Stephen Richards

31.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Richards is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Richards has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Insect Science and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Richards's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (9 papers). Stephen Richards is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (9 papers). Stephen Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Stephen Richards's co-authors include Richard A. Gibbs, George M. Weinstock, LaDeana W. Hillier, Gill Bejerano, Jakob Skou Pedersen, Richard K. Wilson, Angie S. Hinrichs, David Haussler, Webb Miller and Hiram Clawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Richards

64 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes

2005 2.8k citations Adam Siepel, Gill Bejerano et al. Genome Research profile →
Variation of the CGG repeat at the fragile X site results in genetic instability: Resolution of the Sherman paradox

1991 1.6k citations Stephen Richards, David L. Nelson et al. profile →
Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes

2007 570 citations Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Michael E. Clark et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephen Richards	4.6k	3.1k	1.0k	1.0k	782	66	7.1k
Paul Lasko	7.2k 1.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	247 0.2×	182 0.2×	125	8.8k
Alexander E. Urban	4.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	202 0.2×	326 0.4×	96	6.9k
Alain Vignal	4.7k 1.0×	5.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	359 0.3×	84 0.1×	140	10.8k
Henrik Kaessmann	5.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.9×	456 0.4×	77 0.1×	67	9.4k
Jeffry D. Sander	12.6k 2.8×	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.9×	839 0.8×	118 0.2×	41	14.2k
Ethan Bier	7.6k 1.7×	1.7k 0.5×	962 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	86 0.1×	105	9.6k
Janet M. Young	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	162 0.2×	134 0.2×	81	6.1k
David L. Stern	4.5k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	2.1k 2.1×	95 0.1×	128	10.2k
Г. Брем	5.5k 1.2×	5.6k 1.8×	613 0.6×	151 0.1×	186 0.2×	472	13.5k
Satoru Kobayashi	4.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	583 0.6×	282 0.3×	63 0.1×	142	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Richards

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schaeffer, Stephen W., Stephen Richards, & Zachary L. Fuller. (2024). Genomics of natural populations: gene conversion events reveal selected genes within the inversions of Drosophila pseudoobscura. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(10). 3 indexed citations

Kingan, Sarah B., Douglas A. Shoue, Lutz Froenicke, et al.. (2024). Improved high quality sand fly assemblies enabled by ultra low input long read sequencing. Scientific Data. 11(1). 918–918. 5 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Mark D., Chris Mungall, Scott Cain, et al.. (2024). FAIR Header Reference genome: a TRUSTworthy standard. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 25(3).

Harrison, Mark C., Nicolas Arning, Lukas P. M. Kremer, et al.. (2018). Expansions of key protein families in the German cockroach highlight the molecular basis of its remarkable success as a global indoor pest. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 330(5). 254–264. 11 indexed citations

Fuller, Zachary L., Gwilym D. Haynes, Stephen Richards, & Stephen W. Schaeffer. (2017). Genomics of natural populations: Evolutionary forces that establish and maintain gene arrangements in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Molecular Ecology. 26(23). 6539–6562. 31 indexed citations

Anstead, Clare A., Trent Perry, Stephen Richards, et al.. (2017). The Battle Against Flystrike – Past Research and New Prospects Through Genomics. Advances in Parasitology. 98. 227–281. 8 indexed citations

Haney, Robert A., Evelyn E. Schwager, Torsten Wierschin, et al.. (2017). House spider genome uncovers evolutionary shifts in the diversity and expression of black widow venom proteins associated with extreme toxicity. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 178–178. 38 indexed citations

Anstead, Clare A., Philip Batterham, Pasi K. Korhonen, et al.. (2016). A blow to the fly — Lucilia cuprina draft genome and transcriptome to support advances in biology and biotechnology. Biotechnology Advances. 34(5). 605–620. 21 indexed citations

Ober, Ulrike, Julien F. Ayroles, Eric A. Stone, et al.. (2012). Using Whole-Genome Sequence Data to Predict Quantitative Trait Phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics. 8(5). e1002685–e1002685. 153 indexed citations

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Legeai, Fabrice, Shuji Shigenobu, John K. Colbourne, et al.. (2010). AphidBase: a centralized bioinformatic resource for annotation of the pea aphid genome. Insect Molecular Biology. 19(s2). 5–12. 88 indexed citations

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Richards, Stephen, et al.. (2008). Description of Idiocnemis patriciae spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea (Odonata: Platycnemididae), with new distributional records of other Idiocnemis species. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 82(47). 581–593. 1 indexed citations

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Hampton, Oliver, Petra den Hollander, Christopher A. Miller, et al.. (2008). A sequence-level map of chromosomal breakpoints in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line yields insights into the evolution of a cancer genome. Genome Research. 19(2). 167–177. 94 indexed citations

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Hotopp, Julie C. Dunning, Michael E. Clark, Deodoro C. S. G. Oliveira, et al.. (2007). Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes. Science. 317(5845). 1753–1756. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Siepel, Adam, Gill Bejerano, Jakob Skou Pedersen, et al.. (2005). Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes. Genome Research. 15(8). 1034–1050. 2780 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richards, Stephen, et al.. (2002). A biodiversity assessment of Yongsu - Cyclops Mountains and the Southern Mamberamo Basin, Papua, Indonesia. 8 indexed citations

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Richards, Stephen & Djoko T. Iskandar. (2001). A new species of tree frog (Anura, Hylidae, Litoria) from the mountains of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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Günther, Rainer, Stephen Richards, & Djoko T. Iskandar. (2001). Two new species of the genus Oreophryne from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 24(3). 257–274. 13 indexed citations

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Barton, Diane P. & Stephen Richards. (1996). Helminth infracommunities in Litoria genimaculata (Amphibia: Anura) from Birthday Creek, and upland rainforest stream in Northern Queensland, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology. 26(12). 1381–1385. 9 indexed citations

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Eichler, Evan E., Stephen Richards, Richard A. Gibbs, & David L. Nelson. (1993). Fine structure of the human FMR1 gene. Human Molecular Genetics. 2(8). 1147–1153. 138 indexed citations

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Richards, Stephen. (1992). The tadpole of the Australian frog Litoria nyakalensis (Anura, Hylidae), and a key to the torrent tadpoles of northern Queensland. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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