| Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1-E4, 2011 | 534 | 2011 |
| Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome N Terrapon, C Li, HM Robertson, L Ji, X Meng, W Booth, Z Chen, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 3636, 2014 | 360 | 2014 |
| Juvenile hormone in adult eusocial Hymenoptera: gonadotropin and behavioral pacemaker GE Robinson, EL Vargo Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology: Published in Collaboration …, 1997 | 339 | 1997 |
| Colony size as a buffer against seasonality: Bergmann's rule in social insects M Kaspari, EL Vargo The American Naturalist 145 (4), 610-632, 1995 | 283 | 1995 |
| Biology of Subterranean Termites: Insights from Molecular Studies of Reticulitermes and Coptotermes EL Vargo, C Husseneder Annual review of entomology 54, 379-403, 2009 | 249 | 2009 |
| Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites K Matsuura, C Himuro, T Yokoi, Y Yamamoto, EL Vargo, L Keller Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (29), 12963-12968, 2010 | 215 | 2010 |
| Effect of a founder event on variation in the genetic sex-determining system of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. KG Ross, EL Vargo, L Keller, JC Trager Genetics 135 (3), 843-854, 1993 | 183 | 1993 |
| Biochemical phenotypic and genetic studies of two introduced fire ants and their hybrid (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) KG Ross, RKV Meer, DJC Fletcher, EL Vargo Evolution 41 (2), 280-293, 1987 | 183 | 1987 |
| Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome JB Benoit, ZN Adelman, K Reinhardt, A Dolan, M Poelchau, EC Jennings, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 10165, 2016 | 177 | 2016 |
| Queen succession through asexual reproduction in termites K Matsuura, EL Vargo, K Kawatsu, PE Labadie, H Nakano, T Yashiro, ... Science 323 (5922), 1687-1687, 2009 | 176 | 2009 |
| Social evolution in a new environment: the case of introduced fire ants. KG Ross, EL Vargo, L Keller Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93 (7), 3021-3025, 1996 | 175 | 1996 |
| Colony genetic organization and colony fusion in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes as revealed by foraging patterns over time and space CJ Deheer, EL Vargo Molecular Ecology 13 (2), 431-441, 2004 | 142 | 2004 |
| Hierarchical analysis of genetic structure in native fire ant populations: results from three classes of molecular markers KG Ross, MJB Krieger, DDW Shoemaker, EL Vargo, L Keller Genetics 147 (2), 643-655, 1997 | 136 | 1997 |
| Hierarchical analysis of colony and population genetic structure of the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, using two classes of molecular markers EL Vargo Evolution 57 (12), 2805-2818, 2003 | 131 | 2003 |
| Inbreeding and disease resistance in a social insect: effects of heterozygosity on immunocompetence in the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis DV Calleri, E McGrail Reid, RB Rosengaus, EL Vargo, JFA Traniello Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1601), 2633-2640, 2006 | 120 | 2006 |
| Queen control of sex ratio in fire ants L Passera, S Aron, EL Vargo, L Keller Science 293 (5533), 1308-1310, 2001 | 120 | 2001 |
| Polymorphism at trinucleotide microsatellite loci in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes EL Vargo Molecular Ecology 9 (6), 817-820, 2000 | 120 | 2000 |
| On the relationship between queen number and fecundity in polygyne colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta EL Vargo, DJC Fletcher Physiological Entomology 14 (2), 223-232, 1989 | 114 | 1989 |
| Reproductive structure and reproductive roles in colonies of eusocial insects L Keller Queen number and sociality in insects, 16-44, 1993 | 113 | 1993 |
| The diminutive supercolony: the Argentine ants of the southeastern United States G Buczkowski, EL Vargo, J Silverman Molecular Ecology 13 (8), 2235-2242, 2004 | 105 | 2004 |
