Sandra Steiger

2.7k total citations
77 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sandra Steiger is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Steiger has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Insect Science, 48 papers in Genetics and 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sandra Steiger's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (47 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (37 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Sandra Steiger is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (47 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (37 papers) and Plant and animal studies (34 papers). Sandra Steiger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Sandra Steiger's co-authors include Josef K. Müller, Johannes Stökl, Manfred Ayasse, Anne‐Katrin Eggert, Martin Kaltenpoth, Heiko Vogel, Scott K. Sakaluk, Thomas Schmitt, H. Martin Schaefer and Klaus Peschke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Steiger

73 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandra Steiger Germany 24 1.2k 1.0k 935 481 156 77 2.0k
Michal Polák United States 26 594 0.5× 998 1.0× 709 0.8× 396 0.8× 140 0.9× 101 2.0k
Philip T. Starks United States 28 1.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 1.8k 1.9× 187 0.4× 106 0.7× 77 2.4k
Jay A. Yoder United States 25 1.2k 1.1× 885 0.9× 771 0.8× 570 1.2× 123 0.8× 149 2.3k
Tom A. R. Price United Kingdom 21 491 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 948 1.0× 289 0.6× 110 0.7× 65 1.6k
Brandon S. Cooper United States 22 572 0.5× 487 0.5× 487 0.5× 502 1.0× 119 0.8× 40 1.4k
Esteban Hasson Argentina 28 1.1k 0.9× 1000 1.0× 993 1.1× 530 1.1× 313 2.0× 128 2.4k
A. S. Gilchrist Australia 20 624 0.5× 532 0.5× 455 0.5× 328 0.7× 197 1.3× 38 1.3k
Bregje Wertheim Netherlands 25 1.3k 1.1× 824 0.8× 760 0.8× 414 0.9× 237 1.5× 64 2.3k
Michelle Pellissier Scott United States 24 1.0k 0.9× 978 0.9× 728 0.8× 824 1.7× 43 0.3× 38 2.1k
Masakazu Shimada Japan 26 1.7k 1.5× 922 0.9× 642 0.7× 375 0.8× 371 2.4× 86 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandra Steiger

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sandra Steiger's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sandra Steiger with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sandra Steiger more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sandra Steiger

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sandra Steiger. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sandra Steiger. The network helps show where Sandra Steiger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Steiger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sandra Steiger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sandra Steiger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sandra Steiger. Sandra Steiger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Steiger, Sandra, et al.. (2026). Repeatable differences in male care and sexual conflict resolution during biparental care in a subsocial insect. Animal Behaviour. 234. 123520–123520.
2.
Wittmann, Dieter, et al.. (2025). Kinship as a double-edged sword: relatedness among burying beetle larvae enhances growth but increases mortality. Biology Letters. 21(9). 20250319–20250319. 1 indexed citations
3.
Eggert, Anne‐Katrin, J. Curtis Creighton, Scott K. Sakaluk, et al.. (2025). Parental care liberates juvenile growth: a common-garden test of the evolutionary benefits of care. Evolution. 80(1). 269–281.
4.
Mair, Magdalena M., et al.. (2024). The impact of acoustic signalling on offspring performance varies among three biparentally caring species. Animal Behaviour. 217. 13–20. 2 indexed citations
5.
Roberts, Louise, et al.. (2024). Vibrations from the crypt: Investigating the possibility of vibrational communication in burying beetles. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 172(12). 1154–1165.
6.
Schott, M., et al.. (2024). The scent of offspring: chemical profiles of larvae change during development and affect parental behavior in a burying beetle. Behavioral Ecology. 35(5). arae061–arae061. 3 indexed citations
7.
Belk, Mark C., J. Curtis Creighton, Rebecca M. Kilner, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae). Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70175–e70175. 16 indexed citations
8.
Steiger, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Analysing the information content of the multimodal courtship display of a parasitoid wasp. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145(2). 1 indexed citations
9.
Steiger, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Brood size, food availability, and body size affects male care decisions and offspring performance. Ecology and Evolution. 13(6). e10183–e10183. 5 indexed citations
10.
Steiger, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Harsh nutritional environment has positive and negative consequences for family living in a burying beetle. Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). e9699–e9699. 6 indexed citations
11.
Steiger, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Males benefit personally from family life: evidence from a wild burying beetle population. Behavioral Ecology. 32(5). 912–918. 9 indexed citations
12.
Shukla, Shantanu P., Michael Reichelt, Sandra Steiger, et al.. (2018). Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(44). 11274–11279. 86 indexed citations
13.
Trumbo, Stephen T., et al.. (2018). Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles. Frontiers in Zoology. 15(1). 33–33. 22 indexed citations
14.
Steiger, Sandra & Johannes Stökl. (2018). Pheromones Regulating Reproduction in Subsocial Beetles: Insights with References to Eusocial Insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 44(9). 785–795. 9 indexed citations
15.
Stökl, Johannes & Sandra Steiger. (2017). Evolutionary origin of insect pheromones. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 24. 36–42. 63 indexed citations
16.
Engel, Katharina, Johannes Stökl, Heiko Vogel, et al.. (2016). A hormone-related female anti-aphrodisiac signals temporary infertility and causes sexual abstinence to synchronize parental care. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11035–11035. 49 indexed citations
17.
Ayasse, Manfred, et al.. (2015). Beyond species recognition: somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 282(1812). 20150832–20150832. 47 indexed citations
18.
Engel, Katharina, et al.. (2015). Acceptance threshold theory can explain occurrence of homosexual behaviour. Biology Letters. 11(1). 20140603–20140603. 29 indexed citations
19.
Hoermann, Christian von, Sandra Steiger, Josef K. Müller, & Manfred Ayasse. (2013). Too Fresh Is Unattractive! The Attraction of Newly Emerged Nicrophorus vespilloides Females to Odour Bouquets of Large Cadavers at Various Stages of Decomposition. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58524–e58524. 31 indexed citations
20.
Weddle, Carie B., Sandra Steiger, Christopher G. Hamaker, et al.. (2012). Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self‐referencing in crickets: a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects. Ecology Letters. 16(3). 346–353. 45 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michal Polák Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Philip T. Starks Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jay A. Yoder Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tom A. R. Price Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brandon S. Cooper Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Esteban Hasson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. S. Gilchrist Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bregje Wertheim Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michelle Pellissier Scott Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Masakazu Shimada
Rankless by CCL
2026