Plant Ecology and Soil Science
Plant Ecology and Soil Science is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 6.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of land cover, ecosystems, water resources, soil properties, and biodiversity. It includes studies on forest management, climate change impacts, remote sensing techniques, and sustainable development in various regions across the globe.
- Land Cover
- Ecosystem
- Water Resources
- Soil Properties
- Forest Management
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Vegetation Analysis
- Sustainable Development
- Research works
- 14k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 879 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -33% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Plant Ecology and Soil Science research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (707 and 129 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Plant Ecology and Soil Science research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Plant Ecology and Soil Science research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Forestry University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 41 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 21 works
- 3 Beijing Forestry University China 17 works
- 4 Northwest A&F University China 13 works
- 5 Inner Mongolia Agricultural University China 12 works
- 6 Lanzhou University China 11 works
- 7 University of Silesia in Katowice Poland 10 works
- 8 Beijing Normal University China 10 works
- 9 Guizhou Normal University China 10 works
- 10 State Forestry and Grassland Administration China 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Plant Ecology and Soil Science?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Ecology and Soil Science include Josep Peñuelas, Philippe Ciais and Yakov Kuzyakov.
- 1 Josep Peñuelas 4.1k citations
- 2 Philippe Ciais 4k citations
- 3 Yakov Kuzyakov 2.7k citations
- 4 Eric F. Wood 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Plant Ecology and Soil Science research done?
The largest centres of Plant Ecology and Soil Science research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Lanzhou (China), Nanjing (China) and Ürümqi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hohhot, Ürümqi and Guiyang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HohhotCN · 21.8 works16×
- ÜrümqiCN · 27.9 works16×
- GuiyangCN · 27.7 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Ecology and Soil Science than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Plant Ecology and Soil Science?
Among universities, judged by research, Guizhou Normal University, Beijing Forestry University and Northwest A&F 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guizhou Normal University China | 56.1 | 42.2% | 57.5× | 10 | -80.9% |
| 2 | Beijing Forestry University China | 54.5 | 28.8% | 35.4× | 17 | -79.4% |
| 3 | Northwest A&F University China | 53.7 | 31.2% | 20.2× | 13 | -86.0% |
| 4 | Lanzhou University China | 48.6 | 26.9% | 11.9× | 12 | -81.1% |
| 5 | Beijing Normal University China | 46.2 | 43.8% | 8.8× | 10 | -58.2% |
| 6 | Guizhou University China | 44.9 | 28.2% | 9.9× | 9 | -86.0% |
| 7 | Ilia State University Georgia | 43.3 | 2.0% | 67.5× | 9 | — |
| 8 | Northeast Forestry University China | 42.4 | 24.0% | 17.3× | 9 | -72.9% |
| 9 | Inner Mongolia Agricultural University China | 39.5 | 14.2% | 52.0× | 12 | -83.0% |
| 10 | University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice Slovakia | 37.2 | 0.0% | 168.2× | 8 | — |
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 Plant Ecology and Soil Science research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.