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Plant Ecology
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Plant Ecology

1385-0237

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11258

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 181 193 181 18
Plant Science and Agronomy 193 47 54 11
Environmental Sciences 597 17 19 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 250
Documents by Best Scientists*: 221
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 120
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.671
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Plant Ecology?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Ecology, Plant ecology, Biodiversity, Botany and Agronomy. Vegetation, Species richness, Plant community, Species diversity and Ecological succession studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Ecology presented. The work on Vegetation tackled in Plant Ecology brings together disciplines like Ordination and Physical geography.

The majority of Plant ecology studies presented zero in on Applied ecology. The Applied ecology research presented falls under the domain of Ecology (disciplines). The Biodiversity works featured in it incorporate elements from Range (biology), Habitat, Ecosystem, Grassland and Introduced species.

Most of the Introduced species studies addressed also intersect with Invasive species. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Botany, apply to Horticulture as well. The journal explores topics in Agronomy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Soil water and Nutrient.

  • Ecology (61.81%)
  • Plant ecology (56.63%)
  • Biodiversity (43.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Detrended correspondence analysis: an improved ordination technique (3240 citations)
  • Spatial pattern and ecological analysis (1904 citations)
  • Compositional dissimilarity as a robust measure of ecological distance (1430 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Plant Ecology:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Ecology, Plant ecology, Biodiversity, Botany and Vegetation. While the primary focus in the journal articles is Plant ecology, they also dissect topics surrounding Agronomy and Nutrient and Soil water as a whole. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Biodiversity, it also covers topics in Range (biology), Habitat, Ecosystem, Mediterranean climate and Biological dispersal.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Plant ecology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Agronomy and Biomass (ecology). The featured Plant ecology study falls within the wider topic of Botany. While Biodiversity is the focus of Plant Ecology, it also provided insights into the studies of Range (biology), Abiotic component, Vegetation and Threatened species.

The research on Vegetation featured in Plant Ecology combines topics in other fields like Climate change, Forest ecology and Physical geography. It facilitated presentations on Ecology research, particularly Species richness, Habitat, Plant community, Introduced species and Native plant. The Agronomy research presented in it explores the relationship between Shrub and the closely related topic of Edaphic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Variations in temperate forest stem biomass ratio along three environmental gradients are dominated by interspecific differences in wood density (2 citations)
  • Dominant drivers of plant community assembly vary by soil type and time in reclaimed forests (2 citations)
  • Linking responses of native and invasive plants to hurricane disturbances: implications for coastal plant community structure (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Plant Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jelte Rozema (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marinus J. A. Werger (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eddy van der Maarel (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Ward (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • László Orlóci (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Plant Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (138 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (81 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Utrecht University (80 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cape Town (56 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.57% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 65.74% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Herbaceous plant diversity in forest ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms, and threats

    Michelle Elise Spicer;Harikrishnan Venugopalan Nair Radhamoni;Marlyse C. Duguid;Simon A. Queenborough

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Fine-root morphological trait variation in tropical forest ecosystems: an evidence synthesis

    Shalom D. Addo-Danso;Camille E. Defrenne;M. Luke McCormack;Ivika Ostonen

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Reintroduction of large herbivores restored plant species richness in abandoned dry temperate grassland

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • Climate warming and introduced herbivores disrupt alpine plant community of an oceanic island (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

    J. L. Martín-Esquivel;M. Marrero-Gómez;J. Cubas;J. M. González-Mancebo

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Plant age affects intraspecific variation in functional traits

    Jonathan J. Henn;Jonathan J. Henn;Ellen I. Damschen

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • The interactions among fire, logging, and climate change have sprung a landscape trap in Victoria’s montane ash forests

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Long-term change in calcareous grassland vegetation and drivers over three time periods between 1970 and 2016

    Lucy E. Ridding;James M. Bullock;Oliver L. Pescott;Peter Hawes

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Above- and belowground community linkages in boreal peatlands

    Caitlyn L. Lyons;Zoë Lindo

    (2020)
    29 Citations

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