Francesca Barbero

1.9k total citations
72 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Francesca Barbero is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Barbero has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 50 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Francesca Barbero's work include Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (41 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers). Francesca Barbero is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (41 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (21 papers). Francesca Barbero collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Poland and United Kingdom. Francesca Barbero's co-authors include Emilio Balletto, Simona Bonelli, Luca Pietro Casacci, Magdalena Witek, Jeremy A. Thomas, Karsten Schönrogge, Massimo E. Maffei, Dario Patricelli, Piotr Nowicki and Michela Guglielmotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Barbero

68 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Barbero Italy 23 869 825 370 230 229 72 1.4k
Ole Karsholt Denmark 15 908 1.0× 946 1.1× 370 1.0× 150 0.7× 157 0.7× 110 1.3k
Crisanto Gómez Spain 22 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 385 1.0× 348 1.5× 450 2.0× 69 1.6k
E.J. van Nieukerken Netherlands 22 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 505 1.4× 202 0.9× 202 0.9× 134 1.7k
Thomas Lecocq France 21 900 1.0× 759 0.9× 677 1.8× 150 0.7× 222 1.0× 58 1.3k
Luca Pietro Casacci Italy 19 590 0.7× 584 0.7× 222 0.6× 93 0.4× 163 0.7× 55 851
Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos Brazil 23 1.5k 1.7× 542 0.7× 826 2.2× 657 2.9× 276 1.2× 106 1.8k
Julie Jaquiéry France 23 477 0.5× 525 0.6× 535 1.4× 289 1.3× 96 0.4× 37 1.2k
Toomas Esperk Estonia 19 671 0.8× 474 0.6× 471 1.3× 145 0.6× 191 0.8× 30 1.2k
Carlos García‐Robledo United States 19 669 0.8× 390 0.5× 401 1.1× 231 1.0× 262 1.1× 50 1.4k
Douglas Chesters China 19 843 1.0× 409 0.5× 354 1.0× 142 0.6× 187 0.8× 44 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Barbero

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barbero, Francesca & Luca Pietro Casacci. (2025). The effect of biogenic amines in the neuromodulation of insect social behavior. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 71. 101390–101390.
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Dapporto, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). How effective are insect aposematism and Batesian mimicry in deterring a wild avian predator?. Ecology. 106(6). e70135–e70135. 2 indexed citations
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Balletto, Emilio, Francesca Barbero, Simona Bonelli, Luca Pietro Casacci, & Leonardo Dapporto. (2024). On Linnaeus’ (1764) butterfly type materials missing from the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Section of Zoology) and the case of Papilio hermione. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 47. 163–170.
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Caprio, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Yeasts, arthropods, and environmental matrix: a triad to disentangle the multi-level definition of biodiversity. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20144–20144. 4 indexed citations
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Barbero, Francesca, Giuseppe Mannino, & Luca Pietro Casacci. (2023). The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants. Insects. 14(4). 386–386. 10 indexed citations
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Mannino, Giuseppe, et al.. (2023). The Geomagnetic Field (GMF) Is Necessary for Black Garden Ant (Lasius niger L.) Foraging and Modulates Orientation Potentially through Aminergic Regulation and MagR Expression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4387–4387. 11 indexed citations
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Riva, Federico, Francesca Barbero, Emilio Balletto, & Simona Bonelli. (2023). Combining environmental niche models, multi‐grain analyses, and species traits identifies pervasive effects of land use on butterfly biodiversity across Italy. Global Change Biology. 29(7). 1715–1728. 19 indexed citations
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Mazzola, S., et al.. (2023). Bioacoustic IoT Sensors as Next-Generation Tools for Monitoring: Counting Flying Insects through Buzz. Insects. 14(12). 924–924. 2 indexed citations
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Ferracini, Chiara, et al.. (2022). The Box Tree Moth: An Invasive Species Severely Threatening Buxus Natural Formation in NW Italy. Forests. 13(2). 178–178. 9 indexed citations
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Barbero, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Forests influence yeast populations vectored by insects into vineyards. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1039939–1039939. 8 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, et al.. (2021). Southeast Asian clearwing moths buzz like their model bees. Frontiers in Zoology. 18(1). 35–35. 4 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, Karsten Schönrogge, Jeremy A. Thomas, et al.. (2019). Host specificity pattern and chemical deception in a social parasite of ants. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1619–1619. 15 indexed citations
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Mannino, Giuseppe, Gholamreza Abdi, Massimo E. Maffei, & Francesca Barbero. (2018). Origanum vulgare terpenoids modulate Myrmica scabrinodis brain biogenic amines and ant behaviour. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209047–e0209047. 10 indexed citations
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Camoni, Lorenzo, Francesca Barbero, Patrizia Aducci, & Massimo E. Maffei. (2018). Spodoptera littoralis oral secretions inhibit the activity of Phaseolus lunatus plasma membrane H+-ATPase. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0202142–e0202142. 15 indexed citations
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Csata, Enikő, Magdalena Witek, Luca Pietro Casacci, et al.. (2017). Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46323–46323. 29 indexed citations
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Marchelli, Paula, et al.. (2016). Zonas geneticas de rauli y roble pellin en Argentina : Herramientas para la conservacion y el manejo de la diversidad genetica. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Casacci, Luca Pietro, et al.. (2014). Variation in Butterfly Larval Acoustics as a Strategy to Infiltrate and Exploit Host Ant Colony Resources. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94341–e94341. 32 indexed citations
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Bonelli, Simona, Magdalena Witek, Francesca Barbero, et al.. (2011). A model for the evolution of parasite–host interactions based on the Maculinea–Myrmica system: Numerical simulations and multiple host behavior. Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications. 13(4). 1507–1524. 7 indexed citations
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Patricelli, Dario, Magdalena Witek, Francesca Barbero, et al.. (2010). Evidence of high larval host ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) specificity in the first post-adoption phase for the myrmecophilous butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).. Sociobiology. 55(3). 861–870. 12 indexed citations
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Barbero, Francesca, Jeremy A. Thomas, Simona Bonelli, Emilio Balletto, & Karsten Schönrogge. (2009). Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds That Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite. Science. 323(5915). 782–785. 132 indexed citations

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