Roberto A. Keller

1.2k total citations
19 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Roberto A. Keller is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto A. Keller has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Genetics, 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Roberto A. Keller's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (8 papers). Roberto A. Keller is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (8 papers). Roberto A. Keller collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Japan and Germany. Roberto A. Keller's co-authors include Patrícia Beldade, Ana Rita Mateus, Evan P. Economo, Francisco Hita Garcia, R. N. Boyd, Quentin D. Wheeler, Rolf G. Beutel, Adrian Richter, Johan Billen and Christian Peeters and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Molecular Ecology and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Roberto A. Keller

19 papers receiving 698 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto A. Keller Portugal	13	457	438	111	98	83	19	729
Carlos F. Arias Panama	15	311 0.7×	428 1.0×	73 0.7×	80 0.8×	58 0.7×	35	737
Cris C. Ledón-Rettig United States	7	348 0.8×	316 0.7×	172 1.5×	60 0.6×	42 0.5×	11	707
Genevieve M. Kozak United States	17	650 1.4×	428 1.0×	235 2.1×	71 0.7×	113 1.4×	27	967
Vicencio Oostra United Kingdom	11	325 0.7×	315 0.7×	187 1.7×	120 1.2×	63 0.8×	18	602
Patrick A. Guerra United States	14	400 0.9×	278 0.6×	141 1.3×	159 1.6×	126 1.5×	28	719
Marie A. Pointer United Kingdom	12	327 0.7×	416 0.9×	127 1.1×	92 0.9×	50 0.6×	14	807
Guila Ganem France	19	424 0.9×	519 1.2×	429 3.9×	83 0.8×	48 0.6×	53	1.1k
Nicholas A. Levis United States	12	390 0.9×	324 0.7×	264 2.4×	65 0.7×	49 0.6×	28	796
Luis E. Acosta Argentina	14	271 0.6×	376 0.9×	97 0.9×	44 0.4×	133 1.6×	62	686
David Punzalan Canada	13	674 1.5×	404 0.9×	159 1.4×	44 0.4×	76 0.9×	23	834

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19 of 19 papers shown

Garcia, Francisco Hita, et al.. (2025). A never-ending story: updated 3D cyber-taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) for the Afrotropical region. ZooKeys. 1223. 1–55. 1 indexed citations

Keller, Roberto A., et al.. (2023). Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5(1). obad026–obad026. 3 indexed citations

Boudinot, Brendon E., Rolf G. Beutel, Adrian Richter, et al.. (2022). The Skeletomuscular System of the Mesosoma ofFormica rufaWorkers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6(2). 17 indexed citations

Wang, Chu, Chung‐Chi Lin, Roberto A. Keller, & Johan Billen. (2021). The ‘hairwheels’ in Strumigenys ants are not glandular. Lirias (KU Leuven). 13(1). 1–11. 6 indexed citations

Boudinot, Brendon E., Adrian Richter, Júlio Cézar Mário Chaul, et al.. (2021). Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195(4). 1355–1389. 22 indexed citations

Richter, Adrian, Francisco Hita Garcia, Roberto A. Keller, et al.. (2021). The head anatomy of Protanilla lini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), with a hypothesis of their mandibular movement. Lirias (KU Leuven). 31. 85–114. 24 indexed citations

Peeters, Christian, et al.. (2020). The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour. Frontiers in Zoology. 17(1). 33–33. 18 indexed citations

Richter, Adrian, Francisco Hita Garcia, Roberto A. Keller, et al.. (2020). Comparative analysis of worker head anatomy of Formica and Brachyponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lirias (KU Leuven). 31 indexed citations

Beutel, Rolf G., Adrian Richter, Roberto A. Keller, et al.. (2020). Distal leg structures of the Aculeata (Hymenoptera): A comparative evolutionary study of Sceliphron (Sphecidae) and Formica (Formicidae). Journal of Morphology. 281(7). 737–753. 18 indexed citations

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Richter, Adrian, Roberto A. Keller, Félix Baumgarten Rosumek, et al.. (2019). The cephalic anatomy of workers of the ant species Wasmannia affinis (Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta) and its evolutionary implications. Arthropod Structure & Development. 49. 26–49. 43 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A., et al.. (2018). Skeletomuscular adaptations of head and legs of Melissotarsus ants for tunnelling through living wood. Frontiers in Zoology. 15(1). 30–30. 23 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A., Christian Peeters, & Patrícia Beldade. (2014). Correction: Evolution of thorax architecture in ant castes highlights trade-off between flight and ground behaviors. eLife. 3. 3 indexed citations

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Shirai, Leila T., Suzanne V. Saenko, Roberto A. Keller, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary history of the recruitment of conserved developmental genes in association to the formation and diversification of a novel trait. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1). 21–21. 45 indexed citations

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Peeters, Christian, Roberto A. Keller, & Robert A. Johnson. (2012). Selection against Aerial Dispersal in Ants: Two Non-Flying Queen Phenotypes in Pogonomyrmex laticeps. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47727–e47727. 4 indexed citations

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Beldade, Patrícia, Ana Rita Mateus, & Roberto A. Keller. (2011). Evolution and molecular mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity. Molecular Ecology. 20(7). 1347–1363. 280 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A.. (2011). A Phylogenetic Analysis of Ant Morphology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Special Reference to the Poneromorph Subfamilies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 355. 1–90. 99 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A.. (2011). A phylogenetic analysis of ant morphology (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with special reference to the poneromorph subfamilies. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 355). American Museum Novitates. 5 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A., R. N. Boyd, & Quentin D. Wheeler. (2003). The Illogical Basis of Phylogenetic Nomenclature. The Botanical Review. 69(1). 93–110. 73 indexed citations

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Keller, Roberto A.. (2000). Cladistics of the tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A reappraisal. Insect Systematics & Evolution. 31(1). 59–69. 14 indexed citations

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