02315naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400610006010000220012124501300014326000090027352013810028265000120166365000130167565300170168865300190170565300150172465300140173965300280175365300210178170000220180270000200182470000190184470000260186370000180188970000240190777300820193121594212023-12-11       2023    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.24221/jeap.8.4.2023.5851.252-2622DOI1 aSANTOS, S. N. dos  aNeglected area of meiobenthosbbibliometric analysis in the status of research on hyporheic meiofauna.h[electronic resource]  c2023  aStudies on freshwater meiofauna are still enigmatic. This field of research is relatively neglected because this topic is not as increasing as the others, creating a gap in this area. The deficit of knowledge and surveys impose a barrier to new research and the increase of scientific interest in this area. This paper briefly reviews what exists in freshwater meiofauna worldwide, focusing on increasing knowledge on this topic and making this little-known area of meiofauna a common study field in science. The methodology involved a bibliographic survey from the Web of Science (WOS) bibliographic database. The search was performed by document title, keywords, and abstract, highlighting meiofauna (or meiobenthos) and hyporheic zone (or hyporheos). The results showed 28 documents on hyporheic meiofauna worldwide, mainly concentrated in Germany. The few articles highlighted that the lack of research on the hyporheic meiofauna community, its ecology, taxonomy, and biology is evident. It is hoped that this bibliometric review can be used as an alert about this area of meiofauna that is so important but at the same time is neglected, having a very exclusive group of authors and works, being of extreme importance different directions of research that involves hyporheic meiofauna to a better understanding of this fauna importance, ecosystemic services, and ecology.  aEcology  aEcologia  aBibliometrix  aEstado da arte  aMeiobentos  aMeiofauna  aRevisão bibliométrica  aState of the art1 aROLIM NETO, F. C.1 aOLIVEIRA, M. A.1 aCORRÊA, M. M.1 aPARAHYBA, R. da B. V.1 aCALDAS, A. M.1 aARRUDA, V. C. M. de  tJournal of Environmental Analysis and Progressgv. 8, n. 4, p. 252-262, 2023.