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Institute of Entomology

In research, Institute of Entomology stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,849 of 7,800 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,985 of 3,409 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#194 of 255 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Insect Science is 60.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,002
of 28,054 · #8,614 all time
Rank in Czechia
#42
of 163
Research works
3.7k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Institute of Entomology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #3,849 of 7,800 11.1%272 #3537
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,985 of 3,409 9.7%216 #1194
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #194 of 255 13.1%68 #295
Insect ScienceSubfield #86 of 102 11.0%61 #81
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,320 of 1,395 5.9%70 #1566

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Entomology sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#3,537 #3,849
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,194 #1,985
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#295 #194
  4. Insect Science#81 #86
  5. Plant Science#1,566 #1,320
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute of Entomology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 60.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 60.7 works60×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 68.1 works41×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 216.0 works13×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 70.0 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12.82× its world share, 216 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.50× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Entomology?

Ranked on the composite score, Pierrick Aupinel, Jean François Odoux and Karen Vail lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Entomology.

  1. 1 Pierrick Aupinel Czechia · #99,381 worldwide 244 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Jean François Odoux Czechia · #137,861 worldwide 196 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Karen Vail Czechia · #164,070 worldwide 0 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 D. S. Wilkinson Czechia · #166,280 worldwide 115 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Ivo Hodek Czechia · #198,758 worldwide 127 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 K. Sláma Czechia · #233,112 worldwide 124 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Jeremy D. Holloway Czechia · #251,873 worldwide 85 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 František Sehnal Czechia · #288,421 worldwide 104 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 J. W. Evans Czechia · #377,802 worldwide 57 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Zdeněk Mráček Czechia · #500,497 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Entomology

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Entomology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biological Control, Climate Change, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Global Change and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species64▲ 43×19 topics
  2. Biodiversity59▲ 22×24 topics
  3. Climate Change52▲ 5.5×45 topics
  4. Biological Control47▲ 88×9 topics
  5. Phylogeny39▲ 73×17 topics
  6. Taxonomy36▲ 78×14 topics
  7. Global Change30▲ 32×5 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation29▲ 37×5 topics
  9. Biogeography27▲ 30×20 topics
  10. DNA Barcoding25▲ 43×9 topics
  11. Evolution22▲ 26×14 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services22▲ 16×9 topics
  13. Breeding22▲ 80×4 topics
  14. Nutritional Quality21▲ 79×3 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity21▲ 13×14 topics
  16. Conservation20▲ 13×18 topics
  17. Plant-Animal Interactions20▲ 65×1 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline20▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles19▲ 129×1 topic
  20. Jasmonate Signaling19▲ 129×1 topic
  21. Plant Defense19▲ 104×2 topics
  22. Microbiota18▲ 24×4 topics
  23. Pest Management18▲ 60×5 topics
  24. Genetics18▲ 7.2×6 topics
  25. Drought Tolerance17▲ 33×8 topics
  26. Morphology16▲ 27×6 topics
  27. Biological Invasions16▲ 50×3 topics
  28. Genomics15▲ 15×8 topics
  29. Marker Development15▲ 87×3 topics
  30. Biopesticides14▲ 62×2 topics
  31. Agricultural Sustainability14▲ 35×3 topics
  32. Population Dynamics14▲ 16×12 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny14▲ 25×11 topics
  34. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 13×13 topics
  35. Gut Microbiota13▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Immune System13▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Climate Resilience12▲ 56×2 topics
  38. Symbiosis12▲ 37×3 topics
  39. Honey Bees12▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Neonicotinoids12▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Entomology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research and Agricultural pest management studies.

Plant and animal studies: 20 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 19 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…12Insect and Pesticide Research: 12 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…12Agricultural pest management studies: 12 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 11 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 10 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…10Insect Resistance and Genetics: 10 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 8 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 7 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect SciencePlant ScienceGenetics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 19 works
  3. 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 12 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 12 works
  5. 5 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 11 works
  6. 6 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 10 works
  7. 7 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  9. 9 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 8 works
  10. 10 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 7 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.5%domestic only50.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Entomology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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