| The dynamics of collective sorting: Robot-like ants and ant-like robots JL Deneubourg, S Goss, N Franks, A Sendova-Franks, C Detrain, ... | 1563 | 1991 |
| Social integration of robots into groups of cockroaches to control self-organized choices J Halloy, G Sempo, G Caprari, C Rivault, M Asadpour, F Tâche, I Saïd, ... Science 318 (5853), 1155-1158, 2007 | 622 | 2007 |
| Self-organized structures in a superorganism: do ants “behave” like molecules? C Detrain, JL Deneubourg Physics of life Reviews 3 (3), 162-187, 2006 | 317 | 2006 |
| Collegial decision making based on social amplification leads to optimal group formation JM Amé, J Halloy, C Rivault, C Detrain, JL Deneubourg Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (15), 5835-5840, 2006 | 297 | 2006 |
| Information processing in social insects C Detrain, JL Deneubourg, JM Pasteels Springer Science & Business Media, 1999 | 221 | 1999 |
| Collective decision-making and foraging patterns in ants and honeybees C Detrain, JL Deneubourg Advances in insect physiology 35, 123-173, 2008 | 206 | 2008 |
| How do ants assess food volume? AC Mailleux, JL Deneubourg, C Detrain Animal behaviour 59 (5), 1061-1069, 2000 | 180 | 2000 |
| Dynamics of aggregation and emergence of cooperation JL Deneubourg, A Lioni, C Detrain The Biological Bulletin 202 (3), 262-267, 2002 | 163 | 2002 |
| Caste differences in behavioral thresholds as a basis for polyethism during food recruitment in the ant,Pheidole pallidula (Nyl.) (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae) C Detrain, JM Pasteels Journal of insect behavior 4, 157-176, 1991 | 138 | 1991 |
| Self-organized asymmetries in ant foraging: a functional response to food type and colony needs S Portha, JL Deneubourg, C Detrain Behavioral Ecology 13 (6), 776-781, 2002 | 136 | 2002 |
| Scavenging byPheidole pallidulaa key for understanding decision-making systems in ants C Detrain, JL Deneubourg Animal behaviour 53 (3), 537-547, 1997 | 121 | 1997 |
| Caste polyethism and collective defense in the ant, Pbeidole pallidula: the outcome of quantitative differences in recruitment C Detrain, JM Pasteels Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 29, 405-412, 1992 | 121 | 1992 |
| Hydrocarbons in the Ant Lasius niger: From the Cuticle to the Nest and Home Range Marking A Lenoir, S Depickère, S Devers, JP Christidès, C Detrain Journal of chemical ecology 35, 913-921, 2009 | 115 | 2009 |
| Decision-making in foraging by social insects C Detrain, JL Deneubourg, JM Pasteels Information processing in social insects, 331-354, 1999 | 112 | 1999 |
| The Formation of Collective Silk Balls in the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch G Clotuche, AC Mailleux, A Astudillo Fernández, JL Deneubourg, ... Plos one 6 (4), e18854, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| Aphid–ant mutualism: how honeydew sugars influence the behaviour of ant scouts C Detrain, FJ Verheggen, L Diez, B Wathelet, E Haubruge Physiological Entomology 35 (2), 168-174, 2010 | 108 | 2010 |
| Collective exploration and area marking in the ant Lasius niger C Devigne, C Detrain Insectes sociaux 49, 357-362, 2002 | 100 | 2002 |
| Regulation of ants' foraging to resource productivity AC Mailleux, JL Deneubourg, C Detrain Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2003 | 90 | 2003 |
| Keep the nest clean: survival advantages of corpse removal in ants L Diez, P Lejeune, C Detrain Biology letters 10 (7), 20140306, 2014 | 83 | 2014 |
| How does food distance influence foraging in the ant Lasius niger: the importance of home-range marking C Devigne, C Detrain Insectes sociaux 53, 46-55, 2006 | 83 | 2006 |