Kostas Bourtzis

13.2k total citations
192 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Kostas Bourtzis is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kostas Bourtzis has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Insect Science, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kostas Bourtzis's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (133 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (108 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (57 papers). Kostas Bourtzis is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (133 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (108 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (57 papers). Kostas Bourtzis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Austria and United States. Kostas Bourtzis's co-authors include Charalambos Savakis, Scott L. O’Neill, Zoe Veneti, George Tsiamis, Aggeliki Saridaki, Rosemary Susan Lees, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Antonios A. Augustinos, Carlos Cáceres and George Markakis 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

Kostas Bourtzis

187 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kostas Bourtzis Greece 50 6.7k 1.6k 1.0k 962 783 192 7.8k
Yoshitomo Kikuchi Japan 47 5.3k 0.8× 403 0.3× 872 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 107 6.9k
Iñaki Iturbe‐Ormaetxe Australia 31 3.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 652 0.6× 1.8k 1.8× 295 0.4× 43 5.2k
Alberto Alma Italy 38 3.8k 0.6× 359 0.2× 547 0.5× 2.1k 2.2× 503 0.6× 202 5.0k
Nichole A. Broderick United States 28 2.9k 0.4× 478 0.3× 1.5k 1.5× 474 0.5× 433 0.6× 46 5.0k
Elena Crotti Italy 31 2.0k 0.3× 473 0.3× 592 0.6× 648 0.7× 443 0.6× 70 3.0k
Jan Engelstädter Australia 28 1.6k 0.2× 300 0.2× 589 0.6× 457 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 71 3.3k
Maurizio Casiraghi Italy 37 1.5k 0.2× 390 0.2× 1.3k 1.3× 540 0.6× 731 0.9× 93 4.6k
Jingze Liu China 31 1.1k 0.2× 284 0.2× 862 0.8× 516 0.5× 355 0.5× 228 3.7k
Jacob A. Russell United States 33 4.5k 0.7× 130 0.1× 840 0.8× 790 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 62 5.9k
Maria Izabel Camargo‐Mathias Brazil 30 2.0k 0.3× 183 0.1× 282 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 556 0.7× 214 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kostas Bourtzis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kostas Bourtzis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kostas Bourtzis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kostas Bourtzis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kostas Bourtzis. Kostas Bourtzis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gregoriou, Maria‐Eleni, et al.. (2025). CRISPR/Cas9‐based white pupae mutant lines in Bactrocera spp. for sterile insect technique applications. Insect Science. 1 indexed citations
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Gregoriou, Maria‐Eleni, et al.. (2025). Decoding and engineering temperature-sensitive lethality in Ceratitis capitata for pest control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(28). e2503604122–e2503604122. 4 indexed citations
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Gregoriou, Maria‐Eleni, et al.. (2025). Neoclassical development of genetic sexing strains for insect pest and disease vector control. Insect Science. 1 indexed citations
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Virgilio, Massimiliano, Andrea Sciarretta, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, et al.. (2024). Global invasion history with climate-related allele frequency shifts in the invasive Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae: Ceratitis capitata). Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25549–25549. 4 indexed citations
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Nikolouli, Katerina, Haig Djambazian, Mark Whitehead, et al.. (2023). Genomic and cytogenetic analysis of the Ceratitis capitata temperature-sensitive lethal region. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(6). 5 indexed citations
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Nikolouli, Katerina, Aihua Wang, Azadeh Aryan, et al.. (2022). Marker-assisted mapping enables forward genetic analysis in Aedes aegypti , an arboviral vector with vast recombination deserts. Genetics. 222(3). 11 indexed citations
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Nikolouli, Katerina, et al.. (2022). Temperature Sensitivity of Wild-Type, Mutant and Genetic Sexing Strains of Ceratitis capitata. Insects. 13(10). 943–943. 9 indexed citations
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Nikolouli, Katerina, Fabiana Sassù, Spyridon Ntougias, et al.. (2021). Enterobacter sp. AA26 as a Protein Source in the Larval Diet of Drosophila suzukii. Insects. 12(10). 923–923. 6 indexed citations
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Marina, Carlos F., J. Guillermo Bond, Javier Valle, et al.. (2021). Population Dynamics of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Two Rural Villages in Southern Mexico: Baseline Data for an Evaluation of the Sterile Insect Technique. Insects. 12(1). 58–58. 14 indexed citations
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Augustinos, Antonios A., Vangelis Doudoumis, Andrew Parker, et al.. (2021). Interactions Between Tsetse Endosymbionts and Glossina pallidipes Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus in Glossina Hosts. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 653880–653880. 4 indexed citations
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Drosopoulou, Elena, et al.. (2019). The chromosomes of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): detailed photographic polytene chromosomal maps and in situ hybridization data. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 294(6). 1535–1546. 2 indexed citations
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Meza, José S., Ihsan ul Haq, Marc J. B. Vreysen, et al.. (2018). Comparison of classical and transgenic genetic sexing strains of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) for application of the sterile insect technique. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208880–e0208880. 14 indexed citations
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Mapelli, Francesca, Ramona Marasco, Marco Fusi, et al.. (2018). The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence. The ISME Journal. 12(5). 1188–1198. 85 indexed citations
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Schutze, Mark K., Kostas Bourtzis, Stephen L. Cameron, et al.. (2017). Integrative taxonomy versus taxonomic authority without peer review: the case of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Tephritidae). Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia). 2 indexed citations
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Siozios, Stefanos, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Lisa Klasson, et al.. (2013). The Diversity and Evolution of Wolbachia Ankyrin Repeat Domain Genes. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55390–e55390. 68 indexed citations
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Saridaki, Aggeliki, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Harriet L. Harris, et al.. (2011). Wolbachia Prophage DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Genes in Different Drosophila-Wolbachia Associations. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19708–e19708. 22 indexed citations
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Dobson, Stephen L., Kostas Bourtzis, Henk R. Braig, et al.. (1999). Wolbachia infections are distributed throughout insect somatic and germ line tissues. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 29(2). 153–160. 318 indexed citations

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