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Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies

Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 5.2k 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, systematics, phylogeny, and ecology of Collembola arthropods, with an emphasis on molecular and morphological approaches to taxonomy. It also explores the biogeography and cryptic species within this group.

  • Collembola
  • diversity
  • systematics
  • phylogeny
  • taxonomy
  • molecular
  • morphological
  • ecology
  • biogeography
  • cryptic species
Research works
5.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
513
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+66%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Philippines
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies

Which countries lead Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies research?

By volume, the Philippines and Russia publish the most (215 and 170 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Philippines 215 works
  2. 2 Russia 170 works
  3. 3 China 150 works
  4. 4 United States 133 works
  5. 5 Brazil 74 works
  6. 6 Germany 52 works
  7. 7 India 43 works
  8. 8 Japan 42 works
  9. 9 Greece 41 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 36 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.

Philippines: 22.5%Russia: 17.8%China: 15.7%United States: 14.0%6 others listed: 30.1%22%largest
Philippines215 · 22.5%Russia170 · 17.8%China150 · 15.7%United States133 · 14.0%6 others listed287 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 208 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 81 works
  3. 3 University of CreteGreece 39 works
  4. 4 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 37 works
  5. 5 University of TyumenRussia 31 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
  7. 7 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 16 works
  8. 8 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 16 works
  9. 9 Leibniz AssociationGermany 14 works
  10. 10 Naturalis Biodiversity CenterNetherlands 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies include Eun‐Kee Park, Simin Liu and Barry S. Taylor.

  1. 1 Eun‐Kee Park South Korea 151k citations
  2. 2 Simin Liu United States 133k citations
  3. 3 Barry S. Taylor United States 130k citations
  4. 4 Paul D. N. Hebert Canada 93k citations
  5. 5 Richard D. Bardgett United Kingdom 88k citations
  6. 6 Ary A. Hoffmann Australia 81k 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 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies?

The most cited paper in Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies is "The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology" (Michael F. Whiting, James C. Carpenter, Quentin D. Wheeler et al., 1997), with 928 citations. Next come "Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance" (801) and "Taxonomic Concepts in the Ascidae, with a Modified Setal Nomenclature for the Idiosoma of the Gamasina (Acarina: Mesostigmata)" (775).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology Michael F. Whiting, James C. Carpenter, Quentin D. Wheeler et al. · Systematic Biology Mar 1997 928
2 Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance David A. Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, Paul C. Nascimbene · American Museum Novitates Open access Mar 2002 801
3 Taxonomic Concepts in the Ascidae, with a Modified Setal Nomenclature for the Idiosoma of the Gamasina (Acarina: Mesostigmata) Evert E. Lindquist, G. O. Evans · Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 1965 775
4 Biodiversity of Collembola and their functional role in the ecosystem Josef Rusek · Biodiversity and Conservation Sep 1998 660
5 FOLSOMIA CANDIDA (COLLEMBOLA): A “Standard” Soil Arthropod Michelle T. Fountain, Steve P. Hopkin · Annual Review of Entomology Review 2 Nov 2004 488
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies research done?

The largest centres of Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies research in 2022-now are Iligan City (Philippines), Moscow (Russia), Rethymno (Greece) and Chattanooga (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iligan City, Chattanooga and Rethymno.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Iligan CityPhilippines 208 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 41 works
  3. 3 RethymnoGreece 39 works
  4. 4 ChattanoogaUnited States 37 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 34 works
  6. 6 TyumenRussia 32 works
  7. 7 Saint PetersburgRussia 24 works
  8. 8 TbilisiGeorgia 19 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 18 works
  10. 10 SofiaBulgaria 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Iligan CityPH · 207.9 works1155×
  2. ChattanoogaUS · 37.3 works196×
  3. RethymnoGR · 38.7 works150×
  4. TyumenRU · 31.5 works120×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and University of Crete 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%5%10%mean 4.85%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Mindanao State Unive…University of Tennes…University of CreteUniversity of Tyumen
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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
1Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 85.07.2%3722.8×208 -
2University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 69.17.1%533.1×37 -
3University of CreteGreece 68.86.9%234.3×39 -
4University of TyumenRussia 59.16.2%311.5×31 +32.3%
5National Pingtung UniversityTaiwan 53.77.1%454.5×9 -
6Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"Bulgaria 51.26.0%73.0×11 -
7Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 45.62.0%149.1×16 +1021.6%
8University of MonsBelgium 28.91.5%42.3×11 -
9Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 28.34.3%7.9×11 +11.0%
10University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceSlovakia 24.50.2%314.8×12 -

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 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies, country by country

Is Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Collembola Taxonomy 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 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies0.0089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Collembola Taxonomy 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%Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies9.1% 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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