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Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phylogeny, evolution, and diversity of Coleoptera beetles, utilizing various methods such as DNA barcoding, morphological analysis, and molecular phylogenetics. The research covers topics such as taxonomy, biogeography, speciation, and the evolutionary history of beetles.

  • Coleoptera
  • phylogeny
  • evolution
  • beetles
  • taxonomy
  • DNA barcoding
  • morphology
  • diversification
  • biogeography
  • speciation
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+53%
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Largest producer
United States
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Which countries lead Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (487 and 408 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 487 works
  2. 2 China 408 works
  3. 3 Russia 355 works
  4. 4 Brazil 214 works
  5. 5 Philippines 198 works
  6. 6 Greece 182 works
  7. 7 South Korea 170 works
  8. 8 Germany 150 works
  9. 9 Czechia 128 works
  10. 10 Italy 124 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: 20.2%China: 16.9%Russia: 14.7%Brazil: 8.9%6 others listed: 39.4%20%largest
United States487 · 20.2%China408 · 16.9%Russia355 · 14.7%Brazil214 · 8.9%6 others listed953 · 39.4%

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

Which institutions lead Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology publishes the most Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research, followed by University of Crete and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 180 works
  2. 2 University of CreteGreece 177 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 174 works
  4. 4 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 171 works
  5. 5 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 94 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 76 works
  7. 7 Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom 64 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 46 works
  9. 9 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 42 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution include Jun Wang, Amartya Kumar Sen and Kang Xu.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k citations
  3. 3 Kang Xu United States 112k 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 Taxonomy and Distribution?

The most cited paper in Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution is "Ecology and Behavior of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)" (Gábor L. Löveï, KEITH D. SUNDERLAND, 1996), with 1,204 citations. Next come "Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta)" (1,113) and "A Comprehensive Phylogeny of Beetles Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of a Superradiation" (887).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ecology and Behavior of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Gábor L. Löveï, KEITH D. SUNDERLAND · Annual Review of Entomology 1996 1,204
2 Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta) Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Anthony Davies et al. · ZooKeys Open access 4 Apr 2011 1,113
3 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
4 Revisiting the Insect Mitochondrial Molecular Clock: The Mid-Aegean Trench Calibration Anna Papadopoulou, Ioannis P. Anastasiou, Alfried P. Vogler · Molecular Biology and Evolution 18 Feb 2010 878
5 "Inordinate Fondness" Explained: Why Are There So Many Beetles? Brian Dorsey Farrell · Science 24 Jul 1998 849
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research done?

The largest centres of Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research in 2022-now are Iligan City (Philippines), Rethymno (Greece), Chattanooga (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Daugavpils, Iligan City and Chattanooga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Iligan CityPhilippines 180 works
  2. 2 RethymnoGreece 177 works
  3. 3 ChattanoogaUnited States 171 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 96 works
  5. 5 SuncheonSouth Korea 94 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 73 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 71 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 69 works
  9. 9 VladivostokRussia 51 works
  10. 10 Saint PetersburgRussia 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DaugavpilsLV · 34.5 works432×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 179.8 works389×
  3. ChattanoogaUS · 171.2 works350×
  4. SuncheonKR · 94.4 works295×
  5. RethymnoGR · 177.2 works267×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution?

Among universities, judged by research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Crete and Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology 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 18.28%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ludwig-Maximilians-U…National 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
1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 55.945.0%2.9×9 +62.0%
2University of CreteGreece 55.16.5%418.9×177 -
3Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 53.86.7%1255.9×180 -
4National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia 50.125.2%25.9×17 +63.5%
5University of CopenhagenDenmark 47.937.8%2.6×8 +151.3%
6University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 47.86.7%952.5×171 -55.8%
7Altai State UniversityRussia 47.720.2%112.1×25 +46.1%
8Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil 44.028.7%11.2×10 +8.8%
9Daugavpils UniversityLatvia 41.45.3%475.9×34 +40.9%
10Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 40.60.7%328.2×94 -

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 Taxonomy and Distribution, country by country

Is Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution.

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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 Taxonomy and Distribution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0083% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution 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 Taxonomy and Distribution8.8% 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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