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Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies is a research topic within Insect Science. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on saproxylic insect ecology, wood decomposition, and the sustainable management of forests. It explores the relationships between dead wood, forest management practices, and the biodiversity of saproxylic organisms such as beetles and fungi. The papers also investigate the role of coarse woody debris in ecosystem functioning and provide recommendations for biodiversity conservation based on habitat requirements and global meta-analyses.

  • Dead Wood
  • Forest Management
  • Saproxylic Beetles
  • Wood Decomposition
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Fungal Communities
  • Coarse Woody Debris
  • Ecosystem Functioning
  • Habitat Requirements
  • Global Meta-analysis
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Which countries lead Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (660 and 473 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 660 works
  2. 2 United States 473 works
  3. 3 Russia 305 works
  4. 4 Germany 233 works
  5. 5 Canada 173 works
  6. 6 Italy 169 works
  7. 7 Poland 127 works
  8. 8 France 126 works
  9. 9 Finland 121 works
  10. 10 Czechia 116 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: 26.3%United States: 18.9%Russia: 12.2%Germany: 9.3%6 others listed: 33.3%26%largest
China660 · 26.3%United States473 · 18.9%Russia305 · 12.2%Germany233 · 9.3%6 others listed834 · 33.3%

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

Which institutions lead Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 130 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 89 works
  3. 3 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 54 works
  4. 4 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 51 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 37 works
  6. 6 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 29 works
  7. 7 Natural Resources Institute FinlandFinland 27 works
  8. 8 Natural Resources CanadaCanada 26 works
  9. 9 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 26 works
  10. 10 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies include Mark A. Bradford, Philippe Ciais and David Tilman.

  1. 1 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
  2. 2 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  3. 3 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  4. 4 Steven J.M. Jones Canada 200k citations
  5. 5 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  6. 6 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  7. 7 Noah Fierer United States 175k citations
  8. 8 Stephen R. Carpenter United States 165k citations
  9. 9 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  10. 10 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k 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 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies?

The most cited paper in Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies is "ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts" (Monique Gardes, Thomas D. Bruns, 1993), with 10,561 citations. Next come "SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES AND INDICATOR SPECIES:THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH" (7,453) and "Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems" (4,812).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts Monique Gardes, Thomas D. Bruns · Molecular Ecology Apr 1993 10,561
2 SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES AND INDICATOR SPECIES:THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE ASYMMETRICAL APPROACH Marc Dufrêne, Pierre Legendre · Ecological Monographs Aug 1997 7,453
3 Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems Nick M. Haddad et al. · Science Advances Open access 6 Mar 2015 4,812
4 FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild Nhu Nguyen, Zewei Song, Scott Thomas Bates et al. · Fungal ecology 22 Jul 2015 4,678
5 Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Richard D. Bardgett, Wim H. van der Putten · Nature Open access Nov 2014 4,064
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research done?

The largest centres of Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Uppsala (Sweden) and Helsinki (Finland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zvolen and Birmensdorf.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 181 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 72 works
  3. 3 UppsalaSweden 65 works
  4. 4 HelsinkiFinland 60 works
  5. 5 PragueCzechia 55 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 45 works
  7. 7 OttawaCanada 38 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 33 works
  9. 9 WarsawPoland 32 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZvolenSK · 24.9 works173×
  2. BirmensdorfCH · 20.4 works148×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University and Fujian 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 20.99%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Fujian Normal Univer…Nanjing Forestry Uni…ETH ZurichSwedish University o…
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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
1Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 76.813.5%98.0×54 +9.8%
2Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 65.324.7%10.6×17 +55.9%
3Fujian Normal UniversityChina 63.632.7%10.7×8 +123.9%
4ETH ZurichSwitzerland 57.521.9%5.2×13 +63.5%
5BOKU UniversityAustria 57.112.7%31.8×12 +20.3%
6University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56.826.4%2.7×16 +55.7%
7Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 56.713.2%28.6×29 +89.0%
8Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 56.515.9%22.8×25 +94.0%
9University of GöttingenGermany 56.524.8%14.8×19 -32.5%
10Northwest A&F UniversityChina 52.324.1%7.9×11 +35.6%

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 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, country by country

Is Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Forest Ecology and Biodiversity 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 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Forest Ecology and Biodiversity 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%Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies10.1% 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.

Questions people ask

Who leads forest ecology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (660 and 473 works in 2022-now).

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