Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the influence of land use on stream ecosystems, covering topics such as freshwater biodiversity, aquatic insects, ecosystem functioning, river restoration, metacommunity structure, macroinvertebrate communities, nutrient enrichment, and biomonitoring. The papers explore the impacts of multiple stressors, climate change, drought, and urbanization on stream ecosystems, as well as the role of reference conditions in assessing ecological integrity.
- Stream Ecosystems
- Land Use
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Aquatic Insects
- Ecosystem Functioning
- River Restoration
- Metacommunity Structure
- Macroinvertebrate Communities
- Nutrient Enrichment
- Biomonitoring
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (355 and 300 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Sunchon National University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 31 works
- 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 23 works
- 3 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 20 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
- 5 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 17 works
- 6 Institute of Natural SciencesBelgium 17 works
- 7 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RASRussia 15 works
- 8 Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 15 works
- 9 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 14 works
- 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology include Nancy B. Grimm, Mark O. Gessner and David Dudgeon.
- 1 Nancy B. Grimm United States 1.8k citations
- 2 Mark O. Gessner Germany 1.5k citations
- 3 David Dudgeon Hong Kong 1.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research done?
The largest centres of Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IbaguéCO · 34.0 works110×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Pará, University of Duisburg-Essen and Universidad de Ibagué 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 69.2 | 22.8% | 15.9× | 17 | +277.4% |
| 2 | University of Duisburg-EssenGermany | 64.3 | 40.5% | 10.5× | 9 | +65.7% |
| 3 | Universidad de IbaguéColombia | 51.0 | 0.0% | 134.2× | 31 | — |
| 4 | Nanjing Normal UniversityChina | 46.4 | 1.4% | 16.6× | 15 | +123.3% |
| 5 | Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea | 45.5 | 0.4% | 88.4× | 20 | — |
| 6 | Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil | 45.1 | 4.9% | 11.9× | 8 | +219.2% |
| 7 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 41.8 | 3.3% | 7.8× | 11 | +213.0% |
| 8 | University of ZambiaZambia | 39.9 | 0.0% | 26.8× | 10 | — |
| 9 | Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil | 34.6 | 3.2% | 12.1× | 10 | +7.4% |
| 10 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 31.1 | 4.4% | 7.9× | 10 | +52.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.