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Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography is a research topic within Paleontology. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biogeographic regionalization of the Neotropical and Mexican regions, emphasizing the analysis of endemism, cladistics, and phylogenetics. It explores the distribution patterns of various taxa, including dung beetles, and delves into the concept of biotic elements. The papers also discuss the use of panbiogeography and the identification of areas of endemism.

  • Biogeography
  • Regionalization
  • Endemism
  • Cladistic Analysis
  • Neotropical Region
  • Mexican Transition Zone
  • Dung Beetles
  • Phylogenetic Analysis
  • Panbiogeography
  • Biotic Elements
Research works
9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
877
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Which countries lead Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research?

By volume, Mexico and Colombia publish the most (354 and 226 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 354 works
  2. 2 Colombia 226 works
  3. 3 United States 210 works
  4. 4 Brazil 160 works
  5. 5 China 155 works
  6. 6 Philippines 114 works
  7. 7 Russia 80 works
  8. 8 Germany 59 works
  9. 9 Argentina 57 works
  10. 10 India 56 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.

Mexico: 24.1%Colombia: 15.4%United States: 14.3%Brazil: 10.9%6 others listed: 35.4%24%largest
Mexico354 · 24.1%Colombia226 · 15.4%United States210 · 14.3%Brazil160 · 10.9%6 others listed521 · 35.4%

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

Which institutions lead Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Ibagué publishes the most Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research, followed by Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 124 works
  2. 2 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 107 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 65 works
  4. 4 Instituto de EcologíaMexico 42 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 38 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
  7. 7 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 28 works
  8. 8 Leibniz AssociationGermany 25 works
  9. 9 Bernice P. Bishop MuseumUnited States 25 works
  10. 10 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography include Pamela S. Soltis, John P. Huelsenbeck and Fredrik Ronquist.

  1. 1 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  2. 2 John P. Huelsenbeck United States 117k citations
  3. 3 Fredrik Ronquist Sweden 107k citations
  4. 4 A. Townsend Peterson United States 90k citations
  5. 5 James H. Brown United States 89k citations
  6. 6 Cajo J. F. ter Braak Netherlands 87k 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 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography?

The most cited paper in Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography is "Historical biogeography, ecology and species richness" (John J. Wiens, Michael J. Donoghue, 2004), with 2,001 citations. Next come "Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography" (1,788) and "Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis: A New Approach to the Quantification of Historical Biogeography" (1,781).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Historical biogeography, ecology and species richness John J. Wiens, Michael J. Donoghue · Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4 Oct 2004 2,001
2 Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography Gary G. Mittelbach et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 20 Feb 2007 1,788
3 Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis: A New Approach to the Quantification of Historical Biogeography Fredrik Ronquist · Systematic Biology Mar 1997 1,781
4 Rapid morphological radiation and convergence among races of the butterfly Heliconius erato inferred from patterns of mitochondrial DNA evolution. Andrew V. Z. Brower · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 5 Jul 1994 1,598
5 Species Concepts and Speciation Analysis Joel L. Cracraft Book chapter 1983 1,538
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research done?

The largest centres of Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research in 2022-now are Ibagué (Colombia), Iligan City (Philippines), Mexico City (Mexico) and Xalapa (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué, Iligan City and Xalapa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IbaguéColombia 127 works
  2. 2 Iligan CityPhilippines 107 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 97 works
  4. 4 XalapaMexico 52 works
  5. 5 BogotáColombia 46 works
  6. 6 BeijingChina 34 works
  7. 7 HonoluluUnited States 25 works
  8. 8 CuiabáBrazil 23 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 23 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 126.5 works588×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 107.4 works452×
  3. XalapaMX · 52.0 works74×
  4. CuiabáBR · 23.2 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala and Universidad Nacional de Colombia score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 12.93%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Nacional…Universidade Federal…Universidad Nacional…
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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.

Citation 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
1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 71.011.9%36.7×65 +22.1%
2Universidad Autónoma de TlaxcalaMexico 65.225.7%121.5×9 +223.3%
3Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 62.923.4%30.9×19 +34.9%
4Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 61.516.0%67.5×22 +7.3%
5National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia 59.218.5%26.6×9 +233.8%
6Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 58.24.7%1457.0×107 -
7Altai State UniversityRussia 54.418.3%86.4×10 +75.6%
8Universidad de IbaguéColombia 45.00.0%811.0×124 -
9Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 42.44.1%96.5×23 +21.0%
10Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 42.36.7%32.9×18 +18.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, country by country

Is Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography.

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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 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0060% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography 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%Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography8.5% 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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