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Claire Detrain

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6595
World Ranking
5587
National Ranking
71

Claire Detrain publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claire Detrain sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 283 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Claire Detrain D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claire Detrain sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Claire Detrain is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses on several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Plant Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Detrain's research topics cover a diverse range of areas within biological and ecological studies, notably:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect Utilization and Effects

The scientist has several recent publications mostly from 2020. Notable papers include:

  • Pathogen avoidance and prey discrimination in ants, 2020, published in Royal Society Open Science
  • Foraging through multiple nest holes: An impediment to collective decision-making in ants, 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • Multiple nest entrances alter foraging and information transfer in ants, 2020, published in Royal Society Open Science
  • The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra, 2020, published in Die Naturwissenschaften
  • Waste management by ants: the enhancing role of larvae, 2020, published in Animal Behaviour

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Claire Detrain include:

  • Hugo Pereira
  • Marine Lehue
  • Oscar Vaes
  • Anaïs Chailleux
  • Solène Blanchard

The scientist's research output has been published in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Biological Control
  • Animal Behaviour

Best Publications

  • Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices

    José Halloy;Grégory Sempo;Gilles Caprari;Colette Rivault

  • Information Processing in Social Insects

    Claire Detrain;Jean Louis Deneubourg;Jacques M. Pasteels

  • Self-organized structures in a superorganism: do ants "behave" like molecules?

    Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Collegial decision making based on social amplification leads to optimal group formation.

    Jean-Marc Amé;José Halloy;Colette Rivault;Claire Detrain

  • Decision-making in foraging by social insects

    Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques M. Pasteels

  • How do ants assess food volume

    Anne-Catherine Mailleux;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

  • Collective Decision-Making and Foraging Patterns in Ants and Honeybees

    Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Dynamics of Aggregation and Emergence of Cooperation

    Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Arnaud Lioni;Claire Detrain

  • Caste differences in behavioral thresholds as a basis for polyethism during food recruitment in the ant, Pheidole pallidula (Nyl.) (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)

    Claire Detrain;Jacques Pasteels

  • Self-organized asymmetries in ant foraging: A functional response to food type and colony needs

    Stéphane Portha;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

  • Scavenging by Pheidole pallidula: a key for understanding decision-making systems in ants.

    Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Caste polyethism and collective defense in the ant, Pbeidole pallidula: the outcome of quantitative differences in recruitment

    Claire Detrain;Jacques Pasteels

  • Hydrocarbons in the ant Lasius niger: from the cuticle to the nest and home range marking.

    Alain Lenoir;Stéphanie Depickère;Séverine Devers;Jean-Philippe Christidès

  • Aphid alarm pheromone as a cue for ants to locate aphid partners

    François J. Verheggen;Lise Diez;Ludovic Sablon;Christophe Fischer

  • Aphid-ant mutualism: how honeydew sugars influence the behaviour of ant scouts.

    Claire Detrain;François J. Verheggen;Lise Diez;Bernard Wathelet

  • The Formation of Collective Silk Balls in the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch

    Gwendoline Clotuche;Anne-Catherine Mailleux;Aina Astudillo Fernández;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Collective exploration and area marking in the ant Lasius niger

    Cédric Devigne;Claire Detrain

  • Keep the nest clean: survival advantages of corpse removal in ants

    Lise Diez;Philippe Lejeune;Claire Detrain

  • Regulation of ants' foraging to resource productivity.

    Anne-Catherine Mailleux;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

  • How does food distance influence foraging in the ant Lasius niger: the importance of home-range marking

    Cédric Devigne;Claire Detrain

  • How food type and brood influence foraging decisions of Lasius niger scouts

    Stéphane Portha;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

  • Starvation drives a threshold triggering communication

    Anne-Catherine Mailleux;Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

  • Information processing social insects

    C. Detrain;J. L. Deneubourg;Jacques M. Pasteels

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Deneubourg
Jean-Louis Deneubourg Université Libre de Bruxelles
Eric Haubruge
Eric Haubruge University of Liège
Georges Lognay
Georges Lognay University of Liège
Jacques Pasteels
Jacques Pasteels Université Libre de Bruxelles
Francesco Mondada
Francesco Mondada École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Philippe Thonart
Philippe Thonart University of Liège
Frédéric Francis
Frédéric Francis Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Maria Navajas
Maria Navajas Montpellier SupAgro
Michael Hrncir
Michael Hrncir Universidade de São Paulo
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons

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