Stephen Blackmore

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen Blackmore is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Blackmore has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 50 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen Blackmore's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (25 papers). Stephen Blackmore is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (50 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (25 papers). Stephen Blackmore collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Stephen Blackmore's co-authors include W. Punt, P.P. Hoen, Siwert Nilsson, A. Le Thomas, Alexandra H. Wortley, John J. Skvarla, Susan H. Barnes, S. J. Owens, John R. Rowley and I. K. Ferguson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Blackmore

124 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Glossary of pollen and spore terminology

2006 2.0k citations Stephen Blackmore et al. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Blackmore United Kingdom	31	3.4k	2.5k	2.1k	446	344	127	4.9k
W. Punt Netherlands	27	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	936 2.1×	175 0.5×	69	4.3k
Joachim W. Kadereit Germany	44	5.3k 1.6×	3.5k 1.4×	4.1k 2.0×	317 0.7×	475 1.4×	178	8.5k
Steven J. Wagstaff New Zealand	33	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	134 0.3×	152 0.4×	62	2.8k
Siwert Nilsson Sweden	23	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	256 0.6×	127 0.4×	75	3.6k
Beryl B. Simpson United States	39	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	255 0.6×	148 0.4×	110	6.2k
Werner Greuter Germany	25	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.7k 1.3×	85 0.2×	411 1.2×	208	4.2k
Hans Peter Comes Austria	39	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	241 0.5×	82 0.2×	104	5.7k
Jean H. Langenheim United States	35	1.8k 0.5×	981 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	195 0.4×	177 0.5×	97	4.0k
James L. Reveal United States	19	1.8k 0.5×	955 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	461 1.0×	61 0.2×	232	3.5k
P.P. Hoen Netherlands	12	1.9k 0.6×	966 0.4×	898 0.4×	329 0.7×	148 0.4×	17	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Blackmore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Blackmore

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Blackmore

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Liu, Yueqiang, et al.. (2025). Modeling fast ion losses due to tearing and internal kink perturbations in MAST-U. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 67(3). 35016–35016. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Yi‐Feng, Feng Qin, Guoan Wang, et al.. (2025). Latest Pleistocene to mid-Holocene vegetation changes revealed by multi-proxy analyses at Lop Nur in the eastern Central Asia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 678. 113249–113249.

Ren, Hai, Richard T. Corlett, Zhiyun Ouyang, & Stephen Blackmore. (2025). How can China protect 30% of its land?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 40(9). 824–826. 1 indexed citations

Rivero-Rodríguez, J. F., J. Galdón-Quiroga, T. B. Williams, et al.. (2024). Velocity-space analysis of fast-ion losses measured in MAST-U using a high-speed camera in the FILD detector. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 67(1). 15024–15024. 2 indexed citations

Blackmore, Stephen. (2024). Botanic gardens are vital for delivering the Kunming‐Montreal global biodiversity framework. 1(3-4). 120–123. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Hai & Stephen Blackmore. (2023). The role of National Botanical Gardens to benefit sustainable development. Trends in Plant Science. 28(7). 731–733. 4 indexed citations

Blackmore, Stephen. (2019). CITIES: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR ENDANGERED PLANTS?. 3–10. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Ying, Alexandra H. Wortley, Lu Lu, et al.. (2018). Evolution of Angiosperm Pollen. 5. Early Diverging Superasteridae (Berberidopsidales, Caryophyllales, Cornales, Ericales, and Santalales) Plus Dilleniales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 103(1). 106–161. 8 indexed citations

Gabarayeva, Nina I., Svetlana Polevova, Valentina V. Grigorjeva, & Stephen Blackmore. (2018). Assembling the thickest plant cell wall: exine development in Echinops (Asteraceae, Cynareae). Planta. 248(2). 323–346. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Weibang, Yongpeng Ma, & Stephen Blackmore. (2018). How a New Conservation Action Concept Has Accelerated Plant Conservation in China. Trends in Plant Science. 24(1). 4–6. 36 indexed citations

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Lu, Lu, Alexandra H. Wortley, Li D, Hong Wang, & Stephen Blackmore. (2015). Evolution of Angiosperm Pollen. 2. The Basal Angiosperms¹. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 100(3). 227–269. 28 indexed citations

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Yao, Yi‐Feng, et al.. (2015). A 22 570-year record of vegetational and climatic change from Wenhai Lake in the Hengduan Mountains biodiversity hotspot, Yunnan, Southwest China. Biogeosciences. 12(5). 1525–1535. 21 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Strengthening the scientific contribution of botanic gardens to the second phase of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(3). 267–281. 36 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen. (2008). Sibbaldia Guest Essay: Keep or compost? Why there must be life after research for living collections. 5–8. 1 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen, Alexandra H. Wortley, John J. Skvarla, & John R. Rowley. (2007). Pollen wall development in flowering plants. New Phytologist. 174(3). 483–498. 358 indexed citations

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Stafford, Peter J. & Stephen Blackmore. (1991). Northwest European Pollen Flora. 46. Geraniaceae. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 4 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen. (1990). Preface: Developmental pathways and evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 39(2). 97–97. 1 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen, C. A. McConchie, & R. B. Knox. (1987). PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MALE ONTOGENETIC PROGRAM IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL MONOCOTYLEDONS. Cladistics. 3(4). 333–347. 15 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen & I. K. Ferguson. (1986). Pollen and spores : form and function : papers presented at an international symposium organised by the Linnean Society of London and the Systematics Association, held at the Linnean Society's Rooms and the British Museum (Natural History), London, 27-29 March 1985. 6 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Stephen. (1981). Penetration of the host plant tissues by the stylets of the coccoid Icerya seychellarum (Coccoidea: Margaroidea) on Aldabra Atoll [Euphorbia pyrifolia, Avicennia marina, Scaevola taccada, Casuarina equisetifolia; Seychelles].. Atoll research bulletin. 1 indexed citations

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