Tomas Kay

703 total citations
15 papers, 356 citations indexed

About

Tomas Kay is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomas Kay has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 356 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Tomas Kay's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers). Tomas Kay is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (11 papers), Plant and animal studies (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers). Tomas Kay collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Tomas Kay's co-authors include Laurent Keller, Bruce S. Weir, Jérôme Goudet, Laurent Lehmann, Qiaowei Pan, Amaury Herpin, Yann Guiguen, Manfred Schartl, Mateus Contar Adolfi and Thomas O. Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Reviews Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Tomas Kay

12 papers receiving 355 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomas Kay Switzerland	9	258	135	86	47	44	15	356
Caitlin E. McDonough-Goldstein United States	12	115 0.4×	126 0.9×	29 0.3×	28 0.6×	48 1.1×	21	309
Ralph Dobler Germany	10	179 0.7×	184 1.4×	78 0.9×	24 0.5×	79 1.8×	14	362
Carl Veller United States	14	294 1.1×	161 1.2×	45 0.5×	102 2.2×	116 2.6×	24	491
Cosima Hotzy Sweden	7	260 1.0×	319 2.4×	115 1.3×	21 0.4×	47 1.1×	10	447
Ivain Martinossi‐Allibert Sweden	12	210 0.8×	243 1.8×	93 1.1×	40 0.9×	44 1.0×	20	358
Andreas Sutter United Kingdom	12	202 0.8×	201 1.5×	91 1.1×	22 0.5×	51 1.2×	22	347
Manus M. Patten United States	13	424 1.6×	222 1.6×	50 0.6×	100 2.1×	142 3.2×	23	543
Romain Feron Switzerland	10	217 0.8×	56 0.4×	19 0.2×	77 1.6×	77 1.8×	13	320
Andri Manser Switzerland	10	175 0.7×	167 1.2×	78 0.9×	21 0.4×	43 1.0×	13	354
Joanne L. Godwin United Kingdom	5	238 0.9×	271 2.0×	113 1.3×	23 0.5×	29 0.7×	6	414

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15 of 15 papers shown

Kay, Tomas, et al.. (2025). Convergent evolution of a conserved molecular network underlies parenting and sociality. Nature Reviews Genetics. 27(4). 306–322.

Liberti, Joanito, Erik T. Frank, Tomas Kay, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota influences onset of foraging-related behavior but not physiological hallmarks of division of labor in honeybees. mBio. 15(9). e0103424–e0103424. 11 indexed citations

Richardson, Thomas O., Tomas Kay, Laurent Keller, & Nathalie Stroeymeyt. (2024). Pheromone relay networks in the honeybee: messenger workers distribute the queen’s fertility signal throughout the hive. BMC Biology. 22(1). 288–288.

Kay, Tomas, et al.. (2024). Ant social network structure is highly conserved across species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2027). 20240898–20240898. 1 indexed citations

Koto, Akiko, Makoto Tamura, Pui Shan Wong, et al.. (2023). Social isolation shortens lifespan through oxidative stress in ants. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5493–5493. 9 indexed citations

Kay, Tomas, Joanito Liberti, Thomas O. Richardson, et al.. (2023). Social network position is a major predictor of ant behavior, microbiota composition, and brain gene expression. PLoS Biology. 21(7). e3002203–e3002203. 6 indexed citations

Kay, Tomas, et al.. (2023). 2-Methoxybenzaldehyde effectively repels ants. Journal of Economic Entomology. 117(1). 24–33.

Kay, Tomas, Quentin Helleu, & Laurent Keller. (2022). Iterative evolution of supergene-based social polymorphism in ants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1856). 20210196–20210196. 22 indexed citations

Liberti, Joanito, Tomas Kay, Andrew Quinn, et al.. (2022). The gut microbiota affects the social network of honeybees. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(10). 1471–1479. 49 indexed citations

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Kay, Tomas, et al.. (2022). A complete absence of indirect genetic effects on brain gene expression in a highly social context. Molecular Ecology. 31(21). 5602–5607. 3 indexed citations

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Pan, Qiaowei, Tomas Kay, Mateus Contar Adolfi, et al.. (2021). Evolution of master sex determiners: TGF-β signalling pathways at regulatory crossroads. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1832). 20200091–20200091. 77 indexed citations

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Richardson, Thomas O., et al.. (2021). Ant behavioral maturation is mediated by a stochastic transition between two fundamental states. Current Biology. 31(10). 2253–2260.e3. 24 indexed citations

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Kay, Tomas, Laurent Keller, & Laurent Lehmann. (2020). The evolution of altruism and the serial rediscovery of the role of relatedness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(46). 28894–28898. 51 indexed citations

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Kay, Tomas, Laurent Lehmann, & Laurent Keller. (2019). Kin selection and altruism. Current Biology. 29(11). R438–R442. 19 indexed citations

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Goudet, Jérôme, Tomas Kay, & Bruce S. Weir. (2018). How to estimate kinship. Molecular Ecology. 27(20). 4121–4135. 84 indexed citations

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