Nigel E. Raıne

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Nigel E. Raıne is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel E. Raıne has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 69 papers in Genetics and 66 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Nigel E. Raıne's work include Plant and animal studies (92 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (69 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (64 papers). Nigel E. Raıne is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (92 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (69 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (64 papers). Nigel E. Raıne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Nigel E. Raıne's co-authors include Lars Chıttka, Richard J. Gill, Dara A. Stanley, Peter Skorupski, Simon G. Potts, Mathieu Lihoreau, Graham N. Stone, Thomas C. Ings, Mark J. F. Brown and Karen E. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nigel E. Raıne

91 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees

2012 758 citations Richard J. Gill, Nigel E. Raıne et al. Nature profile →
Speed–accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making

2009 455 citations Lars Chıttka, Nigel E. Raıne et al. profile →
A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

2014 334 citations Nigel E. Raıne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel E. Raıne United Kingdom	43	5.9k	4.4k	4.0k	1.3k	394	93	6.9k
Francis L. W. Ratnieks United Kingdom	50	7.0k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	5.6k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	456 1.2×	195	8.3k
Geraldine A. Wright United Kingdom	41	3.9k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	178 0.5×	107	5.4k
Ulrich G. Mueller United States	52	5.3k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	5.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	271 0.7×	128	8.6k
Juliet L. Osborne United Kingdom	50	5.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	2.6k 2.0×	1.2k 3.1×	112	7.8k
Lawrence E. Gilbert United States	46	5.2k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 2.9×	146	6.9k
Manfred Ayasse Germany	44	5.3k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.9×	920 2.3×	194	6.4k
William T. Wcislo Panama	43	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	3.6k 0.9×	957 0.8×	279 0.7×	155	5.6k
Madeleine Beekman Australia	43	4.8k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	4.1k 1.0×	810 0.6×	140 0.4×	165	6.3k
Daniel R. Papaj United States	40	4.8k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	474 1.2×	130	6.3k
Andrew B. Barron Australia	45	3.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.8×	3.4k 0.9×	517 0.4×	116 0.3×	143	6.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2025). Wild bee biodiversity in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna habitat in southern Ontario. FACETS. 10. 1–16.

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2024). Unveiling the submerged secrets: bumblebee queens' resilience to flooding. Biology Letters. 20(4). 20230609–20230609. 5 indexed citations

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2024). First Canadian bee species records (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) collected from tallgrass prairie and oak savanna in southern Ontario, Canada. 155. 1 indexed citations

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2024). Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens prefer pesticide-contaminated soils when selecting underground hibernation sites. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176534–176534. 6 indexed citations

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2024). Size-dependent responses of colony-founding bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens to exposure to pesticide residues in soil during hibernation. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174852–174852. 6 indexed citations

Raıne, Nigel E., et al.. (2022). Fungicides and bees: a review of exposure and risk. Environment International. 165. 107311–107311. 91 indexed citations

Newman, Amy E. M., et al.. (2021). Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild. Conservation Physiology. 9(1). coab032–coab032. 10 indexed citations

Pindar, Alana, et al.. (2020). First Canadian record of the specialist hibiscus bee, <i>Ptilothrix bombiformis</i> (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). 151. 41–48. 2 indexed citations

Stanley, Dara A. & Nigel E. Raıne. (2017). Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8005–8005. 19 indexed citations

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Evans, Lisa J., Karen E. Smith, & Nigel E. Raıne. (2017). Fast learning in free-foraging bumble bees is negatively correlated with lifetime resource collection. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 496–496. 40 indexed citations

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Raıne, Nigel E., Richard L. Abel, Dan Sykes, et al.. (2016). Exploring miniature insect brains using micro-CT scanning techniques. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21768–21768. 87 indexed citations

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Cabrera, Ana R., G. Christopher Cutler, David Fischer, et al.. (2015). Initial recommendations for higher-tier risk assessment protocols for bumble bees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 12(2). 222–229. 31 indexed citations

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Lihoreau, Mathieu, Nigel E. Raıne, Andrew Reynolds, et al.. (2013). Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 6(1). e22701–e22701. 36 indexed citations

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Gill, Richard J., et al.. (2012). Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees. Nature. 491(7422). 105–108. 758 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lihoreau, Mathieu, Nigel E. Raıne, Andrew Reynolds, et al.. (2012). Radar Tracking and Motion-Sensitive Cameras on Flowers Reveal the Development of Pollinator Multi-Destination Routes over Large Spatial Scales. PLoS Biology. 10(9). e1001392–e1001392. 127 indexed citations

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Lihoreau, Mathieu, Lars Chıttka, Steven C. Le Comber, & Nigel E. Raıne. (2011). Bees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes. Biology Letters. 8(1). 13–16. 50 indexed citations

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Lihoreau, Mathieu, Lars Chıttka, & Nigel E. Raıne. (2011). Trade‐off between travel distance and prioritization of high‐reward sites in traplining bumblebees. Functional Ecology. 25(6). 1284–1292. 75 indexed citations

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Raıne, Nigel E.. (2009). Cognitive Ecology: Environmental Dependence of the Fitness Costs of Learning. Current Biology. 19(12). R486–R488. 6 indexed citations

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Raıne, Nigel E. & Lars Chıttka. (2007). The Adaptive Significance of Sensory Bias in a Foraging Context: Floral Colour Preferences in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. PLoS ONE. 2(6). e556–e556. 187 indexed citations

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Leadbeater, Ellouise, Nigel E. Raıne, & Lars Chıttka. (2006). Social Learning: Ants and the Meaning of Teaching. Current Biology. 16(9). R323–R325. 38 indexed citations

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