Bill S. Hansson

29.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
430 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Bill S. Hansson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill S. Hansson has authored 430 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 306 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 272 papers in Insect Science and 191 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bill S. Hansson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (305 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (187 papers) and Plant and animal studies (127 papers). Bill S. Hansson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (305 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (187 papers) and Plant and animal studies (127 papers). Bill S. Hansson collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Bill S. Hansson's co-authors include Marcus C. Stensmyr, Markus Knaden, Sylvia Anton, Christer Löfstedt, Silke Sachse, Peter Anderson, Rickard Ignell, Dieter Wicher, Mattias C. Larsson and Eric Hallberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bill S. Hansson

416 papers receiving 19.6k 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.

Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels

2008 666 citations Dieter Wicher, Bill S. Hansson et al. profile →
Evolution of Insect Olfaction

2011 559 citations Bill S. Hansson et al. profile →
A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

2012 443 citations Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Dieter Wicher et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Constancy versus flexibility in oviposition: host choice behavior in a hawkmoth 2025 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	0
2	Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	0
3	Carbon dioxide drives oviposition in Helicoverpa armigera 2025 ·National Science Review ·Qiuyan Chen, Hetan Chang, (unknown), Mengbo Guo, (unknown), Bin Li, Xiaoqing Wang, Bente G. Berg, Xi Chu, Tiantao Zhang, Bill S. Hansson, Yang Liu, Guirong Wang	0
4	Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster 2025 ·Science Advances ·Ian W. Keesey, (unknown), Sudeshna Das Chakraborty, Amelie Baschwitz, (unknown), Martin Kaltenpoth, Aleš Svatoš, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	1
5	Quantitive variation of male and female-specific compounds in 99 drosophilid flies 2024 ·Data in Brief ·Mohammed A. Khallaf, (unknown), Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	0
6	Elevated ozone disrupts mating boundaries in drosophilid flies 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), XinQi Dong, Daniel Veit, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	5
7	Activation of the G protein‐coupled sulfakinin receptor inhibits blood meal intake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti 2024 ·The FASEB Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Lei Zhang, Yu Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Hongyun Yue, Bill S. Hansson, Zong Jie Cui, Qian Han	2
8	Innexin expression and localization in the Drosophila antenna indicate gap junction or hemichannel involvement in antennal chemosensory sensilla 2024 ·Cell and Tissue Research ·(unknown), Ian W. Keesey, Sofía Lavista-Llanos, Bill S. Hansson, Dieter Wicher	0
9	Oviposition experience affects oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster 2024 ·iScience ·(unknown), (unknown), Sonja Bisch-Knaden, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	2
10	Response Plasticity of Drosophila Olfactory Sensory Neurons 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bill S. Hansson, Dieter Wicher	2
11	Male cuticular pheromones stimulate removal of the mating plug and promote re-mating through pC1 neurons in Drosophila females 2024 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Tal Soo Ha, Kang‐Min Lee, (unknown), Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson, Young‐Joon Kim	0
12	Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jürgen Krieger, Bill S. Hansson, Silke Sachse, Sonja Bisch-Knaden	8
13	Temperature-dependent modulation of odor-dependent behavior in three drosophilid fly species of differing thermal preference 2023 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Markus Knaden, Bill S. Hansson	8
14	Ozone exposure disrupts insect sexual communication 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Hetan Chang, Jerrit Weißflog, (unknown), Daniel Veit, Kerstin Weniger, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden	14
15	Odorant receptor orthologues in conifer‐feeding beetles display conserved responses to ecologically relevant odours 2022 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jothi Kumar Yuvaraj, Ewald Große‐Wilde, Daniel Powell, Bill S. Hansson, Christer Löfstedt, Martin N. Andersson	30
16	Functional integration of “undead” neurons in the olfactory system 2020 ·Science Advances ·Lucia L. Prieto-Godino, Ana F. Silbering, Mohammed A. Khallaf, Steeve Cruchet, Karolina Bojkowska, Sylvain Pradervand, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden, Richard Benton	29
17	Optimization of Insect Odorant Receptor Trafficking and Functional Expression Via Transient Transfection in HEK293 Cells 2019 ·Chemical Senses ·Fabio Miazzi, Carolin Hoyer, Silke Sachse, Markus Knaden, Dieter Wicher, Bill S. Hansson, Sofía Lavista-Llanos	10
18	Flower movement balances pollinator needs and pollen protection 2018 ·Ecology ·Alexander Haverkamp, Xiang Li, Bill S. Hansson, Ian T. Baldwin, Markus Knaden, Felipe Yon	29
19	Comparative analysis of deutocerebral neuropils in Chilopoda (Myriapoda): implications for the evolution of the arthropod olfactory system and support for the Mandibulata concept 2012 ·BMC Neuroscience ·Andy Sombke, Elisabeth Lipke, (unknown), Carsten H. G. Müller, Bill S. Hansson, Steffen Harzsch	66
20	No linkage between genes controlling female pheromone production and male pheromone response in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). 1989 ·Genetics ·Christer Löfstedt, Bill S. Hansson, Wendell L. Roelofs, Bengt Bengtsson	90

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