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Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 28k 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 focuses on the ecological impact of freshwater mussels, particularly the invasive species, on aquatic ecosystems. It covers topics such as biodiversity loss, ecosystem engineering, conservation genetics, and the environmental impacts of unionoida and dreissenid mussels.

  • Freshwater Mussels
  • Invasive Species
  • Ecosystem Engineering
  • Biodiversity Loss
  • Aquatic Invasions
  • Unionoida
  • Dreissenid Mussels
  • Conservation Genetics
  • Ecosystem Function
  • Environmental Impacts
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Which countries lead Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (927 and 435 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 927 works
  2. 2 China 435 works
  3. 3 Russia 356 works
  4. 4 Canada 170 works
  5. 5 Brazil 170 works
  6. 6 Germany 157 works
  7. 7 Japan 150 works
  8. 8 India 150 works
  9. 9 Greece 143 works
  10. 10 France 139 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: 33.1%China: 15.6%Russia: 12.7%Canada: 6.1%6 others listed: 32.5%33%largest
United States927 · 33.1%China435 · 15.6%Russia356 · 12.7%Canada170 · 6.1%6 others listed909 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research, followed by University of Crete and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 213 works
  2. 2 University of CreteGreece 127 works
  3. 3 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 119 works
  4. 4 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 91 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 62 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 56 works
  7. 7 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 48 works
  8. 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 38 works
  9. 9 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Bulgaria 36 works
  10. 10 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior include Jun Wang, Sudhir Kumar and Markus Antonietti.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  3. 3 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations
  4. 4 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  5. 5 Stephen R. Carpenter United States 165k 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 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior?

The most cited paper in Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior is "Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges" (David Dudgeon, Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner et al., 2005), with 8,498 citations. Next come "Characterizing aquatic dissolved organic matter." (4,916) and "Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus" (3,953).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges David Dudgeon, Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review 12 Dec 2005 8,498
2 Characterizing aquatic dissolved organic matter. Jerry A Leenheer, Jean-Philippe Croué · PubMed 2003 4,916
3 Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Daniel J. Conley, Hans W. Paerl, Robert Warren Howarth et al. · Science 19 Feb 2009 3,953
4 Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities Stephen C. Trombulak, Christopher A. Frissell · Conservation Biology Feb 2000 2,766
5 Evolution of Phosphorus Limitation in Lakes D. W. Schindler · Science 21 Jan 1977 2,649
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research done?

The largest centres of Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research in 2022-now are Rethymno (Greece), Chattanooga (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Borok, Chattanooga and Ibagué.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 RethymnoGreece 127 works
  2. 2 ChattanoogaUnited States 120 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 98 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 96 works
  5. 5 IbaguéColombia 91 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C.United States 59 works
  7. 7 SofiaBulgaria 57 works
  8. 8 OttawaCanada 56 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 52 works
  10. 10 VladivostokRussia 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BorokRU · 23.6 works220×
  2. ChattanoogaUS · 119.6 works198×
  3. IbaguéCO · 91.4 works177×
  4. RethymnoGR · 126.9 works155×
  5. EgerHU · 23.3 works148×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, Technical University of Munich, University of Crete and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 11.82%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Technical University…University of AucklandUniversity of Tennes…University of Crete
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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.

Citation 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
1Technical University of MunichGermany 59.032.7%2.2×8 +4.7%
2University of CreteGreece 56.81.9%243.4×127 -
3University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 49.92.1%539.8×120 -
4University of AucklandNew Zealand 46.115.3%5.3×12 +34.7%
5University of LisbonPortugal 44.013.8%3.7×12 +24.4%
6Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Bulgaria 42.92.0%74.6×36 +297.3%
7Universidad de IbaguéColombia 41.40.0%249.2×91 -
8Jinan UniversityChina 35.68.6%5.3×12 +65.2%
9Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 35.213.5%11.1×11 +73.2%
10University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34.928.3%1.5×10 -7.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, country by country

Is Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

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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 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 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.

still counting5%10%15%Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior8.7% in 2025200020102020

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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