OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Insectes Sociaux is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Better fed wasps are more selfish	41
Nesting biology and social organisation of a silk wasp (Microstigmus rosae) from the North–West Ecuadorian Choco	16
Intraspecific variation of sex ratio and body size along latitude in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Heterotermitidae)	14
Origin of an evolutionary novelty: the worker phenotype of eusocial wasps	12
Under pressure: the effect of long-term fungal infection on the encapsulation response in ants	12
First report on the use of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Fabaceae) live fruits as nests by Camponotus sp. and Nesomyrmex spininodis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Neotropical savanna	11
Response of a temperate grassland ant community to burning	9
Ovary activation correlates with the reproductive potential of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers if they are in a foreign colony	9
Social eavesdropping by stingless bees	8
In memoriam Christian Peeters (1956–2020)	8
Nutrition induced direct fitness for workers in a primitively eusocial wasp	7
Differences in the occurrence of leg glands between the social parasite S. mutica (Brown, 1949) and other Strumigenys ants	7
Mite–termite interaction: does termite mortality mediate mite density?	7
An antifungal compound secreted by termite workers, phenylacetic acid, inhibits the growth of both termite egg-mimicking fungus and entomopathogenic fungi	7
Rapid elimination of symbiotic intestinal protists during the neotenic differentiation in a subterranean termite, Reticulitermes speratus	6
Eversible tentacle organs in caterpillar–ant communication: do they signal partner quality in polyommatinae lycaenid butterflies?	6
Queens of the inquiline social parasite Acromyrmex insinuator can join nest-founding queens of its host, the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior	6
Reproductive potentials of task-shifting workers in a queenless ant	6
Variability of nest relocation behavior among acorn ant species	6
Innate visual attraction in wood ants is a hardwired behavior seen across different motivational and ecological contexts	6
The evidence of temporary social parasitism by Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in a Camponotus obscuripes colony (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)	6
Adaptive significance of early reproduction in Vespula shidai social wasps	5
Ant diversity studies in Brazil: an overview of the myrmecological research in a megadiverse country	5
Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999	5
Development of a standard medium for culturing the termite Reticulitermes speratus	5

Inter-gall dispersal in a socially parasitic aphid	5
Correction to: Description of nest architecture and ecological notes on the bumblebee Bombus (Pyrobombus) lapponicus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini)	4
Protecting pollinators and our food supply: understanding and managing threats to pollinator health	4
Colony composition, phasic reproduction, caste dimorphism, and prey preferences of the oriental non-army doryline ant Yunodorylus eguchii (Borowiec, 2009) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)	4
Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites	4
Sociality in the North African small carpenter bee, Ceratina albosticta	4
Visual associative learning and olfactory preferences of the greater banded hornet, Vespa tropica	4
Uncovering how behavioral variation underlying mutualist partner quality is partitioned within a species complex of keystone seed-dispersing ants	4
Description of nest architecture and ecological notes on the bumblebee Bombus (Pyrobombus) lapponicus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini)	4
Olfactory associative learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria	4
My early encounters with Ants and Hamilton’s inclusive fitness theory	3
Colony structure, population structure, and sharing of foraging trees in the ant Myrmecia nigriceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	3
Dynamic protozoan abundance of Coptotermes kings and queens during the transition from biparental to alloparental care	3
Ecogeographical patterns of body size differ among North American paper wasp species	3
Characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons in a subsocial bee, Ceratina calcarata	3
Sampling bias in multiscale ant diversity responses to landscape composition in a human-disturbed rainforest	3
Incipient colonies of the neotropical termite Cornitermes cumulans (Isoptera: Termitidae): comparing monogamy and polygamy as reproductive strategies	3
Relatedness within colonies of three North American species of carpenter ants (Subgenus: Camponotus) and a comparison with relatedness estimates across Formicinae	3
A call to termitologists: it is time to abandon the use of “lower” and “higher” termites	3
Climate, geography, and the mating phenology of ants	3
A novel bee host cannot detect a microbial parasite, in contrast to its original host	3
To mine or not to mine—asked the Drosophila larva	3
Workers require more cognitive skills than soldiers, queens and kings	3
Older, but not wiser: social wasp colony defensive behavior decreases with time, not experience	3
The discovery of mixed colonies in Temnothorax ants supports the territoriality hypothesis of dulotic social parasite evolution in myrmicine ants	2
Predation on nests of three species of Amazon River turtles (Podocnemis) by underground-foraging army ants (Labidus coecus)	2
No major difference in growth and productivity between monogynous and polygynous colonies in the ant Myrmecina graminicola	2
Nest protection and foraging behaviour in solitary and social nests of the socially polymorphic orchid bee Euglossa viridissima	2
Endopolyploidy and its role in shaping ant castes and colony dynamics: a study on Camponotus aff. balzani (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)	2
Best Paper Announcement for 2023	2
Sociality reduces the probability of eradication success of arthropod pests	2
Ant nests differentially affect soil chemistry across elevational gradients	2
Chemical and genetic evidences that multiple hornet colonies attack honeybee colonies	2
Indicator ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of disturbance in Mexico	2
RFID-tagged amazonian stingless bees confirm that landscape configuration and nest re-establishment time affect homing ability	2
Effects of Azteca trigona alarm pheromones on heterospecific ant behavior	2
Occupation of twigs by ants in the leaf litter: is there a relationship between the morphology of the castes and the entrance hole?	2
Temperature regulation of Heterotrigona itama (Cockerell, 1918) in lamp posts nests	2