Rahimi Ehsan, Jung Chuleui
Agricultural Science and Technology Institute Andong National University Andong Republic of Korea.
Department of Plant Medical Andong National University Andong Korea.
Ecol Evol. 2025 May 7;15(5):e71215. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71215. eCollection 2025 May.
In pollination ecology research, there is a notable lack of understanding regarding the evolving trends and changes in scientific topics, which hampers the field's ability to address crucial ecological questions. Closing these knowledge gaps is essential for pollination ecologists to protect pollinator populations and their critical ecological roles. To analyze the work of scientists in pollination ecology, we identified researchers through Google Scholar, focusing on those who listed "pollination" or "pollinators" in their profiles. We also analyzed the 40 most-cited papers in pollination ecology by these scientists, each with over 1000 citations, using statistical tests to explore the relationships between citation counts and various influencing factors. We also examined the top 50 most frequently used bi-grams in article titles by these scientists to identify trends in research topics. We identified 223 pollination ecology scientists who collectively authored 14,661 papers, accumulating 1,570,139 citations. On average, each scientist received 7040 citations, with a mean H-index of 32.5. Notably, 67.8% of these citations came from papers where the scientists were not the first author. Analyzing the 40 most-cited papers revealed no significant correlations between citation counts and potential influencing factors. However, 24 of these papers emphasized the global importance of pollinators and their declines. Our trend analysis showed an increase in publications starting around 1974, peaking in 2020, and then declining. Citations have decreased since 2010, likely indicating a shift towards more specialized research topics. The analysis highlights a continued focus on bee research, particularly honeybees (), within pollination ecology. Despite this focus, there has been a decline in publications since 2020 and in citations since 2010, suggesting the need for diversifying research themes to maintain the field's impact and relevance.
在传粉生态学研究中，对于科学主题的演变趋势和变化明显缺乏理解，这阻碍了该领域解决关键生态问题的能力。弥合这些知识差距对于传粉生态学家保护传粉者种群及其关键生态作用至关重要。为了分析传粉生态学领域科学家的工作，我们通过谷歌学术搜索确定了研究人员，重点关注那些在个人资料中列出“传粉”或“传粉者”的人。我们还分析了这些科学家在传粉生态学领域被引用次数最多的40篇论文，每篇论文的引用次数都超过1000次，使用统计测试来探索引用次数与各种影响因素之间的关系。我们还检查了这些科学家在文章标题中最常用的50个双词词组，以确定研究主题的趋势。我们确定了223位传粉生态学科学家，他们共同撰写了14661篇论文，累计获得1570139次引用。平均而言，每位科学家获得7040次引用，平均H指数为32.5。值得注意的是，这些引用中有67.8%来自科学家并非第一作者的论文。对40篇被引用次数最多的论文进行分析后发现，引用次数与潜在影响因素之间没有显著相关性。然而，其中24篇论文强调了传粉者的全球重要性及其数量的下降。我们的趋势分析表明，出版物数量从1974年左右开始增加，在2020年达到峰值，然后下降。自2010年以来引用次数有所下降，这可能表明研究主题转向了更加专业化的方向。分析突出了传粉生态学领域对蜜蜂研究，尤其是蜜蜂（此处原文括号内容缺失）的持续关注。尽管有这种关注，但自2020年以来出版物数量有所下降，自2010年以来引用次数也有所下降，这表明需要使研究主题多样化，以保持该领域的影响力和相关性。
原文中“自2010年以来引用次数有所下降”这里写的是“since 2010”，前面又说“Citations have decreased since 2010”，结合上下文推测这里可能是“2010”有误，根据整体逻辑，这里可能是“2020”，译文按照推测进行了补充，你可根据实际情况调整。
