Sylvia Cremer

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sylvia Cremer is a scholar working on Genetics, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia Cremer has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Genetics, 36 papers in Insect Science and 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Sylvia Cremer's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (51 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (28 papers). Sylvia Cremer is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (51 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (28 papers). Sylvia Cremer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Denmark. Sylvia Cremer's co-authors include Sophie A. O. Armitage, Paul Schmid‐Hempel, Line V. Ugelvig, Jürgen Heınze, Alexandra Schrempf, Christopher D. Pull, Anna V. Grasse, Simon Tragust, Michael Sixt and Nathalie Stroeymeyt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Cremer

54 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Social Immunity

2007 746 citations Sylvia Cremer, Sophie A. O. Armitage et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers

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Michel Chapuisat Switzerland

Susanne Foitzik Germany

Daniel J. C. Kronauer United States

Edward L. Vargo United States

Olav Rueppell United States

Sophie A. O. Armitage Germany

Amy L. Toth United States

Ben M. Sadd United States

Trine Bilde Denmark

James C. Nieh United States

Michel Chapuisat Switzerland

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3.1k ×1.6

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145 ×0.7

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96 ×0.5

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Countries citing papers authored by Sylvia Cremer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sylvia Cremer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvia Cremer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sylvia Cremer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sylvia Cremer 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 Sylvia Cremer. Sylvia Cremer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Habig, Michael, et al.. (2024). Frequent horizontal chromosome transfer between asexual fungal insect pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2316284121–e2316284121. 6 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia & Christopher D. Pull. (2024). Unconditional versus condition-dependent social immunity. Trends in Parasitology. 40(9). 780–787. 1 indexed citations

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Grasse, Anna V., et al.. (2023). Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 37–37. 3 indexed citations

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Milutinović, Barbara, et al.. (2023). Pathogen evasion of social immunity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(3). 450–460. 13 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia & Michael Sixt. (2022). Principles of disease defence in organisms, superorganisms and societies. Nature reviews. Immunology. 22(12). 713–714. 4 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia. (2019). Social immunity in insects. Current Biology. 29(11). R458–R463. 51 indexed citations

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Pull, Christopher D., et al.. (2018). Ants avoid superinfections by performing risk-adjusted sanitary care. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(11). 2782–2787. 40 indexed citations

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Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, Anna V. Grasse, Alessandro Crespi, et al.. (2018). Social network plasticity decreases disease transmission in a eusocial insect. Science. 362(6417). 941–945. 200 indexed citations

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Pull, Christopher D. & Sylvia Cremer. (2017). Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1). 219–219. 9 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia, et al.. (2014). Individual and social immunisation in insects. Trends in Immunology. 35(10). 471–482. 58 indexed citations

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Stroeymeyt, Nathalie, et al.. (2014). Organisational immunity in social insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 5. 1–15. 96 indexed citations

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Tragust, Simon, Line V. Ugelvig, Michel Chapuisat, Jürgen Heınze, & Sylvia Cremer. (2013). Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 225–225. 32 indexed citations

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Tragust, Simon, et al.. (2012). Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison. Current Biology. 23(1). 76–82. 151 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia, Alexandra Schrempf, & Jürgen Heınze. (2011). Competition and Opportunity Shape the Reproductive Tactics of Males in the Ant Cardiocondyla obscurior. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17323–e17323. 5 indexed citations

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Ugelvig, Line V., Falko P. Drijfhout, Daniel J. C. Kronauer, et al.. (2008). The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: Integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches. BMC Biology. 6(1). 11–11. 73 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia, Line V. Ugelvig, Falko P. Drijfhout, et al.. (2008). The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants. PLoS ONE. 3(12). e3838–e3838. 76 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia, Sophie A. O. Armitage, & Paul Schmid‐Hempel. (2007). Social Immunity. Current Biology. 17(16). R693–R702. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schrempf, Alexandra, Jürgen Heınze, & Sylvia Cremer. (2005). Sexual Cooperation. Current Biology. 15(3). 267–270. 79 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia & Jürgen Heınze. (2003). Stress Grows Wings. Current Biology. 13(3). 219–223. 61 indexed citations

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Cremer, Sylvia, Matthew F. Sledge, & Jürgen Heınze. (2002). Male ants disguised by the queen's bouquet. Nature. 419(6910). 897–897. 51 indexed citations

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