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

Hit Papers

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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, Marcus C. Stensmyr et al. profile →
Evolution of Insect Olfaction

2011 559 citations Bill S. Hansson, Marcus C. Stensmyr profile →
A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

2012 443 citations Marcus C. Stensmyr, Hany K. M. Dweck et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bill S. Hansson	11.8k	11.0k	8.0k	7.4k	3.1k	430	20.0k
Randolf Menzel	11.5k 1.0×	8.3k 0.8×	11.4k 1.4×	13.7k 1.9×	1.9k 0.6×	280	22.1k
Hugh M. Robertson	4.8k 0.4×	5.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.3×	2.8k 0.9×	137	13.7k
Martin Heisenberg	12.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.2×	5.6k 0.7×	4.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	157	15.4k
Nicholas J. Strausfeld	8.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.1×	4.2k 0.5×	4.3k 0.6×	921 0.3×	163	11.0k
James W. Truman	13.4k 1.1×	3.7k 0.3×	6.0k 0.8×	4.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	231	17.7k
Lynn M. Riddiford	11.6k 1.0×	8.1k 0.7×	7.3k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	279	17.8k
John G. Hildebrand	6.8k 0.6×	3.8k 0.3×	2.7k 0.3×	2.8k 0.4×	745 0.2×	130	8.8k
John R. Carlson	14.6k 1.2×	8.3k 0.8×	7.0k 0.9×	3.5k 0.5×	843 0.3×	177	17.7k
Ring T. Cardé	2.8k 0.2×	7.8k 0.7×	3.4k 0.4×	3.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	195	10.1k
Richard Benton	6.7k 0.6×	3.4k 0.3×	3.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.2×	490 0.2×	119	9.9k

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Hansson, Bill S., et al.. (2025). Constancy versus flexibility in oviposition: host choice behavior in a hawkmoth. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(17).

Knaden, Markus, et al.. (2025). Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications. 16(1). 767–767.

Dong, XinQi, et al.. (2024). Elevated ozone disrupts mating boundaries in drosophilid flies. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2872–2872. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, Yu Tang, Hongyun Yue, et al.. (2024). Activation of the G protein‐coupled sulfakinin receptor inhibits blood meal intake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The FASEB Journal. 38(15). e23864–e23864. 2 indexed citations

Bisch-Knaden, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Oviposition experience affects oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster. iScience. 27(8). 110472–110472. 2 indexed citations

Keesey, Ian W., et al.. (2024). Innexin expression and localization in the Drosophila antenna indicate gap junction or hemichannel involvement in antennal chemosensory sensilla. Cell and Tissue Research. 398(1). 35–62.

Khallaf, Mohammed A., et al.. (2024). Quantitive variation of male and female-specific compounds in 99 drosophilid flies. Data in Brief. 57. 110871–110871.

Hansson, Bill S., et al.. (2024). Response Plasticity of Drosophila Olfactory Sensory Neurons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7125–7125. 2 indexed citations

Krieger, Jürgen, et al.. (2024). Females smell differently: characteristics and significance of the most common olfactory sensilla of female silkmoths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2015). 20232578–20232578. 8 indexed citations

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Ha, Tal Soo, et al.. (2024). Male cuticular pheromones stimulate removal of the mating plug and promote re-mating through pC1 neurons in Drosophila females. eLife. 13.

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Ha, Tal Soo, et al.. (2024). Male cuticular pheromones stimulate removal of the mating plug and promote re-mating through pC1 neurons in Drosophila females. eLife. 13.

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Knaden, Markus, et al.. (2023). Temperature-dependent modulation of odor-dependent behavior in three drosophilid fly species of differing thermal preference. Communications Biology. 6(1). 905–905. 8 indexed citations

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Chang, Hetan, Jerrit Weißflog, Daniel Veit, et al.. (2023). Ozone exposure disrupts insect sexual communication. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1186–1186. 14 indexed citations

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Yuvaraj, Jothi Kumar, Ewald Große‐Wilde, Daniel Powell, et al.. (2022). Odorant receptor orthologues in conifer‐feeding beetles display conserved responses to ecologically relevant odours. Molecular Ecology. 31(13). 3693–3707. 30 indexed citations

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Khallaf, Mohammed A., Thomas O. Auer, Veit Grabe, et al.. (2020). Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway. Science Advances. 6(25). eaba5279–eaba5279. 37 indexed citations

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Prieto-Godino, Lucia L., Ana F. Silbering, Mohammed A. Khallaf, et al.. (2020). Functional integration of “undead” neurons in the olfactory system. Science Advances. 6(11). eaaz7238–eaaz7238. 29 indexed citations

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Miazzi, Fabio, Carolin Hoyer, Silke Sachse, et al.. (2019). Optimization of Insect Odorant Receptor Trafficking and Functional Expression Via Transient Transfection in HEK293 Cells. Chemical Senses. 44(9). 673–682. 10 indexed citations

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Haverkamp, Alexander, Xiang Li, Bill S. Hansson, et al.. (2018). Flower movement balances pollinator needs and pollen protection. Ecology. 100(1). e02553–e02553. 29 indexed citations

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Majid, Asifa, et al.. (2018). Olfactory language and abstraction across cultures. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1752). 20170139–20170139. 58 indexed citations

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Haverkamp, Alexander, Felipe Yon, Ian W. Keesey, et al.. (2016). Hawkmoths evaluate scenting flowers with the tip of their proboscis. eLife. 5. 52 indexed citations

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