Question 1

Who are the top researchers at Buglife?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Craig R. Macadam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Buglife.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from Buglife?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Buglife is "Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites" (Noa Simon‐Delso et al., 2014), with 1,834 citations. Next come "Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates" (975) and "A sampling strategy for genome sequencing the British terrestrial arthropod fauna" (602).

Question 3

Which research topics does Buglife publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal and Plant Science Education and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Question 4

Which fields of science does Buglife work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 64% of research at Buglife is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (56%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 5

Is Buglife's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower than in 2018-2021.

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