Roman Zug

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Roman Zug is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman Zug has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Insect Science, 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Roman Zug's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (7 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Roman Zug is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (7 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Roman Zug collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Roman Zug's co-authors include Peter Hammerstein, Tobias Uller, Suzanne E. Kelly, Hanna Kokko, Martha S. Hunter, Marco Gebiola, Susanne Foitzik and Massimo Giorgini and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Microbiology and Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

Roman Zug

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Still a Host of Hosts for Wolbachia: Analysis of Recent Data Suggests That 40% of Terrestrial Arthropod Species Are Infected

2012 684 citations Roman Zug, Peter Hammerstein PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roman Zug Germany	6	1.1k	277	138	115	87	10	1.1k
Julien Martinez United Kingdom	21	1.1k 1.0×	409 1.5×	150 1.1×	138 1.2×	60 0.7×	29	1.3k
J. Dylan Shropshire United States	12	985 0.9×	186 0.7×	163 1.2×	135 1.2×	51 0.6×	20	1.1k
Sarah R. Bordenstein United States	11	978 0.9×	204 0.7×	143 1.0×	163 1.4×	64 0.7×	17	1.1k
Melinda Greenfield United States	5	1.1k 1.0×	714 2.6×	108 0.8×	200 1.7×	126 1.4×	6	1.3k
Álvaro Ferreira Brazil	9	1.1k 1.0×	443 1.6×	159 1.2×	124 1.1×	141 1.6×	20	1.3k
Perran A. Ross Australia	22	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 3.7×	179 1.3×	102 0.9×	100 1.1×	65	1.6k
Edwige Rancès Australia	13	969 0.9×	601 2.2×	92 0.7×	55 0.5×	120 1.4×	15	1.1k
Sarah Biber United States	3	706 0.7×	87 0.3×	120 0.9×	64 0.6×	60 0.7×	5	750
Yixin H. Ye Australia	13	746 0.7×	511 1.8×	125 0.9×	39 0.3×	116 1.3×	15	896
Aurélien Vigneron United States	17	803 0.8×	159 0.6×	156 1.1×	135 1.2×	47 0.5×	29	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Roman Zug

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roman Zug

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Zug, Roman, Susanne Foitzik, & Hanna Kokko. (2025). Luck can explain the positive link between fecundity and longevity: the Matthew effect in social insects and beyond. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38(11). 1435–1447. 1 indexed citations

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Zug, Roman, et al.. (2025). Infection dynamics of endosymbionts that manipulate arthropod reproduction. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(5). 1787–1812.

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Zug, Roman & Tobias Uller. (2022). Evolution and dysfunction of human cognitive and social traits: A transcriptional regulation perspective. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. e43–e43. 3 indexed citations

4.

Zug, Roman. (2022). Developmental disorders caused by haploinsufficiency of transcriptional regulators: a perspective based on cell fate determination. Biology Open. 11(1). 19 indexed citations

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Zug, Roman & Peter Hammerstein. (2017). Evolution of reproductive parasites with direct fitness benefits. Heredity. 120(3). 266–281. 20 indexed citations

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Gebiola, Marco, Suzanne E. Kelly, Roman Zug, et al.. (2017). Reproductive interference and fecundity affect competitive interactions of sibling species with low mating barriers: experimental and theoretical evidence. Heredity. 119(6). 438–446. 1 indexed citations

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Zug, Roman & Peter Hammerstein. (2015). Wolbachia and the insect immune system: what reactive oxygen species can tell us about the mechanisms of Wolbachia–host interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1201–1201. 112 indexed citations

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Zug, Roman & Peter Hammerstein. (2014). Bad guys turned nice? A critical assessment ofWolbachiamutualisms in arthropod hosts. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 90(1). 89–111. 242 indexed citations

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Zug, Roman & Peter Hammerstein. (2012). Still a Host of Hosts for Wolbachia: Analysis of Recent Data Suggests That 40% of Terrestrial Arthropod Species Are Infected. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38544–e38544. 684 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zug, Roman, et al.. (2012). Epidemiology in evolutionary time: the case of Wolbachia horizontal transmission between arthropod host species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25(11). 2149–2160. 45 indexed citations

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