Astrid Cruaud

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Astrid Cruaud is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Astrid Cruaud has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Insect Science and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Astrid Cruaud's work include Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (21 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (21 papers). Astrid Cruaud is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (21 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (21 papers). Astrid Cruaud collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and South Africa. Astrid Cruaud's co-authors include Jean–Yves Rasplus, Gwenaëlle Genson, Finn Kjellberg, Jean‐Pierre Rossi, Martin Godefroid, Simon van Noort, Roula Jabbour‐Zahab, Sabine Nidelet, Jean‐Claude Streito and Lillian Jennifer Rodriguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Astrid Cruaud

59 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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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.

  1. Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera
    2023 90 citations Bonnie B. Blaimer, Bernardo F. Santos et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Astrid Cruaud France 27 1.4k 865 706 503 324 62 2.0k
Emmanuelle Jousselin France 29 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 971 1.4× 491 1.0× 441 1.4× 55 2.3k
Benjamin B. Normark United States 33 1.6k 1.2× 1.9k 2.2× 758 1.1× 1.1k 2.2× 187 0.6× 79 3.3k
Sonja J. Scheffer United States 27 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 508 0.7× 400 0.8× 124 0.4× 73 1.8k
Robert G. Foottit Canada 26 1.2k 0.9× 1.8k 2.1× 894 1.3× 319 0.6× 124 0.4× 104 2.4k
Jes Johannesen Germany 23 748 0.5× 439 0.5× 308 0.4× 674 1.3× 159 0.5× 63 1.5k
Wolfgang Arthofer Austria 24 493 0.4× 777 0.9× 289 0.4× 598 1.2× 123 0.4× 77 1.6k
Dinah Hales Australia 22 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 737 1.0× 706 1.4× 229 0.7× 56 2.6k
Daniela M. Takiya Brazil 18 485 0.3× 558 0.6× 637 0.9× 165 0.3× 127 0.4× 122 1.2k
Carlos López‐Vaamonde France 27 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.7× 462 0.7× 1.1k 2.3× 320 1.0× 100 2.8k
Chris H. Dietrich United States 29 1.5k 1.1× 1.7k 2.0× 2.5k 3.6× 436 0.9× 151 0.5× 262 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Astrid Cruaud

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Fields of papers citing papers by Astrid Cruaud

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Astrid Cruaud

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Astrid Cruaud. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Astrid Cruaud based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Astrid Cruaud. Astrid Cruaud is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Segar, Simon T., Daniel Souto‐Vilarós, Martin Volf, et al.. (2025). The diversity of Ficus. Annals of Botany.
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Burban, Christian, Jean‐Claude Streito, Éric Pierre, et al.. (2025). Insect-habitat-plant interaction networks provide guidelines to mitigate the risk of transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to grapevine in Southern France. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0332344–e0332344.
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Cruaud, Astrid, et al.. (2024). A tale of long tails: Evolution of host specialization in non‐pollinating fig wasps. Ecological Entomology. 50(2). 385–398. 3 indexed citations
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Blaimer, Bonnie B., Bernardo F. Santos, Astrid Cruaud, et al.. (2023). Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1212–1212. 90 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pierre, Éric, Jean‐Claude Streito, François Casabianca, et al.. (2023). Environmental factors driving the abundance of Philaenus spumarius in mesomediterranean habitats of Corsica (France). Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1901–1901. 8 indexed citations
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Burks, Roger A., Mircea‐Dan Mitroiu, Lucian Fusu, et al.. (2022). From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94. 13–88. 42 indexed citations
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Rasplus, Jean–Yves, Lillian Jennifer Rodriguez, Laure Sauné, et al.. (2020). Exploring systematic biases, rooting methods and morphological evidence to unravel the evolutionary history of the genus Ficus (Moraceae). Cladistics. 37(4). 402–422. 13 indexed citations
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Cruaud, Astrid, Gérard Delvare, Sabine Nidelet, et al.. (2020). Ultra‐Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Cladistics. 37(1). 1–35. 26 indexed citations
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Rasplus, Jean–Yves, Bonnie B. Blaimer, Seán G. Brady, et al.. (2020). A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Journal of Natural History. 54(9-12). 597–609. 14 indexed citations
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Cruaud, Astrid, Sabine Nidelet, Lucian Fusu, et al.. (2019). Optimized DNA extraction and library preparation for minute arthropods: Application to target enrichment in chalcid wasps used for biocontrol. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(3). 702–710. 55 indexed citations
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Godefroid, Martin, Astrid Cruaud, Jean‐Claude Streito, Jean–Yves Rasplus, & Jean‐Pierre Rossi. (2019). Xylella fastidiosa: climate suitability of European continent. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8844–8844. 63 indexed citations
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Godefroid, Martin, Andrea S. Meseguer, Laure Sauné, et al.. (2019). Restriction-site associated DNA markers provide new insights into the evolutionary history of the bark beetle genus Dendroctonus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139. 106528–106528. 12 indexed citations
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Godefroid, Martin, Astrid Cruaud, Jean‐Pierre Rossi, & Jean–Yves Rasplus. (2015). Assessing the Risk of Invasion by Tephritid Fruit Flies: Intraspecific Divergence Matters. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135209–e0135209. 30 indexed citations
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Cruaud, Astrid, Mathieu Gautier, Maxime Galan, et al.. (2014). Empirical Assessment of RAD Sequencing for Interspecific Phylogeny. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(5). 1272–1274. 103 indexed citations
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Germain, Jean‐François, et al.. (2013). Molecular identification ofEpitrixpotato flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Europe and North America. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103(3). 354–362. 48 indexed citations
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Deuve, Thierry, Astrid Cruaud, Gwenaëlle Genson, & Jean–Yves Rasplus. (2012). Molecular systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Carabus (Col. Carabidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(1). 259–275. 41 indexed citations
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Derocles, Stéphane A. P., Anne Le Ralec, Manuel Plantegenest, et al.. (2011). Identification of molecular markers for DNA barcoding in the Aphidiinae (Hym. Braconidae). Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(2). 197–208. 58 indexed citations

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