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Your Position :Home->Past Journals Catalog->2015年52 No.4

The current situation and trends in research on beetle morphology
Author of the article:ZHANG Meng-Na1, 2* ZOU Li-Xue3* YANG Xing-Ke1**
Author's Workplace:1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. National Science Library, Beijing 100190, China
Key Words:Coleoptera, morphology, new technique, bibliometrical analysis, hotspot
Abstract: To understand the current situation and future direction of research on beetle morphology. Papers on beetle morphology were retrieved from the Zoological RecordZRdatabase. Hotspots and trends in research in this field were then extracted by data mining using the Thomson Data Analyzer (TDA) of Thomson Reuters Company. The results indicate that research relevant to beetle morphology has developed very rapidly since 1960s and that this has increased again in the last decade. The main countries that are engaged in the study of beetle morphology are the United States, Germany, Japan, China and France. The hot topics in this field are wings, reproductive system, size, antennae and mouthparts. New techniques are being applied to different aspects, most papers use geometric morphometrics and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), followed by micro-computer tomography (μ-CT) and three dimensional reconstruction; only a few used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM). Research on beetle morphology has entered a new stage in which creative techniques and advanced technologies, such as μ-CT, three dimensional reconstruction and geometric morphometrics, play a more prominent role. The number of research papers on this subject published in China is adequate, but their impact has been relatively weak. More effort therefore needs to be made to improve the quality of Chinese research on beetle morphology.
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