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Ecology and Conservation Studies

Ecology and Conservation Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biodiversity, conservation, and ecological characteristics of vascular plants in Korea, including endemic species, invasive species management, and the impact of climate change on plant habitats. It also covers the assessment of habitat environments and the preservation of genetic resources.

  • Vascular Plants
  • Flora
  • Conservation
  • Korean Peninsula
  • Endemic Species
  • Climate Change
  • Invasive Species
  • Habitat Environment
  • Ecological Characteristics
  • Genetic Resources
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
938
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ecology and Conservation Studies

Which countries lead Ecology and Conservation Studies research?

By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (316 and 299 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 316 works
  2. 2 South Korea 299 works
  3. 3 Japan 98 works
  4. 4 United States 89 works
  5. 5 India 76 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 36 works
  7. 7 Russia 29 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 20 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 16 works
  10. 10 ?? 14 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.

China: 31.8%South Korea: 30.1%Japan: 9.8%United States: 9.0%6 others listed: 19.2%32%largest
China316 · 31.8%South Korea299 · 30.1%Japan98 · 9.8%United States89 · 9.0%6 others listed191 · 19.2%

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

Which institutions lead Ecology and Conservation Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ecology and Conservation Studies research, followed by Korea Forest Service and National Institute of Ecology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
  2. 2 Korea Forest ServiceSouth Korea 30 works
  3. 3 National Institute of EcologySouth Korea 30 works
  4. 4 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 18 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
  6. 6 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 13 works
  7. 7 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 12 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 11 works
  9. 9 Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea 10 works
  10. 10 Kangwon National UniversitySouth Korea 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ecology and Conservation Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ecology and Conservation Studies include Heng Li, Yong Sik Ok and Larry Vernon Hedges.

  1. 1 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  2. 2 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 126k citations
  3. 3 Larry Vernon Hedges United States 112k citations
  4. 4 Ki‐Hyun Kim South Korea 108k 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 Ecology and Conservation Studies?

The most cited paper in Ecology and Conservation Studies is "The Use of Distance Measures in Phytosociological Sampling" (Grant Cottam, John T. Curtis, 1956), with 2,184 citations. Next come "The cerrado vegetation of Brazil" (1,413) and "Plant strategies and the dynamics and structure of plant communities" (1,138).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Use of Distance Measures in Phytosociological Sampling Grant Cottam, John T. Curtis · Ecology Jul 1956 2,184
2 The cerrado vegetation of Brazil George Eiten · The Botanical Review Apr 1972 1,413
3 Plant strategies and the dynamics and structure of plant communities Michael P. Austin · Trends in Ecology & Evolution 1989 1,138
4 Pattern, process, and natural disturbance in vegetation Peter S. White · The Botanical Review Jul 1979 1,122
5 Carbon and Nitrogen Economy of 24 Wild Species Differing in Relative Growth Rate Hendrik Poorter, Carlo Remkes, Hans Lambers · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Oct 1990 644
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Ecology and Conservation Studies research done?

The largest centres of Ecology and Conservation Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Daejeon (South Korea) and Suwon (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Suwon and Daejeon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 69 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 66 works
  3. 3 DaejeonSouth Korea 58 works
  4. 4 SuwonSouth Korea 35 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 21 works
  6. 6 KolkataIndia 20 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 15 works
  8. 8 KunmingChina 15 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 14 works
  10. 10 DaeguSouth Korea 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SuwonKR · 34.9 works88×
  2. DaejeonKR · 57.9 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ecology and Conservation Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ecology and Conservation Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Seoul National University, Gyeongsang National University and National Institute of Ecology 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 12.1625%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Kyungpook National U…Gyeongsang National …Seoul National Unive…National Institute o…
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

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
1Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 66.511.0%11.1×13 +7.4%
2Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea 60.315.1%52.0×10 +18.9%
3National Institute of EcologySouth Korea 55.36.5%1634.3×30 +155.6%
4Kyungpook National UniversitySouth Korea 43.216.0%22.5×9 +2.7%
5Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 41.819.3%39.2×12 +575.6%
6Kangwon National UniversitySouth Korea 34.110.0%51.2×10 -37.7%
7Chungnam National UniversitySouth Korea 18.210.3%32.3×9 -18.3%
8Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 13.69.1%32.8×10 +106.7%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Ecology and Conservation Studies, country by country

Is Ecology and Conservation Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Ecology and Conservation Studies.

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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 Ecology and Conservation Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0071% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Ecology and Conservation Studies0.0054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ecology and Conservation 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%Ecology and Conservation Studies10.9% 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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