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49
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8752
World Ranking
4043
National Ranking
1411

Susan E. Riechert 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 Susan E. Riechert sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 84 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan E. Riechert 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 Susan E. Riechert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan E. Riechert is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, their work further specializes in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics include plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, genetic diversity and population structure, spider taxonomy and behavior studies, lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, and fossil insects in amber.

Recent publications by Susan E. Riechert include:

  • Personality shifts are inconsistent across two rapid range expansions of a non-native spider, 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • Does spatial sorting explain leading edge personality types in a spider's non-native range?, 2022, Ethology
  • Retraction, 2021, The American Naturalist

Frequent co-authors in their research are Angela Chuang, Christopher E. Oufiero, and Leticia Avilés.

Their studies have been published in venues such as Animal Behaviour, Ethology, and The American Naturalist.

In 2008, Susan E. Riechert was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Spiders as Biological Control Agents

    Susan E. Riechert;Tim Lockley

  • Prey Control by an Assemblage of Generalist Predators: Spiders in Garden Test Systems

    Susan E. Riechert;Leslie Bishop

  • Games spiders play: Behavioral variability in territorial disputes

    Susan E. Riechert

  • Thermal Balance and Prey Availability: Bases for a Model Relating Web‐Site Characteristics to Spider Reproductive Success

    Susan E. Riechert;C. Richard Tracy

  • A test for correlations among fitness-linked behavioural traits in the spider Agelenopsis aperta (Araneae, Agelenidae)

    Susan E. Riechert;Ann V. Hedrick

  • How within-group behavioural variation and task efficiency enhance fitness in a social group

    Jonathan N. Pruitt;Susan E. Riechert

  • The Consequences of Being Territorial: Spiders, a Case Study

    Susan E. Riechert

  • Spider Colonization of Agroecosystems: Mode and Source

    Leslie Bishop;Susan E. Riechert

  • Test for predation effects of single versus multiple species of generalist predators: Spiders and their insect prey

    S.E. Riechert;K. Lawrence

  • Behavioural syndromes and their fitness consequences in a socially polymorphic spider, Anelosimus studiosus

    Jonathan N. Pruitt;Susan E. Riechert;Thomas C. Jones;Thomas C. Jones

  • Levels of predation and genetically based anti-predator behaviour in the spider, Agelenopsis aperta

    Susan E. Riechert;Ann V. Hedrick

  • Game theory in the ecological context

    Susan E. Riechert;Peter Hammerstein

  • Thoughts on the Ecological Significance of Spiders

    Susan E. Riechert

  • The Energetic Costs of Fighting

    Susan E. Riechert

  • THE HOWS AND WHYS OF SUCCESSFUL PEST SUPPRESSION BY SPIDERS: INSIGHTS FROM CASE STUDIES

    Susan E. Riechert

  • Investigation of potential gene flow limitation of behavioral adaptation in an aridlands spider

    Susan E. Riechert

  • Superfluous killing in spiders: a consequence of adaptation to food-limited environments?

    Jennifer L. Maupin;Susan E. Riechert

  • A conflicting-tendency model of spider agonistic behaviour: Hybrid-pure population line comparisons

    John Maynard Smith;Susan Elise Riechert

  • Payoffs and strategies in territorial contests: ESS analyses of two ecotypes of the spider Agelenopsis aperta

    Peter Hammerstein;Susan E. Riechert

  • Investigation of potential male mate choice in a monogamous spider

    Susan E. Riechert;Frederick D. Singer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan N. Pruitt
Jonathan N. Pruitt McMaster University
Leticia Avilés
Leticia Avilés University of British Columbia
John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith University of Sussex
Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick
Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Patricia G. Parker
Patricia G. Parker University of Missouri–St. Louis
James A. Fordyce
James A. Fordyce University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gordon M. Burghardt
Gordon M. Burghardt University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Suzanne Lenhart
Suzanne Lenhart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
C. Richard Tracy
C. Richard Tracy University of Nevada Reno

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