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D-Index
66
Citations
25752
World Ranking
1650
National Ranking
605

Michael S. Engel publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Engel sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 843 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Michael S. Engel D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Engel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael S. Engel is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant number of publications also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Engel's main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's work further specializes in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Paleontology, and Plant Science.

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Paleontology
  • Plant Science

Michael S. Engel's research covers a range of main topics, including studies on plants and animals, fossil insects in amber, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, as well as the taxonomy and distribution of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, with a focus on taxonomy and phylogeny within the latter group.

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Recent publications by Engel include:

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches, 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera, 2023, ZooKeys

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Engel are:

  • André Nel
  • Chenyang Cai
  • Diying Huang
  • Dong Ren
  • Erik Tihelka

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, including:

  • The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
  • Palaeoentomology
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Journal of Melittology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

In addition to articles, they have published books, notably with Princeton University Press. One example is Insect Architecture, scheduled for publication in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of the insects

    David A. Grimaldi;Michael S. Engel

  • Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance

    David A. Grimaldi;Michael S. Engel;Paul C. Nascimbene

  • Distribution, abundance and survival of juvenile hermatypic corals (Scleractinia) and the importance of life history strategies in the parent coral community

    R. P. M. Bak;M. S. Engel

  • A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera)

    Michael S. Engel

  • The Taxonomy of Recent and Fossil Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)

    Michael S. Engel

  • Order Hymenoptera . In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)

    Alexandre P. Aguiar;Andrew R. Deans;Michael S. Engel;Mattias Forshage

  • New light shed on the oldest insect

    Michael S. Engel;David A. Grimaldi

  • Termites (Isoptera): Their Phylogeny, Classification, and Rise to Ecological Dominance

    Michael S. Engel;David A. Grimaldi;Kumar Krishna

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • Treatise on the Isoptera of the World

    Kumar Krishna;David A. Grimaldi;Valerie Krishna;Michael S. Engel;Michael S. Engel

  • Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: Introduction

    Kumar Krishna;David A. Grimaldi;Valerie Krishna;Michael S. Engel;Michael S. Engel

  • Biogeographic and evolutionary implications of a diverse paleobiota in amber from the early Eocene of India.

    Jes Rust;Hukam Singh;Rajendra S. Rana;Tom McCann

  • The earliest known holometabolous insects

    André Nel;Patrick Roques;Patricia Nel;Patricia Nel;Alexander A Prokin

  • Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera:Halictidae)

    Michael S. Engel

  • Evolution of lacewings and allied orders using anchored phylogenomics (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera)

    Shaun L. Winterton;Alan R. Lemmon;Jessica P. Gillung;Ivonne J. Garzon

  • Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects

    Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente;Xavier Delclòs;Enrique Peñalver;Mariela Speranza

  • A New Interpretation of the Oldest Fossil Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Michael S. Engel

  • Population structure and classification of Apis cerana

    Sarah E. Radloff;Colleen Hepburn;H. Randall Hepburn;Stefan Fuchs

  • Family-Group Names for Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

    Michael S. Engel

  • Family-Group Names for Termites (Isoptera)

    Michael S. Engel;Kumar Krishna

  • Fossiliferous Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) : its rediscovery, biotic diversity, and paleontological significance. American Museum novitates ; no. 3361

    David A. Grimaldi;Michael S. Engel;Paul C. Nascimbene

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Grimaldi
David A. Grimaldi American Museum of Natural History
Dany Azar
Dany Azar Lebanese University
Vincent Perrichot
Vincent Perrichot University of Rennes
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Charles D. Michener
Charles D. Michener University of Kansas
Dong Ren
Dong Ren Capital Normal University
Denis Michez
Denis Michez University of Mons
Xingyue Liu
Xingyue Liu China Agricultural University
Terry L. Griswold
Terry L. Griswold Utah State University
Chungkun Shih
Chungkun Shih National Museum of Natural History

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