Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller

483 total citations
16 papers, 322 citations indexed

About

Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 322 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller's work include Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (6 papers). Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller's co-authors include Ian Laycock, Nigel R. Franks, James Cresswell, Edmund R. Hunt, Naoki Masuda, Takao Sasaki, Gregory F. Albery, Ana B. Sendova‐Franks, Michael Simone-Finstrom and Juliet L. Osborne and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller

16 papers receiving 318 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller United Kingdom 9 237 214 161 35 28 16 322
Amanda Izzo United States 6 188 0.8× 138 0.6× 63 0.4× 14 0.4× 7 0.3× 10 281
Jonathan Schneider Canada 10 211 0.9× 216 1.0× 98 0.6× 17 0.5× 14 0.5× 16 381
James C. Makinson Australia 11 310 1.3× 267 1.2× 194 1.2× 11 0.3× 56 2.0× 23 374
Martina Szopek Austria 7 180 0.8× 177 0.8× 160 1.0× 7 0.2× 13 0.5× 13 298
Sabrina Amador‐Vargas Panama 10 228 1.0× 213 1.0× 57 0.4× 3 0.1× 29 1.0× 24 313
Anna V. Grasse Austria 8 220 0.9× 304 1.4× 240 1.5× 11 0.3× 26 0.9× 12 454
Lee A. Lewis United States 10 281 1.2× 293 1.4× 212 1.3× 3 0.1× 10 0.4× 14 322
Vikyath D. Rao United States 5 247 1.0× 255 1.2× 224 1.4× 5 0.1× 10 0.4× 7 333
Tobias Otte Germany 8 204 0.9× 186 0.9× 250 1.6× 33 0.9× 56 2.0× 9 376
Serafino Teseo France 10 196 0.8× 178 0.8× 87 0.5× 3 0.1× 12 0.4× 23 277

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Kennedy, Peter J., et al.. (2025). Broad ecological threats of an invasive hornet revealed through a deep sequencing approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 970. 178978–178978. 3 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2024). VespAI: a deep learning-based system for the detection of invasive hornets. Communications Biology. 7(1). 354–354. 4 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2023). Predator and pollinator? An invasive hornet alters the pollination dynamics of a native plant. Basic and Applied Ecology. 71. 119–128. 15 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., Robin Curtis, Peter J. Kennedy, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the impact of an invasive hornet on Bombus terrestris colonies. Communications Biology. 6(1). 990–990. 7 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2022). A derived honey bee stock confers resistance to Varroa destructor and associated viral transmission. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., Edmund R. Hunt, & Takao Sasaki. (2020). Functional Heterogeneity in Superorganisms: Emerging Trends and Concepts. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114(5). 562–574. 19 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2020). An Efficient Alternative to the CDC Gravid Trap for Southern House Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Surveillance. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(3). 1322–1330. 2 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A.. (2019). Honeybees show a context-dependent rightward bias. Biology Letters. 15(2). 20180877–20180877. 12 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2017). Variability in individual assessment behaviour and its implications for collective decision-making. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1848). 20162237–20162237. 26 indexed citations
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Qiu, Bitao, Dalial Freitak, Heikki Helanterä, et al.. (2017). Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32(11). 861–872. 43 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., Ana B. Sendova‐Franks, & Nigel R. Franks. (2016). Migration control: a distance compensation strategy in ants. Die Naturwissenschaften. 103(7-8). 66–66. 8 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., et al.. (2016). A social mechanism facilitates ant colony emigrations over different distances. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219(Pt 21). 3439–3446. 5 indexed citations
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Masuda, Naoki, Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller, Carolina Doran, & Nigel R. Franks. (2015). Computational model of collective nest selection by ants with heterogeneous acceptance thresholds. Royal Society Open Science. 2(6). 140533–140533. 14 indexed citations
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O’Shea-Wheller, Thomas A., Ana B. Sendova‐Franks, & Nigel R. Franks. (2015). Differentiated Anti-Predation Responses in a Superorganism. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0141012–e0141012. 7 indexed citations
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Hunt, Edmund R., et al.. (2014). Ants show a leftward turning bias when exploring unknown nest sites. Biology Letters. 10(12). 20140945–20140945. 44 indexed citations
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Laycock, Ian, et al.. (2013). Effects of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam at field-realistic levels on microcolonies of Bombus terrestris worker bumble bees. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 100. 153–158. 92 indexed citations

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