Heikki Helanterä

4.0k total citations
103 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Heikki Helanterä is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heikki Helanterä has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Genetics, 87 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 39 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Heikki Helanterä's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (84 papers), Plant and animal studies (79 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers). Heikki Helanterä is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (84 papers), Plant and animal studies (79 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers). Heikki Helanterä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and Sweden. Heikki Helanterä's co-authors include Stephen J. Martin, Falko P. Drijfhout, Liselotte Sundström, Tobias Uller, Francis L. W. Ratnieks, Francis L. W. Ratnieks, Tom Wenseleers, Kalevi Trontti, Juli Carrillo and Joan E. Strassmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heikki Helanterä

101 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heikki Helanterä Finland 28 2.0k 1.8k 1.1k 200 153 103 2.3k
Timothy A. Linksvayer United States 27 1.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 171 0.9× 209 1.4× 65 2.2k
Philip T. Starks United States 28 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 96 0.5× 106 0.7× 77 2.4k
Seirian Sumner United Kingdom 28 1.9k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 143 0.7× 116 0.8× 82 2.5k
James H. Hunt United States 24 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 854 0.8× 79 0.4× 188 1.2× 41 1.8k
Susanne Foitzik Germany 35 3.3k 1.7× 3.2k 1.7× 1.4k 1.3× 119 0.6× 260 1.7× 146 3.7k
Ellouise Leadbeater United Kingdom 27 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 273 1.4× 101 0.7× 52 2.3k
Liselotte Sundström Finland 36 3.1k 1.6× 2.9k 1.6× 1.5k 1.4× 84 0.4× 139 0.9× 106 3.5k
Barbara L. Thorne United States 27 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 749 0.7× 93 0.5× 100 0.7× 67 2.1k
Dhruba Naug United States 20 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 75 0.4× 58 0.4× 41 1.8k
Deborah R. Smith United States 29 2.3k 1.2× 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 84 0.4× 29 0.2× 77 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heikki Helanterä

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sigeman, Hanna, Pierre Nouhaud, Heikki Helanterä, et al.. (2025). The loss of a supergene in obligately polygynous Formica wood ant species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(12).
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Lehtonen, Topi K. & Heikki Helanterä. (2024). The role of neighbours in aggressive defence of territories in mixed-species breeding aggregations of cichlid fish. Hydrobiologia. 852(15). 3873–3883. 1 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Jes Søe, et al.. (2023). Positive selection has shaped the evolution of Argentine ant immune genes both in native and introduced supercolonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37(2). 131–140. 1 indexed citations
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Will, Torsten, et al.. (2023). Formica fusca ants use aphid supplemented foods to alleviate effects during the acute phase of a fungal infection. Biology Letters. 19(11). 20230415–20230415. 4 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki, et al.. (2023). Relatedness modulates reproductive competition among queens in ant societies with multiple queens. Behavioral Ecology. 34(3). 340–345. 2 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki, Patrik Karell, Jyrki Pusenius, et al.. (2023). Factors promoting hunting groups’ sustainable harvest of moose in a co-management system. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21076–21076. 2 indexed citations
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Mattila, Tiina M., et al.. (2023). Strong Purifying Selection in Haploid Tissue–Specific Genes of Scots Pine Supports the Masking Theory. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(8). 3 indexed citations
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Bernasconi, Christian, Heikki Helanterä, Bernhard Seifert, et al.. (2022). Whole‐genome analysis of multiple wood ant population pairs supports similar speciation histories, but different degrees of gene flow, across their European ranges. Molecular Ecology. 31(12). 3416–3431. 9 indexed citations
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Monnin, David, Heikki Helanterä, Jan Oettler, et al.. (2022). Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in ants. The ISME Journal. 16(9). 2114–2122. 18 indexed citations
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Seppä, Perttu, et al.. (2020). Limited dispersal and an unexpected aggression pattern in a native supercolonial ant. Ecology and Evolution. 10(8). 3671–3685. 8 indexed citations
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Morandin, Claire, Volker Brendel, Liselotte Sundström, Heikki Helanterä, & Alexander S. Mikheyev. (2019). Changes in gene DNA methylation and expression networks accompany caste specialization and age‐related physiological changes in a social insect. Molecular Ecology. 28(8). 1975–1993. 25 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki, et al.. (2019). The possible role of ant larvae in the defence against social parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1898). 20182867–20182867. 8 indexed citations
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Seppä, Perttu, et al.. (2019). Evolution of dispersal in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review on the dispersal strategies of sessile superorganisms. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 26 indexed citations
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Johansson, Helena, Perttu Seppä, Heikki Helanterä, Kalevi Trontti, & Liselotte Sundström. (2018). Weak population structure in the ant Formica fusca. PeerJ. 6. e5024–e5024. 10 indexed citations
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Morandin, Claire, Alexander S. Mikheyev, Jes Søe Pedersen, & Heikki Helanterä. (2017). Evolutionary constraints shape caste-specific gene expression across 15 ant species. Evolution. 71(5). 1273–1284. 10 indexed citations
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Uller, Tobias & Heikki Helanterä. (2014). Towards an evolutionary developmental biology of cooperation?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 48. 267–271. 2 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki. (2009). Do unicolonial wood ants favor kin?. Journal of Biology. 8(6). 56–56. 7 indexed citations
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Seppä, Perttu, et al.. (2009). Population genetics of the black ant Formica lemani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97(2). 247–258. 8 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki & Liselotte Sundström. (2007). Worker policing and nest mate recognition in the ant Formica fusca. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61(8). 1143–1149. 32 indexed citations
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Helanterä, Heikki, Stephen J. Martin, & Francis L. W. Ratnieks. (2007). Prior experience with eggs laid by non-nestmate queens induces egg acceptance errors in ant workers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62(2). 223–228. 18 indexed citations

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