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Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Forest Insect Ecology and Management is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex interactions and impacts of forest pest dynamics, focusing on bark beetles, invasive species, climate change, ecosystem disturbances, tree defense mechanisms, and the economic implications of biological invasions. The research delves into the drivers, consequences, and management strategies related to forest pest outbreaks and their effects on forest ecosystems.

  • Forest Pests
  • Bark Beetles
  • Invasive Species
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystem Disturbances
  • Tree Defense Mechanisms
  • Global Warming
  • Pathogen Invasions
  • Economic Impacts
  • Biological Invasions
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Which countries lead Forest Insect Ecology and Management research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (795 and 587 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 795 works
  2. 2 China 587 works
  3. 3 Brazil 191 works
  4. 4 Russia 188 works
  5. 5 Italy 186 works
  6. 6 Germany 182 works
  7. 7 Canada 168 works
  8. 8 France 160 works
  9. 9 India 158 works
  10. 10 Spain 144 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: 28.8%China: 21.3%Brazil: 6.9%Russia: 6.8%6 others listed: 36.2%29%largest
United States795 · 28.8%China587 · 21.3%Brazil191 · 6.9%Russia188 · 6.8%6 others listed998 · 36.2%

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

Which institutions lead Forest Insect Ecology and Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Agriculture publishes the most Forest Insect Ecology and Management research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 124 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 77 works
  3. 3 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 50 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 41 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
  6. 6 Natural Resources CanadaCanada 35 works
  7. 7 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 33 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 30 works
  9. 9 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 30 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forest Insect Ecology and Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forest Insect Ecology and Management include Jun Wang, Mark A. Bradford and Marco A. Marra.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
  3. 3 Marco A. Marra Canada 245k citations
  4. 4 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  5. 5 Steven J.M. Jones Canada 200k citations
  6. 6 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  7. 7 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  8. 8 Irina Filip United States 170k 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 Forest Insect Ecology and Management?

The most cited paper in Forest Insect Ecology and Management is "BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL" (Richard N. Mack, Daniel Simberloff, W. Mark Lonsdale et al., 2000), with 6,179 citations. Next come "The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly" (3,668) and "Forest disturbances under climate change" (2,900).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL Richard N. Mack, Daniel Simberloff, W. Mark Lonsdale et al. · Ecological Applications Jun 2000 6,179
2 The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly Crawford S. Holling · The Canadian Entomologist May 1959 3,668
3 Forest disturbances under climate change Rupert Seidl, Dominik Thom, Markus Kautz et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 31 May 2017 2,900
4 Sequence-Based Species Delimitation for the DNA Taxonomy of Undescribed Insects Joan Maria Vianney Pons, Timothy G. Barraclough, Jesús Gómez‐Zurita et al. · Systematic Biology Open access Aug 2006 2,844
5 The art of modelling range-shifting species Jane Elith, Michael Kearney, Steven D. Phillips · Methods in Ecology and Evolution 24 May 2010 2,829
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Where is Forest Insect Ecology and Management research done?

The largest centres of Forest Insect Ecology and Management research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States), Ottawa (Canada) and Prague (Czechia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 163 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C.United States 79 works
  3. 3 OttawaCanada 63 works
  4. 4 PragueCzechia 55 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 54 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 46 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 45 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 33 works
  9. 9 PretoriaSouth Africa 32 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Forest Insect Ecology and Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing Forestry University and University of Pretoria 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%10%20%30%mean 20.33%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Swedish University o…Czech University of …Beijing Forestry Uni…University of Pretoria
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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
1Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 93.627.9%39.8×25 +20.6%
2Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 74.516.6%29.1×34 +51.6%
3University of PretoriaSouth Africa 72.315.2%16.0×28 +5.2%
4Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia 71.818.7%69.4×28 -13.7%
5University of PaduaItaly 71.324.2%5.0×16 +14.9%
6University of British ColumbiaCanada 68.826.0%3.1×15 +8.0%
7Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 60.614.8%10.1×18 +102.9%
8Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 58.715.4%8.7×14 +20.8%
9University of FreiburgGermany 54.924.0%5.7×11 +2.8%
10China West Normal UniversityChina 53.420.5%21.6×10 +593.5%

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 Forest Insect Ecology and Management, country by country

Is Forest Insect Ecology and Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Forest Insect Ecology and Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Forest Insect Ecology and Management0.018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Forest Insect Ecology and Management 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%Forest Insect Ecology and Management10.0% 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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