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Study of Mite Species

Study of Mite Species is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diversity, phylogeny, biogeography, and ecology of mites, including oribatid mites and water mites. It covers topics such as molecular phylogeny, biodiversity patterns, feeding behavior, dispersal mechanisms, and the role of mites in different ecosystems.

  • Mites
  • Acariformes
  • Oribatida
  • Hydrachnidia
  • Phylogeny
  • Biodiversity
  • Parasitiformes
  • Biogeography
  • Taxonomy
  • Ecology
Research works
9.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+4%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Study of Mite Species research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (153 and 146 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 153 works
  2. 2 Russia 146 works
  3. 3 United States 112 works
  4. 4 Brazil 86 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 66 works
  6. 6 India 63 works
  7. 7 Poland 57 works
  8. 8 Iran 47 works
  9. 9 Japan 47 works
  10. 10 Germany 36 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: 18.8%Russia: 18.0%United States: 13.8%Brazil: 10.6%6 others listed: 38.8%19%largest
China153 · 18.8%Russia146 · 18.0%United States112 · 13.8%Brazil86 · 10.6%6 others listed315 · 38.8%

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

Which institutions lead Study of Mite Species research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Tyumen publishes the most Study of Mite Species research, followed by Zoological Institute and Guizhou University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of TyumenRussia 71 works
  2. 2 Zoological InstituteRussia 18 works
  3. 3 Guizhou UniversityChina 17 works
  4. 4 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 16 works
  5. 5 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 15 works
  6. 6 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionRussia 11 works
  7. 7 Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia 11 works
  8. 8 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım UniversityTürkiye 10 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 10 works
  10. 10 University of MontenegroMontenegro 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Study of Mite Species?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Study of Mite Species include Hiroshi Amano and Charles D. Michener.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Amano Japan 1.3k citations
  2. 2 Charles D. Michener United States 1.2k citations

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

Where is Study of Mite Species research done?

The largest centres of Study of Mite Species research in 2022–2025 are Tyumen (Russia), Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tyumen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tyumen Russia 72 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 36 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 25 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 24 works
  5. 5 Guiyang China 22 works
  6. 6 Saint Petersburg Russia 22 works
  7. 7 Poznań Poland 20 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 17 works
  9. 9 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 16 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TyumenRU · 72.1 works344×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Study of Mite Species than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Study of Mite Species?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, University of Tyumen and University of Montenegro 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 8.67778%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Saud University: 16, 8.6%University of Tyumen: 71, 3.5%University of Montenegro: 9, 16.6%Guizhou University: 17, 10.7%Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University: 10, 7.3%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 15, 8.8%Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya: 11, 7.8%Universidade de São Paulo: 9, 12.9%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 10, 1.9%University of Monten…Guizhou UniversityKing Saud UniversityUniversity of Tyumen
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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
1 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.38.6%13.9×16 +150.3%
2 University of TyumenRussia 64.63.5%769.2×71 +478.8%
3 University of MontenegroMontenegro 62.416.6%103.4×9 -42.3%
4 Guizhou UniversityChina 54.010.7%26.5×17 +11.2%
5 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım UniversityTürkiye 52.67.3%68.9×10 +341.2%
6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 46.78.8%28.8×15 -20.0%
7 Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia 46.17.8%187.1×11 —
8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 30.412.9%4.1×9 +22.9%
9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 24.21.9%8.1×10 +7.9%

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 Study of Mite Species research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Study of Mite Species.

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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.