| The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization BM Sadd, SM Barribeau, G Bloch, DC De Graaf, P Dearden, CG Elsik, ... Genome biology 16, 1-32, 2015 | 398 | 2015 |
| Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes C Carvell, AFG Bourke, S Dreier, SN Freeman, S Hulmes, WC Jordan, ... Nature 543 (7646), 547-549, 2017 | 236 | 2017 |
| Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants WOH Hughes, S Sumner, S Van Borm, JJ Boomsma Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences 100 (16), 9394-9397, 2003 | 234 | 2003 |
| Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies S Patalano, A Vlasova, C Wyatt, P Ewels, F Camara, PG Ferreira, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (45), 13970-13975, 2015 | 213 | 2015 |
| Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumble bee species JW Redhead, S Dreier, AFG Bourke, MS Heard, WC Jordan, S Sumner, ... Ecological Applications 26 (3), 726-739, 2016 | 185 | 2016 |
| Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes PG Ferreira, S Patalano, R Chauhan, R Ffrench-Constant, T Gabaldon, ... Genome biology 14, 1-15, 2013 | 182 | 2013 |
| Why we love bees and hate wasps S Sumner, G Law, A Cini Ecological Entomology 43 (6), 836-845, 2018 | 170 | 2018 |
| Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps RE Brock, A Cini, S Sumner Biological Reviews 96 (4), 1645-1675, 2021 | 151 | 2021 |
| Radio-tagging technology reveals extreme nest-drifting behavior in a eusocial insect S Sumner, E Lucas, J Barker, N Isaac Current Biology 17 (2), 140-145, 2007 | 151 | 2007 |
| Insurance-based advantage to helpers in a tropical hover wasp J Field, G Shreeves, S Sumner, M Casiraghi Nature 404 (6780), 869-871, 2000 | 125 | 2000 |
| Differential gene expression and phenotypic plasticity in behavioural castes of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes canadensis S Sumner, JJM Pereboom, WC Jordan Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1582), 19-26, 2006 | 116 | 2006 |
| Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants H Ferguson-Gow, S Sumner, AFG Bourke, KE Jones Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1793), 20141411, 2014 | 112 | 2014 |
| The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery’s rule S Sumner, DK Aanen, J Delabie, JJ Boomsma Insectes Sociaux 51, 37-42, 2004 | 112 | 2004 |
| Group size, queuing and helping decisions in facultatively eusocial hover wasps J Field, G Shreeves, S Sumner Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45, 378-385, 1999 | 97 | 1999 |
| Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris TJ Colgan, JC Carolan, SJ Bridgett, S Sumner, ML Blaxter, MJF Brown BMC genomics 12, 1-20, 2011 | 96 | 2011 |
| Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly S Sumner, WOH Hughes, JS Pedersen, JJ Boomsma Nature 428 (6978), 35-36, 2004 | 94 | 2004 |
| Differential gene expression in queen–worker caste determination in bumble-bees JJM Pereboom, WC Jordan, S Sumner, RL Hammond, AFG Bourke Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1568), 1145-1152, 2005 | 93 | 2005 |
| Ecological constraints on independent nesting in facultatively eusocial hover wasps J Field, W Foster, G Shreeves, S Sumner Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1998 | 80 | 1998 |
| Shifting behaviour: epigenetic reprogramming in eusocial insects S Patalano, TA Hore, W Reik, S Sumner Current opinion in cell biology 24 (3), 367-373, 2012 | 74 | 2012 |
| Social wasps are effective biocontrol agents of key lepidopteran crop pests RJ Southon, OA Fernandes, FS Nascimento, S Sumner Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1914), 20191676, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
Solenn PatalanoJunior Researcher, Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research (IFBR), B.S.R.C ‘Alexander Fleming’Verified email at fleming.gr
