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Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Winda Ika Susanti
University of Göttingen
2
Barbara Valle
University of Milan
3
Yurii V. Dyachkov
Altai State University
4
Michal Marcin
University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik
5
Shiyu Du
Nanjing Agricultural University
6
Stanislav Sys
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
7
Eliye Yahyapour
Islamic Azad University, Arak
8
Marina Hakim
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Patrícia Ferreira
University of Coimbra
10
Bruno C. Genevcius
Universidade de São Paulo

Rising Stars Papers

1
Agroecological Nutrient Management Strategy for Attaining Sustainable Rice Self-Sufficiency in Indonesia
Sustainability|2024
20 cit.
2
Revisiting the four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister group to all other hexapods
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
20 cit.
3
The Unexplored Biodiversity of ‘Glacier Fleas’ (Hexapoda: Collembola): Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology in the European Alps and Apennines
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research|2025
11 cit.
4
Seasonal fluctuations of litter and soil Collembola and their drivers in rainforest and plantation systems
PeerJ|2024
9 cit.
5
Alpine blooming of “snow fleas”: the importance of snow for Alpine springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) ecology and biodiversity
RENDICONTI LINCEI|2024
5 cit.
6
An annotated checklist of the Chilopoda from Azerbaijan
Ecologica Montenegrina|2024
4 cit.
7
An updated synthesis of the Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) of Asian Russia
ZooKeys|2024
4 cit.
8
Cretacetrocta, a new genus of barklice from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber
Palaeoentomology|2024
4 cit.
9
Karst landforms as microrefugia for soil Collembola: Open versus forested dolines
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene|2024
3 cit.
10
Dissecting the Pandora’s box: preliminary phylogenomic insights into the internal and external relationships of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Insect Systematics and Diversity|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Paloma Mas‐Peinado
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Anton Potapov
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
3
Г. Ш. Фарзалиева
Perm State University
4
Nikolas Gioia Cipola
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
5
Yitong Ma
Nantong University
6
Ting‐Wen Chen
Czech Academy of Sciences
7
Hemen Sendi
Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
8
Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
9
Priscila Valdebenito
Unknown
10
Matteo Zinni
University of Genoa

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Jordanian–Lebanese–Syrian cockroaches s.s. from Lower Cretaceous amber – Monograph
Biologia|2023
18 cit.
2
Geology‐based and ecological processes of divergence between and within species of wingless darkling beetles
Journal of Biogeography|2022
15 cit.
3
Umenocoleidae (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from Turonian sediments of Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan and Cenomanian northern Myanmar amber
Biologia|2023
15 cit.
4
The plant and faunal species composition and diversity on rooftop farms: Seasonal variation and the effects of site and surrounding characteristics
Landscape and Urban Planning|2022
13 cit.
5
Composition and vertical distribution of agricultural soil Macrofauna community after an extreme high temperature event in the summer of 2022
Ecological Indicators|2023
13 cit.
6
Land‐use change shifts and magnifies seasonal variations of the decomposer system in lowland tropical landscapes
Ecology and Evolution|2022
12 cit.
7
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems
Nature Reviews Biodiversity|2026
11 cit.
8
Two new species of Lepidocyrtus (Fractocyrtus) Cipola & Bellini (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Lepidocyrtinae), with new records and a new name for Lepidocyrtus (F.) americanus Cipola & Bellini, 2018
Zootaxa|2023
8 cit.
9
Niche dimensions in soil oribatid mite community assembly under native and introduced tree species
Ecology and Evolution|2024
8 cit.
10
An updated catalogue of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Colombia and a perspective for unexplored richness
Zootaxa|2023
7 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Michael S. Engel
American Museum of Natural History
2
Francesco Frati
University of Siena
3
Stefan Scheu
Institute of Zoology
4
Paul C. Nascimbene
American Museum of Natural History
5
Louis Deharveng
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Jean‐François Ponge
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
7
Paul D. N. Hebert
University of Guelph
8
Patrick Lavelle
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
9
Koen Martens
Institute of Natural Sciences
10
Yoshinori Asakawa
Tokushima Bunri University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Biological identifications through DNA barcodes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2003
13.3k cit.
2
<scp>bold</scp> : The Barcode of Life Data System (http://www.barcodinglife.org)
Molecular Ecology Notes|2007
6.3k cit.
3
Barcoding animal life: cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2003
4.5k cit.
4
DNA barcoding Australia's fish species
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2005
4.3k cit.
5
Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly <i>Astraptes fulgerator</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
3.5k cit.
6
Identification of Birds through DNA Barcodes
PLoS Biology|2004
2.7k cit.
7
A DNA-Based Registry for All Animal Species: The Barcode Index Number (BIN) System
PLoS ONE|2013
2.3k cit.
8
Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics|2005
1.6k cit.
9
Biology and ecology of earthworms
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|1997
1.6k cit.
10
Universal primer cocktails for fish DNA barcoding
Molecular Ecology Notes|2007
1.5k cit.

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