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Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 23k 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 ecology, behavior, physiology, and conservation of bats, with a focus on topics such as hibernation, echolocation, white-nose syndrome, metabolic rate, molecular phylogeny, and the impact of climate change. The papers also discuss the role of bats in ecosystems, their importance as bioindicators, and their potential as reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens.

  • Bats
  • Hibernation
  • Echolocation
  • White-Nose Syndrome
  • Metabolic Rate
  • Molecular Phylogeny
  • Conservation
  • Foraging Behavior
  • Climate Change
  • Disease Ecology
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Which countries lead Bat Biology and Ecology Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (817 and 277 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 817 works
  2. 2 China 277 works
  3. 3 Brazil 251 works
  4. 4 India 169 works
  5. 5 Germany 157 works
  6. 6 Australia 154 works
  7. 7 Mexico 146 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 140 works
  9. 9 Russia 119 works
  10. 10 France 119 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: 34.8%China: 11.8%Brazil: 10.7%India: 7.2%6 others listed: 35.5%35%largest
United States817 · 34.8%China277 · 11.8%Brazil251 · 10.7%India169 · 7.2%6 others listed834 · 35.5%

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

Which institutions lead Bat Biology and Ecology Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Bat Biology and Ecology 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 72 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 55 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 46 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
  5. 5 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 31 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 30 works
  7. 7 Leibniz AssociationGermany 26 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 22 works
  9. 9 Northeast Normal UniversityChina 19 works
  10. 10 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bat Biology and Ecology Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies include Rob Knight, Richard M. Durbin and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
  5. 5 John Joseph McGrath Australia 214k citations
  6. 6 Evan E. Eichler United States 195k 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 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies?

The most cited paper in Bat Biology and Ecology Studies is "Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate" (James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West et al., 2001), with 3,887 citations. Next come "Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research" (2,403) and "Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America" (2,036).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of Size and Temperature on Metabolic Rate James F. Gillooly, James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West et al. · Science 21 Sep 2001 3,887
2 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research Robert S. Sikes, William L. Gannon · Journal of Mammalogy Open access 16 Feb 2011 2,403
3 Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America Lee Berger, Rick Speare, Peter Daszak et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 21 Jul 1998 2,036
4 Ecological morphology and flight in bats (Mammalia; Chiroptera): wing adaptations, flight performance, foraging strategy and echolocation Ulla M. Lindhe Norberg, J. M. V. Rayner · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 16 Sep 1987 1,823
5 Predicting extinction risk in declining species Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman, Guy Cowlishaw et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 7 Oct 2000 1,781
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Bat Biology and Ecology Studies research done?

The largest centres of Bat Biology and Ecology Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Mexico City (Mexico), Paris (France) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué and Xalapa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 62 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 60 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 53 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 51 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 43 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 41 works
  7. 7 Buenos AiresArgentina 36 works
  8. 8 ChangchunChina 35 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 34 works
  10. 10 IbaguéColombia 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 33.6 works85×
  2. XalapaMX · 21.1 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bat Biology and Ecology Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Bat Biology and Ecology Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Tel Aviv University, Northeast Normal University and University of Helsinki 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%10%20%mean 14.78%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of HelsinkiNortheast Normal Uni…Jilin Agricultural U…Tel Aviv University
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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
1Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 79.013.9%6.1×16 +46.8%
2Northeast Normal UniversityChina 70.915.9%26.7×19 +103.1%
3University of HelsinkiFinland 69.217.0%4.6×10 +41.2%
4Jilin Agricultural UniversityChina 67.915.7%30.2×14 +76.9%
5Aarhus UniversityDenmark 62.619.8%3.1×9 +37.2%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61.119.5%2.8×14 -7.1%
7Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 60.22.2%9.2×30 +22.9%
8University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 59.513.2%1.9×9 +20.0%
9University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 59.419.9%2.7×8 +35.2%
10Northern Arizona UniversityUnited States 51.910.7%24.9×8 +27.9%

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 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, country by country

Is Bat Biology and Ecology Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bat Biology and Ecology 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 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Bat Biology and Ecology Studies0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bat Biology and Ecology 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.

still counting5%10%15%Bat Biology and Ecology Studies9.8% 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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