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40
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6319
World Ranking
6118
National Ranking
2085

Robert L. Jeanne 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 Robert L. Jeanne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 150 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert L. Jeanne 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 Robert L. Jeanne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert L. Jeanne is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, combining insights from biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary subfields of study include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, insect science, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their work cover plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and pesticide research, as well as evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Robert L. Jeanne has contributed to research published across various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Sociobiology

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on social insects and naturalist perspectives. Selected works include:

  • "Five decades of misunderstanding in the social Hymenoptera: a review and meta-analysis of Michener's paradox" (2022), published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "My Life as a Curious Naturalist" (2022), published in Sociobiology
  • "Evolutionary and Ecological Pressures Shaping Social Wasps Collective Defenses" (2020), published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

The scientist has collaborated with a number of coauthors, including Kevin J. Loope, Mateus Detoni, Xesús Feás, Sean O'Donnell, and Davide Santoro.

Robert L. Jeanne's career has been recognized with honors such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2004, and a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1986.

Best Publications

  • A Latitudinal Gradient in Rates of Ant Predation

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Social biology of the neotropical wasp Mischocyttarus drewseni

    R L Jeanne

  • The adaptiveness of social wasp nest architecture

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • The swarm-founding Polistinae

    R. L. Jeanne

  • Evolution of Social Behavior in the Vespidae

    R L Jeanne

  • The organization of work in Polybia occidentalis: costs and benefits of specialization in a social wasp

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Chemical Defense of Brood by a Social Wasp

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Polistes Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) as Control Agents for Lepidopterous Cabbage Pests

    Walter P. Gould;R. L. Jeanne

  • Regulation of nest construction behaviour inPolybia occidentalis

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Productivity in a social wasp: per capita output increases with swarm size

    Robert L. Jeanne;Erik V. Nordheim

  • Methoprene accelerates age polyethism in workers of a social wasp (Polybia occidentalis)

    Sean O'donnell;Robert L. Jeanne

  • Nest construction by the paper wasp, Polistes: a test of stigmergy theory

    H.A. Downing;R.L. Jeanne

  • Alarm recruitment, attack behavior, and the role of the alarm pheromone in Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Chemical communication during swarm emigration in the social wasp Polybia sericea (Olivier)

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Forager specialization and the control of nest repair in Polybia occidentalis Olivier (Hymenoptera : Vespidae)

    S. O'Donnell;R. L. Jeanne

  • Lifelong patterns of forager behaviour in a tropical swarm-founding wasp : effects of specialization and activity level on longevity

    Sean O'Donnell;Robert L. Jeanne

  • A mechanical signal biases caste development in a social wasp

    Sainath Suryanarayanan;John C. Hermanson;Robert L. Jeanne

  • Predatory behavior of Polybia sericea (Olivier), a tropical social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

    M. A. Raveret Richter;R. L. Jeanne

  • Group size, productivity, and information flow in social wasps

    Robert L. Jeanne

  • Nutrient Dynamics of a Swarm‐founding Social Wasp Species, Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

    James H. Hunt;Robert L. Jeanne;Irene Baker;Donald E. Grogan

  • Construction and utilization of multiple combs in Polistes canadensis in relation to the biology of a predaceous moth

    Robert L. Jeanne

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean O'Donnell
Sean O'Donnell Drexel University
Amy L. Toth
Amy L. Toth Iowa State University
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stanley I. Dodson
Stanley I. Dodson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anthony R. Ives
Anthony R. Ives University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stefano Turillazzi
Stefano Turillazzi University of Florence
Francesca Romana Dani
Francesca Romana Dani University of Florence
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Brian S. Yandell
Brian S. Yandell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison

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