Protist diversity and phylogeny
Protist diversity and phylogeny is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the global diversity and evolutionary origins of microbial eukaryotes, with a focus on plastid evolution, protist taxonomy, and genomic diversity. It delves into the phylogenetic analysis of marine eukaryotes, endosymbiotic associations, and environmental DNA sequencing to uncover the complexity of eukaryotic microbial communities in various environments.
- Eukaryotic Microbes
- Microbial Diversity
- Evolutionary Origins
- Plastid Evolution
- Protist Taxonomy
- Genomic Diversity
- Marine Eukaryotes
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Endosymbiotic Associations
- Environmental DNA Sequencing
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Protist diversity and phylogeny research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (635 and 542 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 635 works
- 2 United States 542 works
- 3 Germany 186 works
- 4 Japan 183 works
- 5 France 166 works
- 6 Russia 142 works
- 7 United Kingdom 114 works
- 8 India 93 works
- 9 Spain 91 works
- 10 South Korea 78 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Protist diversity and phylogeny research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Protist diversity and phylogeny research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Ocean University of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 27 works
- 3 Ocean University of ChinaChina 27 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
- 5 Xiamen UniversityChina 16 works
- 6 Charles UniversityCzechia 15 works
- 7 Institute of OceanologyChina 14 works
- 8 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 14 works
- 9 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 12 works
- 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Protist diversity and phylogeny?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Protist diversity and phylogeny include Peer Bork, Hiroyuki Ogata and Erko Stackebrandt.
- 1 Peer Bork Germany 4.7k citations
- 2 Hiroyuki Ogata Japan 4.1k citations
- 3 Erko Stackebrandt Germany 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Protist diversity and phylogeny research done?
The largest centres of Protist diversity and phylogeny research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Qingdao (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qingdao.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- QingdaoCN · 66.5 works6.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Protist diversity and phylogeny than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Protist diversity and phylogeny?
Among universities, judged by research, Ocean University of China, Charles University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 | Ocean University of ChinaChina | 64.8 | 23.0% | 17.8× | 27 | +8.2% |
| 2 | Charles UniversityCzechia | 58.3 | 14.3% | 11.7× | 15 | +49.9% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 53.5 | 28.5% | 3.9× | 19 | +86.4% |
| 4 | University of ViennaAustria | 53.2 | 33.0% | 6.6× | 10 | +10.7% |
| 5 | Xiamen UniversityChina | 49.9 | 22.7% | 7.2× | 16 | +16.9% |
| 6 | University of CologneGermany | 48.1 | 12.3% | 11.9× | 11 | +20.5% |
| 7 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 46.6 | 20.0% | 7.2× | 10 | +9.9% |
| 8 | University of CopenhagenDenmark | 46.0 | 31.0% | 4.5× | 9 | +17.3% |
| 9 | Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina | 45.3 | 13.0% | 18.4× | 12 | +0.2% |
| 10 | Dalhousie UniversityCanada | 43.4 | 21.6% | 8.0× | 8 | -0.5% |
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 Protist diversity and phylogeny research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Protist diversity and phylogeny.
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.