Gregory D. D. Hurst

17.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
191 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Gregory D. D. Hurst is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory D. D. Hurst has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Insect Science, 83 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 49 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gregory D. D. Hurst's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (135 papers), Plant and animal studies (70 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (66 papers). Gregory D. D. Hurst is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (135 papers), Plant and animal studies (70 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (66 papers). Gregory D. D. Hurst collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Gregory D. D. Hurst's co-authors include Francis M. Jiggins, Michael E. N. Majerus, Richard Stouthamer, Jan Engelstädter, Johannes A. J. Breeuwer, John H. Werren, Nicolas Galtier, Sylvain Glémin, Benoît Nabholz and Olivier Duron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gregory D. D. Hurst

187 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

Wolbachia Pipientis: Microbial Manipulator of Arthropod R... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2009 2005 2008 2009 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Wolbachia Pipientis: Microbial Manipulator of Arthropod Reproduction
    1999 1.0k citations Gregory D. D. Hurst et al. profile →
  2. Mitochondrial DNA as a marker of molecular diversity: a reappraisal
    2009 836 citations Gregory D. D. Hurst et al. profile →
  3. Problems with mitochondrial DNA as a marker in population, phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies: the effects of inherited symbionts
    2005 675 citations Gregory D. D. Hurst et al. profile →
  4. The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachiado not walk alone
    2008 537 citations Olivier Duron, Gregory D. D. Hurst et al. profile →
  5. The Ecology and Evolution of Microbes that Manipulate Host Reproduction
    2009 392 citations Gregory D. D. Hurst 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
Gregory D. D. Hurst United Kingdom 58 8.7k 3.3k 3.1k 1.5k 1.4k 191 12.0k
Takema Fukatsu Japan 71 14.1k 1.6× 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.2× 3.7k 2.5× 1.9k 1.4× 288 16.8k
Francis M. Jiggins United Kingdom 55 5.9k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 135 9.1k
Richard Stouthamer United States 52 8.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 2.0× 721 0.5× 212 10.2k
John H. Werren United States 73 16.9k 1.9× 5.7k 1.8× 5.6k 1.8× 3.1k 2.1× 2.8k 2.0× 226 21.9k
Nathan Lo Australia 49 3.3k 0.4× 4.0k 1.2× 3.6k 1.2× 834 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 158 7.4k
Chris Simon United States 44 3.7k 0.4× 4.5k 1.4× 6.0k 1.9× 1.7k 1.1× 2.6k 1.9× 138 11.3k
Graham N. Stone United Kingdom 51 4.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 7.1k 2.2× 2.0k 1.3× 868 0.6× 197 9.6k
Michael R. Strand United States 68 11.1k 1.3× 2.3k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 3.4k 2.2× 2.9k 2.1× 233 14.7k
Michel Solignac France 50 5.0k 0.6× 5.9k 1.8× 4.7k 1.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 112 8.7k
Edward Allen Herre Panama 55 2.0k 0.2× 2.5k 0.8× 7.1k 2.3× 6.0k 4.0× 1.2k 0.8× 109 11.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arai, Hiroshi, Susumu Katsuma, Hideshi Naka, et al.. (2025). Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanism within a host species. Current Biology. 35(9). 2006–2018.e6. 4 indexed citations
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Hurst, Gregory D. D., et al.. (2023). Male-killer symbiont screening reveals novel associations in Adalia ladybirds. Access Microbiology. 5(7).
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Davison, Helen, et al.. (2023). ‘ Candidatus Tisiphia ’ is a widespread Rickettsiaceae symbiont in the mosquito Anopheles plumbeus ( Diptera: Culicidae ). Environmental Microbiology. 25(12). 3064–3074. 1 indexed citations
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Gerth, Michael, et al.. (2022). Rapid divergence in independent aspects of the compatibility phenotype in a Spiroplasma–Drosophila interaction. Microbiology. 168(12). 1 indexed citations
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Pilgrim, Jack, Stefanos Siozios, Matthew Baylis, et al.. (2021). Cardinium symbiosis as a potential confounder of mtDNA based phylogeographic inference in Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of veterinary viruses. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 128–128. 6 indexed citations
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Drew, Georgia, Giles E. Budge, Crystal L. Frost, et al.. (2021). Transitions in symbiosis: evidence for environmental acquisition and social transmission within a clade of heritable symbionts. The ISME Journal. 15(10). 2956–2968. 25 indexed citations
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Gerth, Michael, Paulino Ramirez, Florent Masson, et al.. (2021). Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila. Microbial Genomics. 7(2). 26 indexed citations
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Pilgrim, Jack, Helen Davison, Stefanos Siozios, et al.. (2021). Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and reflect a neglected symbiosis. GigaScience. 10(3). 27 indexed citations
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Midha, Samriti, Daniel J. Rigden, Stefanos Siozios, Gregory D. D. Hurst, & Andrew P. Jackson. (2021). Bodo saltans (Kinetoplastida) is dependent on a novel Paracaedibacter -like endosymbiont that possesses multiple putative toxin-antitoxin systems. The ISME Journal. 15(6). 1680–1694. 14 indexed citations
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Pilgrim, Jack, Stefanos Siozios, Matthew Baylis, & Gregory D. D. Hurst. (2020). Tissue Tropisms and Transstadial Transmission of a Rickettsia Endosymbiont in the Highland Midge, Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(20). 5 indexed citations
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Hurst, Gregory D. D., et al.. (2020). Symbiont‐mediated fly survival is independent of defensive symbiont genotype in the Drosophila melanogaster – Spiroplasma –wasp interaction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(11). 1625–1633. 8 indexed citations
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Bankers, Laura, Dylan Dahan, Maurine Neiman, et al.. (2020). Invasive freshwater snails form novel microbial relationships. Evolutionary Applications. 14(3). 770–780. 14 indexed citations
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Davison, Helen, et al.. (2020). Incidence and Diversity of Torix Rickettsia–Odonata Symbioses. Microbial Ecology. 81(1). 203–212. 12 indexed citations
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Gerth, Michael & Gregory D. D. Hurst. (2017). Short reads from honey bee ( Apis sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity. PeerJ. 5. e3529–e3529. 11 indexed citations
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Dittmer, Jessica, Edward J. van Opstal, J. Dylan Shropshire, et al.. (2016). Disentangling a Holobiont – Recent Advances and Perspectives in Nasonia Wasps. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1478–1478. 32 indexed citations
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Duron, Olivier, Timothy E. Wilkes, & Gregory D. D. Hurst. (2010). Interspecific transmission of a male‐killing bacterium on an ecological timescale. Ecology Letters. 13(9). 1139–1148. 88 indexed citations
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Price, Tom A. R., David J. Hodgson, Zenobia Lewis, Gregory D. D. Hurst, & Nina Wedell. (2008). Selfish Genetic Elements Promote Polyandry in a Fly. Science. 322(5905). 1241–1243. 86 indexed citations
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Veneti, Zoe, et al.. (2005). A Functional Dosage Compensation Complex Required for Male Killing in Drosophila. Science. 307(5714). 1461–1463. 73 indexed citations
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Webberley, K. Mary, J. Buszko, Valerie Isham, & Gregory D. D. Hurst. (2005). Sexually transmitted disease epidemics in a natural insect population. Journal of Animal Ecology. 75(1). 33–43. 33 indexed citations
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Hurst, Gregory D. D., Laurence D. Hurst, & Rufus A. Johnstone. (1992). Intranuclear conflict and its role in evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 7(11). 373–378. 21 indexed citations

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