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Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Botany and Plant Ecology Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the diversity, distribution, and conservation of vascular plants in Central Europe. It includes studies on flora, vegetation types, climate change impacts, biodiversity hotspots, invasive species, and the ecological significance of different habitats. The research also addresses the effects of human activities on plant communities and the potential strategies for their conservation.

  • Vascular Plants
  • Conservation
  • Flora
  • Vegetation
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Habitat
  • Invasive Species
  • Phytogeography
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Which countries lead Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (674 and 570 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 674 works
  2. 2 Russia 570 works
  3. 3 China 348 works
  4. 4 United States 347 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 254 works
  6. 6 Germany 172 works
  7. 7 India 171 works
  8. 8 Italy 151 works
  9. 9 Czechia 128 works
  10. 10 France 124 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Poland: 23.0%Russia: 19.4%China: 11.8%United States: 11.8%6 others listed: 34.0%23%largest
Poland674 · 23.0%Russia570 · 19.4%China348 · 11.8%United States347 · 11.8%6 others listed999 · 34.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research, followed by Polish Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 230 works
  2. 2 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 92 works
  3. 3 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 71 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 62 works
  5. 5 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 44 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 41 works
  7. 7 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 40 works
  8. 8 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 40 works
  9. 9 University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 39 works
  10. 10 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 35 works

Who are the leading researchers in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Botany and Plant Ecology Studies include Rob Knight, Philippe Ciais and David Tilman.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  3. 3 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  4. 4 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  5. 5 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies?

The most cited paper in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies is "A TWO‐STAGE TECHNIQUE FOR THE IN VITRO DIGESTION OF FORAGE CROPS" (J. M. A. Tilley, R. A. Terry, 1963), with 6,625 citations. Next come "THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHE" (4,457) and "A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide" (4,148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A TWO‐STAGE TECHNIQUE FOR THE IN VITRO DIGESTION OF FORAGE CROPS J. M. A. Tilley, R. A. Terry · Grass and Forage Science Jun 1963 6,625
2 THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHE P. J. Grubb · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review Feb 1977 4,457
3 A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide J. H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier et al. · Australian Journal of Botany 13 Aug 2003 4,148
4 Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species Mark Westoby, Daniel Stein Falster, Angela T. Moles et al. · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 2002 3,129
5 Refugia, differentiation and postglacial migration in arctic‐alpine Eurasia, exemplified by the mountain avens ( Dryas octopetala L.) Inger Skrede, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Rosalía Piñeiro et al. · Molecular Ecology 13 Apr 2006 2,748
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Where is Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research done?

The largest centres of Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Krakow (Poland) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 156 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 128 works
  3. 3 KrakowPoland 104 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 97 works
  5. 5 KyivUkraine 91 works
  6. 6 PoznańPoland 86 works
  7. 7 LublinPoland 54 works
  8. 8 BudapestHungary 52 works
  9. 9 SofiaBulgaria 49 works
  10. 10 PragueCzechia 46 works
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Where is the best place to study Botany and Plant Ecology Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Qinghai University and Jagiellonian University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.17%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Qinghai UniversitySwedish University o…Masaryk UniversityJagiellonian Univers…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 67.030.4%16.0×10 +5.4%
2Qinghai UniversityChina 57.339.3%12.5×9 -
3Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 55.96.3%15.7×44 +12.0%
4Masaryk UniversityCzechia 48.018.6%8.6×11 -17.1%
5Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 46.93.1%6.7×24 +21.4%
6Lanzhou UniversityChina 46.929.8%2.9×8 +211.9%
7Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 46.530.4%7.8×9 +65.3%
8Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 46.29.2%23.2×40 -21.5%
9University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 45.89.7%88.6×39 -56.5%
10University of ZagrebCroatia 44.94.9%9.7×28 +8.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, country by country

Is Botany and Plant Ecology Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Botany and Plant Ecology Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Botany and Plant Ecology Studies0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Botany and Plant Ecology Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Botany and Plant Ecology Studies10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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