Alexander Walton

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Walton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Walton has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Walton's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Alexander Walton is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (10 papers). Alexander Walton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alexander Walton's co-authors include Elma Lahive, David J. Spurgeon, Claus Svendsen, Alice A. Horton, Beryl M. Jones, Kirk E. Anderson, Vanessa Corby‐Harris, Amy L. Toth, Patrick Maes and Lucy Snyder and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Walton

17 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

2017 2.7k citations Alice A. Horton, Alexander Walton et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Walton United States	10	2.8k	2.0k	851	375	348	18	3.3k
Stefan Hempel Germany	30	2.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	773 0.9×	1.1k 2.9×	730 2.1×	55	5.3k
Christian Scherer Germany	15	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	516 0.6×	77 0.2×	166 0.5×	17	2.6k
Bas Boots United Kingdom	21	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	830 1.0×	43 0.1×	129 0.4×	38	2.6k
Joana Bergmann Germany	14	1.6k 0.6×	967 0.5×	712 0.8×	186 0.5×	248 0.7×	22	2.9k
Elma Lahive United Kingdom	24	4.4k 1.6×	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	56 0.1×	83 0.2×	42	5.1k
Ilaria Caliani Italy	20	1.2k 0.4×	729 0.4×	203 0.2×	109 0.3×	93 0.3×	43	1.6k
Huiyu Tian China	26	1.1k 0.4×	431 0.2×	405 0.5×	74 0.2×	53 0.2×	47	3.3k
Catharine A. Adams United States	15	1.6k 0.6×	797 0.4×	716 0.8×	49 0.1×	34 0.1×	31	2.3k
Xinyu Li China	22	872 0.3×	528 0.3×	268 0.3×	100 0.3×	57 0.2×	78	1.6k

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Walton, Alexander, et al.. (2025). The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 101(1). 5–13.

Walton, Alexander, Jacob J. Herman, & Olav Rueppell. (2024). Social life results in social stress protection: a novel concept to explain individual life‐history patterns in social insects. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(4). 1444–1457. 6 indexed citations

Tumulty, James P., et al.. (2023). Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition. Current Biology. 33(24). 5478–5487.e5. 8 indexed citations

Walton, Alexander, et al.. (2023). A practical approach to RNA interference for studying gene function in a refractory social insect (on a limited budget). Insectes Sociaux. 70(2). 213–224. 1 indexed citations

Walton, Alexander & Amy L. Toth. (2023). Nutritional inequalities structure worker division of labor in social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 58. 101059–101059. 9 indexed citations

Walton, Alexander & Amy L. Toth. (2021). Resource limitation, intra‐group aggression and brain neuropeptide expression in a social wasp. Functional Ecology. 35(10). 2241–2252. 8 indexed citations

Walton, Alexander, Amy L. Toth, & Adam G. Dolezal. (2021). Developmental environment shapes honeybee worker response to virus infection. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 13961–13961. 7 indexed citations

Miller, Sara, et al.. (2021). Animal behavior missing from data archives. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(11). 960–963. 5 indexed citations

Walton, Alexander, Michael J. Sheehan, & Amy L. Toth. (2020). Going wild for functional genomics: RNA interference as a tool to study gene-behavior associations in diverse species and ecological contexts. Hormones and Behavior. 124. 104774–104774. 8 indexed citations

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Walton, Alexander, Jennifer M. Jandt, & Anna Dornhaus. (2019). Guard bees are more likely to act as undertakers: variation in corpse removal in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens. Insectes Sociaux. 66(4). 533–541. 10 indexed citations

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Walton, Alexander, James P. Tumulty, Amy L. Toth, & Michael J. Sheehan. (2019). Hormonal modulation of reproduction in Polistes fuscatus social wasps: Dual functions in both ovary development and sexual receptivity. Journal of Insect Physiology. 120. 103972–103972. 14 indexed citations

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Lahive, Elma, Alexander Walton, Alice A. Horton, David J. Spurgeon, & Claus Svendsen. (2019). Microplastic particles reduce reproduction in the terrestrial worm Enchytraeus crypticus in a soil exposure. Environmental Pollution. 255(Pt 2). 113174–113174. 186 indexed citations

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Walton, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Hungry for the queen: Honeybee nutritional environment affects worker pheromone response in a life stage‐dependent manner. Functional Ecology. 32(12). 2699–2706. 15 indexed citations

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Horton, Alice A., Alexander Walton, David J. Spurgeon, Elma Lahive, & Claus Svendsen. (2017). Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. The Science of The Total Environment. 586. 127–141. 2669 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walton, Alexander & Amy L. Toth. (2016). Variation in individual worker honey bee behavior shows hallmarks of personality. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70(7). 999–1010. 34 indexed citations

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Corby‐Harris, Vanessa, Charlotte Meador, Lucy Snyder, et al.. (2015). Transcriptional, translational, and physiological signatures of undernourished honey bees (Apis mellifera) suggest a role for hormonal factors in hypopharyngeal gland degradation. Journal of Insect Physiology. 85. 65–75. 40 indexed citations

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Corby‐Harris, Vanessa, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional markers of sub-optimal nutrition in developing Apis mellifera nurse workers. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 134–134. 38 indexed citations

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Anderson, Kirk E., Brendon M. Mott, Patrick Maes, et al.. (2013). Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83125–e83125. 244 indexed citations

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