Robert A. Bell

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Bell is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Bell has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Insect Science and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Bell's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (29 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers). Robert A. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (29 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (14 papers). Robert A. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Netherlands. Robert A. Bell's co-authors include Martin Shapiro, Dale B. Gelman, Perry L. Adkisson, Belgaum S. Thyagaraja, Richard B. Imberski, Ashok K. Raina, Thomas K. Borg, Marcia J. Loeb, Jadwiga M. Giebułtowicz and Thomas J. Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences and Ecosystems.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Bell

55 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Techniques for Rearing Laboratory Colonies of Tobacco Hornworms and Pink Bollworms1

1976 969 citations Robert A. Bell et al. Annals of the Entomological Society of America profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Bell United States	17	1.0k	904	610	507	359	58	1.8k
Timothy G. Kingan United States	25	1.4k 1.4×	903 1.0×	794 1.3×	366 0.7×	520 1.4×	36	1.9k
B.G. Loughton Canada	23	1.0k 1.0×	724 0.8×	452 0.7×	293 0.6×	249 0.7×	63	1.4k
R. L. Ridgway United States	24	707 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	363 0.6×	466 0.9×	465 1.3×	101	2.1k
C.A.D. de Kort Netherlands	28	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	633 1.0×	597 1.2×	293 0.8×	64	1.8k
P. Porcheron France	21	857 0.8×	578 0.6×	408 0.7×	339 0.7×	236 0.7×	64	1.2k
W.J.A. Van Marrewijk Netherlands	20	962 0.9×	649 0.7×	426 0.7×	426 0.8×	223 0.6×	39	1.7k
Jeffrey H. Spring United States	18	797 0.8×	556 0.6×	416 0.7×	293 0.6×	213 0.6×	44	1.2k
Norman T. Davis United States	28	1.3k 1.2×	793 0.9×	735 1.2×	204 0.4×	766 2.1×	42	1.9k
Marcia J. Loeb United States	23	647 0.6×	709 0.8×	370 0.6×	856 1.7×	171 0.5×	92	1.8k
Ronald Booker United States	20	787 0.8×	320 0.4×	350 0.6×	328 0.6×	338 0.9×	28	1.2k

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Bell, Robert A., et al.. (2025). Development of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), on pork tissue at two temperatures. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 70(2). 619–626.

Gelman, Dale B. & Robert A. Bell. (2013). Low molecular weight ecdysiotropins in the hemolymph of 5th instars of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). European Journal of Entomology. 92(1). 131–141. 1 indexed citations

Gelman, Dale B., et al.. (2001). Artificial diets for rearing the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Journal of Insect Science. 1(7). 1–11. 35 indexed citations

Gelman, Dale B., M. Guadalupe Rojas, Thomas J. Kelly, Jing Hu, & Robert A. Bell. (2000). Ecdysteroid and free amino acid content of eggs of the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 44(4). 172–182. 5 indexed citations

Weirich, Günter F. & Robert A. Bell. (1997). Ecdysone 20-hydroxylation and 3-epimerization in larvae of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L.: tissue distribution and developmental changes. Journal of Insect Physiology. 43(7). 643–649. 5 indexed citations

Loeb, Marcia J., et al.. (1997). Naturally occurring analogs ofLymantria testis ecdysiotropin, a gonadotropin isolated from brains ofLymantria dispar pupae1. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 36(1). 37–50. 9 indexed citations

Kelly, Thomas J., Belgaum S. Thyagaraja, Robert A. Bell, & Edward P. Masler. (1995). A novel low molecular weight ecdysiotropin in post-diapause, pre-hatch eggs of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Regulatory Peptides. 57(3). 253–261. 4 indexed citations

Loeb, Marcia J., Dale B. Gelman, & Robert A. Bell. (1993). Second messengers mediating the effects of testis ecdysiotropin in testes of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 23(1). 13–28. 10 indexed citations

Thyagaraja, Belgaum S., Dale B. Gelman, Edward P. Masler, et al.. (1993). A role for the terminal abdominal segment in the larval and pupal molts of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L: Discovery of a developmental control center in the anal papilla pouch. Journal of Insect Physiology. 39(11). 969–980. 3 indexed citations

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Gelman, Dale B., Belgaum S. Thyagaraja, & Robert A. Bell. (1993). Ecdysiotropic activity in the lepidopteran hindgut—An update. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 23(1). 25–32. 12 indexed citations

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Gelman, Dale B., Belgaum S. Thyagaraja, Thomas J. Kelly, et al.. (1992). Prothoracicotropic hormone levels in brains of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis: Diapause vs the non-diapause state. Journal of Insect Physiology. 38(5). 383–395. 24 indexed citations

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Hayes, D. K., N. O. Morgan, R. E. Webb, & Robert A. Bell. (1991). Space Travel Shortens Diapause in Gypsy Moth Eggs. Chronobiology International. 8(1). 75–83. 2 indexed citations

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Gelman, Dale B., Albert B. DeMilo, Belgaum S. Thyagaraja, et al.. (1991). 3‐oxoecdysteroid 3β‐reductase in various organs of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 17(2-3). 93–106. 15 indexed citations

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Loeb, Marcia J., et al.. (1988). Secretion of ecdysteroid by sheaths of testes of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, and its regulation by testis ecdysiotropin. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 248(1). 94–100. 39 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Martin, Jacqueline L. Robertson, & Robert A. Bell. (1986). Quantitative and Qualitative Differences in Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Nucleopolyhedrosis Virus Produced in Different-aged Larvae. Journal of Economic Entomology. 79(5). 1174–1177. 26 indexed citations

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Raina, Ashok K., Robert A. Bell, & Robert B. Carlson. (1977). Influence of Temperature on Development of an India Strain of the Pink Bollworm1 in the Laboratory and Observations on Fecundity3. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 70(4). 628–630. 3 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., et al.. (1975). Wax secretion in non-diapausing and diapausing pupae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology. 21(10). 1725–1729. 31 indexed citations

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Bell, Robert A., et al.. (1975). Photoperiodic induction of the pupal diapause in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology. 21(8). 1471–1480. 44 indexed citations

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Raina, Ashok K. & Robert A. Bell. (1974). A Nondiapausing Strain of Pink Bollworm1 from Southern India3. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67(4). 685–686. 11 indexed citations

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Chapman, Andrew & Robert A. Bell. (1967). Field Tests with the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus for Control of Heliothis spp. in the Southern High Plains of Texas, 19641. Journal of Economic Entomology. 60(3). 655–656. 6 indexed citations

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