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Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Michael Winding
The Francis Crick Institute
2
Nils Eckstein
Beiersdorf (Germany)
3
Evanson R. Omuse
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
4
Tom Hindmarsh Sten
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Nina Kröncke
Hochschule Bremerhaven
6
Patrick Schultheiss
University of Würzburg
7
Rathna Silviya Lodi
Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology
8
Jasper S. Phelps
Harvard University
9
Joel Vizueta
University of Copenhagen
10
Sam J. England
Museum für Naturkunde

Papers

1
Neurotransmitter classification from electron microscopy images at synaptic sites in Drosophila melanogaster
Cell|2024
217 cit.
2
The global atlas of edible insects: analysis of diversity and commonality contributing to food systems and sustainability
Scientific Reports|2024
154 cit.
3
Male-male interactions shape mate selection in Drosophila
Cell|2025
32 cit.
4
Publication in Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2024) [27 citations, W4400936241]
Journal of The Royal Society Interface|2024
27 cit.
5
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024) [25 citations, W4398133696]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
25 cit.
6
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) [7 citations, W4412531563]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
7 cit.
7
Publication in Royal Society Open Science (2026) [W7161724496]
Royal Society Open Science|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Benoît Guénard
University of Hong Kong
2
Jeremy T. Kerr
University of Ottawa
3
Caragh G. Threlfall
The University of Melbourne
4
Jean‐Christophe Billeter
University of Groningen
5
Quinn S. McFrederick
University of California, Riverside
6
Yufeng Pan
Southeast University
7
Hong Zhang
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
8
Katherine I. Nagel
Neurosciences Institute
9
Cléo Bertelsmeier
University of Lausanne
10
Henry Jäger
BOKU University

Papers

1
The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
272 cit.
2
A neural circuit for wind-guided olfactory navigation
Nature Communications|2022
134 cit.
3
The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants
Current Biology|2023
69 cit.
4
Alien insect dispersal mediated by the global movement of commodities
Ecological Applications|2022
55 cit.
5
Limited and biased global conservation funding means most threatened species remain unsupported
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
55 cit.
6
Conserving urban biodiversity: Current practice, barriers, and enablers
Conservation Letters|2023
50 cit.
7
Aggregation pheromones have a non-linear effect on oviposition behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
Nature Communications|2023
44 cit.
8
Social modulation of oogenesis and egg laying in Drosophila melanogaster
Current Biology|2023
44 cit.
9
Historical plant introductions predict current insect invasions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
43 cit.
10
Invasions of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in light of global climate change
IRIS|2023
42 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Gene E. Robinson
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2
Laurent Keller
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
3
Nancy A. Moran
The University of Texas at Austin
4
Luca Maria Gambardella
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research
5
Jacobus J. Boomsma
University of Copenhagen
6
Randolf Menzel
Freie Universität Berlin
7
Leslie B. Vosshall
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
8
Lars Chıttka
Queen Mary University of London
9
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
University of Sussex
10
Rüdiger Wehner
University of Zurich

Papers

1
Ant colony system: a cooperative learning approach to the traveling salesman problem
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation|1997
8k cit.
2
Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies the 5HT2A receptor as a feeding modulation target
Scientific Reports|2013
2.3k cit.
3
Ant colonies for the travelling salesman problem
Biosystems|1997
2k cit.
4
Or83b Encodes a Broadly Expressed Odorant Receptor Essential for Drosophila Olfaction
Neuron|2004
1.5k cit.
5
Big Data: Astronomical or Genomical?
PLoS Biology|2015
1.4k cit.
6
Variant Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors as Chemosensory Receptors in Drosophila
Cell|2009
1.4k cit.
7
A Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptor Expression in the Drosophila Antenna
Cell|1999
1.2k cit.
8
An Olfactory Sensory Map in the Fly Brain
Cell|2000
1.1k cit.
9
Regulation of Division of Labor in Insect Societies
Annual Review of Entomology|1992
1.1k cit.
10
Accelerated evolution and Muller's rachet in endosymbiotic bacteria.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1996
1.1k cit.

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