Alfred Buschinger

2.9k total citations
127 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alfred Buschinger is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Buschinger has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Genetics, 98 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 50 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Alfred Buschinger's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (113 papers), Plant and animal studies (77 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (36 papers). Alfred Buschinger is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (113 papers), Plant and animal studies (77 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (36 papers). Alfred Buschinger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Austria. Alfred Buschinger's co-authors include Ursula Winter, Thomas M. Alloway, Johan Billen, Jürgen Heınze, Steven Van Borm, Jacobus J. Boomsma, U. Maschwitz, Robin J. Stuart, Mary Talbot and Cynthia Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Buschinger

121 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Buschinger Germany 25 2.1k 2.0k 849 107 75 127 2.3k
Luc Passera France 30 2.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 54 0.5× 139 1.9× 79 2.5k
Barbara L. Thorne United States 27 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 749 0.9× 53 0.5× 100 1.3× 67 2.1k
Daniel P. Wojcik United States 15 1.0k 0.5× 896 0.5× 701 0.8× 77 0.7× 92 1.2× 42 1.2k
James H. Hunt United States 24 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 854 1.0× 38 0.4× 188 2.5× 41 1.8k
Christian Rabeling United States 23 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 586 0.7× 102 1.0× 62 0.8× 50 1.5k
Donató A. Grasso Italy 23 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 702 0.8× 74 0.7× 89 1.2× 99 1.3k
Sara Helms Cahan United States 24 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 489 0.6× 46 0.4× 96 1.3× 55 1.5k
D. P. Jouvenaz United States 17 935 0.4× 685 0.3× 742 0.9× 51 0.5× 92 1.2× 47 1.1k
Neal A. Weber United States 13 1.0k 0.5× 937 0.5× 556 0.7× 89 0.8× 69 0.9× 38 1.2k
Thibaud Monnin France 19 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 796 0.9× 46 0.4× 86 1.1× 46 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Buschinger

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All Works

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Arthofer, Wolfgang, Karl Moder, Heino Konrad, et al.. (2025). Genetic and phenotypic responses to habitat fragmentation in a European harvester ant. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(6). 1053–1068. 1 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (2009). Sympatric speciation and radiative evolution of socially parasitic ants - Heretic hypotheses and their factual background. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 28(4). 241–260. 42 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, Karl Moder, et al.. (2007). Abandoning Aggression but Maintaining Self-Nonself Discrimination as a First Stage in Ant Supercolony Formation. Current Biology. 17(21). 1903–1907. 35 indexed citations
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Steiner, Florian M., Birgit C. Schlick‐Steiner, Heino Konrad, et al.. (2006). Phylogeny and evolutionary history of queen polymorphic Myrmecina ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Entomology. 103(3). 619–626. 11 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (2005). Experimental evidence for genetically mediated queen polymorphism in the ant species Myrmecina graminicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologia Generalis. 11 indexed citations
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Maschwitz, U., et al.. (2001). How host and parasite communicate: signal analysis of tandem recruitment between ants of two subfamilies, Diacamma sp. (Ponerinae) and its inquiline Polyrhachis lama (Formicinae).. Sociobiology. 37(1). 65–77. 2 indexed citations
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Maschwitz, U., et al.. (2000). Cataulacus muticus EMERY 1889 a new case of a southeast Asian arboreal ant, non-mutualistically specialized on giant bamboo: (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae).. 80. 165–173. 4 indexed citations
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Billen, Johan & Alfred Buschinger. (2000). Morphology and ultrastructure of a specialized bacterial pouch in the digestive tract of Tetraponera ants (Formicidae, Pseudomyrmecinae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 29(3). 259–266. 32 indexed citations
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Sanetra, Matthias, et al.. (1999). On the evolutionary history of social parasites in the ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera Formicidae). 1 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (1999). Stenamma debile (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Facultative polygyny, and an extreme 1997 sex ratio. Insectes Sociaux. 46(1). 53–57. 3 indexed citations
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Baur, A., N. Chalwatzis, Alfred Buschinger, & Friedrich K. Zimmermann. (1995). Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal close relationships between social parasitic ants and their host species. Current Genetics. 28(3). 242–247. 21 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred & Karl Fischer. (1991). Hybridization of chromosome-polymorphic populations of the inquiline ant,Doronomyrmex kutteri (Hym., Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux. 38(2). 95–103. 7 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred & André Francoeur. (1991). Queen Polymorphism and Functional Monogyny in the Ant, Leptothorax Sphagnicolus Francoeur. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 98(2-3). 119–133. 7 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (1989). Evolution, speciation, and inbreeding in the parasitic ant genus Epimyrma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2(4). 265–283. 69 indexed citations
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Heınze, Jürgen & Alfred Buschinger. (1988). Electrophoretic variability of esterases in the ant tribe, Leptothoracini. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 16(2). 217–221. 10 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred, et al.. (1987). First European record of a queen ant carrying a mealybug during her mating flight. Die Naturwissenschaften. 74(3). 139–140. 19 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (1986). Evolution of social parasitism in ants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 1(6). 155–160. 187 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred & André Francoeur. (1983). The guest ant, Symmyrmka chamberlini, rediscovered near Salt Lake City, Utah (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche. 90(3). 297–306. 3 indexed citations
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Buschinger, Alfred. (1979). Functional monogyny in the American guest antFormicoxenus hirticornis (Emery) (=Leptothorax hirticornis), (Hym., Form.). Insectes Sociaux. 26(1). 61–68. 12 indexed citations
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