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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15054
World Ranking
7871
National Ranking
64

Kostas Bourtzis publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 220 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kostas Bourtzis D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kostas Bourtzis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kostas Bourtzis is affiliated with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria and has made significant contributions to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, particularly focusing on Insect Science. Their research spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

The primary research topics Kostas Bourtzis has engaged with include:

  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Kostas Bourtzis has published in several frequent venues, notably:

  • Insects
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • BMC Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Insect Science

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Antonios A. Augustinos, Katerina Nikolouli, Georgia Gouvi, Marc F. Schetelig, and George Tsiamis.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics" (2020), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Phased Conditional Approach for Mosquito Management Using Sterile Insect Technique" (2020), published in Trends in Parasitology
  • "Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and Its Applications" (2021), published in Insects
  • "The Insect Pest Control Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme: Ten Years (2010-2020) of Research and Development, Achievements and Challenges in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique" (2021), published in Insects
  • "White pupae phenotype of tephritids is caused by parallel mutations of a MFS transporter" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Incompatible and sterile insect techniques combined eliminate mosquitoes

    Xiaoying Zheng;Dongjing Zhang;Dongjing Zhang;Yongjun Li;Cui Yang

  • Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means for insect pest population control

    Sofia Zabalou;Markus Riegler;Marianna Theodorakopoulou;Christian Stauffer

  • Wolbachia infections are distributed throughout insect somatic and germ line tissues

    Stephen L. Dobson;Kostas Bourtzis;Kostas Bourtzis;Henk R. Braig;Brian F. Jones

  • Harnessing mosquito-Wolbachia symbiosis for vector and disease control.

    Kostas Bourtzis;Stephen L. Dobson;Zhiyong Xi;Jason L. Rasgon

  • Acetic Acid Bacteria, Newly Emerging Symbionts of Insects

    Elena Crotti;Aurora Rizzi;Bessem Chouaia;Irene Ricci

  • Wolbachia transfer from Drosophila melanogaster into D. simulans: Host effect and cytoplasmic incompatibility relationships

    Denis Poinsot;Kostas Bourtzis;George Markakis;Charalambos Savakis

  • Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data

    Mark K. Schutze;Mark K. Schutze;Nidchaya Aketarawong;Weerawan Amornsak;Karen F. Armstrong

  • Wolbachia: more than just a bug in insects genitals.

    Aggeliki Saridaki;Kostas Bourtzis

  • The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans.

    Lisa Klasson;Joakim Westberg;Panagiotis Sapountzis;Kristina Näslund

  • Back to the future: the sterile insect technique against mosquito disease vectors.

    Rosemary Susan Lees;Jeremie Rl Gilles;Jorge Hendrichs;Marc Jb Vreysen

  • Wolbachia infection and cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila species.

    Kostas Bourtzis;Androniki Nirgianaki;Androniki Nirgianaki;George Markakis;Charalambos Savakis;Charalambos Savakis

  • Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

    Junichi Watanabe;Masahira Hattori;Matthew Berriman;Michael J. Lehane

  • Symbionts commonly provide broad spectrum resistance to viruses in insects: a comparative analysis of Wolbachia strains.

    Julien Martinez;Ben Longdon;Simone Bauer;Yuk-Sang Chan

  • Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in natural populations of aphids: is the hidden diversity fully unraveled?

    Antonis A. Augustinos;Antonis A. Augustinos;Diego Santos-Garcia;Eva Dionyssopoulou;Eva Dionyssopoulou;Marta Moreira

  • Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis.

    Nathan Lo;C Paraskevopoulos;K Bourtzis;Scott Leslie O'Neill

  • More than one rabbit out of the hat: Radiation, transgenic and symbiont-based approaches for sustainable management of mosquito and tsetse fly populations

    Kostas Bourtzis;Rosemary Susan Lees;Jorge Hendrichs;Marc J.B. Vreysen

  • Combining the sterile insect technique with the incompatible insect technique: I-impact of wolbachia infection on the fitness of triple- and double-infected strains of Aedes albopictus

    Dongjing Zhang;Xiaoying Zheng;Zhiyong Xi;Kostas Bourtzis

  • Rescuing Wolbachia have been overlooked⃛

    Kostas Bourtzis;Stephen L. Dobson;Henk R. Braig;Scott L. O'Neill

  • Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept

    Kirsten Maren Ellegaard;Lisa Klasson;Kristina Näslund;Kostas Bourtzis;Kostas Bourtzis

  • Wolbachia infections and arthropod reproduction

    K Bourtzis;Scott Leslie O'Neill

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Nikos T. Papadopoulos University Of Thessaly
Claudio Bandi
Claudio Bandi University of Milan
Seth R. Bordenstein
Seth R. Bordenstein Vanderbilt University
Jiannis Ragoussis
Jiannis Ragoussis McGill University
Alberto Alma
Alberto Alma University of Turin
Leo W. Beukeboom
Leo W. Beukeboom University of Groningen
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Serap Aksoy
Serap Aksoy Yale University
Daniele Daffonchio
Daniele Daffonchio King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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