Denis Michez

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
232 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Denis Michez is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Michez has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 137 papers in Insect Science and 133 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Denis Michez's work include Plant and animal studies (216 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (129 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (129 papers). Denis Michez is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (216 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (129 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (129 papers). Denis Michez collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United Kingdom. Denis Michez's co-authors include Pierre Rasmont, Maryse Vanderplanck, Sébastien Patiny, Maxence Gérard, Thomas J. Wood, Bryan N. Danforth, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Simon Dellicour, Thibaut De Meulemeester and Thomas Lecocq and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Denis Michez

220 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global warming and plant–pollinator mismatches 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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. Global warming and plant–pollinator mismatches
    2020 174 citations Maxence Gérard, Maryse Vanderplanck et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Denis Michez Belgium 40 4.9k 3.3k 2.8k 1.7k 791 232 5.5k
Pierre Rasmont Belgium 39 4.2k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 684 0.9× 171 4.8k
Jean–Yves Rasplus France 47 4.1k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 210 5.9k
Sydney A. Cameron United States 30 4.1k 0.8× 3.3k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 358 0.5× 56 4.5k
T’ai H. Roulston United States 26 4.4k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 45 5.0k
Leonardo Dapporto Italy 36 2.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 2.0k 0.7× 466 0.3× 963 1.2× 164 3.7k
André Victor Lucci Freitas Brazil 40 4.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 3.9k 1.4× 655 0.4× 1.7k 2.1× 298 5.9k
Laurence A. Mound Australia 41 3.7k 0.8× 5.1k 1.6× 964 0.3× 3.8k 2.3× 391 0.5× 395 6.8k
Chris C. Nice United States 33 2.2k 0.5× 975 0.3× 1.9k 0.7× 650 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 93 4.0k
Jeffrey K. Conner United States 45 4.6k 0.9× 870 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 2.8k 1.7× 2.3k 2.9× 104 6.0k
Alois Honěk Czechia 35 2.9k 0.6× 4.3k 1.3× 1.0k 0.4× 2.5k 1.5× 878 1.1× 182 6.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Denis Michez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis Michez

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reverté, Sara, et al.. (2025). Reconciling community-level responses of wild bees to highly anthropized landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning. 259. 105347–105347. 1 indexed citations
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Michez, Denis, Simone Flaminio, Serena Flori, et al.. (2025). Assessing wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Calabria (southern Italy). The European Zoological Journal. 92(1). 769–780.
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Gérard, Maxence, et al.. (2025). Underlying mechanisms shaping wild bee decline. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145(4). 1 indexed citations
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Peeters, Charlotte, David Laureys, Anneleen D. Wieme, et al.. (2024). A comparative genomic analysis of Fructobacillus evanidus sp. nov. from bumble bees. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 47(2-3). 126505–126505. 3 indexed citations
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Vanderplanck, Maryse, et al.. (2024). Lethal effects and sex-specific tolerance of copper and cadmium in the buff-tailed bumble bee. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 110. 104546–104546. 3 indexed citations
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Michez, Denis, Sara Reverté, Aden Aw‐Hassan, et al.. (2024). “Farming with alternative pollinators” provides benefits also in large-scale fields. Acta Oecologica. 122. 103978–103978. 5 indexed citations
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Wood, Thomas J., Teresa Luísa Silva, Vanessa A. Mata, et al.. (2024). The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees. ZooKeys. 12. e117172–e117172. 7 indexed citations
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Marshall, Leon, Nicolas Leclercq, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, et al.. (2023). Potential for climate change driven spatial mismatches between apple crops and their wild bee pollinators at a continental scale. Global Environmental Change. 83. 102742–102742. 8 indexed citations
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Cnockaert, Margo, Marie Joossens, David Laureys, et al.. (2023). Convivina is a specialised core gut symbiont of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina. Insect Molecular Biology. 32(5). 510–527. 4 indexed citations
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Cnockaert, Margo, Charlotte Peeters, Luc De Vuyst, et al.. (2023). A phylogenomic and comparative genomic analysis of Commensalibacter, a versatile insect symbiont. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 25–25. 9 indexed citations
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Wood, Thomas J., Andreas Müller, Christophe Praz, & Denis Michez. (2023). Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 67–67. 6 indexed citations
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Lhomme, Patrick, et al.. (2022). Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards ( Prunus avium ). Journal of Apicultural Research. 62(5). 1123–1131. 6 indexed citations
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Rey, Gaëtan, Marc Dufrêne, Nina Hautekèete, et al.. (2019). Plan d'action transfrontalier en faveur des pollinisateurs sauvages. ORBi UMONS. 2 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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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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Carvalheiro, Luísa G., William E. Kunin, Petr Keil, et al.. (2013). Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW ‐European pollinators and plants. Ecology Letters. 16(7). 870–878. 280 indexed citations
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Michez, Denis, Pierre Rasmont, Michaël Terzo, & Nicolas J. Vereecken. (2009). A synthesis of gynandromorphy among wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), with an annotated description of several new cases. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ). 45(3). 365–375. 42 indexed citations
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Michez, Denis, et al.. (2008). Phylogeny and host plant evolution in Melittidae s.l. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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