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Bryophyte Studies and Records

Bryophyte Studies and Records is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diversity, evolution, and ecological significance of bryophytes, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. It delves into topics such as phylogeny, cryptic speciation, biogeography, chemical diversity, and the role of bryophytes as indicators of climate change and habitat fragmentation.

  • Bryophyte
  • Phylogeny
  • Mosses
  • Liverworts
  • Hornworts
  • Cryptic Speciation
  • Biogeography
  • Chemical Diversity
  • Climate Change Indicators
  • Habitat Fragmentation
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Bryophyte Studies and Records research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (404 and 161 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 404 works
  2. 2 China 161 works
  3. 3 United States 161 works
  4. 4 India 126 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 86 works
  6. 6 Germany 73 works
  7. 7 Brazil 64 works
  8. 8 Poland 55 works
  9. 9 Czechia 48 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 46 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.

Russia: 33.1%China: 13.2%United States: 13.2%India: 10.3%6 others listed: 30.3%33%largest
Russia404 · 33.1%China161 · 13.2%United States161 · 13.2%India126 · 10.3%6 others listed371 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Bryophyte Studies and Records research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Bryophyte Studies and Records research, followed by Botanical Survey of India and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 36 works
  2. 2 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 32 works
  3. 3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 23 works
  4. 4 University of the Philippines VisayasPhilippines 22 works
  5. 5 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RASRussia 19 works
  6. 6 University of MonsBelgium 19 works
  7. 7 A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern SeasUkraine 18 works
  8. 8 Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 16 works
  9. 9 Kola Science CentreRussia 14 works
  10. 10 Missouri Botanical GardenUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bryophyte Studies and Records?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bryophyte Studies and Records include Rudolf Schmid and Petr Pyšek.

  1. 1 Rudolf Schmid United States 1.9k citations
  2. 2 Petr Pyšek Czechia 1.4k citations

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

Where is Bryophyte Studies and Records research done?

The largest centres of Bryophyte Studies and Records research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Vladivostok (Russia), Kolkata (India) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Miagao and Vladivostok.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 107 works
  2. 2 Vladivostok Russia 38 works
  3. 3 Kolkata India 35 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 35 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 29 works
  6. 6 Novosibirsk Russia 28 works
  7. 7 Kyiv Ukraine 26 works
  8. 8 Miagao Philippines 22 works
  9. 9 Sofia Bulgaria 20 works
  10. 10 Mons Belgium 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MiagaoPH · 22.0 works528×
  2. VladivostokRU · 38.4 works60×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bryophyte Studies and Records than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Bryophyte Studies and Records?

Among universities, judged by research, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University and Moscow State University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 4.9375%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lomonosov Moscow State University: 23, 6.4%Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University: 10, 8.1%Moscow State University: 8, 2.6%University of Belgrade: 10, 19.9%University of Mons: 19, 0.0%University of the Philippines Visayas: 22, 0.2%Ilia State University: 9, 0.8%Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi: 8, 1.5%University of BelgradeEszterhazy Karoly Ca…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…Moscow State Univers…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 59.06.4%14.1×23 +111.9%
2 Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic UniversityHungary 52.38.1%153.5×10 +251.6%
3 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 47.12.6%15.7×8 +113.1%
4 University of BelgradeSerbia 46.819.9%8.3×10 -23.1%
5 University of MonsBelgium 46.40.0%52.8×19 —
6 University of the Philippines VisayasPhilippines 46.30.2%528.4×22 —
7 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 40.30.8%56.9×9 +57.1%
8 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 33.51.5%16.9×8 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Bryophyte Studies and Records research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bryophyte Studies and Records.

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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.

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.