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Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 6.8k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diversity, taxonomy, distribution, and faunal studies of Cerambycidae beetles in the Neotropical Region. It includes research on new species, host plants, and conservation implications for these longhorn beetles.

  • Cerambycidae
  • Coleoptera
  • Neotropical Region
  • Taxonomy
  • Biodiversity
  • Host Plants
  • Distribution
  • New Species
  • Faunal Study
  • Conservation
Research works
6.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
673
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+59%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

Which countries lead Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (261 and 188 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 261 works
  2. 2 China 188 works
  3. 3 India 179 works
  4. 4 Brazil 158 works
  5. 5 Russia 145 works
  6. 6 Philippines 119 works
  7. 7 Colombia 103 works
  8. 8 Greece 94 works
  9. 9 South Korea 83 works
  10. 10 Mexico 74 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: 18.6%China: 13.4%India: 12.7%Brazil: 11.3%6 others listed: 44.0%19%largest
United States261 · 18.6%China188 · 13.4%India179 · 12.7%Brazil158 · 11.3%6 others listed618 · 44.0%

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

Which institutions lead Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology publishes the most Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research, followed by University of Crete and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 104 works
  2. 2 University of CreteGreece 93 works
  3. 3 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 89 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 69 works
  5. 5 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 64 works
  6. 6 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 60 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 42 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 27 works
  10. 10 Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies include Amartya Kumar Sen and Ramaswamy Govindan.

  1. 1 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k citations
  2. 2 Ramaswamy Govindan United States 111k 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 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies?

The most cited paper in Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies is "Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta)" (Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Anthony Davies et al., 2011), with 1,113 citations. Next come "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation" (887) and "INFLUENCE OF THE LARVAL HOST PLANT ON REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF CERAMBYCID BEETLES" (487).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta) Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Anthony Davies et al. · ZooKeys Open access 4 Apr 2011 1,113
2 A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation Toby Hunt, Johannes Bergsten, Zuzana Levkaničová et al. · Science 20 Dec 2007 887
3 INFLUENCE OF THE LARVAL HOST PLANT ON REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF CERAMBYCID BEETLES Lawrence M. Hanks · Annual Review of Entomology Review 1999 487
4 Phylogeny in cryptic weevils: molecules, morphology and new genera of western Palaearctic Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) Jonas J. Astrin, Peter E. Stüben · Invertebrate Systematics 3 Dec 2008 366
5 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication Iczn Iczn · ZooKeys Open access 4 Sep 2012 354
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Where is Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research done?

The largest centres of Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research in 2022-now are Iligan City (Philippines), Rethymno (Greece), Chattanooga (United States) and Ibagué (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iligan City, Suncheon and Chattanooga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Iligan CityPhilippines 104 works
  2. 2 RethymnoGreece 93 works
  3. 3 ChattanoogaUnited States 89 works
  4. 4 IbaguéColombia 65 works
  5. 5 SuncheonSouth Korea 60 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 55 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 40 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 37 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 30 works
  10. 10 KolkataIndia 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Iligan CityPH · 103.9 works402×
  2. SuncheonKR · 60.2 works336×
  3. ChattanoogaUS · 89.3 works326×
  4. IbaguéCO · 64.6 works276×
  5. RethymnoGR · 93.0 works250×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Altai State University, National Research Tomsk State University and University of Crete 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.

0%20%40%mean 11.84%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Altai State UniversityNational Research To…Mindanao State Unive…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.

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
1Altai State UniversityRussia 66.733.2%87.6×11 +67.1%
2National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia 64.731.5%22.2×8 +174.7%
3University of CreteGreece 62.16.4%392.4×93 -
4Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 60.06.7%1296.0×104 -
5University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 56.56.7%888.3×89 -
6Universidade de São PauloBrazil 49.13.2%10.6×42 +37.6%
7Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 48.014.7%25.1×9 +74.3%
8Mianyang Normal UniversityChina 42.410.7%261.1×14 +791.0%
9Daugavpils UniversityLatvia 41.35.3%353.5×14 +112.7%
10Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 41.20.0%373.7×60 -

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 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, country by country

Is Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Coleoptera: Cerambycidae 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 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Coleoptera: Cerambycidae 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%Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies8.4% 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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