Matthew L. Buffington

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew L. Buffington is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew L. Buffington has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 81 papers in Insect Science and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Matthew L. Buffington's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (74 papers), Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (62 papers) and Plant and animal studies (53 papers). Matthew L. Buffington is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (74 papers), Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (62 papers) and Plant and animal studies (53 papers). Matthew L. Buffington collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Spain. Matthew L. Buffington's co-authors include Elijah J. Talamas, Kim A. Hoelmer, Michael W. Gates, Seán G. Brady, Simon van Noort, Mattias Forshage, Robert R. Kula, Johan A. A. Nylander, Ricardo Kawada and John M. Heraty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew L. Buffington

111 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasp... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2023 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees
    2017 287 citations Matthew L. Buffington, Michael W. Gates et al. profile →
  2. Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera
    2023 90 citations Bonnie B. Blaimer, Bernardo F. Santos et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Matthew L. Buffington
Nate B. Hardy United States
Carlos López‐Vaamonde France
Oldřich Nedvěd Czechia
Richard S. Zack United States
David Wool Israel
Andrew A. Forbes United States
Kenneth V. Yeargan United States
Jeffrey D. Lozier United States
Emmanuelle Baudry France
Daniel Burckhardt Switzerland
Nate B. Hardy United States
Matthew L. Buffington
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew L. Buffington

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew L. Buffington. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew L. Buffington 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 Matthew L. Buffington. Matthew L. Buffington is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Vogel, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Dating the origin of a viral domestication event in parasitoid wasps attacking Diptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2039). 20242135–20242135. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Jason M., William E. Snyder, William G. Hudson, et al.. (2024). Assessing native parasitoids of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Southeastern USA. Environmental Entomology. 53(6). 966–972. 4 indexed citations
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Blaimer, Bonnie B., Bernardo F. Santos, Astrid Cruaud, et al.. (2023). Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1212–1212. 90 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Juan, Heather Leach, Matthew L. Buffington, Nikki L. Rothwell, & Julianna K. Wilson. (2023). Resident parasitoids associated with Drosophilidae in Michigan tart cherry orchards and woodland edges. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 96. 485–494. 3 indexed citations
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Beers, E. H., Dylan Beal, Paul K. Abram, et al.. (2022). First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 91. 11–25. 29 indexed citations
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Abram, Paul K., et al.. (2022). Metabarcoding and applied ecology with hyperdiverse organisms: Recommendations for biological control research. Molecular Ecology. 32(23). 6461–6473. 3 indexed citations
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Stacconi, Marco Valerio Rossi, Xingeng Wang, A. B. Stout, et al.. (2022). Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid <em>Ganaspis brasiliensis</em>, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive <em>Drosophila suzukii</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 14 indexed citations
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Nieves‐Aldrey, J. L., James A. Nicholls, Graham N. Stone, et al.. (2021). Re-description and systematic re-appraisal of the genus Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar &amp; Melika, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including new combinations of Nearctic species and the description of a new species from Panama. Zootaxa. 4938(2). zootaxa.4938.2.3–zootaxa.4938.2.3. 11 indexed citations
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Abram, Paul K., Xingeng Wang, Michelle T. Franklin, et al.. (2021). A Coordinated Sampling and Identification Methodology for Larval Parasitoids of Spotted-Wing Drosophila. Journal of Economic Entomology. 115(4). 922–942. 38 indexed citations
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Buffington, Matthew L., et al.. (2021). Deployment of Aggregation-Sex Pheromones of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Facilitates the Discovery and Identification of their Parasitoids. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47(1). 28–42. 3 indexed citations
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Buffington, Matthew L., Massimo Giorgini, G. Formisano, et al.. (2020). Description of the aberrant Leptopilina lasallei n. sp., with an updated phylogeny of Leptopilina Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae). Journal of Natural History. 54(9-12). 565–583. 3 indexed citations
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Blaimer, Bonnie B., Dietrich Gotzek, Seán G. Brady, & Matthew L. Buffington. (2020). Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1). 155–155. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Xingeng, Jana C. Lee, Kent M. Daane, Matthew L. Buffington, & Kim A. Hoelmer. (2020). Biological control of Drosophila suzukii. CABI Reviews. 26 indexed citations
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Kawada, Ricardo & Matthew L. Buffington. (2016). A Scalable and Modular Dome Illumination System for Scientific Microphotography on a Budget. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0153426–e0153426. 98 indexed citations
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Buffington, Matthew L., et al.. (2012). The occurrence and phylogenetic implications of wing interference patterns in Cynipoidea (Insecta : Hymenoptera). Invertebrate Systematics. 25(6). 586–597. 23 indexed citations
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Fontal-Cazalla, F., Matthew L. Buffington, G. Nordlander, et al.. (2002). Phylogeny of the Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae). Cladistics. 18(2). 154–199. 54 indexed citations

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