Michael S. Engel

21.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
851 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Michael S. Engel is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Engel has authored 851 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 774 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 343 papers in Genetics and 149 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Engel's work include Plant and animal studies (609 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (477 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (287 papers). Michael S. Engel is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (609 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (477 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (287 papers). Michael S. Engel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Michael S. Engel's co-authors include David A. Grimaldi, Paul C. Nascimbene, K. Mahesh Krishna, Xavier Delclòs, Enrique Peñalver, Valerie Krishna, Diying Huang, Víctor H. González, Torsten Wappler and André Nel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Engel

808 papers receiving 15.5k citations

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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.

Evolution of the Insects

2005 2.0k citations Michael S. Engel et al. profile →
Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance

2002 711 citations Michael S. Engel et al. profile →
Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles

2022 180 citations Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Confirmation of the occurrence of Tetragonula pagdeni (Schwarz, 1939) in Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 2025 ·Oriental Insects ·(unknown), (unknown), Thai Hong Pham, (unknown), Michael S. Engel, Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen	1
2	A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka, Lesley Ballantyne, Yanda Li, Diying Huang, Michael S. Engel, Robin Kundrata	2
3	Morphological and palaeoecological aspects of fossil insects unveiled by UV-A light 2024 ·MethodsX ·(unknown), Corentin Jouault, (unknown), Valérie Ngô‐Muller, Michael S. Engel, Serge Berthier, Bernd Schöllhorn, Diying Huang, André Nel, Romain Garrouste	1
4	A horntail wasp from the Upper Miocene of France closely related to an extant Eastern Palaearctic species (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) 2024 ·Zootaxa ·(unknown), Michael S. Engel, Corentin Jouault, André Nel	0
5	The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae) 2024 ·Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments ·(unknown), Michael S. Engel, Johannes M. Bouchal, Silvia Ulrich, Friđgeir Grímsson, Sonja Wedmann, Torsten Wappler	5
6	Impact of data synthesis strategies for the classification of craniosynostosis 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Reinald Kühle, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jürgen Hoffmann, Michael S. Engel, Christian Freudlsperger, Werner Nahm	1
7	300 Million years of coral treaders (Insecta: Heteroptera: Hermatobatidae) back to the ocean in the phylogenetic context of Arthropoda 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Yanhui Wang, Yun‐Xia Luan, (unknown), (unknown), Michael S. Engel, Jakob Damgaard, Abderrahman Khila, Pingping Chen, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, José Albertíno Rafael, Qiang Xie	5
8	Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles breakdown → 2022 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka, Mattia Giacomelli, John F. Lawrence, Adam Ślipiński, Robin Kundrata, Shûhei Yamamoto, Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton, Richard A. B. Leschen, Matthew L. Gimmel, Liang Lü, Michael S. Engel, Patrice Bouchard, Diying Huang, Davide Pisani, Philip C. J. Donoghue	180
9	Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota 2022 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Vincent Perrichot, Brendon E. Boudinot, Michael S. Engel, Chunpeng Xu, (unknown), Jacek Szwedo	4
10	A new bee genus from the pampas of eastern Argentina, with appended notes on the classification of “paracolletines” (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) 2022 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Michael S. Engel, Víctor H. González	4
11	Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera) 2021 ·Palaeoentomology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yanda Li, Erik Tihelka, Diying Huang, Shuo Wang, Michael S. Engel, Chenyang Cai	9
12	The hatching mechanism of 130‐million‐year‐old insects: an association of neonates, egg shells and egg bursters in Lebanese amber 2018 ·Palaeontology ·Ricardo Pérez‐de la Fuente, Michael S. Engel, Dany Azar, Enrique Peñalver	36
13	A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa from the Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) 2017 ·ZooKeys ·Michael S. Engel, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Mohamed A. Shebl, Javaid Iqbal, Ismael A. Hinojosa‐Díaz	6
14	A new paracolletine bee from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), with an updated checklist of the tropical Andean bee fauna 2014 ·Latin American Theatre Review (The University of Kansas) ·Víctor H. González, (unknown), Michael S. Engel	6
15	The bee genus <i>Ischnomelissa</i> in Peru, with a key to the species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) 2013 ·Latin American Theatre Review (The University of Kansas) ·Michael S. Engel	7
16	A new species of chlerogas from the andes of central colombia (hymenoptera: halictidae) 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Michael S. Engel, Víctor H. González	11
17	Notes on the augochlorine bee genus Chlerogas (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Michael S. Engel	6
18	Megachile glaesaria, the first megachilid bee fossil from amber (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) 1999 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Michael S. Engel	16
19	A revision of the augochlorine bee genus Chlerogas Vachal (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) 1999 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Robert W. Brooks, Michael S. Engel	11
20	The first fossil Euglossa and phylogeny of orchid bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) 1999 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Michael S. Engel	41

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