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Susan E. Fahrbach

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
8575
World Ranking
7580
National Ranking
3266

Susan E. Fahrbach publications per year

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1977 2025

108 publications in total across all disciplines

Susan E. Fahrbach publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan E. Fahrbach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 87 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Susan E. Fahrbach D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan E. Fahrbach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Susan E. Fahrbach is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on insect science, genetics, and insect behavior with a substantial body of work exploring ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics. Additional areas of study include cellular and molecular neuroscience and social psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Byron N. Van Nest
  • Allyson V. Pel
  • Stephanie R. Hathaway
  • James J. Privitt
  • Andrew B. Barron

Publications are often featured in specific journals related to their research interests. The main venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Bee Science
  • Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Science
  • Scientific Reports

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Susan E. Fahrbach include:

  • "Altered synaptic organization in the mushroom bodies of honey bees exposed as foragers to the pesticide fipronil" (2023, Frontiers in Bee Science)
  • "Comment on 'Food wanting is mediated by transient activation of dopaminergic signaling in the honey bee brain'" (2023, Science)
  • "Impact of odorants on perception of sweetness by honey bees" (2023, PLoS ONE)
  • "Maternal Behavior in the Rat: Neuroendocrine and Neuroanatomical Substrates" (2025, Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University))
  • "Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the honey bee mushroom bodies - is inhibition the wellspring of plasticity?" (2024, Current Opinion in Insect Science)

Susan E. Fahrbach has been recognized with professional honors including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Hormones, brain, and behavior

    Donald W. Pfaff;Arthur P. Arnold;Anne M. Etgen;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Selective neuroanatomical plasticity and division of labour in the honeybee

    Ginger S. Withers;Susan E. Fahrbach;Gene E. Robinson

  • Ontogeny of orientation flight in the honeybee revealed by harmonic radar

    Elizabeth A. Capaldi;Alan D. Smith;Juliet L. Osborne;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Possible Role for Endogenous Oxytocin in Estrogen-Facilitated Maternal Behavior in Rats

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Joan I. Morrell;Donald W. Pfaff

  • STRUCTURE OF THE MUSHROOM BODIES OF THE INSECT BRAIN

    Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Experience- and Age-Related Outgrowth of Intrinsic Neurons in the Mushroom Bodies of the Adult Worker Honeybee

    Sarah M. Farris;Gene E. Robinson;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Ecdysone receptor expression in the CNS correlates with stage-specific responses to ecdysteroids during Drosophila and Manduca development

    J.W. Truman;W.S. Talbot;S.E. Fahrbach;D.S. Hogness

  • Oxytocin induction of short-latency maternal behavior in nulliparous, estrogen-primed female rats

    S E Fahrbach;J I Morrell;D W Pfaff

  • Effects of experience and juvenile hormone on the organization of the mushroom bodies of honey bees

    G. S. Withers;S. E. Fahrbach;G. E. Robinson

  • Experience-Expectant Plasticity in the Mushroom Bodies of the Honeybee

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Darrell Moore;Elizabeth A. Capaldi;Sarah M. Farris

  • Pteropsin: a vertebrate-like non-visual opsin expressed in the honey bee brain.

    Rodrigo A. Velarde;Colin D. Sauer;Kimberly K. O. Walden;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Larval and pupal development of the mushroom bodies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

    S.M. Farris;G.E. Robinson;R.L. Davis;S.E. Fahrbach

  • Timekeeping in the honey bee colony : integration of circadian rhythms and division of labor

    Darrell Moore;Jennifer E. Angel;Iain M. Cheeseman;Susan E. Fahrbach

  • Demonstration of motoneuron-12 sparing in cultured Manduca sexta ventral nerve cords

    Mikyung Kim Choi;S. E. Fahrbach

  • Insect Nuclear Receptors

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Guy Smagghe;Rodrigo A. Velarde

  • Juvenile Hormone, Behavioral Maturation, and Brain Structure in the Honey Bee

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Gene E. Robinson

  • Neurogenesis is absent in the brains of adult honey bees and does not explain behavioral neuroplasticity.

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Jennifer L. Strande;Gene E. Robinson

  • Preoptic implants of estradiol increase wheel running but not the open field activity of female rats.

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Robert L. Meisel;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Volume changes in the mushroom bodies of adult honey bee queens.

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Tugrul Giray;Gene E. Robinson

  • Effect of preoptic region implants of dilute estradiol on the maternal behavior of ovariectomized, nulliparous rats.

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Identification of medial preoptic neurons that concentrate estradiol and project to the midbrain in the rat.

    Susan E. Fahrbach;Susan E. Fahrbach;Joan I. Morrell;Donald W. Pfaff

Frequent Co-Authors

Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
James W. Truman
James W. Truman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Alan D. Smith
Alan D. Smith Rothamsted Research
Juliet L. Osborne
Juliet L. Osborne University of Exeter
Guy Bloch
Guy Bloch Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Guy M. Poppy
Guy M. Poppy University of Southampton
Don R. Reynolds
Don R. Reynolds University of Greenwich
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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