Bryan N. Danforth

15.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
153 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

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Bryan N. Danforth is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan N. Danforth has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 87 papers in Genetics and 84 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Bryan N. Danforth's work include Plant and animal studies (146 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (78 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (78 papers). Bryan N. Danforth is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (146 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (78 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (78 papers). Bryan N. Danforth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Bryan N. Danforth's co-authors include Sophie Cardinal, Seán G. Brady, Jason Gibbs, Robert L. Minckley, Chung‐Ping Lin, Mia Park, Sedonia D. Sipes, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Rachael Winfree and Eduardo A. B. Almeida and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bryan N. Danforth

151 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees

2010 456 citations Bryan N. Danforth et al. profile →
Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

2013 430 citations Jason Gibbs, Bryan N. Danforth et al. profile →
Climate-associated phenological advances in bee pollinators and bee-pollinated plants

2011 399 citations Bryan N. Danforth et al. profile →
Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees

2017 287 citations Michael G. Branstetter, Bryan N. Danforth et al. profile →
Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services

2019 197 citations Heather Grab, Michael G. Branstetter et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan N. Danforth United States	55	8.2k	5.4k	5.1k	2.5k	1.1k	153	9.8k
Lawrence E. Gilbert United States	46	5.2k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	4.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	146	6.9k
Graham N. Stone United Kingdom	51	7.1k 0.9×	4.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	197	9.6k
Ross H. Crozier Australia	52	6.6k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	6.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	709 0.6×	195	10.0k
Jean–Yves Rasplus France	47	4.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	210	5.9k
Ted R. Schultz United States	42	5.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	5.7k 1.1×	769 0.3×	526 0.5×	97	7.4k
Mark J. F. Brown United Kingdom	53	6.7k 0.8×	6.2k 1.2×	5.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	557 0.5×	189	8.7k
Pat Willmer United Kingdom	43	5.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	89	7.4k
Charles Mitter United States	46	4.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	954 0.4×	881 0.8×	82	6.1k
Felix A. H. Sperling Canada	45	3.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.5×	3.6k 0.7×	908 0.4×	712 0.7×	184	7.4k
Jeffrey L. Feder United States	55	4.6k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	5.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	204	11.7k

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Strange, James P., Margarita M. López‐Uribe, Bryan N. Danforth, et al.. (2025). Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples for internal parasite and pathogen data. Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (University of Skopje).

Christensen, Shawn M., et al.. (2024). Symbiotic bacteria and fungi proliferate in diapause and may enhance overwintering survival in a solitary bee. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 6 indexed citations

Baert, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Pesticide risk during commercial apple pollination is greater for honeybees than other managed and wild bees. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61(6). 1289–1300. 1 indexed citations

Danforth, Bryan N., et al.. (2024). Forecasting the Effects of Global Change on a Bee Biodiversity Hotspot. Ecology and Evolution. 14(12). e70638–e70638. 1 indexed citations

Schlesinger, Matthew, Bryan N. Danforth, Melissa K. Fierke, et al.. (2023). A multi-taxonomic survey to determine the conservation status of native pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations

Danforth, Bryan N., et al.. (2023). The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 95. 275–293. 1 indexed citations

Grab, Heather, et al.. (2023). Spillover of chalkbrood fungi to native solitary bee species from non‐native congeners. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(6). 1067–1076. 11 indexed citations

Dharampal, Prarthana S., Bryan N. Danforth, & Shawn A. Steffan. (2022). Exosymbiotic microbes within fermented pollen provisions are as important for the development of solitary bees as the pollen itself. Ecology and Evolution. 12(4). 19 indexed citations

Searle, Jeremy B., et al.. (2022). Genome of the bee Holcopasites calliopsidis—a species showing the common apid trait of brood parasitism. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(8). 4 indexed citations

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Bossert, Silas, Robert S. Copeland, Michael G. Branstetter, et al.. (2020). Phylogenomic and Morphological Reevaluation of the Bee Tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) With Description of Three New Species ofSchwarzia. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4(6). 17 indexed citations

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Bossert, Silas, et al.. (2020). Gene Tree Estimation Error with Ultraconserved Elements: An Empirical Study on Pseudapis Bees. Systematic Biology. 70(4). 803–821. 30 indexed citations

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Grab, Heather, Michael G. Branstetter, Katherine R. Urban‐Mead, et al.. (2019). Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services. Science. 363(6424). 282–284. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Murray, Elizabeth A., Silas Bossert, & Bryan N. Danforth. (2018). Pollinivory and the diversification dynamics of bees. Biology Letters. 14(11). 20180530–20180530. 23 indexed citations

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Bossert, Silas, Elizabeth A. Murray, Bonnie B. Blaimer, & Bryan N. Danforth. (2017). The impact of GC bias on phylogenetic accuracy using targeted enrichment phylogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 111. 149–157. 48 indexed citations

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Kahnt, Belinda, Graham A. Montgomery, Elizabeth A. Murray, et al.. (2017). Playing with extremes: Origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115. 95–105. 11 indexed citations

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Pauw, Anton, Belinda Kahnt, Michael Kuhlmann, et al.. (2017). Long-legged bees make adaptive leaps: linking adaptation to coevolution in a plant–pollinator network. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1862). 20171707–20171707. 26 indexed citations

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Danforth, Bryan N., et al.. (2003). Gene Flow and Population Structure in an Oligolectic Desert Bee, Macrotera (Macroteropsis) portalis (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 76(2). 221–235. 27 indexed citations

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Danforth, Bryan N.. (1996). Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision of the Perdita Subgenera Macrotera, Macroteropsis, Macroterella and Cockerellula (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University). 55(16). 635. 18 indexed citations

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Snelling, Roy R. & Bryan N. Danforth. (1992). A review of Perdita, subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contributions in science. 436. 1–12. 3 indexed citations

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Danforth, Bryan N.. (1989). Nesting behavior of four species of Perdita (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 62(1). 59–79. 27 indexed citations

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