Bert Hölldobler

15.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
160 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Bert Hölldobler is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert Hölldobler has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Genetics, 128 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 57 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Bert Hölldobler's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (142 papers), Plant and animal studies (114 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (49 papers). Bert Hölldobler is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (142 papers), Plant and animal studies (114 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (49 papers). Bert Hölldobler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Bert Hölldobler's co-authors include Edward O. Wilson, Jürgen Liebig, Christian Peeters, Charles J. Lumsden, Norman F. Carlin, Wulfila Gronenberg, Jürgen Heınze, Walter Federle, Wolfram Beyschlag and Ronald J. Ryel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bert Hölldobler

155 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Ants 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. The Ants
    1990 4.2k citations Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bert Hölldobler Germany 50 10.2k 9.4k 4.8k 1.3k 605 160 12.0k
Deborah M. Gordon United States 57 7.1k 0.7× 6.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 560 0.4× 423 0.7× 179 9.6k
Jacobus J. Boomsma Denmark 66 12.5k 1.2× 11.3k 1.2× 8.3k 1.7× 506 0.4× 1.1k 1.8× 299 15.1k
Thomas D. Seeley United States 61 9.0k 0.9× 9.1k 1.0× 6.8k 1.4× 800 0.6× 377 0.6× 155 11.3k
Francis L. W. Ratnieks United Kingdom 50 5.6k 0.6× 7.0k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 424 0.3× 1.1k 1.8× 195 8.3k
William G. Eberhard Costa Rica 54 7.6k 0.8× 9.7k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 710 0.5× 357 0.6× 251 12.4k
Kenneth G. Ross United States 48 6.2k 0.6× 5.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 491 0.4× 349 0.6× 122 7.1k
James F. A. Traniello United States 50 5.8k 0.6× 5.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 943 0.7× 237 0.4× 165 6.7k
Johanna Mappes Finland 56 3.6k 0.4× 7.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 778 0.6× 472 0.8× 225 9.1k
Laurent Keller Switzerland 77 15.0k 1.5× 14.7k 1.6× 6.4k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 863 1.4× 351 20.5k
Allen J. Moore United States 54 4.9k 0.5× 7.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.5× 364 0.3× 536 0.9× 207 10.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Bert Hölldobler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bert Hölldobler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bert Hölldobler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hölldobler, Bert & Christina L. Kwapich. (2023). Die Gäste der Ameisen.
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Hölldobler, Bert & Christina L. Kwapich. (2017). Amphotis marginata (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) a highwayman of the ant Lasius fuliginosus. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0180847–e0180847. 9 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert. (2016). Queen Specific Exocrine Glands in Legionary Ants and Their Possible Function in Sexual Selection. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151604–e0151604. 6 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert, et al.. (2014). New exocrine glands in ants: the hypostomal gland and basitarsal gland in the genus Melissotarsus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Die Naturwissenschaften. 101(7). 527–532. 12 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert A., et al.. (2013). Chemical communication during foraging in the harvesting ants Messor pergandei and Messor andrei. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 200(2). 129–137. 19 indexed citations
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Dolezal, Adam G., Joshua Johnson, Bert Hölldobler, & Gro V. Amdam. (2013). Division of labor is associated with age-independent changes in ovarian activity in Pogonomyrmex californicus harvester ants. Journal of Insect Physiology. 59(4). 519–524. 20 indexed citations
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Smith, Adrian A., Bert Hölldobler, & Jürgen Liebig. (2011). Reclaiming the crown: queen to worker conflict over reproduction in Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Die Naturwissenschaften. 98(3). 237–240. 14 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert & Edward O. Wilson. (2010). The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct. Cell. 89(3). 445–55. 82 indexed citations
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Smith, Adrian A., Bert Hölldobler, & Jürgen Liebig. (2008). Hydrocarbon Signals Explain the Pattern of Worker and Egg Policing in the Ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 34(10). 1275–1282. 34 indexed citations
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Wilson, Edward O. & Bert Hölldobler. (2005). Eusociality: Origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(38). 13367–13371. 447 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert, et al.. (2004). Foraging biology of the seed-harvesting ant, Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) imberbiculus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 43(2). 367–375. 3 indexed citations
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Rüppell, O., Jürgen Heınze, & Bert Hölldobler. (2001). Complex determination of queen body size in the queen size dimorphic ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Heredity. 87(1). 33–40. 31 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Paulo S., Malu Obermayer, & Bert Hölldobler. (1998). Division of labor in the neotropical ant, Pachycondyla stigma (Ponerinae), with special reference to mutual antennal rubbing between nestmates (Hymenoptera). Sociobiology. 31(1). 9–24. 2 indexed citations
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Galizia, C. Giovanni, et al.. (1998). Odour coding is bilaterally symmetrical in the antennal lobes of honeybees (Apis mellifera). European Journal of Neuroscience. 10(9). 2964–2974. 82 indexed citations
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Gronenberg, Wulfila, Jürgen Paul, Stefan Just, & Bert Hölldobler. (1997). Mandible muscle fibers in ants: fast or powerful?. Cell and Tissue Research. 289(2). 347–361. 71 indexed citations
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Bestmann, Hans Jürgen, et al.. (1995). N,N-dimethyluracil and actinidine, two pheromones of the ponerine antMegaponera foetens (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 21(12). 1947–1955. 18 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert, et al.. (1990). Journey to the Ants. 5(4). 25–6, 29. 45 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert. (1984). The wonderfully diverse ways of the ant. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 165(6). 779–813. 5 indexed citations
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Hölldobler, Bert. (1981). Trail Communication of the Dacetine Ant Orectognathus versicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche. 88. 245–257. 6 indexed citations

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