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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. 10.0% 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%
983
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Study of Mite Species

Which countries lead Study of Mite Species research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (176 and 157 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 176 works
  2. 2 Russia 157 works
  3. 3 United States 125 works
  4. 4 Brazil 102 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 70 works
  6. 6 India 70 works
  7. 7 Poland 62 works
  8. 8 Japan 55 works
  9. 9 Iran 53 works
  10. 10 Germany 40 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: 19.3%Russia: 17.3%United States: 13.7%Brazil: 11.2%6 others listed: 38.4%19%largest
China176 · 19.3%Russia157 · 17.3%United States125 · 13.7%Brazil102 · 11.2%6 others listed349 · 38.4%

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

Which institutions lead Study of Mite Species research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Tyumen publishes the most Study of Mite Species research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TyumenRussia 76 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 56 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
  4. 4 Guizhou UniversityChina 19 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 18 works
  6. 6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 17 works
  7. 7 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım UniversityTürkiye 12 works
  8. 8 Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia 11 works
  9. 9 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 11 works
  10. 10 Hungarian Research NetworkHungary 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Study of Mite Species?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Study of Mite Species include Didier Raoult, Peter B. Reich and Yong‐Guan Zhu.

  1. 1 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  2. 2 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  3. 3 Yong‐Guan Zhu China 107k 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 Study of Mite Species?

The most cited paper in Study of Mite Species is "The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil—V" (David Stewart Jenkinson, D. S. Powlson, 1976), with 2,658 citations. Next come "A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services" (1,316) and "Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe" (1,113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil—V David Stewart Jenkinson, D. S. Powlson · Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1976 2,658
2 A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services Manuel Blouin, Mark E. Hodson, Expectación Delgado et al. · European Journal of Soil Science Open access 21 Feb 2013 1,316
3 Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe Maria A. Tsiafouli et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 22 Sep 2014 1,113
4 MalAvi: a public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages Staffan Bensch, Olof Hellgren, Javier Pérez‐Tris · Molecular Ecology Resources 9 Apr 2009 1,047
5 Phylogeny of hard- and soft-tick taxa (Acari: Ixodida) based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. William C. Black, J Piesman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Oct 1994 891
All 97 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Study of Mite Species research done?

The largest centres of Study of Mite Species research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 TyumenRussia 78 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 41 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 28 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 26 works
  5. 5 GuiyangChina 25 works
  6. 6 Saint PetersburgRussia 24 works
  7. 7 PoznańPoland 22 works
  8. 8 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 19 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 18 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TyumenRU · 77.8 works323×
← 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, Nanjing Agricultural University, King Saud University and University of Tyumen 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 7.2%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing Agricultural…University of Monten…King Saud UniversityUniversity of Tyumen
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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
1Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 61.318.0%17.6×8 +16.5%
2King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.77.4%15.1×18 +160.6%
3University of TyumenRussia 51.81.8%835.5×76 +31.5%
4University of MontenegroMontenegro 49.311.9%126.0×11 +13.3%
5Guizhou UniversityChina 41.96.4%29.4×19 +27.0%
6Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia 33.15.4%201.2×11 +171.8%
7Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 32.97.2%33.1×17 -29.5%
8Universidade de São PauloBrazil 31.99.8%4.2×11 -12.6%
9Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 17.31.1%8.0×10 -1.0%
10Erzincan Binali Yıldırım UniversityTürkiye 15.13.0%79.9×12 -22.4%

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 Study of Mite Species, country by country

Is Study of Mite Species research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Study of Mite Species as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Study of Mite Species 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%Study of Mite Species12.5% 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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