2026 Claire Detrain: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	42	5591	5397	71	70	283	6595

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

620
Citations
Information Processing in Social Insects

Claire Detrain;Jean Louis Deneubourg;Jacques M. Pasteels

338
Citations
Self-organized structures in a superorganism: do ants "behave" like molecules?

Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

313
Citations
Collegial decision making based on social amplification leads to optimal group formation.

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

298
Citations
Decision-making in foraging by social insects

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

242
Citations
How do ants assess food volume

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

204
Citations
Collective Decision-Making and Foraging Patterns in Ants and Honeybees

Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

193
Citations
Dynamics of Aggregation and Emergence of Cooperation

Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Arnaud Lioni;Claire Detrain

159
Citations
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

141
Citations
Self-organized asymmetries in ant foraging: A functional response to food type and colony needs

Stéphane Portha;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

131
Citations
Scavenging by Pheidole pallidula: a key for understanding decision-making systems in ants.

Claire Detrain;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

126
Citations
Caste polyethism and collective defense in the ant, Pbeidole pallidula: the outcome of quantitative differences in recruitment

Claire Detrain;Jacques Pasteels

123
Citations
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

115
Citations
Aphid alarm pheromone as a cue for ants to locate aphid partners

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

106
Citations
Aphid-ant mutualism: how honeydew sugars influence the behaviour of ant scouts.

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

101
Citations
The Formation of Collective Silk Balls in the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch

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

100
Citations
Collective exploration and area marking in the ant Lasius niger

Cédric Devigne;Claire Detrain

98
Citations
Keep the nest clean: survival advantages of corpse removal in ants

Lise Diez;Philippe Lejeune;Claire Detrain

93
Citations
Regulation of ants' foraging to resource productivity.

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

90
Citations
How does food distance influence foraging in the ant Lasius niger: the importance of home-range marking

Cédric Devigne;Claire Detrain

82
Citations
How food type and brood influence foraging decisions of Lasius niger scouts

Stéphane Portha;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Claire Detrain

81
Citations
Starvation drives a threshold triggering communication

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

77
Citations
Information processing social insects

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

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Deneubourg Université Libre de Bruxelles

Eric Haubruge University of Liège

Georges Lognay University of Liège

Jacques Pasteels Université Libre de Bruxelles

Francesco Mondada École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Philippe Thonart University of Liège

Frédéric Francis Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Maria Navajas Montpellier SupAgro

Michael Hrncir Universidade de São Paulo

Philippe Dubois University of Mons

External Links

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