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Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies

Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 8.2k 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 the systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of the Brassicaceae family, commonly known as the cabbage or mustard family. It explores molecular systematics, biogeography, and species diversity using chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. The research also delves into the taxonomy and evolutionary history of different tribes within the Brassicaceae.

  • Brassicaceae
  • phylogeny
  • molecular systematics
  • evolution
  • tribes
  • chloroplast DNA
  • nuclear ribosomal DNA
  • biogeography
  • taxonomy
  • species diversity
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
835
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Türkiye
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies

Which countries lead Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research?

By volume, Türkiye and China publish the most (395 and 127 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 395 works
  2. 2 China 127 works
  3. 3 Iran 105 works
  4. 4 United States 85 works
  5. 5 India 82 works
  6. 6 Russia 73 works
  7. 7 Azerbaijan 58 works
  8. 8 Georgia 47 works
  9. 9 Germany 43 works
  10. 10 Poland 38 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.

Türkiye: 37.5%China: 12.0%Iran: 10.0%United States: 8.0%6 others listed: 32.4%38%largest
Türkiye395 · 37.5%China127 · 12.0%Iran105 · 10.0%United States85 · 8.0%6 others listed342 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ilia State University publishes the most Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 42 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 31 works
  3. 3 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 30 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 26 works
  5. 5 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 26 works
  6. 6 University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceSlovakia 25 works
  7. 7 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 22 works
  8. 8 State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheGermany 17 works
  9. 9 Bingöl UniversityTürkiye 15 works
  10. 10 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies include Pamela S. Soltis and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  2. 2 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 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies?

The most cited paper in Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies is "A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus" (Rainer Willi Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Shalva Sikharulidze et al., 2016), with 1,650 citations. Next come "Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands." (1,283) and "Comparative Evolutionary Analysis of Chalcone Synthase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase Loci in Arabidopsis, Arabis, and Related Genera (Brassicaceae)" (1,102).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus Rainer Willi Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Shalva Sikharulidze et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 21 Sep 2016 1,650
2 Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Rupert C. Barneby, P. H. Davis, John P. Edmondson et al. · Brittonia 1983 1,283
3 Comparative Evolutionary Analysis of Chalcone Synthase and Alcohol Dehydrogenase Loci in Arabidopsis, Arabis, and Related Genera (Brassicaceae) Мarcus A. Koch, Bernhard Haubold, Thomas Mitchell‐Olds · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access Oct 2000 1,102
4 Fossil pollen records of extant angiosperms Jan‐Peter Müller · The Botanical Review 1981 1,078
5 Chromosome triplication found across the tribe Brassiceae Martin A. Lysák, Мarcus A. Koch, Aleš Pečinka et al. · Genome Research Open access 21 Mar 2005 688
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research done?

The largest centres of Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research in 2022-now are Tehran (Iran), Tbilisi (Georgia), Ankara (Türkiye) and Baku (Azerbaijan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Çanakkale, Tbilisi and Košice.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TehranIran 48 works
  2. 2 TbilisiGeorgia 46 works
  3. 3 AnkaraTürkiye 45 works
  4. 4 BakuAzerbaijan 38 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 33 works
  6. 6 ÇanakkaleTürkiye 30 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 27 works
  8. 8 KošiceSlovakia 26 works
  9. 9 KatowicePoland 26 works
  10. 10 KolkataIndia 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ÇanakkaleTR · 29.9 works73×
  2. TbilisiGE · 45.7 works67×
  3. KošiceSK · 25.7 works59×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ilia State University, University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice and Marmara 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%10%20%mean 6.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Marmara UniversityBingöl UniversityUniversity of Veteri…Ilia State University
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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
1Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 64.81.4%375.5×42 +114.4%
2University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceSlovakia 62.69.5%595.5×25 -
3Marmara UniversityTürkiye 60.915.8%15.8×8 +78.2%
4Bingöl UniversityTürkiye 56.411.5%108.3×15 +39.0%
5Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 44.50.1%81.9×30 +381.0%
6Nakhchivan State UniversityAzerbaijan 44.48.5%136.1×12 +281.3%
7Isparta University of Applied SciencesTürkiye 41.99.3%73.3×10 +132.9%
8Gazi UniversityTürkiye 40.21.8%21.2×14 +18.9%
9Düzce ÜniversitesiTürkiye 40.08.4%39.3×9 +15.9%
10University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 37.80.0%85.0×26 -

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 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, country by country

Is Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Ecology and Taxonomy 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 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies0.0088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant Ecology and Taxonomy 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%Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies9.7% 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.

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