David R. Tarpy

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

David R. Tarpy is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Tarpy has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Insect Science, 132 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 128 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David R. Tarpy's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (134 papers), Plant and animal studies (132 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (127 papers). David R. Tarpy is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (134 papers), Plant and animal studies (132 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (127 papers). David R. Tarpy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. David R. Tarpy's co-authors include Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jeffery S. Pettis, Thomas D. Seeley, Jay D. Evans, Yanping Chen, Maryann Frazier, Christina M. Grozinger, Rasmus Nielsen, D. I. Nielsen and Diana Cox-Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

David R. Tarpy

134 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study

2009 995 citations Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Robyn M. Underwood et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Pathogen Webs in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

2012 353 citations David R. Tarpy, Jeffery S. Pettis et al. PLoS ONE profile →
A national survey of managed honey bee 2015–2016 annual colony losses in the USA

2017 336 citations Kelly Kulhanek, Nathalie Steinhauer et al. Journal of Apicultural Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David R. Tarpy United States	46	7.1k	6.8k	6.5k	456	123	139	7.8k
Cédric Alaux France	35	4.9k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	433 0.9×	139 1.1×	72	5.3k
Christian W. W. Pirk South Africa	39	3.8k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	751 1.6×	157 1.3×	181	4.7k
Dennis vanEngelsdorp United States	44	10.2k 1.4×	9.0k 1.3×	8.0k 1.2×	1.0k 2.3×	232 1.9×	76	10.7k
Yves Le Conte France	54	10.0k 1.4×	9.0k 1.3×	8.7k 1.3×	745 1.6×	274 2.2×	176	10.9k
Cristina Botías Spain	30	6.0k 0.8×	5.5k 0.8×	4.2k 0.6×	981 2.2×	123 1.0×	48	6.6k
Mark L. Winston Canada	44	5.6k 0.8×	5.8k 0.9×	5.1k 0.8×	811 1.8×	207 1.7×	105	6.8k
Gloria DeGrandi‐Hoffman United States	34	3.4k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.4×	429 0.9×	147 1.2×	124	3.9k
Amro Zayed Canada	28	2.3k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	2.3k 0.4×	267 0.6×	137 1.1×	77	3.0k
Sydney A. Cameron United States	30	3.3k 0.5×	4.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.4×	1.1k 2.3×	144 1.2×	56	4.5k
Norman Carreck United Kingdom	23	2.6k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	716 1.6×	183 1.5×	86	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Tarpy

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McAfee, Alison, Christopher W. Allen, M. Julien, et al.. (2025). Factors affecting heat resilience of drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their sperm. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0317672–e0317672. 1 indexed citations

Chapman, Abigail, Alison McAfee, Armando Alcázar Magaña, et al.. (2025). Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10418–10418. 1 indexed citations

Caesar, Lílian, Danny W. Rice, Alison McAfee, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic analysis of the honey bee queen microbiome reveals low bacterial diversity and Caudoviricetes phages. mSystems. 9(2). e0118223–e0118223. 5 indexed citations

Tarpy, David R.. (2024). Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Current Opinion in Insect Science. 66. 101260–101260. 2 indexed citations

Han, Bin, Esmaeil Amiri, David R. Tarpy, et al.. (2023). Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honeybees. iScience. 26(12). 108546–108546. 2 indexed citations

Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2022). Variation in the reproductive quality of honey bee males affects their age of flight attempt. PeerJ. 10. e13859–e13859. 6 indexed citations

Han, Bin, Esmaeil Amiri, Han Hu, et al.. (2022). The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees. eLife. 11. 8 indexed citations

Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2021). Assessment and Comparison of Two Different Methods to Extract Nucleic Acids From Individual Honey Bees. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114(5). 614–619.

Amiri, Esmaeil, et al.. (2020). Egg‐size plasticity in Apis mellifera : Honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(4). 534–543. 21 indexed citations

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Kulhanek, Kelly, Nathalie Steinhauer, Karen Rennich, et al.. (2017). A national survey of managed honey bee 2015–2016 annual colony losses in the USA. Journal of Apicultural Research. 56(4). 328–340. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Traynor, Kirsten S., Nathalie Steinhauer, Karen Rennich, et al.. (2015). A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA. Journal of Apicultural Research. 54(4). 292–304. 161 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R., Deborah A. Delaney, & Thomas D. Seeley. (2015). Mating Frequencies of Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera L.) in a Population of Feral Colonies in the Northeastern United States. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118734–e0118734. 45 indexed citations

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Rangel, Juliana & David R. Tarpy. (2015). The combined effects of miticides on the mating health of honey bee ( Apis mellifera L.) queens. Journal of Apicultural Research. 54(3). 275–283. 35 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2011). Histological Estimates of Ovariole Number in Honey Bee Queens,Apis mellifera, Reveal Lack of Correlation with other Queen Quality Measures. Journal of Insect Science. 11(82). 1–11. 31 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2009). The effects of size and reproductive quality on the outcomes of duels between honey bee queens ( Apis mellifera L.). Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 21(2). 147–153. 16 indexed citations

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Richard, Freddie‐Jeanne, David R. Tarpy, & Christina M. Grozinger. (2007). Effects of Insemination Quantity on Honey Bee Queen Physiology. PLoS ONE. 2(10). e980–e980. 89 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2007). Comparing pairs of Russian and Italian colonies by new beekeepers in North Carolina.. American bee journal. 147(2). 149–152. 2 indexed citations

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Gilley, David C., David R. Tarpy, & Benjamin B. Land. (2003). Effect of queen quality on interactions between workers and dueling queens in honeybee ( Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 55(2). 190–196. 45 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R.. (2003). Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies prevents severe infections and promotes colony growth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(1510). 99–103. 277 indexed citations

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Tarpy, David R., et al.. (2001). The curious promiscuity of queen honeybees (Apis mellifera): Evolutionary and behavioral mechanisms. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 38. 255–265. 44 indexed citations

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