Eric Bonabeau

23.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
105 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Bonabeau is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Bonabeau has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Eric Bonabeau's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (28 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (16 papers). Eric Bonabeau is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (28 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (16 papers). Eric Bonabeau collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. Eric Bonabeau's co-authors include Guy Théraulaz, Marco Dorigo, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Jean‐Louis Deneubourg, C. Ronald Kube, Carsten Meyer, Scott Camazine, Serge Aron, Laurent Dagorn and Pierre Fréon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eric Bonabeau

103 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

Swarm Intelligence 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2002 2003 2000 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Bonabeau France 41 2.9k 2.7k 1.9k 1.8k 1.6k 105 14.4k
Guy Théraulaz France 57 2.8k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 3.1k 1.7× 1.1k 0.7× 151 15.1k
Dirk Helbing Switzerland 81 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 4.4k 2.4× 1.2k 0.7× 4.6k 2.8× 367 41.4k
Craig W. Reynolds United States 36 1.5k 0.5× 3.7k 1.4× 631 0.3× 636 0.3× 580 0.4× 84 13.0k
J. A. Hartigan United States 35 6.9k 2.3× 1.1k 0.4× 577 0.3× 926 0.5× 913 0.6× 83 22.2k
Zhen Wang China 59 3.2k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 4.6k 2.5× 2.1k 1.1× 3.9k 2.4× 557 17.5k
Joseph B. Kruskal United States 24 3.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 911 0.5× 853 0.5× 716 0.4× 49 20.5k
Ricard V. Solé Spain 63 1.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 2.8k 1.7× 303 15.1k
Long Wang China 83 992 0.3× 15.0k 5.6× 6.5k 3.5× 3.8k 2.1× 2.9k 1.8× 1.2k 33.1k
Paul W. Holland United States 51 2.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 477 0.3× 2.6k 1.6× 178 21.0k
David J. Hand United Kingdom 66 9.2k 3.1× 1.2k 0.4× 868 0.5× 469 0.3× 380 0.2× 369 24.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bonabeau, Eric. (2011). Predicting the ‘unpredictable’. Zed Books. 80(3). 109–16, 134. 25 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, David Corne, Joshua Knowles, & Riccardo Poli. (2010). Swarm intelligence theory: A snapshot of the state of the art. Theoretical Computer Science. 411(21). 2081–2083. 7 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric. (2009). Decisions 2.0: the power of collective intelligence. MIT Sloan management review. 50(2). 45–52. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bonabeau, Eric. (2009). Decisiones 2.0: el poder de la inteligencia colectiva. Harvard-Deusto business review. 20–29.
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Bonabeau, Eric, N. Bodick, & Robert W. Armstrong. (2008). Un enfoque más racional para el desarrollo de nuevos productos. Harvard business review. 86(3). 92–98. 1 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric. (2007). Understanding and Managing Complexity Risk. MIT Sloan management review. 48(4). 62–68. 34 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (2007). Expecting the Unexpected: The Need for a Networked Terrorism and Disaster Response Strategy. 3(1). 9 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (2006). What Is Luxury Without Variety. Harvard business review. 84(4). 21–22. 3 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (2003). Agent-Based Modeling for Testing and Designing Novel Decentralized Command and Control System Paradigms. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 7 indexed citations
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Théraulaz, Guy, Eric Bonabeau, Ricard V. Solé, Bertrand Schatz, & Jean‐Louis Deneubourg. (2002). Task Partitioning in a Ponerine Ant. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 215(4). 481–489. 13 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, Marco Dorigo, & Guy Théraulaz. (1999). From Natural to Artificial Swarm Intelligence. Oxford University Press eBooks. 177 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric. (1999). Dominance Orders in Animal Societies: The Self-organization Hypothesis Revisited. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 61(4). 727–757. 73 indexed citations
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Théraulaz, Guy, Eric Bonabeau, & Jean‐Louis Deneubourg. (1998). Insectos arquitectos, ¿nidos grabados en la cabeza?. 38–45.
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Théraulaz, Guy, Eric Bonabeau, & Jean‐Louis Deneubourg. (1998). The origin of nest complexity in social insects. Complexity. 3(6). 15–25. 64 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (1998). A model for the emergence of pillars, walls and royal chambers in termite nests. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 353(1375). 1561–1576. 115 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric. (1998). Fixed Response Thresholds and the Regulation of Division of Labor in Insect Societies. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 60(4). 753–807. 161 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (1997). Adaptive Task Allocation Inspired by a Model of Division of Labor in Social Insects. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 36–45. 86 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric, et al.. (1995). Characterizing emergent phenomena (1): a critical review. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 24 indexed citations
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Bonabeau, Eric. (1995). Sandpile Dynamics on Random Graphs. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 64(1). 327–328. 33 indexed citations
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Théraulaz, Guy, Eric Bonabeau, Simon Goss, & Jean‐Louis Deneubourg. (1994). L'intelligence collective. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 198. 90–95. 22 indexed citations

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