William J. Bell

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

William J. Bell is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Bell has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Genetics, 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in William J. Bell's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (58 papers), Plant and animal studies (38 papers) and Insects and Parasite Interactions (33 papers). William J. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (58 papers), Plant and animal studies (38 papers) and Insects and Parasite Interactions (33 papers). William J. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. William J. Bell's co-authors include Ring T. Cardé, Coby Schal, M. L. Pan, William H. Telfer, Robert H. Barth, Thomas R. Tobin, K. G. Adiyodi, Michael D. Breed, Ernst Kramer and Dwaine F. Emerich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

William J. Bell

105 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Chemical Ecology of Insects

1984 672 citations William J. Bell, Ring T. Cardé profile →
Searching Behaviour: The Behavioural Ecology of Finding Resources

1991 511 citations William J. Bell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Bell United States	36	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.1k	814	107	5.0k
V. B. Wigglesworth United Kingdom	39	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	944 1.2×	116	4.7k
J. E. Treherne United Kingdom	33	991 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	793 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	566 0.7×	116	3.8k
Allen G. Gibbs United States	39	2.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	457 0.6×	82	5.6k
R. F. Chapman United States	40	2.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	776 1.0×	109	6.1k
Toru Miura Japan	39	2.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	609 0.7×	180	4.8k
Thomas Flatt Switzerland	41	1.7k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	960 1.2×	86	5.7k
S. H. P. Maddrell United Kingdom	40	705 0.3×	975 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.5k 2.2×	882 1.1×	76	4.2k
Joseph G. Kunkel United States	34	862 0.4×	882 0.4×	717 0.4×	805 0.7×	2.3k 2.8×	88	4.5k
Yukio Ishikawa Japan	39	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.7×	2.0k 2.4×	320	6.8k
Daniel A. Hahn United States	30	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	591 0.7×	124	3.8k

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Bell, William J., Fiona Beyer, Mark Lambert, et al.. (2025). Social and policy interventions to reduce hospital admissions among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups in OECD countries with universal health care: a systematic review. BMJ Public Health. 3(2). e002592–e002592. 1 indexed citations

Sowden, Sarah, Fiona Beyer, William J. Bell, et al.. (2025). What works to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in hospitalisations and readmissions? Systematic review of the equity impacts of population-level, health service and integrative interventions. BMJ Public Health. 3(2). e002595–e002595. 1 indexed citations

Wahlberg, Lars U., et al.. (2020). Long-term, stable, targeted biodelivery and efficacy of GDNF from encapsulated cells in the rat and Goettingen miniature pig brain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 19–29. 9 indexed citations

Falcicchia, Chiara, Giovanna Paolone, Dwaine F. Emerich, et al.. (2018). Seizure-Suppressant and Neuroprotective Effects of Encapsulated BDNF-Producing Cells in a Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 9. 211–224. 68 indexed citations

Michener, Charles D., Michael D. Breed, & William J. Bell. (2016). Seasonal Cycles, Nests, and Social Behavior of Some Colombian Halictine Bees (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). Revista de Biología Tropical. 27(1). 13–34. 1 indexed citations

Ali, Omar A., et al.. (2011). Biomaterial-Based Vaccine Induces Regression of Established Intracranial Glioma in Rats. Pharmaceutical Research. 28(5). 1074–1080. 32 indexed citations

Ali, Omar A., Edward J. Doherty, William J. Bell, et al.. (2011). The efficacy of intracranial PLG-based vaccines is dependent on direct implantation into brain tissue. Journal of Controlled Release. 154(3). 249–257. 20 indexed citations

Emerich, Dwaine F., Christopher G. Thanos, Moses Goddard, et al.. (2006). Extensive neuroprotection by choroid plexus transplants in excitotoxin lesioned monkeys. Neurobiology of Disease. 23(2). 471–480. 70 indexed citations

Greenfield, Michael D., et al.. (2002). Acoustic orientation via sequential comparison in an ultrasonic moth. Die Naturwissenschaften. 89(8). 376–380. 8 indexed citations

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Lindner, Mark D., et al.. (2000). Numerous adrenal chromaffin cell preparations fail to produce analgesic effects in the formalin test or in tests of acute pain even with nicotine stimulation. Pain. 88(2). 177–188. 15 indexed citations

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Dionne, Keith E., Rebecca H. Li, William J. Bell, et al.. (1996). Transport characterization of membranes for immunoisolation. Biomaterials. 17(3). 257–266. 81 indexed citations

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Bell, William J., et al.. (1991). A simple video position-digitizer for studying animal movement patterns. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 37(3). 215–225. 13 indexed citations

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Tourtellot, Michael K., Robert D. Collins, & William J. Bell. (1991). The problem of movelength and turn definition in analysis of orientation data. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 150(3). 287–297. 46 indexed citations

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Bell, William J.. (1985). Sources of information controlling motor patterns in arthropod local search orientation. Journal of Insect Physiology. 31(11). 837–847. 77 indexed citations

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Bell, William J. & Ring T. Cardé. (1984). Chemical Ecology of Insects. 672 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, William J.. (1984). The anatomy of the grasshopper. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 13(2). 175–175. 1 indexed citations

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Tobin, Thomas R., et al.. (1981). Behavioral responses of malePeriplaneta americana to periplanone B, a synthetic component of the female sex pheromone. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 7(6). 969–979. 15 indexed citations

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Bell, William J., et al.. (1978). Metabolism of juvenile hormone in cultures of ovaries and fat body in the cockroachperiplaneta Americana. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 14(11). 956–960. 3 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael Κ., Theodore Burk, & William J. Bell. (1976). Pheromone-stimulated locomotory and orientation responses in the American cockroach. Animal Behaviour. 24(1). 52–67. 42 indexed citations

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Bell, William J.. (1974). Recognition of resident and non-resident individuals in intraspecific nest defense of a primitively eusocial halictine bee. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 93(3). 195–202. 40 indexed citations

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