Ulrich G. Mueller

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
128 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

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Ulrich G. Mueller is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich G. Mueller has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Genetics, 104 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 64 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Ulrich G. Mueller's work include Plant and animal studies (102 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (101 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (45 papers). Ulrich G. Mueller is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (102 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (101 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (45 papers). Ulrich G. Mueller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Brazil. Ulrich G. Mueller's co-authors include Joel L. Sachs, Ted R. Schultz, Cameron R. Currie, Thomas P. Wilcox, James J. Bull, Nicole M. Gerardo, David Malloch, Heather D. Ishak, Alexander S. Mikheyev and Maurício Bacci and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich G. Mueller

125 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The Evolution of Cooperation

2004 802 citations Ulrich G. Mueller et al. profile →
AFLP genotyping and fingerprinting

1999 712 citations Ulrich G. Mueller et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Engineering Microbiomes to Improve Plant and Animal Health

2015 379 citations Ulrich G. Mueller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulrich G. Mueller United States	52	5.5k	5.3k	3.7k	1.6k	1.1k	128	8.6k
Naomi E. Pierce United States	59	6.4k 1.2×	7.1k 1.3×	3.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	891 0.8×	203	10.9k
Jacobus J. Boomsma Denmark	66	12.5k 2.3×	11.3k 2.1×	8.3k 2.2×	1.1k 0.7×	898 0.8×	299	15.1k
Ted R. Schultz United States	42	5.7k 1.0×	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	769 0.5×	614 0.6×	97	7.4k
Ross H. Crozier Australia	52	6.7k 1.2×	6.6k 1.3×	4.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	195	10.0k
H. Charles J. Godfray United Kingdom	43	1.9k 0.3×	2.7k 0.5×	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	102	7.6k
Tadeusz J. Kawecki Switzerland	41	4.1k 0.7×	4.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 2.4×	102	8.9k
Bas J. Zwaan Netherlands	49	2.6k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	171	8.0k
Gregory A. Sword United States	39	1.7k 0.3×	2.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	808 0.8×	141	5.4k
Sara Via United States	40	4.4k 0.8×	5.6k 1.1×	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	2.4k 2.3×	62	10.8k
Johanna Mappes Finland	56	3.6k 0.7×	7.2k 1.4×	1.7k 0.5×	472 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	225	9.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulrich G. Mueller

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Pereira, Caio Guilherme, Joseph Edwards, Albina Khasanova, et al.. (2025). Breeding of microbiomes conferring salt tolerance to plants. Microbiome. 13(1). 244–244. 1 indexed citations

Mueller, Ulrich G., et al.. (2019). A new type of egg produced by foundress queens of Atta texana (Attini, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux. 66(4). 601–609. 1 indexed citations

Mueller, Ulrich G., et al.. (2019). Colony fitness and garden growth in the asexual fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii (Attini, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux. 67(1). 35–49. 1 indexed citations

McFrederick, Quinn S., et al.. (2016). Flowers and Wild Megachilid Bees Share Microbes. Microbial Ecology. 73(1). 188–200. 144 indexed citations

Mikheyev, Alexander S., Carolyn S. McBride, Ulrich G. Mueller, et al.. (2013). Host‐associated genomic differentiation in congeneric butterflies: now you see it, now you do not. Molecular Ecology. 22(18). 4753–4766. 21 indexed citations

McFrederick, Quinn S., William T. Wcislo, Douglas Taylor, et al.. (2012). Environment or kin: whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?. Molecular Ecology. 21(7). 1754–1768. 143 indexed citations

Mueller, Ulrich G., Alexander S. Mikheyev, Scott E. Solomon, & Michael K. Cooper. (2011). Frontier mutualism: coevolutionary patterns at the northern range limit of the leaf-cutter ant–fungus symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1721). 3050–3059. 41 indexed citations

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

Klein, Barrett A., et al.. (2010). Sleep deprivation impairs precision of waggle dance signaling in honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(52). 22705–22709. 57 indexed citations

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Sen, Ruchira, et al.. (2009). Generalized antifungal activity and 454-screening of Pseudonocardia and Amycolatopsis bacteria in nests of fungus-growing ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(42). 17805–17810. 182 indexed citations

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Rabeling, Christian, et al.. (2009). Thelytokous Parthenogenesis in the Fungus-Gardening Ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6781–e6781. 38 indexed citations

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Baer, Boris, Michiel B. Dijkstra, Ulrich G. Mueller, David R. Nash, & Jacobus J. Boomsma. (2008). Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants. Behavioral Ecology. 20(1). 38–45. 20 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ulrich G., et al.. (2008). COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION. Evolution. 62(11). 2894–2912. 115 indexed citations

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Gerardo, Nicole M., Ulrich G. Mueller, & Cameron R. Currie. (2006). Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis.. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6(1). 88–88. 55 indexed citations

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Little, Ainslie E. F., Takahiro Murakami, Ulrich G. Mueller, & Cameron R. Currie. (2003). The infrabuccal pellet piles of fungus-growing ants. Die Naturwissenschaften. 90(12). 558–562. 35 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ulrich G.. (2002). Ant versus Fungus versus Mutualism: Ant‐Cultivar Conflict and the Deconstruction of the Attine Ant‐Fungus Symbiosis. The American Naturalist. 160(S4). S67–S98. 142 indexed citations

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Sánchez-Peña, Sergio R. & Ulrich G. Mueller. (2002). A nocturnal raid of Nomamyrmex army ants on Atta leaf-cutting ants in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist. 27(2). 221–223. 5 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ulrich G., et al.. (2002). Extensive exchange of fungal cultivars between sympatric species of fungus‐growing ants. Molecular Ecology. 11(2). 191–195. 83 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ulrich G., et al.. (1999). AFLP genotyping and fingerprinting. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14(10). 389–394. 712 indexed citations breakdown →

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Borgia, Gerald & Ulrich G. Mueller. (1992). Bower Destruction, Decoration Stealing and Female Choice in the Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculata. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 92(1). 11–18. 51 indexed citations

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