Noah K. Whiteman

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Noah K. Whiteman is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Noah K. Whiteman has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 32 papers in Insect Science and 25 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Noah K. Whiteman's work include Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (20 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (19 papers). Noah K. Whiteman is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (28 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (20 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (19 papers). Noah K. Whiteman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ecuador. Noah K. Whiteman's co-authors include Parris T. Humphrey, Jennifer S. Thaler, Patricia G. Parker, Richard T. Lapoint, Simon C. Groen, Jennifer L. Bollmer, Frederick M. Ausubel, Andrew D. Gloss, Rebecca T. Kimball and John J. Wiens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Noah K. Whiteman

81 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of jasmonate and salicylate signal crosstalk 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750
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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. Evolution of jasmonate and salicylate signal crosstalk
    2012 919 citations Parris T. Humphrey, Noah K. Whiteman et al. profile →

Peers

Noah K. Whiteman
Frédéric Tripet United Kingdom
Ana Rivero France
Tom J. Little United Kingdom
Sara Guirao‐Rico Spain
Brian M. Wiegmann United States
Alejandro Sánchez‐Gracia Spain
Darren J. Obbard United Kingdom
Nora J. Besansky United States
Étienne Danchin France
Allen L. Szalanski United States
Frédéric Tripet United Kingdom
Noah K. Whiteman
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noah K. Whiteman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matsunaga, Teruyuki, Carolina E. Reisenman, Benjamin Goldman-Huertas, et al.. (2025). Odorant Receptors Mediating Avoidance of Toxic Mustard Oils in Drosophila melanogaster Are Expanded in Herbivorous Relatives. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(9).
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Ábrahám, Edit, Zoltán Lipinszki, Noah K. Whiteman, et al.. (2024). Pore-Forming Toxin-Like Proteins in the Anti-Parasitoid Immune Response of Drosophila. Journal of Innate Immunity. 17(1). 10–28.
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Verster, Kirsten I., Gyöngyi Cinege, Zoltán Lipinszki, et al.. (2023). Evolution of insect innate immunity through domestication of bacterial toxins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(16). e2218334120–e2218334120. 18 indexed citations
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Escalona, Merly, et al.. (2023). A draft reference genome assembly of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor hirsuta. Journal of Heredity. 114(6). 698–706. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, et al.. (2023). Convergent resistance to GABA receptor neurotoxins through plant–insect coevolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(9). 1444–1456. 26 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Timothy K., et al.. (2021). Ecological basis and genetic architecture of crypsis polymorphism in the desert clicker grasshopper ( Ligurotettix coquilletti ). Evolution. 75(10). 2441–2459. 3 indexed citations
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Verster, Kirsten I., et al.. (2021). Horizontal Transfer of Microbial Toxin Genes to Gall Midge Genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(9). 11 indexed citations
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Matsunaga, Teruyuki, Carolina E. Reisenman, Benjamin Goldman-Huertas, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Olfactory Receptors Tuned to Mustard Oils in Herbivorous Drosophilidae. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2). 18 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Parris T. & Noah K. Whiteman. (2020). Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(2). 221–229. 85 indexed citations
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Verster, Kirsten I., Jennifer H. Wisecaver, Marianthi Karageorgi, et al.. (2019). Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Cytolethal Distending Toxin B Genes to Insects. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(10). 2105–2110. 29 indexed citations
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Karageorgi, Marianthi, Simon C. Groen, Fidan Sumbul, et al.. (2019). Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly. Nature. 574(7778). 409–412. 121 indexed citations
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Groen, Simon C., et al.. (2016). Multidrug transporters and organic anion transporting polypeptides protect insects against the toxic effects of cardenolides. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 81. 51–61. 37 indexed citations
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Wiens, John J., Richard T. Lapoint, & Noah K. Whiteman. (2015). Herbivory increases diversification across insect clades. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8370–8370. 140 indexed citations
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Groen, Simon C. & Noah K. Whiteman. (2014). The Evolution of Ethylene Signaling in Plant Chemical Ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 40(7). 700–716. 43 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Parris T., et al.. (2014). Microbial interactions and the ecology and evolution of Hawaiian Drosophilidae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 616–616. 11 indexed citations
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Whiteman, Noah K., Andrew D. Gloss, Timothy B. Sackton, et al.. (2012). Genes Involved in the Evolution of Herbivory by a Leaf-Mining, Drosophilid Fly. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(9). 900–916. 44 indexed citations
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Santiago‐Alarcón, Diego, Noah K. Whiteman, Patricia G. Parker, Robert E. Ricklefs, & Gediminas Valkiūnas. (2008). Patterns of Parasite Abundance and Distribution in Island Populations of Galápagos Endemic Birds. Journal of Parasitology. 94(3). 584–590. 28 indexed citations
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Whiteman, Noah K., Pablo Sánchez, Jane Merkel, Hans Klompen, & Patricia G. Parker. (2006). CRYPTIC HOST SPECIFICITY OF AN AVIAN SKIN MITE (EPIDERMOPTIDAE) VECTORED BY LOUSEFLIES (HIPPOBOSCIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH TWO ENDEMIC GALÁPAGOS BIRD SPECIES. Journal of Parasitology. 92(6). 1218–1228. 38 indexed citations
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Bollmer, Jennifer L., et al.. (2005). POPULATION GENETICS OF THE GALÁPAGOS HAWK (BUTEO GALAPAGOENSIS): GENETIC MONOMORPHISM WITHIN ISOLATED POPULATIONS. The Auk. 122(4). 1210–1210. 44 indexed citations
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Whiteman, Noah K., et al.. (2000). Parasitoids reared from polistes (hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) nests in missouri, with a state record of elasmus polistis burks hymenoptera: Elasmidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 73(3). 186–188. 7 indexed citations

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