Ken Cheng

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Ken Cheng is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Cheng has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 89 papers in Genetics and 61 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ken Cheng's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (86 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (63 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (59 papers). Ken Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (86 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (63 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (59 papers). Ken Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Ken Cheng's co-authors include Megan Oaten, Nora S. Newcombe, Antoine Wystrach, Marcia L. Spetch, Rüdiger Wehner, Patrick Schultheiss, Sebastian Schwarz, Cody A. Freas, Janellen Huttenlocher and Ajay Narendra and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ken Cheng

186 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Cheng Australia	48	2.9k	2.8k	2.3k	2.0k	1.6k	192	8.1k
Onur Güntürkün Germany	67	9.0k 3.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	406 0.3×	429	15.8k
Marcia L. Spetch Canada	43	2.5k 0.9×	826 0.3×	235 0.1×	408 0.2×	899 0.6×	192	5.2k
Nicola S. Clayton United Kingdom	68	4.8k 1.7×	5.7k 2.0×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	110 0.1×	311	14.9k
Michael F. Land United Kingdom	36	3.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	535 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	325 0.2×	85	7.3k
Giorgio Vallortígara Italy	78	13.6k 4.8×	4.0k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	771 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	401	19.9k
Sara J. Shettleworth Canada	44	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	515 0.2×	487 0.2×	361 0.2×	113	5.8k
N. J. Mackintosh United Kingdom	49	8.4k 2.9×	996 0.3×	367 0.2×	3.5k 1.7×	405 0.3×	184	13.5k
Alan C. Kamil United States	39	1.5k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	570 0.3×	402 0.2×	341 0.2×	111	6.2k
C. R. Gallistel United States	51	7.4k 2.6×	554 0.2×	246 0.1×	2.9k 1.5×	682 0.4×	176	14.4k
Lesley J. Rogers Australia	64	10.7k 3.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	643 0.3×	127 0.1×	242	14.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Cheng

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All Works

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Freas, Cody A. & Ken Cheng. (2025). Visual learning, route formation and the choreography of looking back in desert ants, Melophorus bagoti. Animal Behaviour. 222. 123125–123125.

Cheng, Ken. (2025). Discover plants inaugural editorial. Discover Plants.. 2(1).

Schwarz, Sebastian, Antoine Wystrach, Ken Cheng, & Debbie M. Kelly. (2024). Landmarks, beacons, or panoramic views: What do pigeons attend to for guidance in familiar environments?. Learning & Behavior. 52(1). 69–84. 1 indexed citations

Freas, Cody A., et al.. (2024). Heavy rainfall induced colony fission and nest relocation in nocturnal bull ants (Myrmecia midas). Biologia. 79(5). 1439–1450. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Ken, et al.. (2023). Resolving conflict between aversive and appetitive learning of views: how ants shift to a new route during navigation. Learning & Behavior. 51(4). 446–457. 8 indexed citations

Kamhi, J. Frances, et al.. (2023). Detouring while foraging up a tree: What bull ants (Myrmecia midas) learn and their reactions to novel sensory cues.. Journal of comparative psychology. 137(1). 4–15. 7 indexed citations

Cheng, Ken, et al.. (2023). Intricacies of running a route without success in night-active bull ants (Myrmecia midas).. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition. 49(2). 111–126. 7 indexed citations

Wammes, Jeffrey D., et al.. (2023). Drawing your way to an A: Long-lasting improvements in classroom quiz performance following drawing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 30(5). 1939–1945. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Ken. (2023). A Need For Speed: Enhancing F1 Race Cars with a Novel Computational Fluid Dynamics and Machine Learning Method. Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology. 49. 1–13. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ken, et al.. (2022). What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 208(5-6). 545–559. 7 indexed citations

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Kamhi, J. Frances, et al.. (2021). Minding the gap: learning and visual scanning behaviour in nocturnal bull ants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(14). 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ken, et al.. (2021). Observations on relocation of a nest by a colony of Red Honey Ants (Melophorus bagoti). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 30. 100–107. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ken. (2021). Learning in Cnidaria: A systematic review. Learning & Behavior. 49(2). 175–189. 26 indexed citations

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Freas, Cody A., Pauline N. Fleischmann, & Ken Cheng. (2018). Experimental ethology of learning in desert ants: Becoming expert navigators. Behavioural Processes. 158. 181–191. 37 indexed citations

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Legge, Eric L. G., Antoine Wystrach, Marcia L. Spetch, & Ken Cheng. (2014). Combining sky and Earth: Desert ants (Melophorus bagoti) show weighted integration of celestial and terrestrial cues. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(Pt 23). 4159–66. 77 indexed citations

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Stürzl, Wolfgang, Allen Cheung, Ken Cheng, & Jochen Zeil. (2008). The information content of panoramic images I: The rotational errors and the similarity of views in rectangular experimental arenas.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 34(1). 1–14. 110 indexed citations

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Cheung, Allen, Wolfgang Stürzl, Jochen Zeil, & Ken Cheng. (2008). The information content of panoramic images II: View-based navigation in nonrectangular experimental arenas.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 34(1). 15–30. 83 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ken, et al.. (2002). Self-control in honeybees. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 9(2). 259–263. 33 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, David R., Robert R. Hampton, & Ken Cheng. (1998). Timing behaviour of black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus). Behavioural Processes. 44(2). 183–195. 28 indexed citations

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Spetch, Marcia L., Ken Cheng, & Suzanne E. MacDonald. (1996). Learning the configuration of a landmark array: I. Touch-screen studies with pigeons and humans.. Journal of comparative psychology. 110(1). 55–68. 101 indexed citations

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