Bernard J. Crespi

16.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
222 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Bernard J. Crespi is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard J. Crespi has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Genetics, 93 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 46 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Bernard J. Crespi's work include Plant and animal studies (81 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (41 papers). Bernard J. Crespi is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (81 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (41 papers). Bernard J. Crespi collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Bernard J. Crespi's co-authors include Patrik Nosil, Cristina P. Sandoval, Christopher Badcock, Jae Chun Choe, Mark A. Elgar, Tanja Schwander, Michael G. Elliot, Natalie L. Dinsdale, Fred L. Bookstein and Douglas Yanega and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bernard J. Crespi

218 papers receiving 10.6k citations

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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.

The Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids

1997 496 citations Bernard J. Crespi et al. profile →
Cannibalism : ecology and evolution among diverse taxa

1992 467 citations Bernard J. Crespi et al. profile →
Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation

2014 305 citations Víctor Soria‐Carrasco, Zachariah Gompert et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernard J. Crespi Canada	58	5.4k	5.0k	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	222	11.2k
Mary Jane West‐Eberhard Costa Rica	21	4.5k 0.8×	5.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	947 0.7×	51	10.6k
Armin P. Moczek United States	40	3.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	140	7.4k
Tadeusz J. Kawecki Switzerland	41	4.1k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	855 0.6×	102	8.9k
David Houle United States	50	6.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.0×	939 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	100	11.2k
George C. Williams United States	33	3.9k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	760 0.4×	3.6k 2.2×	1.4k 1.0×	91	14.3k
Leigh W. Simmons Australia	84	10.3k 1.9×	17.4k 3.5×	3.6k 1.7×	3.5k 2.1×	577 0.4×	417	22.8k
Michael B. Bonsall United Kingdom	42	1.2k 0.2×	2.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	944 0.7×	238	7.1k
Alan Grafen United Kingdom	47	3.8k 0.7×	5.7k 1.2×	861 0.4×	2.1k 1.3×	470 0.3×	92	10.3k
James M. Cheverud United States	76	11.2k 2.1×	5.6k 1.1×	564 0.3×	3.4k 2.1×	4.2k 3.0×	296	24.0k
Massimo Pigliucci United States	46	3.7k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	652 0.3×	2.5k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	185	12.4k

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Dumesic, Daniel A., Bernard J. Crespi, Vasantha Padmanabhan, & David H. Abbott. (2025). The Endocrinological Basis for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Evolutionary Perspective. Endocrinology. 166(12).

Crespi, Bernard J.. (2024). Endometriosis risk is associated with shorter anogenital distance by meta-analysis. 8. 100083–100083. 2 indexed citations

Crespi, Bernard J., et al.. (2024). Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(2). 871–891. 3 indexed citations

Crespi, Bernard J. & Susan Evans. (2023). Prenatal Origins of Endometriosis Pathology and Pain: Reviewing the Evidence of a Role for Low Testosterone. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 16. 307–316. 9 indexed citations

Dinsdale, Natalie L., Donna R. Chizen, & Bernard J. Crespi. (2023). Diagnosis, pelvic pain, and medication mediate cognitive empathic abilities among women with endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders. 15(2). 64–71. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Jessica, et al.. (2023). Mother’s warmth from maternal genes: genomic imprinting of brown adipose tissue. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 11(1). 379–385. 2 indexed citations

Crespi, Bernard J. & Nancy Yang. (2022). Three laws of teleonometrics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(1). 112–124. 2 indexed citations

Manning, Christina, et al.. (2021). SHANK3 Genotype Mediates Speech and Language Phenotypes in a Nonclinical Population. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–7. 2 indexed citations

Dinsdale, Natalie L., Pablo A. Nepomnaschy, & Bernard J. Crespi. (2021). The evolutionary biology of endometriosis. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 9(1). 174–191. 39 indexed citations

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Crespi, Bernard J. & Natalie L. Dinsdale. (2021). The sexual selection of endometriosis.. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. 17(2). 123–170. 8 indexed citations

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Dinsdale, Natalie L. & Bernard J. Crespi. (2021). Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome are diametric disorders. Evolutionary Applications. 14(7). 1693–1715. 56 indexed citations

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Crespi, Bernard J. & Joe Alcock. (2020). Conflicts over calcium and the treatment of COVID-19. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 9(1). 149–156. 39 indexed citations

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Crespi, Bernard J., et al.. (2019). Spirituality, dimensional autism, and schizotypal traits: The search for meaning. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0213456–e0213456. 16 indexed citations

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Nosil, Patrik, Romain Villoutreix, Clarissa F. de Carvalho, et al.. (2018). Natural selection and the predictability of evolution in Timema stick insects. Science. 359(6377). 765–770. 131 indexed citations

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Crespi, Bernard J., et al.. (2018). A genetic locus for paranoia. Biology Letters. 14(1). 20170694–20170694. 12 indexed citations

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Spence, Jason R., et al.. (2017). The Williams syndrome prosociality gene GTF2I mediates oxytocin reactivity and social anxiety in a healthy population. Biology Letters. 13(4). 20170051–20170051. 23 indexed citations

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Soria‐Carrasco, Víctor, Zachariah Gompert, Aaron A. Comeault, et al.. (2014). Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation. Science. 344(6185). 738–742. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nosil, Patrik & Bernard J. Crespi. (2006). Experimental evidence that predation promotes divergence in adaptive radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(24). 9090–9095. 215 indexed citations

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Morris, David C., Michael P. Schwarz, Bernard J. Crespi, & Steven J. Cooper. (2001). Phylogenetics of gall-inducing thrips on Australian Acacia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74(1). 73–86. 31 indexed citations

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Mound, Laurence A. & Bernard J. Crespi. (1992). The complex of phlaeothripine thrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera) in woody stem galls of Casuarina trees in Australia. Journal of Natural History. 26(2). 395–406. 13 indexed citations

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