Ted R. Schultz

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
97 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Ted R. Schultz is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ted R. Schultz has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Genetics, 84 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 32 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Ted R. Schultz's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (84 papers), Plant and animal studies (83 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (23 papers). Ted R. Schultz is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (84 papers), Plant and animal studies (83 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (23 papers). Ted R. Schultz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Denmark. Ted R. Schultz's co-authors include Seán G. Brady, Brian L. Fisher, Philip S. Ward, Ulrich G. Mueller, Jonathan Majer, Donat Agosti, Leeanne E. Alonso, Stephen A. Rehner, Ulrich G. Mueller and Cameron R. Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ted R. Schultz

95 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ants: Standard Methods For Measuring And Monitoring Biodi... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2008 2014 2015 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Ants: Standard Methods For Measuring And Monitoring Biodiversity
    2000 1.0k citations Ted R. Schultz et al. profile →
  2. Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture
    2008 447 citations Ted R. Schultz, Seán G. Brady Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade ( H ymenoptera: F ormicidae)
    2014 334 citations Philip S. Ward, Seán G. Brady et al. Systematic Entomology profile →
  4. Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships
    2015 235 citations Richard C. Wilkerson, Yvonne‐Marie Linton et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ted R. Schultz United States 42 5.7k 5.4k 2.8k 769 665 97 7.4k
Alain Déjean France 38 4.4k 0.8× 4.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 887 1.2× 394 0.6× 312 6.1k
Johanna Mappes Finland 56 3.6k 0.6× 7.2k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 472 0.6× 564 0.8× 225 9.1k
Neil D. Tsutsui United States 33 4.1k 0.7× 4.1k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 456 0.6× 277 0.4× 68 5.6k
Mark J. F. Brown United Kingdom 53 5.0k 0.9× 6.7k 1.2× 6.2k 2.3× 1.4k 1.8× 139 0.2× 189 8.7k
David A. Holway United States 43 6.2k 1.1× 6.5k 1.2× 4.1k 1.5× 652 0.8× 396 0.6× 93 8.3k
Pekka Pamilo Finland 46 6.3k 1.1× 5.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 648 0.8× 164 0.2× 136 7.8k
Jacobus J. Boomsma Denmark 66 12.5k 2.2× 11.3k 2.1× 8.3k 3.0× 1.1k 1.4× 303 0.5× 299 15.1k
Nathan Lo Australia 49 4.0k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.2× 834 1.1× 109 0.2× 158 7.4k
Ross H. Crozier Australia 52 6.7k 1.2× 6.6k 1.2× 4.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 169 0.3× 195 10.0k
Seán G. Brady United States 36 3.6k 0.6× 4.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 684 0.9× 293 0.4× 90 5.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parker, Joseph, Munetoshi Maruyama, Tomoko Okamoto, Ted R. Schultz, & Mabel Alvarado. (2024). Evolution of leafcutter ant myrmecophiles: Hamotus heidiae, a new symbiont of Acromyrmex colonies with undetectable hydrocarbons (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Insectes Sociaux. 72(3). 319–332.
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Branstetter, Michael G., John T. Longino, Joaquı́n Reyes-López, Seán G. Brady, & Ted R. Schultz. (2022). Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants. Journal of Biogeography. 49(9). 1640–1653. 16 indexed citations
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Gotting, Kirsten, Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo, Lily Khadempour, et al.. (2022). Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(51). 8 indexed citations
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Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of Atta leaf‐cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 47(1). 13–35. 14 indexed citations
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Borowiec, Marek L., Christian Rabeling, Seán G. Brady, et al.. (2019). Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134. 111–121. 78 indexed citations
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Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey, Fernando Fernández, & Ted R. Schultz. (2018). Phylogeny and evolution of the cryptic fungus‐farming ant genus Myrmicocrypta F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) inferred from multilocus data. Systematic Entomology. 44(1). 139–162. 7 indexed citations
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Branstetter, Michael G., Ana Ješovnik, Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo, et al.. (2017). Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1852). 20170095–20170095. 116 indexed citations
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Boomsma, Jacobus J., Seán G. Brady, Robert R. Dunn, et al.. (2017). The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA). SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 25. 61–66. 27 indexed citations
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Ward, Philip S., Seán G. Brady, Brian L. Fisher, & Ted R. Schultz. (2016). Phylogenetic classifications are informative, stable, and pragmatic: the case for monophyletic taxa. Insectes Sociaux. 63(4). 489–492. 13 indexed citations
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Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne‐Marie Linton, Dina M. Fonseca, et al.. (2015). Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133602–e0133602. 235 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira, et al.. (2015). A new species of Simopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Brazil and Costa Rica. Zootaxa. 3956(2). 295–300. 4 indexed citations
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Rabeling, Christian, Ted R. Schultz, Maurício Bacci, et al.. (2011). Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(30). 12366–12371. 51 indexed citations
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Mehdiabadi, Natasha J. & Ted R. Schultz. (2010). Natural history and phylogeny of the fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini). 13. 37–55. 113 indexed citations
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Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey, Ted R. Schultz, & John S. LaPolla. (2010). A review of the dacetine ants of Guyana lFormicidaec Myrmicinaer. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 19(1). 12–43. 8 indexed citations
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Sosa‐Calvo, Jeffrey & Ted R. Schultz. (2009). The Gyne of the Enigmatic Fungus-Farming Ant Species Mycetosoritis explicata. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18. 113–120. 5 indexed citations
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Schultz, Ted R., Michael S. Engel, & John S. Ascher. (2001). Evidence for the origin of eusociality in the corbiculate bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 74(1). 10–16. 41 indexed citations
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Wetterer, James K., Ted R. Schultz, & Rudolf Meier. (1998). Phylogeny of Fungus-Growing Ants (Tribe Attini) Based on mtDNA Sequence and Morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9(1). 42–47. 104 indexed citations

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