Jessica Purcell

1.7k total citations
58 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jessica Purcell is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica Purcell has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Genetics, 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Jessica Purcell's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (40 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (33 papers). Jessica Purcell is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (44 papers), Plant and animal studies (40 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (33 papers). Jessica Purcell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Jessica Purcell's co-authors include Michel Chapuisat, Alan Brelsford, Leticia Avilés, Loïc Pellissier, Nicolas Perrin, Yannick Wurm, Anabelle Reber, Pierrick Buri, Séverine D. Buechel and Antoine Guisan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jessica Purcell

55 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jessica Purcell United States 20 868 802 354 108 100 58 1.2k
Sara Helms Cahan United States 24 1.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 489 1.4× 165 1.5× 34 0.3× 55 1.5k
David A. S. Smith United Kingdom 22 675 0.8× 865 1.1× 345 1.0× 102 0.9× 223 2.2× 66 1.2k
Edward G. LeBrun United States 19 881 1.0× 836 1.0× 579 1.6× 164 1.5× 100 1.0× 30 1.1k
Konrad Lohse United Kingdom 19 683 0.8× 460 0.6× 233 0.7× 181 1.7× 112 1.1× 43 1.0k
Yukihiko Toquenaga Japan 16 314 0.4× 422 0.5× 361 1.0× 145 1.3× 115 1.1× 55 769
Miriam H. Richards Canada 14 619 0.7× 676 0.8× 494 1.4× 133 1.2× 37 0.4× 39 903
Perttu Seppä Finland 27 1.6k 1.8× 1.6k 2.0× 486 1.4× 158 1.5× 89 0.9× 58 1.8k
Henrique Teotónio United States 21 845 1.0× 400 0.5× 117 0.3× 226 2.1× 85 0.8× 42 1.3k
Martin Edvardsson Sweden 10 552 0.6× 770 1.0× 335 0.9× 127 1.2× 62 0.6× 13 907
Rumsaïs Blatrix France 19 731 0.8× 785 1.0× 385 1.1× 93 0.9× 53 0.5× 67 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessica Purcell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica Purcell

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All Works

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Purcell, Jessica & Alan Brelsford. (2024). Supergenes in organismal and social development of insects: ideas and opportunities. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 68. 101303–101303. 1 indexed citations
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Leftwich, Philip T., Jessica Purcell, Michelle A. E. Anderson, et al.. (2024). A Synthetic Biology Approach to Transgene Expression in Insects. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(9). 3041–3045.
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Brelsford, Alan, et al.. (2023). Social antagonism facilitates supergene expansion in ants. Current Biology. 33(23). 5085–5095.e4. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Penglin, et al.. (2022). A socially polymorphic Formica ant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(8). 1031–1044. 8 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2022). Species recognition limits mating between hybridizing ant species. Evolution. 76(9). 2105–2115. 1 indexed citations
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Kapun, Martin, et al.. (2022). Effects of social organization and elevation on spatial genetic structure in a montane ant. Ecology and Evolution. 12(5). e8813–e8813. 3 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2021). Linked supergenes underlie split sex ratio and social organization in an ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 21 indexed citations
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Porter, Stephanie S., Camille E. Wendlandt, Jessica Purcell, et al.. (2021). Evolution of specialization in a plant‐microbial mutualism is explained by the oscillation theory of speciation. Evolution. 75(5). 1070–1086. 10 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2020). Maternal effect killing by a supergene controlling ant social organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 17130–17134. 25 indexed citations
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Rankin, Erin E. Wilson, et al.. (2020). Formica francoeuri responds to pheromones and defensive chemical cues of social bees. Insectes Sociaux. 67(4). 547–556. 1 indexed citations
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Paladino, Leonela Carabajal, Sebald A. N. Verkuijl, Jessica Purcell, et al.. (2020). Cas13b-dependent and Cas13b-independent RNA knockdown of viral sequences in mosquito cells following guide RNA expression. Communications Biology. 3(1). 413–413. 23 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica & Jonathan N. Pruitt. (2019). Are personalities genetically determined? Inferences from subsocial spiders. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 867–867. 9 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2018). Asymmetric assortative mating and queen polyandry are linked to a supergene controlling ant social organization. Molecular Ecology. 28(6). 1428–1438. 31 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2016). Ants exhibit asymmetric hybridization in a mosaic hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology. 25(19). 4866–4874. 14 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, et al.. (2016). Ant workers exhibit specialization and memory during raft formation. Die Naturwissenschaften. 103(5-6). 36–36. 3 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, Alan Brelsford, & Michael Kessler. (2016). The World's Highest Forest A better understanding of the properties of Andean que?ua woodlands has major implications for their conservation. 5 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica & Michel Chapuisat. (2014). Foster carers influence brood pathogen resistance in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1792). 20141338–20141338. 5 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica, Alan Brelsford, Yannick Wurm, Nicolas Perrin, & Michel Chapuisat. (2014). Convergent Genetic Architecture Underlies Social Organization in Ants. Current Biology. 24(22). 2728–2732. 122 indexed citations
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Purcell, Jessica & Leticia Avilés. (2007). Smaller colonies and more solitary living mark higher elevation populations of a social spider. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(3). 590–597. 54 indexed citations

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