Richard W Blob

Richard W Blob

Clemson University

H-index: 34

North America-United States

About Richard W Blob

Richard W Blob, With an exceptional h-index of 34 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Clemson University, specializes in the field of Biomechanics, Evolution, Morphology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Forelimb muscle activation patterns in American alligators: Insights into the evolution of limb posture and powered flight in archosaurs

Anatomy informs geology: Hydrodynamic dispersal of alligator bones, with implications for taphonomic interpretations of fossil deposits of crocodylians, dinosaurs, and other …

Limb bone strains during climbing in green iguanas (Iguana iguana): testing biomechanical release as a mechanism promoting morphological transitions in …

Integrating biomechanics in evolutionary studies, with examples from the amphidromous goby model system

Testing trade‐offs in amphibian metamorphic traits: Swimming performance and selection across metamorphic stages in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis

Scaling of gait, limb posture, forces, and inertial properties in terrestrial locomotion of American alligators across a thousand-fold increase in body mass

Effects of Development on Bone Mineral Density and Mechanical Properties in the Aquatic Frog, Xenopus Laevis, and a Terrestrial Frog, Lithobates Catesbianus

Assessing occurrence and biological consequences of contaminants of emerging concern on Oceanic Islands

Richard W Blob Information

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Citations(all)

4003

Citations(since 2020)

1608

Cited By

3000

hIndex(all)

34

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

83

i10Index(since 2020)

59

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Richard W Blob Skills & Research Interests

Biomechanics

Evolution

Morphology

Top articles of Richard W Blob

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Forelimb muscle activation patterns in American alligators: Insights into the evolution of limb posture and powered flight in archosaurs

Journal of Anatomy

Masaya Iijima

Christopher J Mayerl

V David Munteanu

Richard W Blob

2024/1/19

Anatomy informs geology: Hydrodynamic dispersal of alligator bones, with implications for taphonomic interpretations of fossil deposits of crocodylians, dinosaurs, and other …

The Anatomical Record

Richard W Blob

Isabel ZG Espinoza

Masaya Iijima

2022

Limb bone strains during climbing in green iguanas (Iguana iguana): testing biomechanical release as a mechanism promoting morphological transitions in …

Journal of Experimental Biology

V David Munteanu

Kelly M Diamond

Richard W Blob

2023/5/15

Integrating biomechanics in evolutionary studies, with examples from the amphidromous goby model system

Richard W Blob

Kelly M Diamond

Raphaël Lagarde

Takashi Maie

Kristine N Moody

...

2023/4/25

Testing trade‐offs in amphibian metamorphic traits: Swimming performance and selection across metamorphic stages in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis

Functional Ecology

Chase T Kinsey

Olivia McNelly

William C Bridges

Richard W Blob

2023/9

Scaling of gait, limb posture, forces, and inertial properties in terrestrial locomotion of American alligators across a thousand-fold increase in body mass

Masaya Iijima

Jim Darlington

V David Munteanu

Kent A Vliet

Richard W Blob

2023/9

Effects of Development on Bone Mineral Density and Mechanical Properties in the Aquatic Frog, Xenopus Laevis, and a Terrestrial Frog, Lithobates Catesbianus

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Chase T Kinsey

Caleb Ratz

Danielle Adams

Amani Webber-Shultz

Richard Blob

2023/9

Assessing occurrence and biological consequences of contaminants of emerging concern on Oceanic Islands

Water

Kelly M Diamond

Christopher J Good

Nina Johnny

Troy S Sakihara

Paul L Edmiston

...

2022/1

Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Daniela E Winkler

Masaya Iijima

Richard W Blob

Tai Kubo

Mugino O Kubo

2022/10/27

Sucker Shapes, Skeletons, and Bioinspiration: How Hard and Soft Tissue Morphology Generates Adhesive Performance in Waterfall Climbing Goby Fishes

Integrative and comparative biology

AM Palecek

HL Schoenfuss

RW Blob

2022/10

Correction: Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Masaya Iijima

V David Munteanu

Ruth M Elsey

Richard W Blob

2022/7/15

Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)(vol 224, jeb242990, 2021)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Masaya Iijima

V David Munteanu

Ruth M Elsey

Richard W Blob

2021/12/1

Kinematic comparisons between mudskipper fins and salamander limbs during terrestrial locomotion

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Zachary MG Quigley

Richard W Blob

Sandy M Kawano

2022/7

Terrestrial force production by the limbs of a semi-aquatic salamander provides insight into the evolution of terrestrial locomotor mechanics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Sandy M Kawano

Richard W Blob

2022/4/1

XROMM analysis of feeding mechanics in toads: interactions of the tongue, hyoid, and pectoral girdle

Integrative Organismal Biology

RM Keeffe

RW Blob

DC Blackburn

CJ Mayerl

2022

Adhesive force and endurance of the pelvic sucker across different modes of waterfall-climbing in gobiid fishes: contrasting climbing mechanisms share aspects of ontogenetic change

Zoology

Takashi Maie

Richard W Blob

2021/12/1

Interactions among multiple selective pressures on the form–function relationship in insular stream fishes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Kelly M Diamond

Raphaël Lagarde

J Gill Griner

Dominique Ponton

Kara E Powder

...

2021/11/1

Wading through water: effects of water depth and speed on the drag and kinematics of walking Chilean flamingos, Phoenicopterus chilensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Amanda M Palecek

Megan V Novak

Richard W Blob

2021/10/1

Bendy to the bone: Links between vertebral morphology and waterfall climbing in amphidromous gobioid fishes

Journal of Anatomy

Grace K Forker

Heiko L Schoenfuss

Richard W Blob

Kelly M Diamond

2021/9

In-stream analysis of predator-prey interactions in Hawaiian stream fishes

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Nikole G Schneider

Andrew J McKamy

Alexander M Rubin

Heiko L Schoenfuss

Richard W Blob

...

2021/7/1

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