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James C. Nieh 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 James C. Nieh sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 147 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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James C. Nieh 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 James C. Nieh sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

James C. Nieh is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on subfields including Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics central to their work include Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Healthcare and Venom Research, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Nieh illustrate their focus on honey bee behavior, pesticide effects, and pollinator health:

  • Long-term field-realistic exposure to a next-generation pesticide, flupyradifurone, impairs honey bee behaviour and survival (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees (2023, Science)
  • Thiamethoxam impairs honey bee visual learning, alters decision times, and increases abnormal behaviors (2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety)
  • Protecting pollinators and our food supply: understanding and managing threats to pollinator health (2023, Insectes Sociaux)
  • Flupyradifurone reduces nectar consumption and foraging but does not alter honey bee recruitment dancing (2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety)

Nieh frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Ken Tan, Shihao Dong, Gaoying Gu, Tao Lin, and Heather C. Bell, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Their research has appeared in publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Current Biology, Insectes Sociaux, and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

In 2005, Nieh received the Hellman Fellow award.

Best Publications

  • Interspecific information transfer influences animal community structure

    Eben Goodale;Guy Beauchamp;Robert D. Magrath;James C. Nieh

  • A common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, impairs honey bee flight ability.

    Simone Tosi;Simone Tosi;Giovanni Burgio;James C. Nieh

  • Recruitment communication in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

    James C. Nieh

  • Neonicotinoid pesticides and nutritional stress synergistically reduce survival in honey bees.

    Simone Tosi;James C. Nieh;Fabio Sgolastra;Riccardo Cabbri

  • A negative feedback signal that is triggered by peril curbs honey bee recruitment.

    James C. Nieh

  • A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist affects honey bee sucrose responsiveness and decreases waggle dancing

    Daren M. Eiri;James C. Nieh

  • Lethal and sublethal synergistic effects of a new systemic pesticide, flupyradifurone (Sivanto®), on honeybees.

    S. Tosi;S. Tosi;J. C. Nieh

  • A neonicotinoid impairs olfactory learning in Asian honey bees (Apis cerana) exposed as larvae or as adults.

    Ken Tan;Ken Tan;Weiwen Chen;Shihao Dong;Xiwen Liu

  • The stop signal of honey bees: reconsidering its message

    James C. Nieh

  • Nosema ceranae Can Infect Honey Bee Larvae and Reduces Subsequent Adult Longevity.

    Daren M. Eiri;Guntima Suwannapong;Matthew B. Endler;James C. Nieh

  • Drilling and peeling of turritelline gastropods since the late Cretaceous

    Warren D Allmon;James C Nieh;Richard D Norris

  • A molecular phylogeny of the stingless bee genus Melipona (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

    Santiago R. Ramírez;James C. Nieh;Tiago B. Quental;David Ward Roubik;David Ward Roubik

  • A common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, alters honey bee activity, motor functions, and movement to light.

    Simone Tosi;Simone Tosi;James Nieh

  • Imidacloprid alters foraging and decreases bee avoidance of predators.

    Ken Tan;Weiwen Chen;Shihao Dong;Xiwen Liu

  • Potential mechanisms for the communication of height and distance by a stingless bee, Melipona panamica

    James C. Nieh;David Ward Roubik

  • Olfactory eavesdropping by a competitively foraging stingless bee, Trigona spinipes.

    James C. Nieh;Lillian S. Barreto;Felipe A. L. Contrera;Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca

  • Manuscript in preparation for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor

    T. K. Kitaoka;J. C. Nieh

  • Combined nutritional stress and a new systemic pesticide (flupyradifurone, Sivanto®) reduce bee survival, food consumption, flight success, and thermoregulation.

    Linda Tong;James C. Nieh;Simone Tosi;Simone Tosi

  • Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor

    T. K. Kitaoka;J. C. Nieh

  • Radiographic Estimation of Long Bone Cross-Sectional Geometric Properties

    Jacqueline A. Runestad;Christopher B. Ruff;James C. Nieh;Richard W. Thorington

  • Behaviour-locked signal analysis reveals weak 200-300 Hz comb vibrations during the honeybee waggle dance.

    J.C. Nieh;J. Tautz

  • A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist affects honey bee sucrose responsiveness and decreases waggle dancing

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Michael Hrncir
Michael Hrncir Universidade de São Paulo
Eben Goodale
Eben Goodale Guangxi University
David A. Holway
David A. Holway University of California, San Diego
Joshua Graff Zivin
Joshua Graff Zivin University of California, San Diego
Christopher B. Ruff
Christopher B. Ruff Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Guy Beauchamp
Guy Beauchamp University of Montreal
Sydney A. Cameron
Sydney A. Cameron University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Richard W. Thorington
Richard W. Thorington National Museum of Natural History

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