2026 John H. Werren: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	98	816	768	408	381	238	28551

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John H. Werren is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research primarily concerns agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial focus on insect science, molecular biology, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and plant science.

Their published work frequently appears in journals such as BMC Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Biology and Evolution, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, and eLife. These venues reflect a pattern of contributions across biology and genomics disciplines.

John H. Werren's main research topics encompass insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect-plant interactions and control, insect resistance and genetics, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect behavior and control techniques, insect and pesticide research, and studies involving both plants and animals.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Robert M. Waterhouse, Sammy Cheng, Panagiotis Ioannidis, and Joshua B. Benoit, indicating a network of interdisciplinary cooperation.

Recent published papers highlight a variety of focuses within their field, including:

Gene content evolution in the arthropods, 2020, Genome Biology
Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics, 2020, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest, 2020, BMC Genomics
Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests, 2020, BMC Biology
A chromosome-level genome assembly of the parasitoid wasp Pteromalus puparum, 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources

Their work has been recognized through distinctions such as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 2012, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1997.

Best Publications

Evolution and Phylogeny of Wolbachia: Reproductive Parasites of Arthropods

John H. Werren;Wan Zhang;Li Rong Guo

1142
Citations
Multilocus Sequence Typing System for the Endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis

Laura Baldo;Julie C. Dunning Hotopp;Keith A. Jolley;Seth R. Bordenstein

1047
Citations
Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes

Julie C. Dunning Hotopp;Michael E. Clark;Deodoro C. S. G. Oliveira;Jeremy M. Foster

975
Citations
Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

959
Citations
Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species

Johannes A. J. Breeuwer;John H. Werren

680
Citations
Molecular identification of microorganisms associated with parthenogenesis

R. Stouthamer;J.A.J. Breeuwer;R.F. Luck;J.H. Werren

628
Citations
Wolbachia-induced incompatibility precedes other hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia.

Seth R. Bordenstein;F. Patrick O'Hara;John H. Werren

501
Citations
The role of selfish genetic elements in eukaryotic evolution

Gregory D. D. Hurst;John H. Werren

499
Citations
The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution

Evelyn E. Schwager;Evelyn E. Schwager;Prashant P. Sharma;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Daniel J. Leite

468
Citations
Evolution and diversity of Rickettsia bacteria

Lucy A Weinert;John H Werren;Alexandre Aebi;Graham N Stone

464
Citations
Selfish genetic elements, genetic conflict, and evolutionary innovation

John H. Werren

462
Citations
Phylogeny of the Nasonia species complex (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) inferred from an internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) and 28S rDNA sequences.

B. C. Campbell;J. D. Steffen‐Campbell;J. H. Werren

428
Citations
Cytoplasmic incompatibility and bacterial density in Nasonia vitripennis.

Johannes A. J. Breeuwer;John H. Werren

340
Citations
SEX DETERMINATION, SEX RATIOS AND GENETIC CONFLICT

John H. Werren;Leo W. Beukeboom

318
Citations
SEX RATIO EVOLUTION UNDER LOCAL MATE COMPETITION IN A PARASITIC WASP.

John H. Werren

310
Citations
NOTES: Arsenophonus nasoniae gen. nov., sp. nov., the Causative Agent of the Son-Killer Trait in the Parasitic Wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Robert L. Gherna;John H. Werren;William Weisburg;Rose Cote

304
Citations
Rickettsial relative associated with male-killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata).

J.H. Werren;G.D.D. Hurst;Wan Zhang;J.A.J. Breeuwer

293
Citations
Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017

Gaya K. Amarasinghe;Yīmíng Bào;Christopher F. Basler;Sina Bavari

293
Citations
Single and Double Infections with Wolbachia in the Parasitic Wasp Nasonia Vitripennis: Effects on Compatibility

Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Li Rong Guo;John H. Werren

291
Citations
Facultative sex ratios and population dynamics.

John H. Werren;Eric L. Charnov

291
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Richards South Australian Museum

Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen

Seth R. Bordenstein Vanderbilt University

Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine

Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine

Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Richard Stouthamer University of California, Riverside

External Links

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