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Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the ecological impact of invasive species, particularly rodents, on island ecosystems. It covers topics such as population dynamics, mast seeding, predator-prey interactions, climate change effects, and the conservation gains from invasive species eradication on islands.

  • Invasive Species
  • Island Ecosystems
  • Population Dynamics
  • Rodent Eradication
  • Mast Seeding
  • Predator-Prey Interactions
  • Climate Change Effects
  • Conservation Biology
  • Spatial Synchrony
  • Ecosystem Restoration
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
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Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Which countries lead Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (855 and 379 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 855 works
  2. 2 China 379 works
  3. 3 Russia 286 works
  4. 4 India 208 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 193 works
  6. 6 Australia 187 works
  7. 7 France 184 works
  8. 8 Spain 173 works
  9. 9 Germany 159 works
  10. 10 Canada 151 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 30.8%China: 13.7%Russia: 10.3%India: 7.5%6 others listed: 37.7%31%largest
United States855 · 30.8%China379 · 13.7%Russia286 · 10.3%India208 · 7.5%6 others listed1,047 · 37.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 162 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 72 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 46 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 44 works
  6. 6 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 23 works
  7. 7 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 Leibniz AssociationGermany 22 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 21 works
  10. 10 University of FloridaUnited States 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies include John J.V. McMurray, Didier Raoult and Alberto Mantovani.

  1. 1 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  2. 2 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  3. 3 Alberto Mantovani Italy 224k citations
  4. 4 Ronald Klein United States 214k citations
  5. 5 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  6. 6 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  7. 7 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies?

The most cited paper in Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies is "Phylogenies and the Comparative Method" (Joseph Felsenstein, 1985), with 10,187 citations. Next come "Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited" (7,944) and "Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals" (7,622).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogenies and the Comparative Method Joseph Felsenstein · The American Naturalist 1985 10,187
2 Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited Albert O. Bush, Kevin D. Lafferty, Jeffrey M. Lotz et al. · Journal of Parasitology Open access Aug 1997 7,944
3 Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals Gary C. White, Kenneth P. Burnham · Bird Study Open access 1999 7,622
4 SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES AND INDICATOR SPECIES:THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH Marc Dufrêne, Pierre Legendre · Ecological Monographs Aug 1997 7,453
5 Mechanisms of Maintenance of Species Diversity Peter Chesson · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 2000 6,837
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Where is Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research done?

The largest centres of Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 107 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 93 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 68 works
  4. 4 Buenos AiresArgentina 43 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 43 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 38 works
  7. 7 Mexico CityMexico 37 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 33 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, Wageningen University & Research and University of Florida score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 77.818.6%2.4×14 +28.2%
2Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 75.622.0%7.3×11 +116.8%
3University of FloridaUnited States 63.49.2%4.7×21 -9.0%
4The University of SydneyAustralia 63.415.6%2.4×12 +38.0%
5University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 61.017.9%2.6×10 +58.3%
6Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 60.415.8%17.4×11 -23.5%
7University of TorontoCanada 59.117.7%1.2×10 +8.6%
8University of British ColumbiaCanada 57.110.4%2.8×14 -19.4%
9University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56.026.9%1.3×9 +60.6%
10Deakin UniversityAustralia 55.516.7%4.5×8 +18.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, country by country

Is Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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