate on submergence in an aquatic ectotherm. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Cheney, Karen L., Alexandra S. Grutter, Simon P. Blomberg, & N. Justin Marshall. (2009). Blue and Yellow Signal Cleaning Behavior in Coral Reef Fishes. Current Biology. 19(15). 1283–1287. 58 indexed citations
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Schluessel, Vera, M. B. Bennett, Horst Bleckmann, Simon P. Blomberg, & Shaun P. Collin. (2008). Morphometric and ultrastructural comparison of the olfactory system in elasmobranchs: The significance of structure–function relationships based on phylogeny and ecology. Journal of Morphology. 269(11). 1365–1386. 75 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Simon P., et al.. (2001). Detecting phylogenetic signal in comparative data. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 41(6). 1395–1395. 11 indexed citations
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Blomberg, Simon P., Ian P. F. Owens, & Devi Stuart‐Fox. (2001). Ultraviolet reflectance in the small skink Carlia pectoralis. Herpetological review. 32(1). 8 indexed citations
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Kirk, Katherine M., Simon P. Blomberg, David L. Duffy, et al.. (2001). NATURAL SELECTION AND QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN WESTERN WOMEN: A TWIN STUDY. Evolution. 55(2). 423–435. 134 indexed citations

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