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Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies

Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies is a research topic within Insect Science. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to forensic entomology, decomposition science, and the use of insects in estimating postmortem intervals. It covers areas such as Diptera colonization, microbial community assembly during corpse decomposition, maggot therapy, bacterial community succession, and the role of insects in carrion decomposition. The research also delves into the applications and limitations of forensic entomology in determining time of death.

  • Forensic Entomology
  • Decomposition
  • Diptera Colonization
  • Postmortem Interval
  • Microbial Community
  • Maggot Therapy
  • Bacterial Community Succession
  • Carrion Decomposition
  • Insect Succession
  • Entomological Evidence
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies

Which countries lead Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (319 and 219 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 319 works
  2. 2 India 219 works
  3. 3 Brazil 208 works
  4. 4 China 197 works
  5. 5 Italy 109 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 99 works
  7. 7 Germany 80 works
  8. 8 Russia 72 works
  9. 9 Australia 63 works
  10. 10 Japan 62 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: 22.3%India: 15.3%Brazil: 14.6%China: 13.8%6 others listed: 34.0%22%largest
United States319 · 22.3%India219 · 15.3%Brazil208 · 14.6%China197 · 13.8%6 others listed486 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 31 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 17 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 15 works
  4. 4 Leibniz AssociationGermany 14 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 13 works
  7. 7 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 12 works
  8. 8 Central South UniversityChina 12 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 10 works
  10. 10 Institute of Forensic ScienceChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies include Christopher J L Murray, Rob Knight and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  4. 4 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  5. 5 Alan D López Australia 214k 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 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies?

The most cited paper in Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies is "Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death" (C. Owen Lovejoy, Richard S. Meindl, Thomas R. Pryzbeck et al., 1985), with 1,979 citations. Next come "Forensic Entomology: An Introduction" (1,583) and "Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains" (1,273).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death C. Owen Lovejoy, Richard S. Meindl, Thomas R. Pryzbeck et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Sep 1985 1,979
2 Forensic Entomology: An Introduction Leon George Higley, Timothy E. Huntington · Journal of Medical Entomology Open access 28 Aug 2009 1,583
3 Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains Mehmet Yaşar İşcan, Barbara Q. McCabe · Forensic Science International Feb 2001 1,273
4 Trends in Suicide Ideation, Plans, Gestures, and Attempts in the United States, 1990-1992 to 2001-2003 Ronald C. Kessler · JAMA Open access 24 May 2005 1,078
5 Forensic Entomology in Criminal Investigations E. P. Catts, M. Lee Goff · Annual Review of Entomology 1992 902
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Where is Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research done?

The largest centres of Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 44 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 32 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 23 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 21 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 21 works
  6. 6 KolkataIndia 18 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 18 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 18 works
  9. 9 Saint PetersburgRussia 17 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Soochow University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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 14.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Soochow UniversityUniversity of Tennes…All India Institute …Universidade de São …
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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
1University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 62.026.1%9.2×8 +58.6%
2Soochow UniversityChina 58.627.4%4.2×9 +68.2%
3All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 53.65.6%6.3×16 +333.7%
4Universidade de São PauloBrazil 52.14.4%3.8×17 +80.6%
5Central South UniversityChina 46.828.7%2.7×12 -32.7%
6University of CopenhagenDenmark 44.018.6%4.0×8 +5.8%
7National University of SingaporeSingapore 40.115.8%3.1×8 -
8Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 32.24.3%12.8×9 +562.0%
9Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 28.42.9%4.5×10 +224.9%
10University of FloridaUnited States 27.16.5%3.7×9 +14.6%

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 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies, country by country

Is Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Forensic Entomology and Diptera 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 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0089% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Forensic Entomology and Diptera 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.

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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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