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Environmental and biological studies

Environmental and biological studies is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1951. 4.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics of litterfall, including its production, decomposition, and nutrient cycling, in various Brazilian forest ecosystems. The research also addresses the impact of climate change, rainfall patterns, and forest restoration on litterfall dynamics and ecosystem health. Additionally, it explores agroclimatic zoning and soil fertility in the context of tropical forest ecology.

  • Litter Production
  • Nutrient Cycling
  • Rainfall Patterns
  • Forest Restoration
  • Climate Change Impacts
  • Biodiversity Assessment
  • Agroclimatic Zoning
  • Soil Fertility
  • Ecosystem Health
  • Tropical Forest Ecology
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
413
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental and biological studies research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (2k and 100 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 2k works
  2. 2 United States 100 works
  3. 3 Portugal 45 works
  4. 4 Spain 34 works
  5. 5 ?? 26 works
  6. 6 Mexico 24 works
  7. 7 France 17 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 16 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 15 works
  10. 10 Germany 15 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.

Brazil: 87.2%United States: 4.4%Portugal: 2.0%Spain: 1.5%6 others listed: 4.9%87%largest
Brazil1,988 · 87.2%United States100 · 4.4%Portugal45 · 2.0%Spain34 · 1.5%6 others listed112 · 4.9%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental and biological studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Environmental and biological studies research, followed by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 49 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 38 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoBrazil 38 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 33 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 32 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil 31 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 31 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 29 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 27 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental and biological studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental and biological studies include Paulo César Sentelhas, José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves and Clayton Alcarde Álvares.

  1. 1 Paulo César Sentelhas Brazil 2.1k citations
  2. 2 José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves Brazil 2k citations
  3. 3 Clayton Alcarde Álvares Brazil 1.9k citations
  4. 4 Yadvinder Malhi United Kingdom 1.5k citations
  5. 5 Luiz Antônio Martinelli Brazil 1.4k citations
  6. 6 Meinrat O. Andreae Germany 1.4k citations
  7. 7 Philip M. Fearnside Brazil 1.3k citations

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

Where is Environmental and biological studies research done?

The largest centres of Environmental and biological studies research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Recife (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Belém (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Campina Grande.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 234 works
  2. 2 Recife Brazil 106 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 98 works
  4. 4 Belém Brazil 83 works
  5. 5 Brasília Brazil 77 works
  6. 6 Belo Horizonte Brazil 61 works
  7. 7 Fortaleza Brazil 56 works
  8. 8 Manaus Brazil 53 works
  9. 9 Campina Grande Brazil 49 works
  10. 10 Curitiba Brazil 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Campina GrandeBR · 48.9 works68×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental and biological studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental and biological studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso and Universidade Federal do Ceará 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%5%10%mean 5.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco: 38, 4.6%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso: 20, 6.7%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 27, 4.1%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 17, 7.6%Universidade Federal de Alagoas: 22, 4.2%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 32, 3.5%Universidade Federal de Pelotas: 11, 6.6%Universidade Federal do Pará: 31, 3.5%Universidade Federal de Goiás: 17, 4.9%Universidade Estadual de Goiás: 8, 6.0%Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoBrazil 73.54.6%98.5×38 +145.1%
2 Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 72.26.7%46.4×20 +117.2%
3 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 71.84.1%26.8×27 +256.4%
4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 71.57.6%9.9×17 +70.2%
5 Universidade Federal de AlagoasBrazil 68.74.2%44.7×22 +227.9%
6 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 67.03.5%33.3×32 +150.6%
7 Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil 66.76.6%19.1×11 +125.0%
8 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 66.63.5%33.0×31 +141.1%
9 Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 66.04.9%21.8×17 +149.8%
10 Universidade Estadual de GoiásBrazil 65.76.0%45.8×8 +227.2%

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 Environmental and biological studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental and biological 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.