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Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 9.1k 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 ecology, evolution, and interactions of gall-inducing insects, with a focus on parasitoid wasps, DNA barcoding, host specificity, plant-herbivore interactions, phylogeny, morphology, invasive species, and biological control. The research covers a wide range of topics related to the adaptive significance, diversity, and impact of gall-inducing insects in various ecosystems.

  • Gall-Inducing Insects
  • Parasitoid Wasps
  • DNA Barcoding
  • Host Specificity
  • Plant-Herbivore Interactions
  • Phylogeny
  • Morphology
  • Invasive Species
  • Tropical Forests
  • Biological Control
Research works
9.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
904
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Which countries lead Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (237 and 192 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 237 works
  2. 2 United States 192 works
  3. 3 Brazil 188 works
  4. 4 Russia 128 works
  5. 5 India 117 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 74 works
  7. 7 Germany 69 works
  8. 8 Japan 66 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 63 works
  10. 10 South Korea 63 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.

China: 19.8%United States: 16.1%Brazil: 15.7%Russia: 10.7%6 others listed: 37.8%20%largest
China237 · 19.8%United States192 · 16.1%Brazil188 · 15.7%Russia128 · 10.7%6 others listed452 · 37.8%

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

Which institutions lead Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research, followed by Institute of Natural Sciences and Natural History Museum.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 81 works
  2. 2 Institute of Natural SciencesBelgium 34 works
  3. 3 Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom 31 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 31 works
  5. 5 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 24 works
  6. 6 University of ZambiaZambia 24 works
  7. 7 Zoological Survey of IndiaIndia 24 works
  8. 8 Leibniz AssociationGermany 19 works
  9. 9 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 18 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny include Kevin J. Gaston, Fredrik Ronquist and David R. Smith.

  1. 1 Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom 123k citations
  2. 2 Fredrik Ronquist Sweden 107k citations
  3. 3 David R. Smith United States 107k citations
  4. 4 Teja Tscharntke Germany 99k citations
  5. 5 Paul D. N. Hebert Canada 93k citations
  6. 6 Ary A. Hoffmann Australia 81k 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 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny?

The most cited paper in Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny is "Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera" (Ralph S. Peters et al., 2017), with 964 citations. Next come "The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology" (928) and "The adaptive significance of insect gall morphology" (862).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera Ralph S. Peters et al. · Current Biology Open access 23 Mar 2017 964
2 The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology Michael F. Whiting, James C. Carpenter, Quentin D. Wheeler et al. · Systematic Biology Mar 1997 928
3 The adaptive significance of insect gall morphology Graham N. Stone, Karsten Schönrogge · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review 12 Sep 2003 862
4 Refined Global Analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase 1 to Identify Species Level Genetic Boundaries A. Dinsdale, Lyn G. Cook, Cynthia Riginos et al. · Annals of the Entomological Society of America Mar 2010 685
5 Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections M. Alex Smith, JOSEPHINE J. RODRIGUEZ, James B. Whitfield et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 20 Aug 2008 615
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Where is Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research done?

The largest centres of Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Brussels (Belgium) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Suncheon, Lusaka and Brussels.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 59 works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 43 works
  3. 3 BrusselsBelgium 39 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 38 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 34 works
  6. 6 KolkataIndia 27 works
  7. 7 SuncheonSouth Korea 24 works
  8. 8 LusakaZambia 24 works
  9. 9 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 24 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SuncheonKR · 24.5 works154×
  2. LusakaZM · 24.2 works45×
  3. BrusselsBE · 39.1 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Mons and Universidade Federal do Paraná 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%mean 8.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of MonsChina Agricultural U…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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
1Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 68.814.4%12.3×16 -6.0%
2University of MonsBelgium 67.416.5%26.2×8 +305.9%
3Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 63.513.0%16.0×14 +21.6%
4China Agricultural UniversityChina 60.614.6%13.2×13 -1.0%
5University of ZambiaZambia 54.50.0%98.2×24 -
6Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 53.64.2%17.6×13 +267.2%
7Altai State UniversityRussia 49.25.8%127.0×14 +21.5%
8Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 45.00.0%171.4×24 -
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 38.05.9%2.5×11 +16.8%
10Universidade de São PauloBrazil 36.18.5%3.2×11 -21.4%

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 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, country by country

Is Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny.

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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 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny0.0095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny 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%Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny9.6% 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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