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D-Index
45
Citations
6456
World Ranking
4912
National Ranking
103

Michel Chapuisat 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 Michel Chapuisat sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 111 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Michel Chapuisat 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 Michel Chapuisat sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michel Chapuisat is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Insect Science as prominent subfields.

The scientist's work features investigations into insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and pesticide research, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and forest insect ecology and management.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michel Chapuisat include Ornela De Gasperin, Pierre Blacher, Heikki Helanterä, Amaury Avril, and Jessica Purcell.

Michel Chapuisat has published repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, and Cell.

Recent papers associated with Michel Chapuisat include:

  • An Ancient and Eroded Social Supergene Is Widespread across Formica Ants, 2020, Current Biology
  • Putative determinants of virulence in Melissococcus plutonius, the bacterial agent causing European foulbrood in honey bees, 2020, Virulence
  • Maternal effect killing by a supergene controlling ant social organization, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in ants, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • Ant queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are attracted to fungal pathogens during the initial stage of colony founding, 2023, SERVAL (Université de Lausanne)

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Conditional Manipulation of Sex Ratios by Ant Workers: A Test of Kin Selection Theory

    Liselotte Sundström;Michel Chapuisat;Laurent Keller

  • Wood ants use resin to protect themselves against pathogens

    Michel Chapuisat;Anne Oppliger;Pasqualina Magliano;Philippe Christe

  • Evidence for collective medication in ants

    Philippe Christe;Anne Oppliger;Francesco Bancalà;Grégoire Castella

  • MICROSATELLITES REVEAL HIGH POPULATION VISCOSITY AND LIMITED DISPERSAL IN THE ANT FORMICA PARALUGUBRIS.

    Michel Chapuisat;Jérôme Goudet;Laurent Keller

  • Convergent Genetic Architecture Underlies Social Organization in Ants

    Jessica Purcell;Alan Brelsford;Yannick Wurm;Nicolas Perrin

  • The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants

    A. Reber;J. Purcell;S. D. Buechel;P. Buri

  • Non-random fertilization in mice correlates with the MHC and something else

    Claus Wedekind;Michel Chapuisat;Ervin Macas;Thomas Rülicke

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci in Formica lugubris B and their variability in other ant species

    M. Chapuisat

  • Testing kin selection with sex allocation data in eusocial hymenoptera

    Michel Chapuis;Laurent Keller

  • Nestmate recognition and the genetic relatedness of nests in the ant Formica pratensis

    M. Beye;P. Neumann;M. Chapuisat;P. Pamilo

  • Division of labour and worker size polymorphism in ant colonies: the impact of social and genetic factors

    Tanja Schwander;Hervé Rosset;Michel Chapuisat

  • Split sex ratios in the social Hymenoptera: a meta-analysis

    Joël Meunier;Stuart A. West;Michel Chapuisat

  • Prophylaxis with resin in wood ants

    Gregoire Castella;Michel Chapuisat;Philippe Christe

  • Experimentally increased group diversity improves disease resistance in an ant species

    Anabelle Reber;Grégoire Castella;Philippe Christe;Michel Chapuisat

  • Division of labour influences the rate of ageing in weaver ant workers.

    Michel Chapuisat;Laurent Keller

  • Sex-ratio regulation: the economics of fratricide in ants

    Michel Chapuisat;Liselotte Sundstrom;Liselotte Sundstrom;Laurent Keller

  • INBREEDING AND SEX-BIASED GENE FLOW IN THE ANT FORMICA EXSECTA

    Liselotte Sundström;Liselotte Sundström;Laurent Keller;Michel Chapuisat

  • Extended family structure in the ant Formica paralugubris: the role of the breeding system

    Michel Chapuisat;Laurent Keller

  • Genetic analysis of the breeding system of an invasive subterranean termite, Reticulitermes santonensis, in urban and natural habitats.

    Stéphanie Dronnet;Michel Chapuisat;Edward L Vargo;Anne-Geneviève Bagnères

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne
Philippe Christe
Philippe Christe University of Lausanne
Liselotte Sundström
Liselotte Sundström University of Helsinki
Pekka Pamilo
Pekka Pamilo University of Helsinki
Heikki Helanterä
Heikki Helanterä University of Oulu
Jürgen Heinze
Jürgen Heinze University of Regensburg
Tanja Schwander
Tanja Schwander University of Lausanne
Thomas Rülicke
Thomas Rülicke University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Jan Komdeur
Jan Komdeur University of Groningen
Ted C. J. Turlings
Ted C. J. Turlings University of Neuchâtel

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