James J. Foster

895 total citations
29 papers, 574 citations indexed

About

James J. Foster is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Foster has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 574 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in James J. Foster's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). James J. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (12 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). James J. Foster collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and South Africa. James J. Foster's co-authors include Marie Dacke, Marcus J. Byrne, Basil el Jundi, Emily Baird, Jochen Smolka, Lana Khaldy, Dan-Eric Nilsson, Nicholas W. Roberts, Camilla R. Sharkey and Anna Stöckl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

James J. Foster

28 papers receiving 555 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Foster Sweden	14	263	238	155	103	83	29	574
Jochen Smolka Sweden	15	377 1.4×	304 1.3×	183 1.2×	136 1.3×	118 1.4×	19	684
Miriam J. Henze Sweden	13	301 1.1×	313 1.3×	149 1.0×	43 0.4×	68 0.8×	17	525
Anna Stöckl Sweden	13	280 1.1×	293 1.2×	175 1.1×	50 0.5×	46 0.6×	24	488
Axel Schmid Austria	17	365 1.4×	275 1.2×	170 1.1×	66 0.6×	116 1.4×	42	744
Lana Khaldy Sweden	8	211 0.8×	144 0.6×	128 0.8×	62 0.6×	41 0.5×	11	325
Michael J. Bok United States	15	437 1.7×	266 1.1×	59 0.4×	66 0.6×	201 2.4×	29	762
Ramón Hegedüs Hungary	16	135 0.5×	178 0.7×	138 0.9×	116 1.1×	170 2.0×	29	665
Jamie C. Theobald United States	14	355 1.3×	399 1.7×	252 1.6×	48 0.5×	43 0.5×	31	653
Paul S. Shamble United States	10	142 0.5×	304 1.3×	206 1.3×	69 0.7×	33 0.4×	16	462
Frederick R. Prete United States	15	252 1.0×	376 1.6×	271 1.7×	49 0.5×	21 0.3×	30	574

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Wen, Zhengyong, Boya Gao, James J. Foster, et al.. (2025). Skyglow-Induced Luminance Gradients Influence Orientation in a Migratory Moth. Insects. 16(12). 1252–1252.

Dreyer, David L., Andrea Adden, Hui Chen, et al.. (2025). Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night. Nature. 643(8073). 994–1000. 13 indexed citations

Belušič, Gregor, et al.. (2024). Polarized light detection in bumblebees varies with light intensity and is mediated by both the ocelli and compound eyes. Biology Letters. 20(9). 20240299–20240299. 4 indexed citations

Yilmaz, Ayse Selen, Gregor Belušič, James J. Foster, et al.. (2024). Polarisation vision in the dark: green-sensitive photoreceptors in the nocturnal ball-rolling dung beetle Escarabaeus satyrus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(4). 5 indexed citations

Foster, James J., et al.. (2023). Flower patterns improve foraging efficiency in bumblebees by guiding approach flight and landing. Functional Ecology. 37(3). 763–777. 10 indexed citations

Nouvian, Morgane, James J. Foster, & Anja Weidenmüller. (2023). Glyphosate impairs aversive learning in bumblebees. The Science of The Total Environment. 898. 165527–165527. 8 indexed citations

Foster, James J., et al.. (2023). Walking bumblebees see faster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1999). 20230460–20230460. 2 indexed citations

Khaldy, Lana, James J. Foster, Ayse Selen Yilmaz, et al.. (2022). The interplay of directional information provided by unpolarised and polarised light in the heading direction network of the diurnal dung beetle Kheper lamarcki. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(3). 7 indexed citations

Stöckl, Anna & James J. Foster. (2022). Night skies through animals’ eyes—Quantifying night-time visual scenes and light pollution as viewed by animals. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 984282–984282. 9 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., Claudia Tocco, Jochen Smolka, et al.. (2021). Light pollution forces a change in dung beetle orientation behavior. Current Biology. 31(17). 3935–3942.e3. 36 indexed citations

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Tocco, Claudia, et al.. (2021). Elevated atmospheric CO₂adversely affects a dung beetle’s development: Another potential driver of decline in insect numbers?. Global Change Biology. 27(19). 4592–4600. 10 indexed citations

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Olsson, Peter, et al.. (2020). Chicken colour discrimination depends on background colour. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 24). 5 indexed citations

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Dacke, Marie, James J. Foster, Emily Baird, et al.. (2019). Multimodal cue integration in the dung beetle compass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(28). 14248–14253. 47 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., Shelby E. Temple, Martin J. How, et al.. (2018). Polarisation vision: overcoming challenges of working with a property of light we barely see. Die Naturwissenschaften. 105(3-4). 27–27. 61 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., Basil el Jundi, Jochen Smolka, et al.. (2018). Orienting to polarized light at night—matching lunar skylight to performance in a nocturnal beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 2). 24 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., Jochen Smolka, Dan-Eric Nilsson, & Marie Dacke. (2018). How animals follow the stars. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1871). 20172322–20172322. 47 indexed citations

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Jundi, Basil el, James J. Foster, Lana Khaldy, et al.. (2016). A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for Celestial Orientation. Current Biology. 26(11). 1456–1462. 58 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., et al.. (2014). Bumblebees Learn Polarization Patterns. Current Biology. 24(12). 1415–1420. 49 indexed citations

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Foster, James J., et al.. (1982). Intrasystem Analysis Program (IAP) Model Improvement.. 2 indexed citations

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Foster, James J.. (1958). ASSOCIATION OF CHOLELITHIASIS, HIATUS HERNIA, AND DIVERTICULOSIS COLI. Journal of the American Medical Association. 168(3). 257–257. 19 indexed citations

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