Hans T. Alborn

12.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Hans T. Alborn is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans T. Alborn has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Insect Science, 79 papers in Plant Science and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hans T. Alborn's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (64 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (42 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (41 papers). Hans T. Alborn is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (64 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (42 papers) and Insect Pest Control Strategies (41 papers). Hans T. Alborn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Sweden. Hans T. Alborn's co-authors include James H. Tumlinson, Eric A. Schmelz, Jürgen Engelberth, Peter E. A. Teal, Ted C. J. Turlings, Paul W. Paré, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, W. J. Lewis, Gunnar Stenhagen and Lukasz L. Stelinski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans T. Alborn

124 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Herbivore-infested plants selectively attract parasitoids

1998 979 citations Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Hans T. Alborn et al. profile →
An Elicitor of Plant Volatiles from Beet Armyworm Oral Secretion

1997 741 citations Hans T. Alborn, Ted C. J. Turlings et al. profile →
Airborne signals prime plants against insect herbivore attack

2004 675 citations Jürgen Engelberth, Hans T. Alborn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans T. Alborn United States	50	6.1k	6.0k	2.7k	2.5k	757	124	9.5k
Peter E. A. Teal United States	49	2.7k 0.4×	5.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	612 0.8×	205	7.7k
Denis J. Wright United Kingdom	43	3.8k 0.6×	4.5k 0.7×	819 0.3×	3.1k 1.3×	399 0.5×	219	6.7k
Paul R. Ebert Australia	33	3.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	740 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	185 0.2×	86	4.9k
Gary W. Felton United States	61	6.2k 1.0×	7.5k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	166	10.7k
Georg Jander United States	61	9.6k 1.6×	5.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	6.4k 2.6×	526 0.7×	172	14.3k
Richard H. ffrench‐Constant United Kingdom	69	4.1k 0.7×	8.3k 1.4×	1.8k 0.7×	7.1k 2.9×	880 1.2×	249	14.1k
Lukasz L. Stelinski United States	47	5.1k 0.8×	7.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	287	8.7k
R. N. C. Guedes Brazil	61	8.8k 1.4×	11.1k 1.9×	2.8k 1.1×	4.7k 1.9×	588 0.8×	509	14.1k
David B. Sattelle United Kingdom	64	2.7k 0.4×	7.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	5.4k 2.2×	857 1.1×	296	12.6k
David G. Heckel Germany	69	5.3k 0.9×	9.5k 1.6×	1.8k 0.7×	9.4k 3.8×	795 1.1×	236	14.6k

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Stevens, Glen, Paul Schliekelman, Fatma Kaplan, et al.. (2024). Group Movement in Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Aggregation Levels Vary Based on Context. Journal of Nematology. 56(1). 20240002–20240002. 4 indexed citations

Alborn, Hans T., et al.. (2023). What Is More Important to Host-Seeking Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Innate or Learned Preference?. Agriculture. 13(9). 1802–1802. 1 indexed citations

Mundim, Fabiane M., Ernane H. M. Vieira‐Neto, Hans T. Alborn, & Emilio M. Bruna. (2021). Disentangling the influence of water limitation and simultaneous above and belowground herbivory on plant tolerance and resistance to stress. Journal of Ecology. 109(7). 2729–2739. 6 indexed citations

Beck, John J., Hans T. Alborn, Anna K. Block, et al.. (2018). Interactions Among Plants, Insects, and Microbes: Elucidation of Inter-Organismal Chemical Communications in Agricultural Ecology. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(26). 6663–6674. 45 indexed citations

Sourakov, Andrei & Hans T. Alborn. (2017). On the evolutionary arms-race between the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebiidae: Arctiinae) and its Florida host, Crotalaria pumila (Fabaceae): chemical attraction and mechanical defense. Tropical lepidoptera research. 27(1). 1 indexed citations

Ruan, Weibin, David I. Shapiro‐Ilan, Edwin E. Lewis, et al.. (2017). Movement patterns in Entomopathogenic nematodes: Continuous vs. temporal. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 151. 137–143. 21 indexed citations

Helms, Anjel M., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Armin Tröger, et al.. (2017). Identification of an insect-produced olfactory cue that primes plant defenses. Nature Communications. 8(1). 337–337. 62 indexed citations

Vaughan, Martha, Alisa Huffaker, Eric A. Schmelz, et al.. (2016). Interactive Effects of Elevated [CO2] and Drought on the Maize Phytochemical Defense Response against Mycotoxigenic Fusarium verticillioides. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0159270–e0159270. 46 indexed citations

Cabrera, Ana R., Paul D. Shirk, Jay D. Evans, et al.. (2014). Three Halloween genes from the Varroa mite, Varroa destructor (Anderson & Trueman) and their expression during reproduction. Insect Molecular Biology. 24(3). 277–292. 32 indexed citations

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Mast, Joshua D., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Hans T. Alborn, Luke D. Lavis, & David L. Stern. (2014). Evolved differences in larval social behavior mediated by novel pheromones. eLife. 3. e04205–e04205. 60 indexed citations

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Vaughan, Martha, Shawn A. Christensen, Eric A. Schmelz, et al.. (2014). Accumulation of terpenoid phytoalexins in maize roots is associated with drought tolerance. Plant Cell & Environment. 38(11). 2195–2207. 111 indexed citations

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Huffaker, Alisa, Gregory Pearce, Nathalie Veyrat, et al.. (2013). Plant elicitor peptides are conserved signals regulating direct and indirect antiherbivore defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(14). 5707–5712. 164 indexed citations

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Schmelz, Eric A., Fatma Kaplan, Alisa Huffaker, et al.. (2011). Identity, regulation, and activity of inducible diterpenoid phytoalexins in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(13). 5455–5460. 210 indexed citations

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Huffaker, Alisa, Fatma Kaplan, Martha Vaughan, et al.. (2011). Novel Acidic Sesquiterpenoids Constitute a Dominant Class of Pathogen-Induced Phytoalexins in Maize . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(4). 2082–2097. 182 indexed citations

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Walse, Spencer S., Hans T. Alborn, & Peter E. A. Teal. (2008). Environmentally regulated abiotic release of volatile pheromones from the sugar-based oral secretions of caribflies. Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews. 1(4). 205–217. 7 indexed citations

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Torto, Baldwyn, Richard T. Arbogast, Hans T. Alborn, et al.. (2007). Composition of volatiles from fermenting pollen dough and attractiveness to the small hive beetle Aethina tumida, a parasite of the honeybee Apis mellifera. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Schmelz, Eric A., Mark J. Carroll, Sherry LeClere, et al.. (2006). Fragments of ATP synthase mediate plant perception of insect attack. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(23). 8894–8899. 287 indexed citations

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Schmelz, Eric A., Jürgen Engelberth, James H. Tumlinson, Anna K. Block, & Hans T. Alborn. (2004). The use of vapor phase extraction in metabolic profiling of phytohormones and other metabolites. The Plant Journal. 39(5). 790–808. 212 indexed citations

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Schmelz, Eric A., Hans T. Alborn, & James H. Tumlinson. (2003). Synergistic interactions between volicitin, jasmonic acid and ethylene mediate insect‐induced volatile emission in Zea mays. Physiologia Plantarum. 117(3). 403–412. 125 indexed citations

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Turlings, Ted C. J., Philip J. McCall, Hans T. Alborn, & James H. Tumlinson. (1993). An elicitor in caterpillar oral secretions that induces corn seedlings to emit chemical signals attractive to parasitic wasps. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 19(3). 411–425. 245 indexed citations

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