Sean O’Donnell

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Sean O’Donnell is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean O’Donnell has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 129 papers in Genetics and 53 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Sean O’Donnell's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (127 papers), Plant and animal studies (112 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (50 papers). Sean O’Donnell is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (127 papers), Plant and animal studies (112 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (50 papers). Sean O’Donnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Venezuela. Sean O’Donnell's co-authors include Robert L. Jeanne, Michael Kaspari, Kaitlin M. Baudier, Susan J. Bulova, Yamilé Molina, Adam R. Smith, J.R. Kercher, Gilad Barnea, Richard Axel and Robin L. Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sean O’Donnell

151 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Spontaneous Neural Activity Is Required for the Establishment and Maintenance of the Olfactory Sensory Map

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean O’Donnell United States	40	3.2k	3.2k	1.6k	994	473	151	4.7k
Michael P. Speed United Kingdom	35	4.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	811 0.5×	425 0.4×	199 0.4×	80	5.2k
Carole M. Smadja France	25	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	715 0.4×	484 0.5×	113 0.2×	40	2.9k
Trudy F. C. Mackay United States	57	1.9k 0.6×	5.6k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	66 0.1×	170	9.4k
Adriana D. Briscoe United States	33	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	880 0.5×	1.8k 1.8×	78 0.2×	74	4.0k
Wolfgang Rößler Germany	40	2.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	3.5k 3.5×	477 1.0×	154	5.2k
Antónia Monteiro Singapore	39	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	641 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	53 0.1×	152	5.0k
Richard F. Lyman United States	36	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	524 0.3×	856 0.9×	75 0.2×	51	4.0k
Nicola J. Nadeau United Kingdom	26	1.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	227 0.1×	228 0.2×	67 0.1×	37	2.8k
Trudy F. C. Mackay United States	46	1.4k 0.4×	4.6k 1.5×	849 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	52 0.1×	103	7.6k
Nicholas I. Mundy United Kingdom	37	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	84 0.1×	334 0.3×	619 1.3×	102	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean O’Donnell

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Donnell, Sean, et al.. (2024). The terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus as a facultative ant guest along foraging trails and inside Messor ebeninus nests in the Negev Desert. Insectes Sociaux. 72(3). 269–277. 1 indexed citations

Barrett, Meghan, et al.. (2023). Impact of body size on critical thermal maxima in female solitary desert bees. Ecological Entomology. 48(6). 785–789. 7 indexed citations

Beeren, Christoph von, et al.. (2023). Microbial symbionts are shared between ants and their associated beetles. Environmental Microbiology. 25(12). 3466–3483. 7 indexed citations

Barrett, Meghan, et al.. (2019). Larval mannitol diets increase mortality, prolong development, and decrease adult body sizes in fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ). Biology Open. 8(12). 3 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Sean, et al.. (2018). Lethal effects of erythritol on the mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 142(9). 873–881. 23 indexed citations

Łukasik, Piotr, Jon G. Sanders, Yi Hu, et al.. (2017). The structured diversity of specialized gut symbionts of the New World army ants. Molecular Ecology. 26(14). 3808–3825. 63 indexed citations

Holbech, Lars H., et al.. (2015). Severe declines of understory birds follow illegal logging in Upper Guinea forests of Ghana, West Africa. Biological Conservation. 188. 41–49. 52 indexed citations

Rehan, Sandra M., Susan J. Bulova, & Sean O’Donnell. (2015). Cumulative Effects of Foraging Behavior and Social Dominance on Brain Development in a Facultatively Social Bee (Ceratina australensis). Brain Behavior and Evolution. 85(2). 117–124. 26 indexed citations

Baudier, Kaitlin M., et al.. (2014). Erythritol, a Non-Nutritive Sugar Alcohol Sweetener and the Main Component of Truvia®, Is a Palatable Ingested Insecticide. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e98949–e98949. 50 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Sean, Corina Logan, & Nicola S. Clayton. (2012). Specializations of birds that attend army ant raids: An ecological approach to cognitive and behavioral studies. Behavioural Processes. 91(3). 267–274. 17 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Sean, et al.. (2011). An Elementary School with a Global Perspective: The Building as a Teaching Tool.. 45(3). 4–6. 2 indexed citations

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Kaspari, Michael, Scott Powell, John E. Lattke, & Sean O’Donnell. (2011). Predation and patchiness in the tropical litter: do swarm-raiding army ants skim the cream or drain the bottle?. Journal of Animal Ecology. 80(4). 818–823. 37 indexed citations

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Molina, Yamilé & Sean O’Donnell. (2007). Mushroom Body Volume Is Related to Social Aggression and Ovary Development in the Paperwasp Polistes instabilis. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 70(2). 137–144. 45 indexed citations

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Gardner, Kathryn E., Robin L. Foster, & Sean O’Donnell. (2006). Experimental analysis of worker division of labor in bumblebee nest thermoregulation (Bombus huntii, Hymenoptera: Apidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61(5). 783–792. 42 indexed citations

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Farone, Anthony L., Sean O’Donnell, Chad S. Brooks, et al.. (2006). Reovirus Strain-Dependent Inflammatory Cytokine Responses and Replication Patterns in a Human Monocyte Cell Line. Viral Immunology. 19(3). 546–557. 5 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Sean, Jodi L. Connolly, James D. Chappell, et al.. (2005). Organ-specific roles for transcription factor NF-κB in reovirus-induced apoptosis and disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(9). 2341–2350. 65 indexed citations

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Kaspari, Michael & Sean O’Donnell. (2003). High rates of army ant raids in the Neotropics and implications for ant colony and community structure. Evolutionary ecology research. 5(6). 933–939. 69 indexed citations

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Smith, Adam R., Sean O’Donnell, & Robert L. Jeanne. (2001). Correlated evolution of colony defence and social structure: A comparative analysis in eusocial wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Evolutionary ecology research. 3(3). 331–344. 40 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Sean. (1996). RAPD markers suggest genotypic effects on forager specialization in a eusocial wasp. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 38(2). 83–88. 38 indexed citations

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Khaw, B A, Otto A. Gansow, M W Brechbiel, Sean O’Donnell, & Naseem Nossiff. (1990). Use of isothiocyanatobenzyl-DTPA derivatized monoclonal antimyosin fab for enhanced in vivo target localization.. PubMed. 31(2). 211–7. 11 indexed citations

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