Leo W. Beukeboom

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Leo W. Beukeboom is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo W. Beukeboom has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Insect Science, 96 papers in Genetics and 78 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Leo W. Beukeboom's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (80 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (63 papers) and Plant and animal studies (60 papers). Leo W. Beukeboom is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (80 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (63 papers) and Plant and animal studies (60 papers). Leo W. Beukeboom collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Leo W. Beukeboom's co-authors include Louis van de Zande, John H. Werren, Timothy F. Sharbel, Juan Pedro M. Camacho, Eveline C. Verhulst, Nicolas Perrin, Gerard Driessen, Ellen van Wilgenburg, Ido Pen and Bregje Wertheim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leo W. Beukeboom

178 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

B-chromosome evolution 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. B-chromosome evolution
    2000 515 citations Timothy F. Sharbel, Leo W. Beukeboom et al. profile →

Peers

Leo W. Beukeboom
Ted R. Schultz United States
Pekka Pamilo Finland
Seán G. Brady United States
Mohamed A. F. Noor United States
J. Spencer Johnston United States
Charles Mitter United States
James D. Fry United States
Doris Bachtrog United States
David J Begun United States
Michael E. N. Majerus United Kingdom
Ted R. Schultz United States
Leo W. Beukeboom
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Countries citing papers authored by Leo W. Beukeboom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Sandrock, Christoph, Eli Sellem, Michael Smith, et al.. (2025). BugBook: Genetics of insects as food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 11(18). 397–455.
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Rijkers, Ruud, et al.. (2024). High-sugar diet leads to loss of beneficial probiotics in housefly larvae guts. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xuan, S.L. Visser, Jae Hak Son, et al.. (2024). Divergent evolution of male-determining loci on proto-Y chromosomes of the housefly. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5984–5984.
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Beukeboom, Leo W., et al.. (2024). Creating insect neopolyploid lines to study animal polyploid evolution. Evolutionary Applications. 17(9). e13706–e13706. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 210(3). 459–472. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifan, Gregor Belušič, Ido Pen, et al.. (2023). Circadian rhythm entrainment of the jewel wasp, Nasonia vitripennis , by antagonistic interactions of multiple spectral inputs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1992). 20222319–20222319. 6 indexed citations
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Lommen, Suzanne T. E. & Leo W. Beukeboom. (2023). Biological control of weeds – Context dependency matters. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 171(12). 897–901.
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Schenkel, Martijn A., Jean‐Christophe Billeter, Leo W. Beukeboom, & Ido Pen. (2023). Divergent evolution of genetic sex determination mechanisms along environmental gradients. Evolution Letters. 7(3). 132–147. 5 indexed citations
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Beukeboom, Leo W., et al.. (2022). Novel insights into insect chemical communication – an introduction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170(4). 286–288. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen‐Juan, Bart A. Pannebakker, Xuan Li, et al.. (2021). A single QTL with large effect is associated with female functional virginity in an asexual parasitoid wasp. Molecular Ecology. 30(9). 1979–1992. 10 indexed citations
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Schenkel, Martijn A., Leo W. Beukeboom, & Ido Pen. (2021). Epistatic interactions between sex chromosomes and autosomes can affect the stability of sex determination systems. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(11). 1666–1677. 3 indexed citations
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Schenkel, Martijn A., Ido Pen, Leo W. Beukeboom, & Jean‐Christophe Billeter. (2018). Making sense of intralocus and interlocus sexual conflict. Ecology and Evolution. 8(24). 13035–13050. 27 indexed citations
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Wu, Yanli, Ian Morilla, Ernst A. Wimmer, et al.. (2017). Male sex in houseflies is determined by Mdmd , a paralog of the generic splice factor gene CWC22. Science. 356(6338). 642–645. 99 indexed citations
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Geuverink, Elzemiek, et al.. (2017). Maternal provision of transformer-2 is required for female development and embryo viability in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 90. 23–33. 25 indexed citations
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Beukeboom, Leo W., et al.. (1998). Phenotypic fitness effects of B chromosomes in the pseudogamous parthenogenetic planarian Polycelis nigra. Heredity. 80(5). 594–603. 2 indexed citations

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