Hema Somanathan

1.1k total citations
47 papers, 744 citations indexed

About

Hema Somanathan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hema Somanathan has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 744 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Hema Somanathan's work include Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (30 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (16 papers). Hema Somanathan is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (43 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (30 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (16 papers). Hema Somanathan collaborates with scholars based in India, Sweden and United Kingdom. Hema Somanathan's co-authors include Renee M. Borges, Almut Kelber, Eric J. Warrant, Rita Wallén, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Elizabeth Nicholls, Emily Baird and Sripathi Kandula and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hema Somanathan

44 papers receiving 720 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hema Somanathan India 15 618 380 240 173 134 47 744
Joaquín Goyret United States 14 617 1.0× 301 0.8× 264 1.1× 259 1.5× 195 1.5× 21 752
Simon M. Tierney Australia 20 793 1.3× 594 1.6× 511 2.1× 143 0.8× 63 0.5× 49 950
Mantaro Hironaka Japan 15 385 0.6× 276 0.7× 365 1.5× 115 0.7× 83 0.6× 49 748
G. B. Edwards United States 20 810 1.3× 753 2.0× 328 1.4× 110 0.6× 94 0.7× 75 1.2k
Silvana Piersanti Italy 17 361 0.6× 347 0.9× 270 1.1× 127 0.7× 267 2.0× 67 752
Jonathan Cnaani United States 13 771 1.2× 589 1.6× 557 2.3× 164 0.9× 135 1.0× 17 902
Yoshitaka Kamimura Japan 22 906 1.5× 716 1.9× 306 1.3× 71 0.4× 59 0.4× 71 1.1k
Jonna Kulmuni Finland 15 294 0.5× 477 1.3× 152 0.6× 77 0.4× 96 0.7× 26 622
Og DeSouza Brazil 17 630 1.0× 580 1.5× 286 1.2× 100 0.6× 28 0.2× 58 918
Kensuke Okada Japan 22 814 1.3× 675 1.8× 529 2.2× 99 0.6× 153 1.1× 62 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hema Somanathan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2025). Reproductive status modulates colour preference and multimodal cue integration in host plant location by butterflies. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(22).
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Kelber, Almut, et al.. (2025). Influence of floral traits on visitation patterns in a miniature tropical stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis. Die Naturwissenschaften. 112(3). 44–44.
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Somanathan, Hema. (2024). Why diversity matters for understanding the visual ecology and behaviour of bees. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 64. 101224–101224. 1 indexed citations
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Warrant, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Defensive shimmering responses in Apis dorsata are triggered by dark stimuli moving against a bright background. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(17). 2 indexed citations
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Murthy, Tejas G., et al.. (2021). Web architecture, dynamics and silk investment in the social spider Stegodyphus sarasinorum. Animal Behaviour. 179. 139–146. 5 indexed citations
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Baird, Emily, et al.. (2021). Spatial resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 208(2). 225–238. 11 indexed citations
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Kelber, Almut, et al.. (2021). Light, flight and the night: effect of ambient light and moon phase on flight activity of pteropodid bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 207(1). 59–68. 5 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2020). Complex multi-modal sensory integration and context specificity in colour preferences of a pierid butterfly. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 13). 9 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2019). Foraging strategies and physiological adaptations in large carpenter bees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 205(3). 387–398. 22 indexed citations
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Nicholls, Elizabeth, et al.. (2019). A matter of taste: the adverse effect of pollen compounds on the pre-ingestive gustatory experience of sugar solutions for honeybees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 205(3). 333–346. 5 indexed citations
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Nicholls, Elizabeth, et al.. (2018). A comparative analysis of colour preferences in temperate and tropical social bees. Die Naturwissenschaften. 105(1-2). 8–8. 23 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, Renee M. Borges, Eric J. Warrant, & Almut Kelber. (2017). Visual Adaptations for Mate Detection in the Male Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tenuiscapa. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0168452–e0168452. 19 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2015). Senses and signals: evolution of floral signals, pollinator sensory systems and the structure of plant-pollinator interactions.. Current Science. 108(10). 1852–1861. 14 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2015). Spatiotemporal strategies that facilitate recruitment in a habitat specialist tree species. AoB Plants. 8. 2 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2014). Secondary removal ofMyristica fatua(Myristicaceae) seeds by crabs inMyristicaswamp forests in India. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 30(3). 259–263. 6 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, Almut Kelber, Renee M. Borges, Rita Wallén, & Eric J. Warrant. (2009). Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195(6). 571–583. 91 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, Renee M. Borges, Eric J. Warrant, & Almut Kelber. (2007). Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: Light intensities and flight activity. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 194(1). 97–107. 64 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, et al.. (2007). Arboreal larder-hoarding in the tropical Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica. Ecoscience. 14(2). 165–169. 8 indexed citations
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Somanathan, Hema, Renee M. Borges, & V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy. (2004). Does Neighborhood Floral Display Matter? Fruit Set in Carpenter Bee‐pollinated Heterophragma quadriloculare and Beetle‐pollinated Lasiosiphon eriocephalus. Biotropica. 36(2). 139–147. 5 indexed citations

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