Penny J. Gullan

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Penny J. Gullan is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Penny J. Gullan has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Insect Science, 70 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Penny J. Gullan's work include Research on scale insects (77 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (56 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (28 papers). Penny J. Gullan is often cited by papers focused on Research on scale insects (77 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (56 papers) and Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (28 papers). Penny J. Gullan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Penny J. Gullan's co-authors include Peter S. Cranston, Lyn G. Cook, Michael Kosztarab, D. A. Downie, Takumasa Kondo, Ralf Buckley, Nate B. Hardy, Mark Paul Culik, MyLo Ly Thao and Paul Baumann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Penny J. Gullan

90 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

The insects: an outline of entomology 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 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. The insects: an outline of entomology
    2001 982 citations Penny J. Gullan, Peter S. Cranston profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Penny J. Gullan Australia 24 2.3k 1.6k 655 648 330 93 3.2k
Masakazu Shimada Japan 26 1.7k 0.7× 922 0.6× 495 0.8× 642 1.0× 375 1.1× 86 2.6k
Heike Feldhaar Germany 28 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 372 0.6× 1.3k 2.0× 331 1.0× 115 2.8k
Keith R. Hopper United States 28 2.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 998 1.5× 584 0.9× 523 1.6× 92 3.2k
Christian Stauffer Austria 30 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 537 0.8× 1.2k 1.9× 965 2.9× 106 3.6k
Dinah Hales Australia 22 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 737 1.1× 706 1.1× 477 1.4× 56 2.6k
Sara Magalhães Portugal 36 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 527 0.8× 817 1.3× 906 2.7× 111 3.2k
Brian M. Wiegmann United States 37 2.2k 0.9× 3.1k 1.9× 510 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 665 2.0× 99 4.6k
Christoph Vorburger Switzerland 34 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 585 0.9× 893 1.4× 471 1.4× 118 3.5k
John Trueman Australia 24 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 736 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 456 1.4× 58 2.8k
J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey Spain 27 1.8k 0.8× 2.7k 1.7× 465 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 911 2.8× 189 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quek, Swee‐Peck, Penny J. Gullan, Takumasa Kondo, et al.. (2016). Nuclear DNA based species delineations ofCoccusscale insects in symbiosis with plants and ants, and the role of plant epicuticular wax in structuring associations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2 indexed citations
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Kondo, Takumasa, et al.. (2016). First records of the iceryine scale insects Crypticerya brasiliensis (Hempel) and Crypticerya genistae (Hempel) (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) for Colombia. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 1–9. 5 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J. & Lyn G. Cook. (2016). ARE COCHINEAL INSECTS ERIOCOCCIDS?. Università degli Studi di Bari. 33. 91–99.
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Kondo, Takumasa, Penny J. Gullan, & Lyn G. Cook. (2016). A review of the genus Capulinia Signoret (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4111(4). 471–91. 2 indexed citations
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Kondo, Takumasa, Penny J. Gullan, & Douglas Williams. (2009). Coccidology. The study of scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea). Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria. 9(2). 55–61. 66 indexed citations
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Kondo, Takumasa, Penny J. Gullan, & D. J. Williams. (2008). Coccidology: The study of scale insects (Hemiptera-Coccoidea). Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria. 9(2). 55–61. 1 indexed citations
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Hardy, Nate B., Penny J. Gullan, & Chris Hodgson. (2008). A subfamily‐level classification of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) based on integrated molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology. 33(1). 51–71. 88 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J., et al.. (2007). Hypogeal margarodids of the genus Heteromargarodes Jakubski (Hemiptera Margarodidae) from the western United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 109(1). 166–181. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, D. J., et al.. (2006). Report on the scale insect Icerya imperatae Rao (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae) seriously infesting grasses in the Republic of Palau. 38(2). 267–272. 4 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J., J.H. Giliomee, C. J. Hodgson, & Lyn G. Cook. (2006). The systematics and biology of the South African gall-inducing scale insect, Calycicoccus merwei Brain (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). African Entomology. 14(1). 13–33. 7 indexed citations
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Culik, Mark Paul, et al.. (2006). First records of two mealybug species in Brazil and new potential pests of papaya and coffee. Journal of Insect Science. 6(23). 1–6. 15 indexed citations
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Kondo, Takumasa, Michael L. Williams, & Penny J. Gullan. (2005). Redescription of Octolecanium perconvexum (Cockerell), new genus and new combination, with description of a new species from Guatemala (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Downie, D. A. & Penny J. Gullan. (2005). Phylogenetic congruence of mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 18(2). 315–324. 37 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J., et al.. (2001). Trans‐Tasman Platycoelostoma Morrison (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae) on endemic Cupressaceae, and the phylogenetic history of margarodids. Systematic Entomology. 26(3). 257–278. 21 indexed citations
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McCormick, Larry H., et al.. (1994). Biological control of the native shrubs Cassinia spp. using the native scale insects Austrotachardia sp. and Paratachardina sp. (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) in New South Wales.. Plant protection quarterly. 5 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J., G. A. C. Beattie, John Trueman, et al.. (1994). The current distribution and geographical origin of the scale insect pestCeroplastes sinensis(Hemiptera: Coccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 84(4). 541–549. 18 indexed citations
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Gullan, Penny J. & Andrew Cockburn. (1986). Sexual dichronism and intersexual phoresy in gall-forming coccoids. Oecologia. 68(4). 632–634. 16 indexed citations

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