Stephen C. Barker

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
189 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen C. Barker is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen C. Barker has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Parasitology, 78 papers in Infectious Diseases and 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Stephen C. Barker's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (101 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (48 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (38 papers). Stephen C. Barker is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (101 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (48 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (38 papers). Stephen C. Barker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. Stephen C. Barker's co-authors include Renfu Shao, Anna Murrell, Thomas H. Cribb, Stephen L. Cameron, Michael F. Whiting, A.R. Walker, Thomas Bürger, David Blair, Glenn D. Baxter and Nicholas J. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Stephen C. Barker

185 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names

2010 412 citations Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Renfu Shao et al. Zootaxa profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Are there 16 species of brown dog ticks? Phylogenies from 60 entire mitochondrial genomes and 162 cox1 sequences reveal 16 species-level clades in the Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus group☆☆ 2025 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·(unknown), Ryo Nakao, Ben J. Mans, (unknown), (unknown), Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Renfu Shao, Alexander W. Gofton, (unknown), Takuya Ito, (unknown), Stephen C. Barker	0
2	Independent lineages from five zoogeographic realms: the mitochondrial genome of Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton, 1926 (Acari: Argasidae) confirms paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 2025 ·Zootaxa ·Ben J. Mans, (unknown), Β. M. Doube, Matthew D. Shaw, (unknown), (unknown), Ronel Pienaar, Minique H. de Castro, Alexander W. Gofton, Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker	0
3	The weather determined how ‘hot’ the tick paralysis season was in eastern Australia: 2018–2024 2024 ·Veterinary Parasitology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert G. Webster, (unknown), Phillip McDonagh, Gavin Harper, (unknown), Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker	0
4	The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited 2023 ·Austral Ecology ·(unknown), C. Michael Bull, (unknown), Myron P. Zalucki, Michael J. Furlong, (unknown), Stephen C. Barker	1
5	Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphensis 2022 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·(unknown), Ben J. Mans, Renfu Shao, (unknown), (unknown), Elisha Chatanga, Alexander W. Gofton, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker	18
6	Comparative mitogenomics elucidates the population genetic structure of Amblyomma testudinarium in Japan and a closely related Amblyomma species in Myanmar 2022 ·Evolutionary Applications ·(unknown), Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, May June Thu, (unknown), Elisha Chatanga, Shohei Ogata, (unknown), (unknown), Yuma Ohari, Doaa Naguib, Yongjin Qiu, Keita Matsuno, Saw Bawm, Lat Lat Htun, Stephen C. Barker, Ken Katakura, Kimihito Ito, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	15
7	Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks and cautions for species misidentification 2021 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·(unknown), Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, (unknown), (unknown), Keita Matsuno, Nariaki Nonaka, Renfu Shao, Ben J. Mans, Stephen C. Barker, Ryo Nakao	5
8	Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera 2021 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·Ben J. Mans, (unknown), Ronel Pienaar, Jonathan Featherston, Minique H. de Castro, Juan Quetglas, Will K. Reeves, Lance A. Durden, Myrna M. Miller, Theresa M. Laverty, Renfu Shao, Ai Takano, Hiroki Kawabata, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo Nakao, Keita Matsuno, Telleasha L. Greay, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen C. Barker	43
9	Precise annotation of human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and mouse mitochondrial genomes leads to insight into mitochondrial transcription in mammals 2020 ·RNA Biology ·(unknown), Zhi Cheng, Bo Wang, Tung On Yau, Ze Chen, Stephen C. Barker, Defu Chen, Wenjun Bu, Daqing Sun, Shan Gao	8
10	Identification of Ixodes holocyclus by DNA sequencing: Application for suspected tick envenomation in a dog living outside an enzootic area 2012 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·(unknown), Stephen C. Barker, (unknown)	5
11	Distribution and phylogenetic analyses of an endangered tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti 2007 ·New Zealand Journal of Zoology ·Hilary Miller, (unknown), Stephen C. Barker, Charles H. Daugherty	24
12	Synonymy of Perkinsus olseni Lester & Davis, 1981 and Perkinsus atlanticus Azevedo, 1989 and an update on the phylogenetic position of the genus Perkinsus 2002 ·Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists ·Anna Murrell, (unknown), Stephen C. Barker, R. J. G. Lester	44
13	Low intraspecific variation in the rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus 2002 ·Parasitology Research ·Matthew D. Shaw, Anna Murrell, Stephen C. Barker	17
14	Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA That Head Lice and Body Lice of Humans (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) are Conspecific 2002 ·Journal of Medical Entomology ·(unknown), N. Campbell, (unknown), Kosta Y. Mumcuoğlu, Stephen C. Barker	58
15	Increased rate of gene rearrangement in the mitochondrial genomes of insects in three hemipteroid orders 2001 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Renfu Shao, N. Campbell, E Schmidt, Stephen C. Barker	5
16	NMR structure of C-terminally tagged gramicidin channels 1999 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Frances Separovic, Stephen C. Barker, (unknown), Ross Smith	14
17	Taxonomy and biology of Mitrotrema anthostomatum Manter, 1963 (Digenea:Cryptogonimidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia 1996 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Thomas H. Cribb, RA Bray, Stephen C. Barker, R. D. Adlard	7
18	Fellodistomidae and Lepocreadiidae (Platyhelminthes : Digenea) from chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia 1994 ·Invertebrate taxonomy ·RA Bray, Thomas H. Cribb, Stephen C. Barker	22
19	Phylogenetic position of Heronimus mollis (digenea): Evidence from 18S ribosomal RNA 1993 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·Stephen C. Barker, David Blair, Thomas H. Cribb, (unknown)	25
20	A review of the family Transversotrematidae (Trematoda : Digenea) with the description of a new genus, Crusziella 1992 ·Invertebrate taxonomy ·Thomas H. Cribb, RA Bray, Stephen C. Barker	20

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