Francis Ratnieks: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Francis Ratnieks's h-index is 95 (282 i10-index, 29,245+ total citations across 405+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Francis Ratnieks is affiliated with University of Sussex.
Francis Ratnieks is a researcher affiliated with University of Sussex, specializing in Social insects, honey bees, social evolution. Their work has been cited 29,245 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in Australia.
Francis Ratnieks's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 405 indexed publications. Of these, 4 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 95
- i10-Index
- 282
- Total Citations
- 29,245
- Citing Countries
- 6
As of July 2026.
Francis Ratnieks has an h-index of 95 and 29,245 total citations across 405 publications, with research cited by institutions in 6 countries.
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Long‐range foraging by the honey‐bee, Apis mellifera L.
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About Francis Ratnieks's research
Francis Ratnieks is a researcher in Social insects, honey bees and social evolution at University of Sussex. Their work has been cited 29,245 times across 405 publications (h-index 95), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Long‐range foraging by the honey‐bee, Apis mellifera L.” (2000), has accumulated 1,099 citations. Other influential works include “Ancestral monogamy shows kin selection is key to the evolution of eusociality” (2008) with 967 citations and “Reproductive harmony via mutual policing by workers in eusocial Hymenoptera” (1988) with 826 citations.
Citations of Francis Ratnieks's research come primarily from Australia, Denmark and Germany, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
