Eileen A. Hebets

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Eileen A. Hebets is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eileen A. Hebets has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 104 papers in Genetics and 46 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eileen A. Hebets's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (106 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (79 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (46 papers). Eileen A. Hebets is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (106 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (79 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (46 papers). Eileen A. Hebets collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Eileen A. Hebets's co-authors include Daniel R. Papaj, George W. Uetz, Dustin J. Wilgers, Jeffrey Podos, John A. Byers, Damian O. Elias, James P. Higham, Roger D. Santer, Andrew C. Mason and Kasey D. Fowler‐Finn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Eileen A. Hebets

142 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

Complex signal function: developing a framework of testable hypotheses

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eileen A. Hebets United States	38	4.1k	2.7k	1.1k	982	903	145	5.1k
Michael D. Greenfield United States	37	3.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	243 0.2×	527 0.6×	131	4.5k
Elizabeth A. Tibbetts United States	34	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	469 0.4×	334 0.3×	291 0.3×	96	3.7k
Candy Rowe United Kingdom	34	2.9k 0.7×	920 0.3×	647 0.6×	326 0.3×	536 0.6×	66	3.8k
George W. Uetz United States	49	5.7k 1.4×	4.2k 1.6×	589 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	146	7.6k
Gil G. Rosenthal United States	40	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	381 0.4×	261 0.3×	970 1.1×	111	4.7k
J. Chadwick Johnson United States	18	4.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	401 0.4×	265 0.3×	918 1.0×	36	5.0k
Molly E. Cummings United States	34	2.5k 0.6×	584 0.2×	300 0.3×	430 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	79	3.4k
Janette W. Boughman United States	27	2.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	767 0.7×	144 0.1×	619 0.7×	62	4.0k
Reuven Dukas Canada	43	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	316 0.3×	784 0.8×	301 0.3×	117	5.7k
Kees van Oers Netherlands	41	4.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	157 0.2×	864 1.0×	134	6.5k

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Cheng, Ren‐Chung, Charles R. Haddad, Akio Tanikawa, et al.. (2025). Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae). Zoologica Scripta. 54(3). 421–435. 1 indexed citations

Hebets, Eileen A., et al.. (2024). Courtship performance, not ornamentation, predicts mating success in two sister-species of wolf spider with divergent phenotypes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

Hebets, Eileen A., et al.. (2024). Vibroscape analysis reveals acoustic niche overlap and plastic alteration of vibratory courtship signals in ground-dwelling wolf spiders. Communications Biology. 7(1). 23–23. 6 indexed citations

Hebets, Eileen A., et al.. (2023). Functionally redundant multimodal predator cues elicit changes in prey foraging behavior. Behavioral Ecology. 34(3). 334–339. 3 indexed citations

Wiegmann, Daniel D., et al.. (2021). Multisensory integration supports configural learning of a home refuge in the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(3). 9 indexed citations

Chang, Peter L., Justin E Dalton, Malcolm F. Rosenthal, et al.. (2021). The brain transcriptome of the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata. BMC Research Notes. 14(1). 236–236. 1 indexed citations

Wiegmann, Daniel D., et al.. (2021). Visual control of refuge recognition in the whip spider Phrynus marginemaculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 207(6). 729–737. 3 indexed citations

Wiegmann, Daniel D., et al.. (2020). Vertical-surface navigation in the Neotropical whip spider Paraphrynus laevifrons (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Animal Cognition. 23(6). 1205–1213. 4 indexed citations

Chelini, Marie‐Claire, John P. DeLong, & Eileen A. Hebets. (2019). Ecophysiological determinants of sexual size dimorphism: integrating growth trajectories, environmental conditions, and metabolic rates. Oecologia. 191(1). 61–71. 9 indexed citations

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Graving, Jacob M., Verner P. Bingman, Eileen A. Hebets, & Daniel D. Wiegmann. (2017). Development of site fidelity in the nocturnal amblypygid, Phrynus marginemaculatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 203(5). 313–328. 6 indexed citations

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Michalik, Peter, et al.. (2017). Sensory system plasticity in a visually specialized, nocturnal spider. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46627–46627. 22 indexed citations

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Hebets, Eileen A., et al.. (2016). Costly learning: preference for familiar food persists despite negative impact on survival. Biology Letters. 12(7). 20160256–20160256. 9 indexed citations

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Wagner, William E., et al.. (2016). Males Can Benefit from Sexual Cannibalism Facilitated by Self-Sacrifice. Current Biology. 26(20). 2794–2799. 25 indexed citations

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Wiegmann, Daniel D., Eileen A. Hebets, Wulfila Gronenberg, Jacob M. Graving, & Verner P. Bingman. (2016). Amblypygids: Model Organisms for the Study of Arthropod Navigation Mechanisms in Complex Environments?. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 10. 47–47. 21 indexed citations

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Hebets, Eileen A., et al.. (2016). Benefits of size dimorphism and copulatory silk wrapping in the sexually cannibalistic nursery web spider,Pisaurina mira. Biology Letters. 12(2). 20150957–20150957. 19 indexed citations

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Barron, Andrew B., Eileen A. Hebets, Thomas A. Cleland, et al.. (2015). Embracing multiple definitions of learning. Trends in Neurosciences. 38(7). 405–407. 80 indexed citations

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Hebets, Eileen A., Verner P. Bingman, Eben Gering, et al.. (2014). Multimodal sensory reliance in the nocturnal homing of the amblypygid Phrynus pseudoparvulus (Class Arachnida, Order Amblypygi)?. Behavioural Processes. 108. 123–130. 27 indexed citations

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Deng, Bo, et al.. (2014). A male spider׳s ornamentation polymorphism maintained by opposing selection with two niches. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 357. 103–111. 5 indexed citations

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Hebets, Eileen A., Eben Gering, Verner P. Bingman, & Daniel D. Wiegmann. (2013). Nocturnal homing in the tropical amblypygid Phrynus pseudoparvulus (Class Arachnida, Order Amblypygi). Animal Cognition. 17(4). 1013–1018. 26 indexed citations

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Santer, Roger D. & Eileen A. Hebets. (2011). Evidence for Air Movement Signals in the Agonistic Behaviour of a Nocturnal Arachnid (Order Amblypygi). PLoS ONE. 6(8). e22473–e22473. 15 indexed citations

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