2026 Jean-Louis Deneubourg: 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	79	871	829	11	11	450	25800

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Louis Deneubourg is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Marine and Fisheries Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystem Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Frequent co-authors with whom Jean-Louis Deneubourg has collaborated include:

Stamatios C. Nicolis
Laurent Dagorn
Manuela Capello
Amaël Dupaix
Cédric Sueur

Key recent publications by Jean-Louis Deneubourg are as follows:

Effects of habitat modifications on the movement behavior of animals: the case study of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and tropical tunas, 2020, Movement Ecology
The modes of action of Mentha arvensis essential oil on the granary weevil Sitophilus granarius revealed by a label-free quantitative proteomic analysis, 2021, Journal of Pest Science
Hierarchical networks of food exchange in the black garden ant Lasius niger, 2020, Insect Science
Schooling in habitats with aggregative sites: The case of tropical tuna and floating objects, 2022, Journal of Theoretical Biology
The challenge of assessing the effects of drifting fish aggregating devices on the behaviour and biology of tropical tuna, 2024, Fish and Fisheries

Jean-Louis Deneubourg has regularly published research in venues such as HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Theoretical Biology, Animals, and Movement Ecology.

Best Publications

Self-organized Shortcuts in the Argentine Ant

Simon Goss;Serge Aron;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels

1462
Citations
The self-organizing exploratory pattern of the argentine ant

Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Serge Aron;Simon Goss;Jacques Pasteels

1414
Citations
Collective patterns and decision-making

Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss

974
Citations
Trails and U-turns in the Selection of a Path by the Ant Lasius niger

Ralph Beckers;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss

665
Citations
Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices

José Halloy;Grégory Sempo;Gilles Caprari;Colette Rivault

620
Citations
Response threshold reinforcements and division of labour in insect societies

Guy Theraulaz;Eric Bonabeau;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

589
Citations
Probabilistic behaviour in ants: A strategy of errors?

Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels;Jean-Claude Verhaeghe

515
Citations
Collective decision making through food recruitment

Ralph Beckers;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss;Jacques Pasteels

454
Citations
Colony size, communication and ant foraging strategy

Ralph Beckers;Simon Goss;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Jacques Pasteels

405
Citations
Modulation of trail laying in the ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its role in the collective selection of a food source

Ralph Beckers;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss

381
Citations
Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions

Audrey Dussutour;Audrey Dussutour;Vincent Fourcassié;Dirk Helbing;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

362
Citations
FIXED RESPONSE THRESHOLDS AND THE REGULATION OF DIVISION OF LABOR IN INSECT SOCIETIES

Eric Bonabeau;Guy Theraulaz;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

349
Citations
The blind leading the blind: Modeling chemically mediated army ant raid patterns

Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss;Nigel Franks;Jacques Pasteels

344
Citations
Self-organized aggregation in cockroaches

Raphael Jeanson;Colette Rivault;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Stephane Blanco

342
Citations
Information Processing in Social Insects

Claire Detrain;Jean Louis Deneubourg;Jacques M. Pasteels

338
Citations
Self-assemblages in insect societies

Carl Anderson;Guy Theraulaz;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

332
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
Adaptive Task Allocation Inspired by a Model of Division of Labor in Social Insects

Eric Bonabeau;Andrej Sobkowski;Guy Theraulaz;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

293
Citations
Self-organization mechanisms in ant societies. I: Trail recruitment to newly discovered food sources

Jacques Pasteels;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Simon Goss

283
Citations
Division of labor in a group of robots inspired by ants' foraging behavior

Thomas H. Labella;Marco Dorigo;Jean-Louis Deneubourg

272
Citations
Spatial patterns in ant colonies

Guy Theraulaz;Eric Bonabeau;Stamatios C. Nicolis;Ricard V. Solé

271
Citations
Information processing social insects

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

10
Citations
Self-Organization in Social Insects

Eric Bonabeau;Guy Theraulza;Jean-Louis Deneubourg;Serge Aron

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Detrain Université Libre de Bruxelles

Eric Bonabeau Icosystem (United States)

Odile Petit Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Nigel R. Franks University of Bristol

Cédric Sueur University of Strasbourg

Audrey Dussutour Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

Jacques Pasteels Université Libre de Bruxelles

Serge Aron Université Libre de Bruxelles

Francesco Mondada École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Marco Dorigo Université Libre de Bruxelles

External Links

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