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Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy is a research topic within Paleontology. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1950. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary patterns, genetic analysis, and ecological adaptations of subterranean organisms, with a focus on cavefish, groundwater biodiversity, and morphological convergence. It delves into the molecular and morphological evolution of various species in subterranean environments, shedding light on their unique adaptations and biodiversity. The research also investigates the relationships between environmental variables and groundwater biodiversity at regional scales.

  • Subterranean
  • Evolution
  • Biodiversity
  • Cavefish
  • Groundwater
  • Morphological Convergence
  • Genetic Analysis
  • Ecology
  • Adaptation
  • Phylogenetic
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
880
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+173%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Which countries lead Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (635 and 464 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 635 works
  2. 2 China 464 works
  3. 3 Brazil 380 works
  4. 4 Russia 252 works
  5. 5 Philippines 234 works
  6. 6 Germany 208 works
  7. 7 France 195 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 148 works
  9. 9 India 142 works
  10. 10 Greece 139 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.

United States: 22.7%China: 16.6%Brazil: 13.6%Russia: 9.0%6 others listed: 38.1%23%largest
United States635 · 22.7%China464 · 16.6%Brazil380 · 13.6%Russia252 · 9.0%6 others listed1,067 · 38.1%

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

Which institutions lead Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology publishes the most Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and University of Crete.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 216 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 136 works
  3. 3 University of CreteGreece 128 works
  4. 4 University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 119 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 105 works
  6. 6 Bernice P. Bishop MuseumUnited States 78 works
  7. 7 Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom 75 works
  8. 8 Leibniz AssociationGermany 73 works
  9. 9 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 52 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works

Who are the leading researchers in Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy include Jun Wang, Huanming Yang and Xun Xu.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
  3. 3 Xun Xu China 132k citations
  4. 4 Bing Ren United States 121k 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 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy?

The most cited paper in Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy is "The integrative future of taxonomy" (José M. Padial, Aurélien Miralles, Ignacio De la Riva et al., 2010), with 1,910 citations. Next come "Endogenous rhythms of locomotion in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus" (693) and "Karst hydrology: recent developments and open questions" (690).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The integrative future of taxonomy José M. Padial, Aurélien Miralles, Ignacio De la Riva et al. · Frontiers in Zoology Open access 2010 1,910
2 Endogenous rhythms of locomotion in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus Christopher C. Chabot, Scott H. Betournay, Nicole R. Braley et al. · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 28 Mar 2007 693
3 Karst hydrology: recent developments and open questions William Blaine White · Engineering Geology Aug 2002 690
4 Cryptic animal species are homogeneously distributed among taxa and biogeographical regions Markus Pfenninger, Klaus Schwenk · BMC Evolutionary Biology Open access 2007 662
5 Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism Meredith E. Protas, Candace Hersey, Dawn Kochanek et al. · Nature Genetics 11 Dec 2005 554
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Where is Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research done?

The largest centres of Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research in 2022-now are Iligan City (Philippines), Rethymno (Greece), Chattanooga (United States) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Martinsville, Iligan City and Chattanooga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Iligan CityPhilippines 216 works
  2. 2 RethymnoGreece 128 works
  3. 3 ChattanoogaUnited States 119 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 108 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 83 works
  6. 6 HonoluluUnited States 80 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 78 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 77 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 68 works
  10. 10 Saint PetersburgRussia 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MartinsvilleUS · 24.0 works801×
  2. Iligan CityPH · 216.1 works401×
  3. ChattanoogaUS · 118.7 works208×
  4. RethymnoGR · 128.4 works166×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Guizhou Normal University and Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology 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%30%mean 13.09%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guizhou Normal Unive…Universidade Federal…Mindanao State Unive…University of Crete
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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
1Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil 67.022.3%39.9×27 +81.6%
2Guizhou Normal UniversityChina 61.225.9%26.2×11 +185.8%
3Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of TechnologyPhilippines 58.96.2%1291.5×216 -
4University of CreteGreece 54.75.6%259.8×128 -
5University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 52.46.1%565.5×119 -
6University of LjubljanaSlovenia 52.121.2%5.9×10 -35.8%
7Southwest UniversityChina 50.521.0%3.7×8 +273.3%
8Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 48.77.0%9.6×39 +263.5%
9Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 48.68.8%14.3×29 +342.1%
10Universidade de São PauloBrazil 47.16.8%5.1×42 +323.7%

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 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, country by country

Is Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 173% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Subterranean biodiversity 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy 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%Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy8.6% 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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