2026 Robert L. Jeanne: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	40	6122	5904	2084	1996	150	6319

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

414
Citations
Social biology of the neotropical wasp Mischocyttarus drewseni

R L Jeanne

399
Citations
The adaptiveness of social wasp nest architecture

Robert L. Jeanne

349
Citations
The swarm-founding Polistinae

R. L. Jeanne

342
Citations
Evolution of Social Behavior in the Vespidae

R L Jeanne

298
Citations
The organization of work in Polybia occidentalis: costs and benefits of specialization in a social wasp

Robert L. Jeanne

252
Citations
Chemical Defense of Brood by a Social Wasp

Robert L. Jeanne

135
Citations
Polistes Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) as Control Agents for Lepidopterous Cabbage Pests

Walter P. Gould;R. L. Jeanne

124
Citations
Regulation of nest construction behaviour inPolybia occidentalis

Robert L. Jeanne

103
Citations
Productivity in a social wasp: per capita output increases with swarm size

Robert L. Jeanne;Erik V. Nordheim

100
Citations
Methoprene accelerates age polyethism in workers of a social wasp (Polybia occidentalis)

Sean O'donnell;Robert L. Jeanne

99
Citations
Nest construction by the paper wasp, Polistes: a test of stigmergy theory

H.A. Downing;R.L. Jeanne

97
Citations
Alarm recruitment, attack behavior, and the role of the alarm pheromone in Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Robert L. Jeanne

95
Citations
Chemical communication during swarm emigration in the social wasp Polybia sericea (Olivier)

Robert L. Jeanne

95
Citations
Forager specialization and the control of nest repair in Polybia occidentalis Olivier (Hymenoptera : Vespidae)

S. O'Donnell;R. L. Jeanne

90
Citations
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

79
Citations
A mechanical signal biases caste development in a social wasp

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

78
Citations
Predatory behavior of Polybia sericea (Olivier), a tropical social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

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

76
Citations
Group size, productivity, and information flow in social wasps

Robert L. Jeanne

76
Citations
Nutrient Dynamics of a Swarm‐founding Social Wasp Species, Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

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

76
Citations
Construction and utilization of multiple combs in Polistes canadensis in relation to the biology of a predaceous moth

Robert L. Jeanne

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean O'Donnell Drexel University

Amy L. Toth Iowa State University

Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stanley I. Dodson University of Wisconsin–Madison

Anthony R. Ives University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stefano Turillazzi University of Florence

Francesca Romana Dani University of Florence

Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg

Brian S. Yandell University of Wisconsin–Madison

Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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