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Entomological Science
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Entomological Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 640 17 15 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 28
Documents by Best Scientists*: 28
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.321
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Entomological Science?

Entomological Science tackles a plethora of topics, such as Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Hymenoptera and Taxonomy (biology). The journal tackles issues in Ecology, particularly in the topics of Habitat, Predation, Species richness, Fauna and Mating. The work on Zoology tackled in it brings together disciplines like Lepidoptera genitalia and Larva, Diapause.

Entomological Science explores research in Lepidoptera genitalia and the adjacent study of Butterfly. Research on Larva presented in Entomological Science focuses, in particular, on Pupa and Instar. The Botany study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Host (biology).

Hymenoptera, which encompasses Parasitoid, Vespidae and Apidae, is the main subject of the journal. Cecidomyiidae is a focus of the presented Gall works and it dives deep in Cecidomyiidae.

  • Ecology (40.37%)
  • Zoology (37.55%)
  • Botany (27.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Current progress in DNA barcoding and future implications for entomology (159 citations)
  • Seasonal life cycles and resource uses of flower‐ and fruit‐feeding drosophilid flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in central Japan (124 citations)
  • Regulation of vitellogenin genes in insects (84 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Entomological Science:

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Hymenoptera and Diapause. The most cited publications focus on Ecology research which is adjacent to topics in Evolutionary biology. The published articles address concerns in the field of Zoology by exploring it in line with topics in Mitochondrial DNA which intersect with Molecular phylogenetics and Genetic structure subjects.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Genus
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Entomological Science is to expand the discussion of research in Zoology, Botany, Ecology, Aphid and Hymenoptera. While the journal focused on Zoology, it was also able to explore topics like Insect, Predation and Body size. The featured Botany research zeroes in on concepts in Cecidomyiidae, Host plants and Larva but also tackles themes under Chamaesyrphus.

The journal holds forums on Ecology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Karst and Genetic structure. The research on Aphid presented in Entomological Science often intersects with areas of study such as

  • Aphididae that intertwine with fields like Hemiptera, Molecular phylogenetics, Nymph, Reproduction and Gall,
  • Eriosomatinae and related Mermithidae, Nematode, Sex pheromone, Prociphilus oriens and Prociphilus,
  • Acyrthosiphon pisum and related Feeding behavior and Genotype.. The Hymenoptera works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Microsatellite and ANT.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Within host acoustic signal preference of frog‐biting mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) on Iriomote Island, Japan (2 citations)
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of arctic‐alpine butterflies of the genus Oeneis (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) (1 citations)
  • Population genetic structure and microendemism in aquatic Empididae (Diptera) in transient tufa biotopes on tropical karst (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Entomological Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Junichi Yukawa (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Shin-ichi Akimoto (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Jun-ichi Kojima (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masahito T. Kimura (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shigeyuki Aoki (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Entomological Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyushu University (92 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hokkaido University (83 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (76 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (50 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Kobe University (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 4.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.09% of all publications and 31.82% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • †Cormopsocidae: A new family of the suborder Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from Burmese amber

    Kazunori Yoshizawa;Charles Lienhard

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Aphids show interspecific and intraspecific variation in life history responses to host plant infection by the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea

    Ussawit Srisakrapikoop;Tara J. Pirie;Mark D. E. Fellowes

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Functional groups of hoverflies in Southeast Europe across different vegetation types

    Marija Miličić;Marija Miličić;Snežana Popov;Tamara Jurca;Pedro Cardoso

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Parental relatedness and parasitoid sex ratios under local mate competition

    Kai Du;Mohamed Khadar Abdi;Mohamed Khadar Abdi;Ian Cw Hardy

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Predation of the <scp>Balkan</scp> frog <scp><i>Pelophylax kurtmuelleri</i></scp> (<scp>Gayda</scp>, 1940) (<scp>Anura: Ranidae</scp>) by the giant water bug <scp><i>Lethocerus patruelis</i></scp> (<scp>Stål</scp>, 1854) (<scp>Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae</scp>)

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Colony composition, queen behavior, specialized predation on millipedes, and exocrine glands in the ponerine ant Myopias conicara Xu, 1998 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Fuminori Ito;Duc Anh Nguyen;Katsuyuki Eguchi;Ayu Toyota

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Where and why? Bees, snail shells and climate: Distribution of Rhodanthidium (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

    Daniel Romero;Concepción Ornosa;Pablo Vargas

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Predicted distributions could suggest regional sympatry in spite of local allopatry: The case of the dung beetle Canthon rutilans Castelnau, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Maristela C. Hensen;Malva I. M. Hernández;Jorge M. Lobo

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Rediscovery of Macroplea japana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae), an aquatic leaf beetle once thought to be extinct in Japan

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Microhabitat use and seasonality of the sexually dimorphic West African centaurus beetle Augosoma centaurus

    Daniele Dendi;Daniele Dendi;Stephanie N. Ajong;Edem A. Eniang;Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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