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Crustacean biology and ecology

Crustacean biology and ecology is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 20k 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 ecological impact of crayfish invasions on freshwater ecosystems, focusing on biodiversity loss, physiological adaptation, DNA barcoding for identification, and conservation challenges. It also delves into the global distribution and predation effects of invasive crayfish species.

  • Crayfish
  • Invasion
  • Freshwater
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecological Impact
  • DNA Barcoding
  • Conservation
  • Physiological Adaptation
  • Predation
  • Global Distribution
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Crustacean biology and ecology

Which countries lead Crustacean biology and ecology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (406 and 354 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 406 works
  2. 2 China 354 works
  3. 3 Brazil 223 works
  4. 4 Japan 160 works
  5. 5 India 135 works
  6. 6 Mexico 94 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 92 works
  8. 8 France 89 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 88 works
  10. 10 Australia 83 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: 23.6%China: 20.5%Brazil: 12.9%Japan: 9.3%6 others listed: 33.7%24%largest
United States406 · 23.6%China354 · 20.5%Brazil223 · 12.9%Japan160 · 9.3%6 others listed581 · 33.7%

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

Which institutions lead Crustacean biology and ecology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Crustacean biology and ecology research, followed by Universidad de Ibagué and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works
  2. 2 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 40 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 38 works
  4. 4 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 29 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina 26 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 25 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 24 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 23 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 23 works
  10. 10 Ningbo UniversityChina 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Crustacean biology and ecology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Crustacean biology and ecology include Mark P. Mattson, Carlos Manuel Duarte and Peter J. Campbell.

  1. 1 Mark P. Mattson United States 176k citations
  2. 2 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k citations
  3. 3 Peter J. Campbell United Kingdom 138k citations
  4. 4 Claudiu Trandafir Supuran Italy 134k citations
  5. 5 Dierk Raabe Germany 125k citations
  6. 6 Richard C. Thompson United Kingdom 116k 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 Crustacean biology and ecology?

The most cited paper in Crustacean biology and ecology is "Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts" (Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Everett Parkinson, Paul W. Gabrielson et al., 2018), with 1,752 citations. Next come "Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified" (1,069) and "Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida" (1,039).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Everett Parkinson, Paul W. Gabrielson et al. · Current Biology Open access Aug 2018 1,752
2 Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified Hojun Song, Jennifer E. Buhay, Michael F. Whiting et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 29 Aug 2008 1,069
3 Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida Elizabeth L. Wenner, Austin B. Williams · Estuaries Mar 1985 1,039
4 The dependence of contraction and relaxation of muscle fibres from the crab Maia squinado on the internal concentration of free calcium ions Hildegard Portzehl, P. C. Caldwell, J.C. Ru ̈egg · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Biophysical Subjects May 1964 1,027
5 The Biology of Crustacea Dorothy E. Bliss · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1983 959
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Where is Crustacean biology and ecology research done?

The largest centres of Crustacean biology and ecology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France) and Ibagué (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué and Iligan City.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 71 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 56 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 48 works
  4. 4 IbaguéColombia 40 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 37 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 36 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 29 works
  8. 8 Iligan CityPhilippines 29 works
  9. 9 QingdaoChina 27 works
  10. 10 SingaporeSingapore 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 40.2 works137×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 29.2 works90×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Crustacean biology and ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Crustacean biology and ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, Ningbo University, Shantou University and Shanghai Ocean University 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 13.34%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shantou UniversityNingbo UniversityUniversity of TasmaniaShanghai Ocean Unive…
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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
1Ningbo UniversityChina 77.927.0%15.2×22 +57.4%
2Shantou UniversityChina 60.029.2%18.3×10 -11.0%
3Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 58.916.3%40.9×22 +3.4%
4University of TasmaniaAustralia 52.922.3%17.0×10 +24.4%
5Universiti Malaysia TerengganuMalaysia 46.815.7%33.7×12 -45.5%
6Universidad de IbaguéColombia 45.00.0%192.2×40 -
7Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyJapan 42.18.5%175.2×15 +12.9%
8Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 40.98.9%9.6×23 -20.4%
9Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 38.85.5%10.8×22 -47.6%
10Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 37.90.0%291.0×29 -66.7%

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 Crustacean biology and ecology, country by country

Is Crustacean biology and ecology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Crustacean biology and ecology.

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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 Crustacean biology and ecology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0096% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Crustacean biology and ecology0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Crustacean biology and ecology 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%Crustacean biology and ecology9.2% 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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