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D-Index
115
Citations
44908
World Ranking
133
National Ranking
56

Gene E. Robinson 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 Gene E. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 359 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gene E. Robinson 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 Gene E. Robinson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gene E. Robinson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work covers genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, as well as insect science, molecular biology, and physiology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Gene E. Robinson has contributed to numerous publications, with a presence in several scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • PLoS Biology

Examples of recent papers by Robinson or associated with their research include:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genes and environments, development and time, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Why sequence all eukaryotes?, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Honey bee virus causes context-dependent changes in host social behavior, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Behavior-related gene regulatory networks: A new level of organization in the brain, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Tim Gernat
  • Amy Cash-Ahmed
  • Ian M. Traniello
  • Beryl M. Jones
  • Adam R. Hamilton

Gene E. Robinson has been recognized through several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1996)

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Big data: Astronomical or genomical?

    Zachary D. Stephens;Skylar Y. Lee;Faraz Faghri;Roy H. Campbell

  • REGULATION OF DIVISION OF LABOR IN INSECT SOCIETIES

    Gene E. Robinson

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • Vitellogenin, juvenile hormone, insulin signaling, and queen honey bee longevity.

    Miguel Corona;Rodrigo A. Velarde;Silvia Remolina;Adrienne Moran-Lauter

  • Genes and Social Behavior

    Gene E. Robinson;Russell D. Fernald;David F. Clayton

  • Gene expression profiles in the brain predict behavior in individual honey bees

    Charles W. Whitfield;Anne Marie Cziko;Gene E. Robinson

  • Regulation of honey bee division of labor by colony age demography

    Zhi Yong Huang;Gene E. Robinson

  • Influence of Gene Action Across Different Time Scales on Behavior

    Y. Ben-Shahar;A. Robichon;M. B. Sokolowski;G. E. Robinson

  • Sociogenomics: social life in molecular terms.

    Gene E. Robinson;Christina M. Grozinger;Christina M. Grozinger;Christina M. Grozinger;Charles W. Whitfield

  • Antioxidant capacity and correlated characteristics of 14 unifloral honeys

    S Frankel;G E Robinson;M R Berenbaum

  • Selective neuroanatomical plasticity and division of labour in the honeybee

    Ginger S. Withers;Susan E. Fahrbach;Gene E. Robinson

  • The i5K initiative: Advancing arthropod genomics for knowledge, human health, agriculture, and the environment

    Jay D Evans;Susan J Brown;Kevin J Hackett;Gene Robinson

  • Regulation of honey bee age polyethism by juvenile hormone

    Gene E. Robinson

  • Finding the missing honey bee genes: Lessons learned from a genome upgrade

    Christine G Elsik;Christine G Elsik;Kim C Worley;Anna K Bennett;Martin Beye

  • Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

    Karen M. Kapheim;Karen M. Kapheim;Hailin Pan;Cai Li;Steven L. Salzberg;Steven L. Salzberg

  • Genetic and genomic analyses of the division of labour in insect societies

    Chris R. Smith;Amy L. Toth;Andrew V. Suarez;Gene E. Robinson

  • The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

    Ben M Sadd;Ben M Sadd;Seth M Barribeau;Seth M Barribeau;Guy Bloch;Dirk C. de Graaf

  • Ontogeny of orientation flight in the honeybee revealed by harmonic radar

    Elizabeth A. Capaldi;Alan D. Smith;Juliet L. Osborne;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies

    Seth A. Ament;Miguel Corona;Henry S. Pollock;Gene E. Robinson

  • Pheromone-mediated gene expression in the honey bee brain

    Christina M. Grozinger;Noura M. Sharabash;Charles W. Whitfield;Gene E. Robinson

  • Honeybee colony integration: worker-worker interactions mediate hormonally regulated plasticity in division of labor.

    Zhi Yong Huang;Gene E. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Fahrbach
Susan E. Fahrbach Wake Forest University
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guy Bloch
Guy Bloch Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert E. Page
Robert E. Page University of California, Davis
Saurabh Sinha
Saurabh Sinha University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Amy L. Toth
Amy L. Toth Iowa State University
May R. Berenbaum
May R. Berenbaum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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