E. O. Wilson

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

E. O. Wilson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, E. O. Wilson has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 38 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in E. O. Wilson's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (31 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (11 papers). E. O. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (31 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (11 papers). E. O. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. E. O. Wilson's co-authors include Frances M. Peter, William L. Brown, William H. Bossert, Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, B. Hölldobler, Raymond P. Morgan, Fred E. Regnier, N. I. Durlach, Louis M. Roth and Faustine Régnier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

E. O. Wilson

95 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Character Displacement 1956 2026 1979 2002 1956 250 500 750 1000
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. Character Displacement
    1956 1.1k citations William L. Brown, E. O. Wilson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. O. Wilson United States 34 2.4k 1.9k 1.5k 1.3k 1.0k 99 5.3k
Eric Duffey United States 42 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 3.3k 2.2× 1.9k 1.4× 935 0.9× 134 6.2k
Henk Wolda Panama 25 2.0k 0.9× 808 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 417 0.4× 47 3.8k
Richard I. Vane‐Wright United Kingdom 28 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.4× 727 0.7× 97 4.6k
T. R. New Australia 33 2.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 525 0.5× 244 4.9k
Lawrence B. Slobodkin United States 33 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 3.2k 2.1× 2.4k 1.8× 1.6k 1.6× 118 7.1k
Bryan Shorrocks United Kingdom 27 2.4k 1.0× 932 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 476 0.5× 62 4.8k
Peter F. Brussard United States 34 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 809 0.8× 87 4.1k
Michael B. Usher United Kingdom 42 2.0k 0.8× 864 0.5× 3.2k 2.1× 2.6k 2.0× 1.4k 1.4× 136 6.9k
Scott E. Miller United States 40 3.6k 1.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.8× 689 0.7× 199 6.2k
Quentin D. Wheeler United States 29 3.3k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 963 0.7× 569 0.6× 97 7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by E. O. Wilson

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of E. O. Wilson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by E. O. Wilson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites E. O. Wilson more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by E. O. Wilson

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by E. O. Wilson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by E. O. Wilson. The network helps show where E. O. Wilson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. O. Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of E. O. Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of E. O. Wilson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with E. O. Wilson. E. O. Wilson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Wilson, E. O.. (2001). How to Unify Knowledge. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 935(1). 12–17. 9 indexed citations
2.
Wilson, E. O.. (1989). Chimaeridris, a new genus of hook-mandibled myrmicine ants from tropical asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux. 36(1). 62–69. 6 indexed citations
3.
Wilson, E. O. & Frances M. Peter. (1988). A Christian View of Biodiversity. 2 indexed citations
4.
Wilson, E. O. & Frances M. Peter. (1988). Commodity, Amenity, and Morality The Limits of Quantification in Valuing Biodiversity. 4 indexed citations
5.
Wilson, E. O. & Frances M. Peter. (1988). Our Diminishing Tropical Forests. 65 indexed citations
6.
Wilson, E. O. & Frances M. Peter. (1988). A Major New Opportunity to Finance the Preservation of Biodiversity. 8 indexed citations
7.
Wilson, E. O. & Frances M. Peter. (1988). The Tropical Forest Canopy The Heart of Biotic Diversity. 108 indexed citations
8.
9.
Wilson, E. O.. (1986). Caste and division of labor inErebomyrma, a Genus of dimorphic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Insectes Sociaux. 33(1). 59–69. 19 indexed citations
10.
Hölldobler, B. & E. O. Wilson. (1986). Ecology and Behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic antPrionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux. 33(1). 45–58. 25 indexed citations
11.
Lumsden, Charles J. & E. O. Wilson. (1984). On incest and mathematical modeling. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 7(4). 742–744. 1 indexed citations
12.
Wilson, E. O.. (1978). Division of labor in fire ants based on physical castes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 51(4). 615–636. 116 indexed citations
13.
Hölldobler, B. & E. O. Wilson. (1977). Colony-specific territorial pheromone in the African weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille).. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(5). 2072–2075. 92 indexed citations
14.
Wilson, E. O., et al.. (1973). Predatory behaviour in the ant-like wasp Methocha stygia (Say) (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Animal Behaviour. 21(2). 292–295. 8 indexed citations
15.
16.
Regnier, Fred E. & E. O. Wilson. (1968). The alarm-defence system of the ant Acanthomyops claviger. Journal of Insect Physiology. 14(7). 955–970. 80 indexed citations
17.
Blum, Murray S. & E. O. Wilson. (1964). The Anatomical Source of Trail Substances in Formicine Ants. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 71(1). 28–31. 37 indexed citations
18.
Wilson, E. O., N. I. Durlach, & Louis M. Roth. (1958). Chemical Releaser of Necrophoric Behavior in Ants. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 65(4). 108–114. 165 indexed citations
19.
Wilson, E. O.. (1958). Studies On The Ant Fauna Of Melanesia. I. The Tribe Leptogenyini. Ii. The Tribes Amblyoponini And Platythyreini.. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 23 indexed citations
20.
Wilson, E. O. & William L. Brown. (1956). New parasitic ants of the genusKyidris, with notes on ecology and behavior. Insectes Sociaux. 3(3). 439–454. 20 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eric Duffey Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Henk Wolda Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Richard I. Vane‐Wright Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. R. New Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lawrence B. Slobodkin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bryan Shorrocks Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter F. Brussard Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael B. Usher Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Scott E. Miller Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Quentin D. Wheeler
Rankless by CCL
2026