Sara Via

13.4k citations

62 papers · 10.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Insect Science top 0.05%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.05%
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Papers in

Insect Science 34
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control 31
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 34
- Plant and animal studies 29
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 8

Co-authors: Russell Lande David J. Hawthorne Carl D. Schlichting Gerdien de Jong Peter H. van Tienderen Samuel M. Scheiner Richard Gomulkiewicz Jeffrey K. Conner
Journals: Evolution (28 papers)The American Naturalist (5 papers)Heredity (5 papers)Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (4 papers)Ecological Entomology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Sara Via

62 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Sympatric speciation in animals: the ugly duckling grows up 2001 · 641 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
1995 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
1985 Evolution
1985 Evolution
1984 Evolution

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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1	Quantitative genetics of feeding behavior in two ecological races of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Heredity ·Marina C. Caillaud, Sara Via	2011	19
2	POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY SYMBIONTS IN HOST-ASSOCIATED POPULATIONS OF THE PEA APHID COMPLEX Evolution ·Julia Ferrari, Kutty Kartik Kishore, Sara Via, Hubert Charles	2011	185
3	POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND GENETIC VARIATION IN PERFORMANCE ON EIGHT HOSTS IN THE PEA APHID COMPLEX Evolution ·Julia Ferrari, Sara Via, Hubert Charles	2008	108
4	The genetic mosaic suggests a new role for hitchhiking in ecological speciation Molecular Ecology ·Sara Via, Kutty Kartik Kishore	2008	289
5	Back to the future: genetic correlations, adaptation and speciation Genetica ·Sara Via, David J. Hawthorne	2005	43
6	The Ecological Genetics of Speciation The American Naturalist ·Sara Via	2002	75
7	The Genetic Architecture of Ecological Specialization: Correlated Gene Effects on Host Use and Habitat Choice in Pea Aphids The American Naturalist ·Sara Via, David J. Hawthorne	2002	131
8	Genetic linkage of ecological specialization and reproductive isolation in pea aphids Nature ·David J. Hawthorne, Sara Via	2001	448
9	REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN DIVERGENT RACES OF PEA APHIDS ON TWO HOSTS. II. SELECTION AGAINST MIGRANTS AND HYBRIDS IN THE PARENTAL ENVIRONMENTS Evolution ·Sara Via, Amy C. Bouck, C Naber	2000	297
10	Natural selection and genetic differentiation of behaviour between parasitoids from wild and cultivated habitats Heredity ·Saskya van Nouhuys, Sara Via	1999	14
11	Cannibalism facilitates the use of a novel environment in the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Heredity ·Sara Via	1999	98
12	Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Sara Via, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Gerdien de Jong, Samuel M. Scheiner, Carl D. Schlichting, Peter H. van Tienderen Hit paper breakdown →	1995	1147
13	The Potential for Coevolution in a Host-Parasitoid System. I. Genetic Variation within an Aphid Population in Susceptibility to a Parasitic Wasp Evolution ·Heather J. Henter, Sara Via	1995	69
14	THE POTENTIAL FOR COEVOLUTION IN A HOST‐PARASITOID SYSTEM. I. GENETIC VARIATION WITHIN AN APHID POPULATION IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO A PARASITIC WASP Evolution ·Heather J. Henter, Sara Via	1995	208
15	Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum Genome ·Laith Alreshaid, Teresa J. Crease, Paul D. N. Hebert, Sara Via	1994	33
16	Selection response of the Colorado potato beetle for adaptation to the resistant potato, Solanum berthaultii Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata ·Félix Humberto França, R. L. Plaisted, R. T. Roush, Sara Via, Ward M. Tingey	1994	10
17	Natural selection on body size in Tribolium: possible genetic constraints on adaptive evolution Heredity ·Jeffrey K. Conner, Sara Via	1992	27
18	GENETIC COVARIANCE BETWEEN OVIPOSITION PREFERENCE AND LARVAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INSECT HERBIVORE Evolution ·Sara Via	1986	115
19	GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY Evolution ·Sara Via, Russell Lande Hit paper breakdown →	1985	1674
20	Visually mediated snapping in the bulldog ant: A perceptual ambiguity between size and distance Journal of Comparative Physiology A ·Sara Via	1977	33

About Sara Via

Sara Via is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science and Developmental Biology, having authored 62 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (31 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (16 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (8 papers), Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies (8 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (7 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (6 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Insect Science (3.6k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.6k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.9k citations), Genetics (4.4k citations) and Ecology (2.4k citations). Sara Via has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Russell Lande, David J. Hawthorne, Carl D. Schlichting, Gerdien de Jong, Peter H. van Tienderen, Samuel M. Scheiner, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Jeffrey K. Conner, Heather J. Henter and Marina C. Caillaud. Their work appears in journals such as Evolution, The American Naturalist, Heredity, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata and Ecological Entomology.

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