Laura Beani

1.6k total citations
56 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Laura Beani is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Beani has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Genetics, 45 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 26 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Laura Beani's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (47 papers), Plant and animal studies (43 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers). Laura Beani is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (47 papers), Plant and animal studies (43 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers). Laura Beani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Laura Beani's co-authors include Stefano Turillazzi, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, Federico Cappa, Fabio Manfredini, David Hughes, Romano Dallai, Rita Cervo, Amy L. Toth, Francesco Dessı̀-Fulgheri and Fabiola Giusti and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Laura Beani

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
Laura Beani Italy 23 999 956 546 96 94 56 1.3k
Line V. Ugelvig Germany 17 597 0.6× 896 0.9× 760 1.4× 64 0.7× 75 0.8× 18 1.1k
David Baracchi Italy 22 624 0.6× 688 0.7× 651 1.2× 57 0.6× 113 1.2× 58 1.1k
Freddie‐Jeanne Richard France 21 966 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 924 1.7× 28 0.3× 57 0.6× 49 1.4k
Jonathan Cnaani United States 13 771 0.8× 589 0.6× 557 1.0× 41 0.4× 164 1.7× 17 902
Carita Lindstedt Finland 19 908 0.9× 483 0.5× 335 0.6× 67 0.7× 97 1.0× 37 1.2k
Max Reuter United Kingdom 22 625 0.6× 745 0.8× 543 1.0× 142 1.5× 123 1.3× 48 1.3k
Sarah D. Kocher United States 20 871 0.9× 927 1.0× 736 1.3× 83 0.9× 67 0.7× 31 1.1k
Harunobu Shibao Japan 18 600 0.6× 485 0.5× 770 1.4× 56 0.6× 171 1.8× 40 1.0k
Michael T. Henshaw United States 15 978 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 401 0.7× 125 1.3× 43 0.5× 27 1.4k
Federico Cappa Italy 19 498 0.5× 581 0.6× 522 1.0× 42 0.4× 86 0.9× 43 781

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Beani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Beani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Beani

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cappa, Federico, et al.. (2022). Caste, Sex, and Parasitism Influence Brain Plasticity in a Social Wasp. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Beani, Laura, Romano Dallai, Federico Cappa, et al.. (2021). A Strepsipteran parasite extends the lifespan of workers in a social wasp. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7235–7235. 9 indexed citations
3.
Beani, Laura, Marta Mariotti Lippi, Nadia Mulinacci, et al.. (2020). Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242486–e0242486. 5 indexed citations
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Harpur, Brock A., et al.. (2018). Insects with similar social complexity show convergent patterns of adaptive molecular evolution. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10388–10388. 23 indexed citations
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Beani, Laura, Federico Cappa, Fabio Manfredini, & Marco Zaccaroni. (2018). Preference of Polistes dominula wasps for trumpet creepers when infected by Xenos vesparum: A novel example of co-evolved traits between host and parasite. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205201–e0205201. 13 indexed citations
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Beani, Laura, Francesco Dessı̀-Fulgheri, Federico Cappa, & Amy L. Toth. (2014). The trap of sex in social insects: From the female to the male perspective. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 46. 519–533. 40 indexed citations
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Cappa, Federico, Fabio Manfredini, Romano Dallai, Marco Gottardo, & Laura Beani. (2014). Parasitic castration byXenos vesparumdepends on host gender. Parasitology. 141(8). 1080–1087. 19 indexed citations
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Manfredini, Fabio, Christina M. Grozinger, & Laura Beani. (2013). Examining the “evolution of increased competitive ability” hypothesis in response to parasites and pathogens in the invasive paper wasp Polistes dominula. Die Naturwissenschaften. 100(3). 219–228. 14 indexed citations
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Tibbetts, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2011). Geographic Variation in the Status Signals of Polistes dominulus Paper Wasps. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28173–e28173. 25 indexed citations
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Manfredini, Fabio, et al.. (2010). Parasitic infection protects wasp larvae against a bacterial challenge. Microbes and Infection. 12(10). 727–735. 22 indexed citations
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Manfredini, Fabio, Daniela Benati, & Laura Beani. (2009). The strepsipteran endoparasite Xenos vesparum alters the immunocompetence of its host, the paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Journal of Insect Physiology. 56(3). 253–259. 16 indexed citations
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Vannini, Lucia, Antonio Carapelli, Francesco Frati, & Laura Beani. (2008). Non-sibling parasites (Strepsiptera) develop together in the same paper wasp. Parasitology. 135(6). 705–713. 13 indexed citations
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Manfredini, Fabio, Fabiola Giusti, Laura Beani, & Romano Dallai. (2007). Developmental strategy of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (strepsiptera, Insecta): Host invasion and elusion of its defense reactions. Journal of Morphology. 268(7). 588–601. 28 indexed citations
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Giusti, Fabiola, Luigi Dallai, Laura Beani, Fabio Manfredini, & Romano Dallai. (2007). The midgut ultrastructure of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Rossi) (Insecta, Strepsiptera) during post-embryonic development and stable carbon isotopic analyses of the nutrient uptake. Arthropod Structure & Development. 36(2). 183–197. 34 indexed citations
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Beani, Laura. (2006). Crazy wasps: when parasites manipulate the Polistes phenotype. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 43. 564–574. 36 indexed citations
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Carapelli, Antonio, Laura Vannini, Francesco Nardi, et al.. (2006). The mitochondrial genome of the entomophagous endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Gene. 376(2). 248–259. 41 indexed citations
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Dallai, Romano, Pietro Lupetti, Folco Giusti, et al.. (2004). Fine structure of the Nassonow’s gland in the neotenic endoparasitic of female Xenos vesparum (Rossi) (Strepsiptera, Insecta). Tissue and Cell. 36(3). 211–220. 19 indexed citations
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Hughes, David, Laura Beani, Stefano Turillazzi, & Jeyaraney Kathirithamby. (2003). Prevalence of the parasite Strepsiptera in Polistes as detected by dissection of immatures. Insectes Sociaux. 50(1). 62–68. 55 indexed citations
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Beani, Laura, et al.. (1992). Landmark-based mating systems in four Polistes species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 65(3). 211–217. 21 indexed citations
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Bertelli, A., Claudia L. Bianchi‬, & Laura Beani. (1973). Effect of inosine on guinea-pig bronchial muscle. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 25(1). 60–64. 5 indexed citations

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