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7595
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32

Walter M. Farina 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 Walter M. Farina sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter M. Farina 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 Walter M. Farina sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Walter M. Farina is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Their research spans multiple disciplines focused primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields of study reflect a broad investigation into Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Plant Science, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in their work include Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Walter M. Farina has contributed to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in Scientific Reports, Apidologie, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Journal of Insect Physiology.

Recent papers include:

  • Learning of a Mimic Odor within Beehives Improves Pollination Service Efficiency in a Commercial Crop, 2020, Current Biology
  • Chronic exposure to glyphosate induces transcriptional changes in honey bee larva: A toxicogenomic study, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Sleep in honey bees is affected by the herbicide glyphosate, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Protecting pollinators and our food supply: understanding and managing threats to pollinator health, 2023, Insectes Sociaux
  • Chemosensory reception in the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula, 2020, Journal of Insect Physiology

Coauthor collaboration is evident with several frequent partners including Florencia Palottini, M. Cecilia Estravis-Barcala, Diego E. Vázquez, Andrés Arenas, and María Sol Balbuena, who have co-authored multiple publications with Farina.

Walter M. Farina was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Effects of sublethal doses of glyphosate on honeybee navigation.

    María Sol Balbuena;Léa Tison;Marie-Luise Hahn;Uwe Greggers

  • The honeybee waggle dance: can we follow the steps?

    Christoph Grüter;Walter M. Farina

  • Effects of field-realistic doses of glyphosate on honeybee appetitive behaviour

    Lucila Thomsett Herbert;Diego Eduardo Vázquez;Andres Arenas;Walter Marcelo Farina

  • Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive

    Walter M Farina;Christoph Grüter;Paula C Díaz

  • Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera

    Ricarda Scheiner;Charles I Abramson;Robert Brodschneider;Karl Crailsheim

  • Informational conflicts created by the waggle dance

    Christoph Grüter;M. Sol Balbuena;Walter M Farina

  • Honeybees learn floral odors while receiving nectar from foragers within the hive.

    Walter M. Farina;Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Luis Acosta;Sofía Mc Cabe

  • Nectar feeding by the ant Camponotus mus: intake rate and crop filling as a function of sucrose concentration.

    R.B Josens;W.M Farina;F Roces

  • Effects of the Herbicide Glyphosate on Honey Bee Sensory and Cognitive Abilities: Individual Impairments with Implications for the Hive.

    Walter M. Farina;Walter M. Farina;M. Sol Balbuena;M. Sol Balbuena;Lucila T. Herbert;Lucila T. Herbert;Carolina Mengoni Goñalons;Carolina Mengoni Goñalons

  • Glyphosate affects the larval development of honey bees depending on the susceptibility of colonies.

    Diego E. Vázquez;Natalia Ilina;Eduardo A. Pagano;Jorge A. Zavala

  • Food-exchange by foragers in the hive - a means of communication among honey bees ?

    Walter M. Farina

  • Impaired associative learning after chronic exposure to pesticides in young adult honey bees.

    Carolina Mengoni Goñalons;Walter Marcelo Farina

  • Propagation of olfactory information within the honeybee hive

    Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Luis E. Acosta;Walter M. Farina

  • The regulation of distance to dummy flowers during hovering flight in the hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum

    W. M. Farina;D. Varjú;Y. Zhou

  • Changes in food source profitability affect the trophallactic and dance behavior of forager honeybees ( Apis mellifera L.)

    Rodrigo Javier De Marco;Walter Marcelo Farina

  • Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees’ foraging decisions

    Andrés Arenas;Vanesa M. Fernández;Walter M. Farina

  • Learned olfactory cues affect pollen-foraging preferences in honeybees, Apis mellifera

    Andres Arenas;Walter Marcelo Farina

  • Effects of Sublethal Doses of Imidacloprid on Young Adult Honeybee Behaviour.

    Carolina Mengoni Goñalons;Walter Marcelo Farina

  • Trophallaxis in the honeybee, Apis mellifera (L.) as related to the profitability of food sources

    Walter M. Farina;Josue A. Núñez

  • Nectar feeding by the hovering hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum: intake rate as a function of viscosity and concentration of sucrose solutions.

    Roxana B. Josens;Walter M. Farina

  • Odor discrimination in classical conditioning of proboscis extension in two stingless bee species in comparison to Africanized honeybees.

    S. I Mc Cabe;Klaus Hartfelder;W. C. Santana;W. M. Farina

  • Honeybees assess changes in nectar flow within a single foraging bout

    Alejandro J. Wainselboim;Flavio Roces;Walter M. Farina

  • Age and rearing environment interact in the retention of early olfactory memories in honeybees

    Andrés Arenas;Walter M. Farina

  • Chronic exposure to glyphosate induces transcriptional changes in honey bee larva: A toxicogenomic study.

    Diego E. Vázquez;José M. Latorre-Estivalis;Sheila Ons;Walter M. Farina;Walter M. Farina

  • Floral scents experienced within the colony affect long-term foraging preferences in honeybees

    Andrés Arenas;Vanesa M. Fernández;Walter M. Farina

  • Floral scents affect the distribution of hive bees around dancers

    Paula C. Díaz;Christoph Grüter;Christoph Grüter;Walter M. Farina

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Grüter
Christoph Grüter University of Bristol
Martin Giurfa
Martin Giurfa Sorbonne University
Michael Hrncir
Michael Hrncir Universidade de São Paulo
Jean-Christophe Sandoz
Jean-Christophe Sandoz University of Paris-Saclay
Jorge A. Zavala
Jorge A. Zavala University of Buenos Aires
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin
Claudio R. Lazzari
Claudio R. Lazzari François Rabelais University
Karl Crailsheim
Karl Crailsheim University of Graz
Klaus Hartfelder
Klaus Hartfelder Universidade de São Paulo

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