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Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1950. 38.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the conservation and management of biodiversity and ecosystems, addressing topics such as the impact of habitat fragmentation, invasive species, functional diversity, and global change on species richness and community ecology. It also explores the implications for ecosystem services and the challenges in developing ecological indicators for biodiversity conservation.

  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystem
  • Invasive Species
  • Functional Diversity
  • Habitat Fragmentation
  • Community Ecology
  • Global Change
  • Species Richness
  • Biological Invasions
Research works
76k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
29k
per year above
Top-10% rate
38.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
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Which countries lead Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.2k works
  2. 2 United States 2.1k works
  3. 3 Brazil 699 works
  4. 4 Germany 509 works
  5. 5 India 456 works
  6. 6 Australia 436 works
  7. 7 France 402 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 399 works
  9. 9 Canada 367 works
  10. 10 Spain 362 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: 27.9%United States: 26.3%Brazil: 8.8%Germany: 6.4%6 others listed: 30.6%28%largest
China2,211 · 27.9%United States2,083 · 26.3%Brazil699 · 8.8%Germany509 · 6.4%6 others listed2,422 · 30.6%

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

Which institutions lead Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 157 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 84 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 60 works
  4. 4 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 59 works
  5. 5 Lanzhou UniversityChina 57 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 52 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 52 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 45 works
  9. 9 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 41 works
  10. 10 University of GöttingenGermany 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies include David Tilman, Robert M. May and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 David Tilman United States 6.9k citations
  2. 2 Robert M. May United States 4.2k citations
  3. 3 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
  4. 4 Peter B. Reich United States 4.1k citations
  5. 5 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
  6. 6 Stephen Polasky United States 3.8k citations
  7. 7 Dennis Baldocchi United States 3.5k citations
  8. 8 Pierre Legendre Canada 3.5k citations

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

Where is Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research done?

The largest centres of Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Washington D.C. (United States) and Lanzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Průhonice, Mengla and Birmensdorf.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 698 works
  2. 2 Paris France 153 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 109 works
  4. 4 Lanzhou China 107 works
  5. 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 89 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 84 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 83 works
  8. 8 Mexico City Mexico 82 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 79 works
  10. 10 Kunming China 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PrůhoniceCZ · 23.8 works102×
  2. MenglaCN · 22.5 works89×
  3. BirmensdorfCH · 30.4 works84×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, École Pratique des Hautes Études, University of Göttingen and Qinghai 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%20%40%60%mean 44.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →École Pratique des Hautes Études: 9, 51.4%University of Göttingen: 38, 55.2%Qinghai University: 22, 43.6%Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 26, 39.4%Taizhou University: 16, 42.3%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 32, 46.3%Beijing Forestry University: 59, 35.4%Northeast Forestry University: 41, 35.1%Lanzhou University: 57, 49.4%Nanjing Forestry University: 32, 46.0%University of Göttin…École Pratique des H…Qinghai UniversityCzech University of …
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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 École Pratique des Hautes ÉtudesFrance 68.451.4%11.1×9 +410.1%
2 University of GöttingenGermany 68.055.2%12.5×38 +2.7%
3 Qinghai UniversityChina 67.443.6%11.6×22 +448.8%
4 Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia 66.639.4%22.7×26 +126.2%
5 Taizhou UniversityChina 65.442.3%13.5×16 +370.2%
6 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 64.246.3%18.1×32 -3.1%
7 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 61.635.4%18.1×59 +50.2%
8 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 61.135.1%12.0×41 +90.6%
9 Lanzhou UniversityChina 61.049.4%8.7×57 -11.9%
10 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 59.846.0%6.2×32 +162.2%

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 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics 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.

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.