# Identification crisis: a fauna-wide estimate of biodiversity expertise shows massive decline in a Central European country

*PRI Rank #2 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #2 |
| 18m citations | 23 |
| Journal | Biodiversity and Conservation |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10531-024-02934-6 |
| Corresponding authors | Barna Páll‐Gergely, Zoltán Csabai |
| Institution | Széchenyi István University, Hungary |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/invertebrate-taxonomy-and-ecology/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1007/s10531-024-02934-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02934-6)

## Topics

Biodiversity expertise decline · Taxonomic impediment · Biodiversity expertise decline · Hungarian fauna · Faunistic studies · Morphological identification · Taxonomic impediment · Biodiversity expertise decline · citation-based evaluation impact · high impact journal pressure · species identification capacity · taxonomic research output · biodiversity research funding · fauna-wide expertise assessment · active expert inventory · Biodiversity expertise decline · Central European biodiversity · professional taxonomist training · species-based biodiversity research

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