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74
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17738
World Ranking
1131
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422

Deborah M. Gordon 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 Deborah M. Gordon sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 206 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Deborah M. Gordon 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 Deborah M. Gordon sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Deborah M. Gordon is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has produced a significant body of work focusing on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Sociology and Political Science, Insect Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their main topics of study include insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and pesticide research, neurobiology and insect physiology research, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and slime mold and myxomycetes research.

Several papers highlight this researcher's recent contributions to the field. These include:

  • "Gene expression variation in the brains of harvester ant foragers is associated with collective behavior," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Goals and Limitations of Modeling Collective Behavior in Biological Systems," 2021, Frontiers in Physics
  • "Movement, Encounter Rate, and Collective Behavior in Ant Colonies," 2020, Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • "Rainfall, neighbors, and foraging: The dynamics of a population of red harvester ant colonies 1988-2019," 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • "Multiyear drought exacerbates long-term effects of climate on an invasive ant species," 2021, Ecology

The scientist has frequently collaborated with Kirankumar Shiragur, Moses Charikar, and Biplabendu Das, each with three co-authored papers. Other notable coauthors include Daniel Friedman and Dylan J. MacArthur-Waltz, each with two shared publications.

Publication venues where this researcher has appeared most often include:

  • Insectes Sociaux (3 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (2 publications)
  • Communications Biology
  • Frontiers in Physics
  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America

In addition to journal articles, the researcher has contributed to book literature. Notably, they authored The Ecology of Collective Behavior, published by Princeton University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The organization of work in social insect colonies

    Deborah M. Gordon

  • Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability

    Daniel Sperling;Deborah Gordon

  • Exploitation and interference competition between the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and native ant species.

    Kathleen G. Human;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Community disassembly by an invasive species

    Nathan J. Sanders;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Nicole E. Heller;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized

    Deborah Gordon

  • Social insects: Cuticular hydrocarbons inform task decisions

    Michael J. Greene;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Global carbon intensity of crude oil production

    Mohammad S. Masnadi;Hassan M. El-Houjeiri;Dominik Schunack;Yunpo Li

  • Dynamics of task switching in harvester ants

    Deborah M. Gordon

  • Variability in the abundance of animal and plant species

    R. M. Anderson;D. M. Gordon;M. J. Crawley;M. P. Hassell

  • Behavioral flexibility and the foraging ecology of seed-eating ants

    Deborah M. Gordon

  • Effects of Argentine Ants on Invertebrate Biodiversity in Northern California

    Kathleen G. Human;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Founding, foraging, and fighting: colony size and the spatial distribution of harvester ant nests

    Deborah M. Gordon;Alan W. Kulig

  • Effects of social group size on information transfer and task allocation

    Stephen W. Pacala;Deborah M. Gordon;H. C. J. Godfray

  • What is the function of encounter patterns in ant colonies

    Deborah M. Gordon;Richard E. Paul;Karen Thorpe

  • Encounter rate and task allocation in harvester ants

    Deborah M. Gordon;Natasha J. Mehdiabadi

  • Task-specific expression of the foraging gene in harvester ants.

    Krista K. Ingram;Peter Oefner;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Harvester Ants Utilize Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Nestmate Recognition

    Diane Wagner;Madeleine Tissot;William Cuevas;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Task-related environment alters the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants.

    Diane Wagner;Madeleine Tissot;Deborah Gordon

  • Genetic basis for queen-worker dimorphism in a social insect.

    Veronica P. Volny;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Harvester ant nests, soil biota and soil chemistry.

    Diane Wagner;Mark J. F. Brown;Deborah M. Gordon

  • Behavioral interactions of the invasive Argentine ant with native ant species

    K. G. Human;D. M. Gordon

  • The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism and Environment

    Deborah M. Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan J. Sanders
Nathan J. Sanders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan Holmes
Susan Holmes Stanford University
Adam R. Brandt
Adam R. Brandt Stanford University
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Daniel Sperling
Daniel Sperling University of Haifa
Frederick R. Adler
Frederick R. Adler University of Utah
Mark J. F. Brown
Mark J. F. Brown Royal Holloway University of London
Craig M. Crews
Craig M. Crews Yale University
Leslie Myatt
Leslie Myatt Oregon Health & Science University
Jing Wang
Jing Wang Dalian Medical University

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