Simon Hellemans

462 total citations
30 papers, 218 citations indexed

About

Simon Hellemans is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hellemans has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 218 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Hellemans's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers). Simon Hellemans is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (27 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (14 papers). Simon Hellemans collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Czechia and Belgium. Simon Hellemans's co-authors include Yves Roisin, Robert Hanus, Denis Fournier, Thomas Bourguignon, Jan Šobotník, Menglin Wang, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Aleš Buček, Martyna Marynowska and Nathan Lo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hellemans

24 papers receiving 216 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Hellemans Japan 9 178 166 83 13 7 30 218
Simon Dupont France 12 272 1.5× 279 1.7× 167 2.0× 12 0.9× 7 1.0× 24 325
Michele Lanan United States 6 187 1.1× 179 1.1× 123 1.5× 33 2.5× 12 1.7× 7 242
Karl Haagsma United States 6 134 0.8× 118 0.7× 101 1.2× 28 2.2× 6 0.9× 11 166
André Rodrigues de Souza Brazil 12 281 1.6× 281 1.7× 182 2.2× 21 1.6× 6 0.9× 44 348
Kevin J. Loope United States 10 231 1.3× 214 1.3× 182 2.2× 9 0.7× 3 0.4× 34 273
Candice W. Torres United States 5 137 0.8× 118 0.7× 77 0.9× 5 0.4× 5 0.7× 5 156
Erik T. Frank Germany 9 182 1.0× 169 1.0× 130 1.6× 13 1.0× 5 0.7× 17 233
Madeleine M. Ostwald United States 10 230 1.3× 234 1.4× 176 2.1× 6 0.5× 5 0.7× 23 263
Leandro Rodrigues Santiago Brazil 10 180 1.0× 162 1.0× 145 1.7× 33 2.5× 29 4.1× 16 218
Hugo Darras Belgium 10 253 1.4× 244 1.5× 73 0.9× 9 0.7× 11 1.6× 19 285

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hellemans

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Audisio, Tracy, Simon Hellemans, Shulin He, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11154–11154.
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Hellemans, Simon, Thomas Bourguignon, & Yves Roisin. (2025). Towards a universal understanding of sex ratio in termites. Communications Biology. 8(1). 404–404.
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Liu, Cong, Simon Hellemans, Aleš Buček, et al.. (2025). Robust termite phylogenies built using transposable element composition and insertion events. Current Biology. 35(22). 5626–5632.e2.
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Mizumoto, Nobuaki, Toshihisa Yashiro, & Simon Hellemans. (2025). Loss of pair formation predates the evolution of male-less society in termites. Evolution. 80(2). 460–471.
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Roy, Virginie, Chantal Poteaux, Simon Hellemans, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary history of soil-feeding Neotropical termites reveals recent divergences linked to geologic-climatic influences. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 8(6).
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Buček, Aleš, et al.. (2024). Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1449–1449. 2 indexed citations
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Walker, James W., Simon Hellemans, Thomas Bourguignon, et al.. (2024). Dating in the Dark: Elevated Substitution Rates in Cave Cockroaches (Blattodea: Nocticolidae) Have Negative Impacts on Molecular Date Estimates. Systematic Biology. 73(3). 532–545. 4 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, Esra Kaymak, Thomas Bourguignon, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a new Afrotropical termite species into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae). Systematic Entomology. 49(1). 72–83.
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Hellemans, Simon & Robert Hanus. (2023). Termite primary queen — ancestral, but highly specialized eusocial phenotype. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 61. 101157–101157. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Menglin, Simon Hellemans, Aleš Buček, et al.. (2023). Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum. Ecography. 2023(7). 3 indexed citations
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Araujo, Natália de Souza, Simon Hellemans, Yves Roisin, & Denis Fournier. (2023). Transcriptomic profiling of castes and of sexually and parthenogenetically produced reproductive females in the termite Cavitermes tuberosus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 171(5). 350–360. 3 indexed citations
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Buček, Aleš, Simon Hellemans, Brian L. Fisher, et al.. (2023). Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2001). 20230619–20230619. 15 indexed citations
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Buček, Aleš, Menglin Wang, Jan Šobotník, et al.. (2022). Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(5). 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Menglin, Simon Hellemans, Jan Šobotník, et al.. (2022). Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera). Systematic Entomology. 47(4). 581–590. 13 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, Jan Šobotník, Gilles Lepoint, et al.. (2022). Termite dispersal is influenced by their diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1975). 20220246–20220246. 8 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, et al.. (2022). Using ultraconserved elements to reconstruct the termite tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 173. 107520–107520. 21 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, et al.. (2019). Widespread occurrence of asexual reproduction in higher termites of the Termes group (Termitidae: Termitinae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19(1). 131–131. 23 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, Martyna Marynowska, Thomas Drouet, et al.. (2019). Nest composition, stable isotope ratios and microbiota unravel the feeding behaviour of an inquiline termite. Oecologia. 191(3). 541–553. 8 indexed citations
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Hellemans, Simon, Denis Fournier, Robert Hanus, & Yves Roisin. (2017). Secondary queens in the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus develop through a transitional helper stage. Evolution & Development. 19(6). 253–262. 8 indexed citations
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