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Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Ecosystem dynamics and resilience is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 9.9k research works in it since 1950. 26.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores early-warning signals and indicators for critical transitions, such as regime shifts and climate tipping points, in ecosystems. It focuses on spatial patterns, self-organization, and resilience in the face of catastrophic shifts, using concepts like bifurcations and ecosystem indicators.

  • Early-warning Signals
  • Regime Shifts
  • Spatial Patterns
  • Ecosystem Resilience
  • Climate Tipping Points
  • Self-Organization
  • Vegetation Patterning
  • Bifurcations
  • Catastrophic Shifts
  • Ecological Indicators
Research works
9.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
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Which countries lead Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (483 and 332 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 483 works
  2. 2 United States 332 works
  3. 3 Germany 123 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 114 works
  5. 5 France 101 works
  6. 6 India 99 works
  7. 7 Russia 74 works
  8. 8 Italy 62 works
  9. 9 Canada 55 works
  10. 10 Spain 51 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: 32.3%United States: 22.2%Germany: 8.2%United Kingdom: 7.6%6 others listed: 29.6%32%largest
China483 · 32.3%United States332 · 22.2%Germany123 · 8.2%United Kingdom114 · 7.6%6 others listed442 · 29.6%

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

Which institutions lead Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research, followed by University of Exeter and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
  2. 2 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 13 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  4. 4 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 12 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works
  6. 6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 11 works
  7. 7 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 10 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchGermany 9 works
  10. 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ecosystem dynamics and resilience?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ecosystem dynamics and resilience include H. Eugene Stanley, Dirk Helbing and Daniel Simberloff.

  1. 1 H. Eugene Stanley United States 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Dirk Helbing Switzerland 3k citations
  3. 3 Daniel Simberloff United States 2.9k citations

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

Where is Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research done?

The largest centres of Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Xi'an (China) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 118 works
  2. 2 Paris France 40 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 33 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 27 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 27 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 26 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 20 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou China 18 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 17 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 16 works
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Where is the best place to study Ecosystem dynamics and resilience?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Exeter, Utrecht University and Beijing Normal 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%mean 30.3429%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Exeter: 13, 33.9%Utrecht University: 12, 40.9%Beijing Normal University: 10, 45.8%Ural Federal University: 10, 3.4%Lanzhou University: 9, 31.9%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 12, 35.7%University of Oxford: 8, 20.8%Beijing Normal Unive…Utrecht UniversityUniversity of ExeterUral Federal 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 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 65.933.9%16.7×13 +21.9%
2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 65.440.9%12.0×12 -31.3%
3 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 54.345.8%7.8×10 -11.9%
4 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 44.93.4%17.5×10 +316.2%
5 Lanzhou UniversityChina 40.231.9%8.1×9 -18.9%
6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37.035.7%3.6×12 +50.9%
7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 19.320.8%3.5×8 -4.1%

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 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Ecosystem dynamics and resilience.

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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.