  Movement is fundamental to life, shaping population dynamics, biodiversity
patterns, and ecosystem structure. Recent advances in tracking technology have
enabled fundamental questions about movement to be tackled, leading to the
development of the movement ecology framework (MEF), considered a milestone in
the field [1]. The MEF introduced an integrative theory of organismal movement,
linking internal state, motion capacity and navigation capacity to external
factors. Here, a decade later, we investigated the current state of research in
the field. Using a text mining approach on >8000 peer-reviewed papers in
movement ecology, we explored the main research topics, evaluated the impact of
the MEF, and assessed changes in the use of technological devices, software and
statistical methods. The number of publications has increased considerably and
there have been major technological changes in the past decade (i.e.~increased
use of GPS devices, accelerometers and video cameras, and a convergence towards
R), yet we found that research focuses on the same questions, specifically, on
the effect of environmental factors on movement and behavior. In practice, it
appears that movement ecology research does not reflect the MEF. We call on
researchers to transform the field from technology-driven to embrace
interdisciplinary collaboration, in order to reveal key processes underlying
movement (e.g.~navigation), as well as evolutionary, physiological and
life-history consequences of particular strategies.
