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Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Invertebrate Taxonomy 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 diversity, genetic structure, and phylogeny of earthworms, highlighting the use of DNA barcoding to reveal cryptic diversity, phylogenetic analysis for taxonomy, and the impact of invasive species on soil biodiversity.

  • Earthworms
  • DNA Barcoding
  • Cryptic Diversity
  • Phylogenetic Analysis
  • Genetic Structure
  • Taxonomy
  • Molecular Phylogeny
  • Invasive Species
  • Soil Biodiversity
  • Species Delimitation
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Which countries lead Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (254 and 196 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 254 works
  2. 2 United States 196 works
  3. 3 India 144 works
  4. 4 Russia 139 works
  5. 5 Vietnam 128 works
  6. 6 Brazil 112 works
  7. 7 South Korea 102 works
  8. 8 France 100 works
  9. 9 Philippines 70 works
  10. 10 Germany 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: 19.4%United States: 15.0%India: 11.0%Russia: 10.6%6 others listed: 44.0%19%largest
China254 · 19.4%United States196 · 15.0%India144 · 11.0%Russia139 · 10.6%6 others listed575 · 44.0%

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

Which institutions lead Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research, followed by Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  2. 2 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 57 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 39 works
  4. 4 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 34 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 34 works
  6. 6 Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic UniversityHungary 28 works
  7. 7 University of TyumenRussia 27 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 23 works
  9. 9 Leibniz AssociationGermany 19 works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology include Jun Wang, Mark A. Bradford and Peter B. Reich.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
  3. 3 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  4. 4 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  5. 5 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  6. 6 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 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology?

The most cited paper in Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology is "Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation" (David Bickford, David J. Lohman, Navjot S. Sodhi et al., 2006), with 3,580 citations. Next come "NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools" (2,741) and "Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe" (2,261).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation David Bickford, David J. Lohman, Navjot S. Sodhi et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review 29 Nov 2006 3,580
2 NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools Conrad L. Schoch, Stacy A. Ciufo, Michael Domrachev et al. · Database Open access 2020 2,741
3 Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe Jan Pinceel, Kurt Jordaens, Natalie Van Houtte et al. · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 24 Aug 2004 2,261
4 The maturity index: an ecological measure of environmental disturbance based on nematode species composition Tom Bongers · Oecologia Open access May 1990 2,178
5 Soil Quality: A Concept, Definition, and Framework for Evaluation (A Guest Editorial) Douglas L. Karlen, Maurice James Mausbach, J. W. Doran et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal 1997 2,015
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research done?

The largest centres of Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Iligan City (Philippines), Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Eger, Iligan City and Suncheon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 63 works
  2. 2 Iligan CityPhilippines 57 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 44 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 41 works
  5. 5 HanoiVietnam 35 works
  6. 6 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 34 works
  7. 7 SuncheonSouth Korea 34 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 30 works
  9. 9 EgerHungary 28 works
  10. 10 TyumenRussia 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. EgerHU · 27.7 works370×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 56.5 works209×
  3. SuncheonKR · 34.3 works183×
  4. TyumenRU · 27.3 works69×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology?

Among universities, judged by research, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, Universidade de São Paulo and Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University 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.

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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
1Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 80.74.9%673.2×56 -
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 62.06.0%2.9×12 +69.9%
3Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic UniversityHungary 56.81.9%428.4×28 +957.3%
4University of CreteGreece 56.74.5%42.6×11 -
5Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 55.75.3%16.9×10 -
6Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 51.02.1%11.3×23 +253.2%
7University of TyumenRussia 50.72.6%182.2×27 +8.9%
8Accademia Albertina delle Belle ArtiItaly 50.74.7%1002.1×11 -
9University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 50.44.6%99.7×10 -
10Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina 47.24.2%20.4×12 -

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 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, country by country

Is Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Invertebrate Taxonomy 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 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Invertebrate Taxonomy 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%Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology8.8% 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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