Luke Holman

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Luke Holman is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Holman has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 47 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Luke Holman's work include Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (30 papers). Luke Holman is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (48 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (30 papers). Luke Holman collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Denmark. Luke Holman's co-authors include Robert Lanfear, Megan L. Head, Michael D. Jennions, Devi Stuart‐Fox, Andrew T. Kahn, Cindy E. Hauser, Patrizia d’Ettorre, Hanna Kokko, Rhonda R. Snook and John Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luke Holman

62 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
    2015 774 citations Luke Holman, Robert Lanfear et al. PLoS Biology profile →
  2. The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?
    2018 443 citations Luke Holman, Devi Stuart‐Fox et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luke Holman Australia 26 1.6k 1.5k 819 405 287 63 3.3k
Matthew R. E. Symonds Australia 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 633 0.8× 123 0.3× 165 0.6× 103 5.2k
Megan L. Head Australia 27 1.5k 0.9× 715 0.5× 338 0.4× 266 0.7× 35 0.1× 100 3.0k
Roosa Leimu United Kingdom 30 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 422 0.5× 571 1.4× 201 0.7× 57 4.6k
Klaus Jaffé Venezuela 29 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 801 1.0× 44 0.1× 61 0.2× 146 2.7k
Clint D. Kelly Canada 27 1.7k 1.0× 716 0.5× 350 0.4× 235 0.6× 40 0.1× 82 2.6k
Therésa M. Jones Australia 32 1.5k 0.9× 883 0.6× 618 0.8× 10 0.0× 82 0.3× 93 3.5k
John Fox United States 30 692 0.4× 350 0.2× 228 0.3× 31 0.1× 42 0.1× 73 4.6k
Han de Vries Netherlands 39 2.4k 1.5× 858 0.6× 217 0.3× 23 0.1× 21 0.1× 111 5.7k
Timothy Parker United States 26 970 0.6× 234 0.2× 69 0.1× 246 0.6× 30 0.1× 73 2.7k
Alex James New Zealand 24 493 0.3× 296 0.2× 118 0.1× 16 0.0× 74 0.3× 89 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Holman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Holman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holman, Luke, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the phenome-wide response to sex-specific selection in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution. 79(5). 765–778.
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Hoedjes, Katja M., Sonja Grath, Nico Posnien, et al.. (2024). From whole bodies to single cells: A guide to transcriptomic approaches for ecology and evolutionary biology. Molecular Ecology. 34(15). e17382–e17382. 6 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, et al.. (2023). Pleiotropic fitness effects across sexes and ages in the Drosophila genome and transcriptome. Evolution. 77(12). 2642–2655. 5 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, et al.. (2022). Experimental sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life‐history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(5). 742–751. 6 indexed citations
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Ruzicka, Filip, Luke Holman, & Tim Connallon. (2022). Polygenic signals of sex differences in selection in humans from the UK Biobank. PLoS Biology. 20(9). e3001768–e3001768. 12 indexed citations
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Postma, Erik, Alejandro González‐Voyer, & Luke Holman. (2021). A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt & Krauel (2010). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(12). 1989–1993. 1 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke & Claire Morandin. (2019). Researchers collaborate with same-gendered colleagues more often than expected across the life sciences. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0216128–e0216128. 69 indexed citations
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, et al.. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence that sexual selection improves population fitness. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2017–2017. 92 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, Devi Stuart‐Fox, & Cindy E. Hauser. (2018). The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?. PLoS Biology. 16(4). e2004956–e2004956. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holman, Luke, Jelle S. van Zweden, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Annette Van Oystaeyen, & Tom Wenseleers. (2017). Conserved queen pheromones in bumblebees: a reply to Amsalem et al.. PeerJ. 5. e3332–e3332. 10 indexed citations
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Klein, Antonia, Eva Schultner, Lukas Schrader, et al.. (2016). Evolution of Social Insect Polyphenism Facilitated by the Sex Differentiation Cascade. PLoS Genetics. 12(3). e1005952–e1005952. 39 indexed citations
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Oystaeyen, Annette Van, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Luke Holman, et al.. (2014). Conserved Class of Queen Pheromones Stops Social Insect Workers from Reproducing. Science. 343(6168). 287–290. 254 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, Robert Lanfear, & Patrizia d’Ettorre. (2013). The evolution of queen pheromones in the ant genus L asius . Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26(7). 1549–1558. 56 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, Timothy A. Linksvayer, & Patrizia d’Ettorre. (2013). Genetic Constraints on Dishonesty and Caste Dimorphism in an Ant. The American Naturalist. 181(2). 161–170. 20 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke. (2013). Caste Load and the Evolution of Reproductive Skew. The American Naturalist. 183(1). 84–95. 13 indexed citations
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Bos, Nick, Lena Grinsted, & Luke Holman. (2011). Wax On, Wax Off: Nest Soil Facilitates Indirect Transfer of Recognition Cues between Ant Nestmates. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19435–e19435. 36 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, et al.. (2011). Random sperm use and genetic effects on worker caste fate in Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants. Molecular Ecology. 20(23). 5092–5102. 25 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke & Rhonda R. Snook. (2008). A Sterile Sperm Caste Protects Brother Fertile Sperm from Female-Mediated Death in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Current Biology. 18(4). 292–296. 67 indexed citations
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Holman, Luke, Robert P. Freckleton, & Rhonda R. Snook. (2008). WHAT USE IS AN INFERTILE SPERM? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPERM-HETEROMORPHIC DROSOPHILA. Evolution. 62(2). 374–385. 42 indexed citations
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Sadd, Ben M., et al.. (2006). Modulation of sexual signalling by immune challenged male mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor, L.): evidence for terminal investment and dishonesty. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19(2). 321–325. 101 indexed citations

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