Rüdiger Wehner

19.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Rüdiger Wehner is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rüdiger Wehner has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Genetics, 129 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 125 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rüdiger Wehner's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (145 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (125 papers) and Plant and animal studies (79 papers). Rüdiger Wehner is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (145 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (125 papers) and Plant and animal studies (79 papers). Rüdiger Wehner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Australia. Rüdiger Wehner's co-authors include Martin M. Müller, Harald Wolf, Gary D. Bernard, Ken Cheng, Barbara Michel, Stefan Sommer, Matthias Wittlinger, Thomas S Collett, Bernhard Ronacher and Wolfgang Rößler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rüdiger Wehner

189 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Keeping cool: Enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation in Saharan silver ants

2015 614 citations Rüdiger Wehner et al. Science profile →
Path integration in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis

1988 492 citations Rüdiger Wehner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rüdiger Wehner Switzerland	66	7.2k	6.9k	6.6k	1.4k	1.1k	194	13.1k
Mandyam V. Srinivasan Australia	58	3.1k 0.4×	4.0k 0.6×	4.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	404 0.4×	246	9.8k
Malcolm Burrows United Kingdom	56	2.6k 0.4×	2.3k 0.3×	5.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	191	8.8k
Eric J. Warrant Sweden	53	2.6k 0.4×	4.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	840 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	178	8.2k
Thomas S Collett United Kingdom	42	2.9k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	3.4k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	362 0.3×	106	6.7k
Martin Heisenberg Germany	66	5.6k 0.8×	4.9k 0.7×	12.0k 1.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	157	15.4k
Doekele G. Stavenga Netherlands	51	2.1k 0.3×	4.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	597 0.4×	535 0.5×	207	8.4k
Michael H. Dickinson United States	75	3.8k 0.5×	5.0k 0.7×	7.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	187	20.8k
Nigel R. Franks United Kingdom	57	8.4k 1.2×	8.8k 1.3×	647 0.1×	562 0.4×	750 0.7×	178	15.0k
Shaowu Zhang Australia	45	2.8k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	201 0.2×	131	6.3k
Nicholas J. Strausfeld United States	62	4.2k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	8.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	163	11.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rüdiger Wehner

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wehner, Rüdiger. (2024). Channel Walks–a Naturalist’s Approach of Experimentally Studying Ant Navigation in the Field. Resonance. 29(4). 457–476.

Fleischmann, Pauline N., Wolfgang Rößler, & Rüdiger Wehner. (2018). Early foraging life: spatial and temporal aspects of landmark learning in the ant Cataglyphis noda. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 204(6). 579–592. 41 indexed citations

Fleischmann, Pauline N., Robin Grob, Rüdiger Wehner, & Wolfgang Rößler. (2017). Species-specific differences in the fine structure of learning walk elements inCataglyphisants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(13). 2426–2435. 61 indexed citations

Fleischmann, Pauline N., et al.. (2016). Ontogeny of learning walks and the acquisition of landmark information in desert ants,Cataglyphis fortis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219(Pt 19). 3137–3145. 80 indexed citations

Wehner, Rüdiger, et al.. (2013). PATH INTEGRATION IN DESERT ANTS. APPROACHING A LONG-STANDING PUZZLE IN INSECT NAVIGATION. Monitore Zoologico Italiano-Italian Journal of Zoology. 20(3). 309–331. 24 indexed citations

McMeeking, Robert M., Eduard Arzt, & Rüdiger Wehner. (2011). Cataglyphis desert ants improve their mobility by raising the gaster. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 297. 17–25. 14 indexed citations

Helmchen, Fritjof, et al.. (2010). Representation of Thermal Information in the Antennal Lobe of Leaf-Cutting Ants. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 4. 174–174. 16 indexed citations

Seid, Marc A. & Rüdiger Wehner. (2007). Ultrastructure and synaptic differences of the boutons of the projection neurons between the lip and collar regions of the mushroom bodies in the ant, Cataglyphis albicans. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 507(1). 1102–1108. 27 indexed citations

Wittlinger, Matthias, Rüdiger Wehner, & Harald Wolf. (2006). The Ant Odometer: Stepping on Stilts and Stumps. Science. 312(5782). 1965–1967. 315 indexed citations

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Seidl, Tobias & Rüdiger Wehner. (2006). Visual and tactile learning of ground structures in desert ants. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(17). 3336–3344. 54 indexed citations

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Knaden, Markus, et al.. (2005). Phylogeny of three parapatric species of desert ants, Cataglyphis bicolor, C. viatica, and C. savignyi: A comparison of mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, and morphological data. Zoology. 108(2). 169–177. 19 indexed citations

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Knaden, Markus & Rüdiger Wehner. (2004). Path Integration in Desert Ants Controls Aggressiveness. Science. 305(5680). 60–60. 22 indexed citations

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Wehner, Rüdiger, et al.. (2002). Calibration processes in desert ant navigation: vector courses and systematic search. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 188(9). 683–693. 68 indexed citations

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Collett, Thomas S, M. J. Collett, & Rüdiger Wehner. (2001). The Guidance of Desert Ants by Extended Landmarks. Journal of Experimental Biology. 204(9). 1635–1639. 80 indexed citations

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Möller, Ralf, Dimitrios Lambrinos, Rolf Pfeifer, & Rüdiger Wehner. (1999). Transdisciplinary research in biorobotics: Insect strategies for mobile robot navigation. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 23(2).

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Collett, M. J., Thomas S. Collett, & Rüdiger Wehner. (1999). Calibration of vector navigation in desert ants. Current Biology. 9(18). 1031–S1. 96 indexed citations

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Wehner, Rüdiger, et al.. (1996). Visual Navigation in Insects: Coupling of Egocentric and Geocentric Information. Journal of Experimental Biology. 199(1). 129–140. 489 indexed citations

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Wehner, Rüdiger, et al.. (1983). Foraging strategies in individually searching ants, Cataglyphis bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). G. Fischer eBooks. 142 indexed citations

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Wehner, Rüdiger. (1982). Himmelsnavigation bei Insekten : Neurophysiologie und Verhalten. 107 indexed citations

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Wehner, Rüdiger. (1972). Information processing in the visual systems of arthropods : Symposium held at the Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, March 6-9, 1972. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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