Richard H. ffrench‐Constant

21.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
249 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Richard H. ffrench‐Constant is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard H. ffrench‐Constant has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Insect Science, 139 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard H. ffrench‐Constant's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (115 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (99 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (64 papers). Richard H. ffrench‐Constant is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (115 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (99 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (64 papers). Richard H. ffrench‐Constant collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard H. ffrench‐Constant's co-authors include Nicholas R. Waterfield, Phillip J. Daborn, Thomas A. Rocheleau, Andrea J. Dowling, J.C. Steichen, Gaëlle Le Goff, Stuart E. Reynolds, David Bowen, Kate Aronstein and Ioannis Eleftherianos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard H. ffrench‐Constant

246 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Single P450 Allele Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila

2002 675 citations Phillip J. Daborn, Janet L. Yen et al. Science profile →
A point mutation in a Drosophila GABA receptor confers insecticide resistance

1993 459 citations Richard H. ffrench‐Constant, Thomas A. Rocheleau et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard H. ffrench‐Constant United Kingdom	69	8.3k	7.1k	4.1k	2.8k	1.8k	249	14.1k
David G. Heckel Germany	69	9.5k 1.1×	9.4k 1.3×	5.3k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	236	14.6k
Subba Reddy Palli United States	61	6.1k 0.7×	7.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	271	11.9k
Heiko Vogel Germany	61	6.7k 0.8×	5.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	235	11.9k
L. M. Field United Kingdom	63	9.0k 1.1×	5.5k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	162	12.4k
Andreas Vilcinskas Germany	62	7.1k 0.9×	4.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	933 0.5×	359	12.9k
Hugh M. Robertson United States	60	5.8k 0.7×	5.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	4.8k 1.7×	2.4k 1.4×	137	13.7k
Angela E. Douglas United States	71	11.6k 1.4×	3.2k 0.5×	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	2.9k 1.6×	221	17.3k
Takema Fukatsu Japan	71	14.1k 1.7×	1.9k 0.3×	3.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.1×	3.6k 2.1×	288	16.8k
Alexander S. Raikhel United States	64	5.6k 0.7×	4.2k 0.6×	969 0.2×	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	170	10.9k
Robert M. Waterhouse Switzerland	28	2.0k 0.2×	6.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	62	12.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

ffrench‐Constant, Richard H., et al.. (2024). Penetrance interactions of colour pattern loci in the African Monarch and their implications for the evolution of dominance. Ecology and Evolution. 14(2). e11024–e11024. 1 indexed citations

Bennie, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Eyespot variation and field temperature in the Meadow Brown butterfly. Ecology and Evolution. 14(1). e10842–e10842. 2 indexed citations

Kučka, Marek, I. Gordon, Gerard Talavera, et al.. (2024). Transposable Element Insertions Are Associated with Batesian Mimicry in the Pantropical Butterfly Hypolimnas misippus. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(3). 4 indexed citations

Singh, Kumar Saurabh, Rishi De‐Kayne, Dino J. Martins, et al.. (2021). Genome assembly of Danaus chrysippus and comparison with the Monarch Danaus plexippus. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(3). 8 indexed citations

Bennie, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(1). 343–360. 59 indexed citations

Singh, Kumar Saurabh, David J. Hosken, Nina Wedell, et al.. (2020). De Novo Genome Assembly of the Meadow Brown Butterfly, Maniola jurtina. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(5). 1477–1484. 4 indexed citations

Martin, Simon H., Kumar Saurabh Singh, I. Gordon, et al.. (2020). Whole-chromosome hitchhiking driven by a male-killing endosymbiont. PLoS Biology. 18(2). e3000610–e3000610. 42 indexed citations

Smith, David A. S., I. Gordon, Walther Traut, et al.. (2016). A neo-W chromosome in a tropical butterfly links colour pattern, male-killing, and speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1835). 20160821–20160821. 36 indexed citations

Williamson, Martin S., et al.. (2012). Resistance to spiromesifen in Trialeurodes vaporariorum is associated with a single amino acid replacement in its target enzyme acetyl‐coenzyme A carboxylase. Insect Molecular Biology. 21(3). 327–334. 39 indexed citations

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Jones, Robert T., Mónica Sánchez-Contreras, Isabella Vlisidou, et al.. (2010). Photorhabdus adhesion modification protein (Pam) binds extracellular polysaccharide and alters bacterial attachment. BMC Microbiology. 10(1). 141–141. 10 indexed citations

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Waterfield, Nicholas R., Mónica Sánchez-Contreras, Ioannis Eleftherianos, et al.. (2008). Rapid Virulence Annotation (RVA): Identification of virulence factors using a bacterial genome library and multiple invertebrate hosts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(41). 15967–15972. 62 indexed citations

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Eleftherianos, Ioannis, Peter J. Millichap, Gabriella Felföldi, et al.. (2007). Probing the insect immune system with the entomopathogen Photorhabdus. Journal of insect science. 7. 2 indexed citations

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Eleftherianos, Ioannis, Sam Boundy, Susan A. Joyce, et al.. (2007). An antibiotic produced by an insect-pathogenic bacterium suppresses host defenses through phenoloxidase inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(7). 2419–2424. 174 indexed citations

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Felföldi, Gabriella, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Richard H. ffrench‐Constant, István Venekei, & Stuart E. Reynolds. (2007). The role of serineprotease homolgue 3 (SPH-3) in Manduca sexta shown by RNA interference. Journal of insect science. 7. 1 indexed citations

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Eleftherianos, Ioannis, Peter J. Millichap, Richard H. ffrench‐Constant, & Stuart E. Reynolds. (2006). RNAi suppression of recognition protein mediated immune responses in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta causes increased susceptibility to the insect pathogen Photorhabdus. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 30(12). 1099–1107. 97 indexed citations

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Catania, Francesco, Max Kauer, Phillip J. Daborn, et al.. (2004). World‐wide survey of anAccordinsertion and its association with DDT resistance inDrosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology. 13(8). 2491–2504. 111 indexed citations

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Anthony, Nicola M., et al.. (2004). Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers from the Endangered Karner Blue Butterfly Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis (Lepidoptera). Hereditas. 134(3). 271–273. 17 indexed citations

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Daborn, Phillip J., Janet L. Yen, Michael Bogwitz, et al.. (2002). A Single P450 Allele Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila. Science. 297(5590). 2253–2256. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rocheleau, Thomas A., et al.. (1993). Expression of a Drosophila GABA receptor in a baculovirus insect cell system. FEBS Letters. 335(3). 315–318. 32 indexed citations

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ffrench‐Constant, Richard H. & A. L. Devonshire. (1986). Effect of different insecticides on the selection and control of highly resistant Myzus persicae .. Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository). 1 indexed citations

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