Raghavendra Gadagkar

4.4k total citations
194 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Raghavendra Gadagkar is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Raghavendra Gadagkar has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Genetics, 140 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 52 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Raghavendra Gadagkar's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (145 papers), Plant and animal studies (135 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (59 papers). Raghavendra Gadagkar is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (145 papers), Plant and animal studies (135 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (59 papers). Raghavendra Gadagkar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. Raghavendra Gadagkar's co-authors include K. Chandrashekara, Dhruba Naug, Sumana Annagiri, Aniruddha Mitra, N. V. Joshi, Shaowu Zhang, George Adrian Horridge, M. Lehrer, Anindita Bhadra and N. V. Joshi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Raghavendra Gadagkar

180 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raghavendra Gadagkar India	32	2.5k	2.5k	1.2k	349	154	194	3.1k
P. Kirk Visscher United States	31	2.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.8×	371 1.1×	244 1.6×	69	3.8k
Seirian Sumner United Kingdom	28	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	143 0.4×	116 0.8×	82	2.5k
Klaus Jaffé Venezuela	29	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	801 0.7×	280 0.8×	321 2.1×	146	2.7k
Kazuki Tsuji Japan	33	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	120 0.3×	249 1.6×	156	3.3k
Ellouise Leadbeater United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	273 0.8×	101 0.7×	52	2.3k
Heikki Helanterä Finland	28	1.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	200 0.6×	153 1.0×	103	2.3k
Jennifer H. Fewell United States	36	3.6k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	480 1.4×	342 2.2×	101	4.6k
Philip T. Starks United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	96 0.3×	106 0.7×	77	2.4k
Timothy A. Linksvayer United States	27	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	171 0.5×	209 1.4×	65	2.2k
Robert L. Jeanne United States	34	3.5k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	133 0.4×	164 1.1×	138	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raghavendra Gadagkar

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gadagkar, Raghavendra, et al.. (2025). The origin and maintenance of division of labour in an Indian paper wasp. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1922). 20230269–20230269. 1 indexed citations

Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2021). Experiments in Animal Behaviour : Cutting-Edge Research at Trifling Cost.. ePrints@IISc (Indian Institute of Science). 1 indexed citations

Shukla, Shantanu P., et al.. (2018). A Route to Direct Fitness: Natural and Experimentally Induced Queen Succession in the Tropical Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata. Journal of Insect Behavior. 31(1). 54–65. 4 indexed citations

Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2015). How should Biologists Engage with Controversial Mathematical Theory. Current Science. 108(10). 1869–1873. 1 indexed citations

Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2011). Science as a hobby: how and why I came to study the social life of an Indian primitively eusocial wasp. NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 3 indexed citations

Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2009). The Social Biology of <em>Ropalidia marginata</em>. Harvard University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

Annagiri, Sumana, et al.. (2006). Wasp who would be queen: a comparative study of two primitively eusocial species. Current Science. 91(3). 332–336. 30 indexed citations

Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2003). Is the peacock merely beautiful or also honest. Current Science. 85(7). 1012–1020. 16 indexed citations

Deshpande, Aniruddha M., et al.. (2003). TrialDB: A Web-based Clinical Study Data Management System AMIA 2003 Open Source Expo. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2003. 794. 3 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (2001). Division of Labour and Organization of Work in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia marginata. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1995). OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR : FROM INSTINCT TO INTELLIGENCE. Current Science. 68(2). 185–196. 1 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1993). And now... eusocial thrips. Current Science. 64(4). 215–216.

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1992). Disease and social evolution. Current Science. 63(6). 285–286. 6 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra, et al.. (1990). SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE ONSET OF EGG LAYING IN A PRIMITIVELY EUSOCIAL WASP: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIALITY. NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 2 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1990). Social Biology of Ropalidia: Investigations into the Origins of Eusociality. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 1(4). 693–711. 2 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1990). The haplodiploidy threshold and social evolution. Current Science. 59(7). 374–376. 9 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra, et al.. (1988). Pre-imaginal biasing of caste in a primitively eusocial insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 233(1271). 175–189. 51 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra. (1987). What are Social Insects?. NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 1 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra, et al.. (1985). Colony Fission in a Social Wasp. Current Science. 54(2). 1. 9 indexed citations

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Gadagkar, Raghavendra, et al.. (1982). Observations on population ecology and sociobiology of the paper wasp Ropalidia marginata (Lep.) (Family:Vespidae). ePrints@IISc (Indian Institute of Science). 2 indexed citations

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