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Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 6.3k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, diversification, and biogeography of Orthopteran insects, with a focus on grasshoppers and crickets. It covers topics such as phylogeny, acoustic communication, speciation, taxonomy, and the impact of climatic changes on the evolutionary history of these insects.

  • Orthoptera
  • evolution
  • phylogeny
  • acoustic communication
  • biogeography
  • speciation
  • taxonomy
  • grasshoppers
  • crickets
  • phylogeography
Research works
6.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
869
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (148 and 141 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 148 works
  2. 2 India 141 works
  3. 3 Russia 92 works
  4. 4 United States 85 works
  5. 5 Brazil 50 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 46 works
  7. 7 South Korea 43 works
  8. 8 Germany 42 works
  9. 9 Belgium 39 works
  10. 10 France 32 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: 20.6%India: 19.6%Russia: 12.8%United States: 11.8%6 others listed: 35.1%21%largest
China148 · 20.6%India141 · 19.6%Russia92 · 12.8%United States85 · 11.8%6 others listed252 · 35.1%

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

Which institutions lead Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sunchon National University publishes the most Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research, followed by Guangxi Normal University and Zoological Institute.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sunchon National University South Korea 35 works
  2. 2 Guangxi Normal University China 24 works
  3. 3 Zoological Institute Russia 22 works
  4. 4 University of Mons Belgium 19 works
  5. 5 Zoological Survey of India India 19 works
  6. 6 A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas Ukraine 19 works
  7. 7 Hebei University China 18 works
  8. 8 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS Russia 13 works
  9. 9 Institute of Natural Sciences Belgium 13 works
  10. 10 Shaanxi Normal University China 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy include G. M. Hewitt and Norman I. Platnick.

  1. 1 G. M. Hewitt 970 citations
  2. 2 Norman I. Platnick 893 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research done?

The largest centres of Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research in 2022–2025 are Suncheon (South Korea), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Guilin (China) and Kolkata (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Suncheon, Baoding and Guilin.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Suncheon South Korea 35 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 29 works
  3. 3 Guilin China 24 works
  4. 4 Kolkata India 23 works
  5. 5 Baoding China 22 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 21 works
  7. 7 Paris France 20 works
  8. 8 Mons Belgium 19 works
  9. 9 Sebastopol Ukraine 19 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SuncheonKR · 34.8 works354×
  2. BaodingCN · 21.8 works42×
  3. GuilinCN · 23.5 works25×
  4. KolkataIN · 23.5 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy?

Among universities, judged by research, Guangxi Normal University, Hebei University and Shaanxi Normal 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.

0%10%20%mean 6.74286%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Guangxi Normal University: 24, 16.8%Hebei University: 18, 11.1%Shaanxi Normal University: 13, 14.5%Sunchon National University: 35, 0.0%University of Mons: 19, 0.0%University of Zambia: 10, 1.6%Universidade de São Paulo: 10, 3.2%Guangxi Normal Unive…Shaanxi Normal Unive…Hebei UniversitySunchon National Uni…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Guangxi Normal University China 74.716.8%97.8×24
2Hebei University China 59.411.1%67.1×18 +29.8%
3Shaanxi Normal University China 57.914.5%39.7×13 -6.8%
4Sunchon National University South Korea 51.40.0%363.2×35
5University of Mons Belgium 44.50.0%88.7×19
6University of Zambia Zambia 39.11.6%61.9×10
7Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 22.53.2%5.1×10 +157.0%

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 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy.

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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.

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.