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Seedling growth and survival studies

Seedling growth and survival studies is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 11k 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 various techniques and factors influencing the restoration of forest ecosystems, particularly in challenging environments such as Appalachian coal surface mines and Mediterranean climates. It covers topics such as seedling performance, nursery cultivation, site preparation, and the impact of soil properties on afforestation success.

  • Forest Restoration
  • Seedling Performance
  • Nursery Cultivation
  • Site Preparation
  • Ecosystem Recovery
  • Tree Seedlings
  • Mediterranean Climate
  • Soil Properties
  • Afforestation Techniques
  • Bottomland Hardwoods
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Seedling growth and survival studies

Which countries lead Seedling growth and survival studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (323 and 259 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 323 works
  2. 2 China 259 works
  3. 3 India 96 works
  4. 4 Brazil 94 works
  5. 5 Russia 71 works
  6. 6 Canada 55 works
  7. 7 Mexico 53 works
  8. 8 Germany 44 works
  9. 9 Spain 44 works
  10. 10 Japan 39 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 States: 30.0%China: 24.0%India: 8.9%Brazil: 8.7%6 others listed: 28.4%30%largest
United States323 · 30.0%China259 · 24.0%India96 · 8.9%Brazil94 · 8.7%6 others listed306 · 28.4%

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

Which institutions lead Seedling growth and survival studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Agriculture publishes the most Seedling growth and survival studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 30 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works
  3. 3 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 18 works
  4. 4 Leibniz AssociationGermany 15 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 15 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Forestry Research and EducationIndia 13 works
  7. 7 University of FloridaUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Université de LyonFrance 12 works
  9. 9 Natural Resources Institute FinlandFinland 11 works
  10. 10 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Seedling growth and survival studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Seedling growth and survival studies include David Tilman, Peter B. Reich and F. Stuart Chapin.

  1. 1 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  2. 2 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  3. 3 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  4. 4 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  5. 5 Robert B. Jackson United States 149k citations
  6. 6 Jin Li China 132k citations
  7. 7 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 126k citations
  8. 8 Rattan Lal United States 126k citations
  9. 9 Peter M. Vitousek United States 121k 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 Seedling growth and survival studies?

The most cited paper in Seedling growth and survival studies is "Fundamentals of Soil Behavior" (Joe Michael Bradford, 1976), with 2,086 citations. Next come "The Critical Role of Potassium in Plant Stress Response" (1,853) and "QUALITY APPRAISAL OF WHITE SPRUCE AND WHITE PINE SEEDLING STOCK IN NURSERIES" (1,576).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fundamentals of Soil Behavior Joe Michael Bradford · Soil Science Society of America Journal Jul 1976 2,086
2 The Critical Role of Potassium in Plant Stress Response Min Wang, Qingsong Zheng, Qirong Shen et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 2 Apr 2013 1,853
3 QUALITY APPRAISAL OF WHITE SPRUCE AND WHITE PINE SEEDLING STOCK IN NURSERIES Alexander Dickson, Albert L. Leaf, John F. Hosner · The Forestry Chronicle Open access Mar 1960 1,576
4 Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences Hans Lambers, Hendrik Poorter · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research Book chapter 2004 1,347
5 Sand and Water Culture Methods used in the Study of Plant Nutrition Victor V. Rendig · Soil Science Society of America Journal Jul 1966 1,023
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Seedling growth and survival studies research done?

The largest centres of Seedling growth and survival studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Voronezh (Russia), Washington D.C. (United States) and Müncheberg (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Voronezh.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 54 works
  2. 2 VoronezhRussia 26 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 21 works
  4. 4 MünchebergGermany 14 works
  5. 5 HelsinkiFinland 14 works
  6. 6 GainesvilleUnited States 13 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 13 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 13 works
  9. 9 KunmingChina 12 works
  10. 10 LyonFrance 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VoronezhRU · 25.8 works44×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Seedling growth and survival studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Seedling growth and survival studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), University of Agriculture in Krakow and Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies 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.

0%10%20%mean 5.73333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadua…University of Agricu…University of FloridaVoronezh State Unive…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 58.320.1%7.3×9 +27.1%
2University of Agriculture in KrakowPoland 53.48.4%71.4×8 +45.7%
3Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 52.60.9%113.3×18 +361.7%
4University of FloridaUnited States 42.24.8%8.4×13 -29.4%
5Université de LyonFrance 39.00.0%13.0×12 -
6Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 24.20.2%52.7×10 -21.3%

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 Seedling growth and survival studies, country by country

Is Seedling growth and survival studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Seedling growth and survival 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 Seedling growth and survival studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Seedling growth and survival 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%Seedling growth and survival studies10.2% 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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