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D-Index
34
Citations
3401
World Ranking
7725
National Ranking
2586

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joan M. Herbers is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the areas of Management Information Systems and Social Psychology. Their work explores topics including FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, as well as Mentoring and Academic Development.

Herbers has published research in notable academic venues. Recent papers include:

  • "Racist Words in Science," published in 2020 in BioScience
  • "Learning From Each Other: Faculty Peer Mentoring Circles at ADVANCE Institutions," published in 2025 in ADVANCE Journal

The collaborative nature of the research is reflected in frequent co-authors, among whom are:

  • Jean E. Schelhorn (20 co-authored papers)
  • Maeve L. McCarthy
  • Lisa A. Kunza
  • Brooke Long-Fox
  • Qiaofeng Zhang

Herbers' academic contributions are also documented through book publications. One of the published books is titled "Beyond Discovery," released by Oxford University Press in 2022.

Additionally, Herbers has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2005, indicating a level of peer acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Time resources and laziness in animals.

    Joan M. Herbers

  • Nest site limitation and facultative polygyny in the ant Leptothorax longispinosus

    Joan M. Herbers

  • Community structure in north temperate ants: temporal and spatial variation.

    Joan M. Herbers

  • Coevolution in host-parasite systems: behavioural strategies of slave-making ants and their hosts.

    Susanne Foitzik;Christopher J. DeHeer;Daniel N. Hunjan;Joan M. Herbers

  • QUEEN-WORKER CONFLICT AND EUSOCIAL EVOLUTION IN A POLYGYNOUS ANT SPECIES

    Joan M. Herbers

  • COLONY STRUCTURE OF A SLAVEMAKING ANT. I. INTRACOLONY RELATEDNESS, WORKER REPRODUCTION, AND POLYDOMY

    Susanne Foitzik;Joan M. Herbers

  • Reproductive Investment and Allocation Ratios for the Ant Leptothorax longispinosus: Sorting Out the Variation

    Joan M. Herbers

  • Social organization in Leptothorax ants: within- and between-species patterns

    Joan M. Herbers

  • COLONY STRUCTURE OF A SLAVEMAKING ANT. II. FREQUENCY OF SLAVE RAIDS AND IMPACT ON THE HOST POPULATION

    Susanne Foitzik;Joan M. Herbers

  • Social organization in Leptothorax longispinosus Mayr

    Joan M. Herbers;Michael Cunningham

  • COMPLEX COLONY STRUCTURE IN SOCIAL INSECTS: I. ECOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS AND GENETIC CONSEQUENCES.

    Valerie S. Banschbach;Joan M. Herbers

  • PERSPECTIVE: EVOLUTION'S STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    Michael F. Antolin;Joan M. Herbers

  • Polydomy and sexual allocation ratios in the ant Myrmica punctiventris

    Laura E. Snyder;Joan M. Herbers

  • Seasonal structuring of a north temperature ant community

    J. M. Herbers

  • Nest mate recognition in ants with complex colonies: within- and between-population variation

    Robin J. Stuart;Joan M. Herbers

  • Ecology of Leptothorax ants: impact of food, nest sites, and social parasites

    Susanne Foitzik;Susanne Foitzik;Vickie L. Backus;Andreas Trindl;Joan M. Herbers

  • THE ECOLOGY OF SLAVEMAKING ANTS AND THEIR HOSTS IN NORTH TEMPERATE FORESTS

    Joan M. Herbers;Susanne Foitzik

  • Reliability theory and foraging by ants

    Joan M. Herbers

  • Population structure of Leptothorax ambiguus, a facultatively polygynous and polydomous ant species

    Joan M. Herbers;Sarah Grieco

  • Mate guarding and alternative reproductive tactics in the ant Hypoponera opacior

    Susanne Foitzik;Susanne Foitzik;Jürgen Heinze;Björn Oberstadt;Joan M. Herbers

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Foitzik
Susanne Foitzik Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Michael F. Antolin
Michael F. Antolin Colorado State University
Janice Moore
Janice Moore Colorado State University
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg

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