Topic · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Plant and animal studies

Plant and animal studies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 123k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of pollinator decline on ecosystems and agriculture, focusing on plant-animal interactions, biodiversity, crop pollination, habitat fragmentation, and the effects of global change and invasive species. The papers discuss the importance of pollinators for ecosystem services and highlight the challenges posed by climate change and habitat loss to pollinator populations.

Pollinator Decline
Ecosystem Services
Plant-Animal Interactions
Biodiversity
Crop Pollination
Habitat Fragmentation
Mutualistic Networks
Global Change
Invasive Species
Climate Change

Research works: 123k
In the world top 10%: 12k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -3%
Largest producer: United States

Plant and animal studies

Which countries lead Plant and animal studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.1k and 2.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 3.1k works
2 China 2.5k works
3 Brazil 1.8k works
4 India 1k works
5 Germany 798 works
6 United Kingdom 710 works
7 France 685 works
8 Japan 569 works
9 Australia 461 works
10 Russia 457 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.

United States3,130 · 25.7%China2,539 · 20.9%Brazil1,786 · 14.7%India1,022 · 8.4%6 others listed3,680 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Plant and animal studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Plant and animal studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 359 works
2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 258 works
3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 213 works
4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 174 works
5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 141 works
6 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 136 works
7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 129 works
8 University of FloridaUnited States 102 works
9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 100 works
10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 100 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant and animal studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant and animal studies include Rob Knight, Richard M. Durbin and Peer Bork.

1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
2 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
3 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
4 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
5 Jun Wang China 340k citations
6 Trevor Hastie United States 301k citations
7 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
8 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
9 Heng Li United States 270k citations
10 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k 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 Plant and animal studies?

The most cited paper in Plant and animal studies is "A new method for non‐parametric multivariate analysis of variance" (Marti Jane Anderson, 2001), with 13,523 citations. Next come "Interactive Tree Of Life (iTOL) v5: an online tool for phylogenetic tree display and annotation" (12,232) and "A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models" (10,527).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	A new method for non‐parametric multivariate analysis of variance Marti Jane Anderson · Austral Ecology	Feb 2001	13,523
2	Interactive Tree Of Life (iTOL) v5: an online tool for phylogenetic tree display and annotation Ivica Letunić, Peer Bork · Nucleic Acids Research Open access	12 Apr 2021	12,232
3	A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models Shinichi Nakagawa, Holger Schielzeth · Methods in Ecology and Evolution	3 Dec 2012	10,527
4	Tree View: An application to display phylogenetic trees on personal computers Roderic Page · Computer applications in the biosciences Open access	1996	10,261
5	Phylogenies and the Comparative Method Joseph Felsenstein · The American Naturalist	1985	10,187

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plant and animal studies research done?

The largest centres of Plant and animal studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mengla.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 669 works
2 ParisFrance 287 works
3 São PauloBrazil 246 works
4 LondonUnited Kingdom 163 works
5 Mexico CityMexico 158 works
6 MoscowRussia 154 works
7 KolkataIndia 152 works
8 Washington D.C.United States 151 works
9 KunmingChina 147 works
10 Buenos AiresArgentina 133 works

Where it is the local speciality

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant and animal studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant and animal studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Wageningen University & Research and University of Göttingen score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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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.

Citation 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany	69.6	23.7%	7.5×	39	+0.7%
2	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	66.4	17.1%	7.1×	42	-7.6%
3	University of GöttingenGermany	64.7	22.4%	5.1×	30	-7.5%
4	Peking UniversityChina	64.1	30.9%	0.6×	21	+43.3%
5	University of SussexUnited Kingdom	63.5	27.7%	4.9×	20	-6.6%
6	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	62.5	18.6%	2.2×	60	+14.4%
7	University of California, DavisUnited States	62.0	18.8%	4.8×	63	-21.4%
8	China Agricultural UniversityChina	61.7	21.4%	4.5×	41	+19.0%
9	University of WürzburgGermany	61.0	18.9%	7.3×	37	-2.9%
10	University of British ColumbiaCanada	60.4	20.4%	2.2×	44	-16.0%
11	Université de MontpellierFrance	59.2	14.2%	4.8×	26	+24.9%
12	Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden	58.3	16.1%	13.3×	33	-24.9%
13	Princeton UniversityUnited States	57.6	26.1%	2.0×	15	-0.1%
14	University of ReadingUnited Kingdom	57.1	17.9%	5.8×	18	+17.1%
15	University of GeorgiaUnited States	56.8	7.7%	7.9×	56	+13.4%
16	University of HelsinkiFinland	56.8	12.8%	3.8×	44	+2.9%
17	Cornell UniversityUnited States	56.7	11.9%	3.3×	70	-20.6%
18	Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina	56.7	22.0%	4.2×	26	+65.7%
19	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	56.4	20.9%	2.5×	28	-17.2%
20	University of MonsBelgium	56.2	4.9%	18.6×	56	+128.0%
21	Beijing Forestry UniversityChina	55.5	16.7%	8.4×	39	+12.4%
22	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	55.4	16.0%	5.0×	35	-16.9%
23	Gyeongguk National UniversitySouth Korea	54.8	18.9%	42.4×	19	+224.2%
24	University of FloridaUnited States	54.7	9.5%	5.8×	102	-31.1%
25	Yangzhou UniversityChina	54.7	26.5%	1.8×	16	+47.4%
26	Lund UniversitySweden	54.6	12.4%	4.2×	39	-4.6%
27	University College DublinIreland	54.4	22.8%	1.4×	12	+137.3%
28	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	53.3	27.1%	1.6×	21	-12.9%
29	University of LausanneSwitzerland	53.0	15.2%	3.6×	26	-8.2%
30	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	52.8	12.5%	1.5×	35	-20.5%
31	Technical University of MunichGermany	52.8	21.5%	1.4×	20	+6.9%
32	University of BernSwitzerland	52.7	19.2%	2.5×	23	-20.2%
33	University of ZurichSwitzerland	52.6	16.6%	2.8×	32	-30.8%
34	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	52.3	4.7%	6.1×	100	-4.6%
35	University of BristolUnited Kingdom	52.0	15.1%	3.1×	28	-6.7%
36	Macquarie UniversityAustralia	51.9	17.7%	4.3×	26	-28.1%
37	University of WyomingUnited States	51.6	13.8%	10.1×	19	+50.0%
38	Guizhou UniversityChina	51.5	12.3%	4.5×	38	+220.0%
39	Lanzhou UniversityChina	51.3	20.8%	2.2×	25	+46.0%
40	University of MinnesotaUnited States	50.7	15.0%	3.0×	37	-28.6%
41	Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil	50.0	9.5%	13.2×	54	-1.3%
42	University of HohenheimGermany	49.7	16.8%	10.9×	18	+3.3%
43	Yale UniversityUnited States	49.0	23.3%	0.9×	17	-16.3%
44	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	47.2	4.6%	3.0×	100	-25.6%
45	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina	47.2	10.3%	11.5×	43	-6.8%
46	Stanford UniversityUnited States	46.1	18.1%	0.6×	16	-11.1%
47	University of NeuchâtelSwitzerland	45.6	8.3%	15.7×	16	+3.1%
48	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil	45.1	6.7%	5.8×	78	-22.1%
49	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	43.0	10.7%	1.2×	18	+28.5%
50	Curtin UniversityAustralia	42.6	17.5%	2.5×	13	-3.2%
51	Southwest Forestry UniversityChina	42.4	11.4%	10.9×	20	+85.5%
52	University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceCzechia	41.9	11.8%	16.3×	15	-12.3%
53	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	41.8	18.7%	0.8×	13	-27.7%
54	Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil	40.2	4.2%	7.8×	64	-17.8%
55	Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia	38.5	11.5%	9.6×	16	-23.3%
56	University of Hong KongChina	34.6	12.0%	0.8×	12	+0.7%
57	National University of SingaporeSingapore	25.6	9.5%	0.7×	13	-46.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Plant and animal studies, country by country

Is Plant and animal studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Plant and animal studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.086% in 2024.

Fractional works of Plant and animal 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.

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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Which countries lead Plant and animal studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Plant and animal studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Plant and animal studies?

What are the most cited papers in Plant and animal studies?

Where is Plant and animal studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Plant and animal studies?

Is Plant and animal studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion