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Entomological Studies and Ecology

Entomological Studies and Ecology is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the expansion of the geographic range of the pine processionary moth, particularly in relation to climate change and its impact on forest ecosystems. It also explores topics such as caterpillar envenoming, host utilisation, forest pest management, and population dynamics of the processionary moth.

  • Processionary Moth
  • Climate Change
  • Caterpillar Envenoming
  • Host Utilisation
  • Forest Pest Management
  • Climatic Warming
  • Venomous Caterpillars
  • Pine Forests
  • Population Dynamics
  • Epidemiology
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

Which countries lead Entomological Studies and Ecology research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (230 and 194 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 230 works
  2. 2 United States 194 works
  3. 3 Germany 136 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 82 works
  5. 5 China 75 works
  6. 6 Russia 75 works
  7. 7 Brazil 75 works
  8. 8 France 63 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 50 works
  10. 10 Italy 46 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.

India: 22.4%United States: 18.9%Germany: 13.2%Türkiye: 8.0%6 others listed: 37.4%22%largest
India230 · 22.4%United States194 · 18.9%Germany136 · 13.2%Türkiye82 · 8.0%6 others listed384 · 37.4%

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

Which institutions lead Entomological Studies and Ecology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Entomological Studies and Ecology research, followed by Institute of Natural Sciences and University of Zambia.

Who are the leading researchers in Entomological Studies and Ecology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Entomological Studies and Ecology include David Lee Kaplan, Irina Filip and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  2. 2 Irina Filip United States 170k citations
  3. 3 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k 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 Entomological Studies and Ecology?

The most cited paper in Entomological Studies and Ecology is "Seasonal Changes in Oak Leaf Tannins and Nutrients as a Cause of Spring Feeding by Winter Moth Caterpillars" (Paul Feeny, 1970), with 1,911 citations. Next come "Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions" (1,798) and "Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females" (1,014).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seasonal Changes in Oak Leaf Tannins and Nutrients as a Cause of Spring Feeding by Winter Moth Caterpillars Paul Feeny · Ecology Jul 1970 1,911
2 Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions Kenneth F. Raffa, Brian H. Aukema, Barbara J. Bentz et al. · BioScience Open access Jun 2008 1,798
3 Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females Consuelo M. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher, James H. Tumlinson · Nature Mar 2001 1,014
4 Investigation of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Andrew N Nicolaides · Circulation Open access 14 Nov 2000 948
5 Chronic Venous Disease John J. Bergan, Geert W. Schmid‐Schönbein, Philip D Coleridge Smith et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 2 Aug 2006 937
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Where is Entomological Studies and Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Entomological Studies and Ecology research in 2022-now are Brussels (Belgium), Lusaka (Zambia), Moscow (Russia) and Sofia (Bulgaria). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lusaka, Brussels and Sofia.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BrusselsBelgium 33 works
  2. 2 LusakaZambia 29 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 22 works
  4. 4 SofiaBulgaria 20 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 18 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 17 works
  7. 7 GroßhansdorfGermany 16 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 15 works
  9. 9 KolkataIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Saint PetersburgRussia 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LusakaZM · 28.5 works59×
  2. BrusselsBE · 33.5 works14×
  3. SofiaBG · 20.3 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Entomological Studies and Ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Entomological Studies and Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Zambia 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.

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
1University of ZambiaZambia 5.00.0%127.5×28 -

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 Entomological Studies and Ecology, country by country

Is Entomological Studies and Ecology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Entomological Studies 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 Entomological Studies and Ecology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Entomological Studies and Ecology0.0082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Entomological Studies 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%Entomological Studies and Ecology10.7% 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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