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Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
7372
World Ranking
5793
National Ranking
188

Borja Jiménez-Alfaro publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Borja Jiménez-Alfaro sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 207 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Borja Jiménez-Alfaro D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Borja Jiménez-Alfaro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Borja Jiménez-Alfaro is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The body of work spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Ecological Modeling.

Their research addresses a range of main topics: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Mediterranean and Iberian Flora and Fauna, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats (2020, Applied Vegetation Science)
  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Ellenberg-type indicator values for European vascular plant species (2022, Journal of Vegetation Science)
  • Linking Plant Functional Ecology to Island Biogeography (2020, Trends in Plant Science)
  • The seed germination spectrum of alpine plants: a global meta-analysis (2020, New Phytologist)

Throughout their career, Jiménez-Alfaro has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Milan Chytrý, Idoia Biurrun, Florian Jansen, Ute Jandt, and Jürgen Dengler.

The scientist's work appears regularly in a number of prominent publication venues. The most frequent of these include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Vegetation Science, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Applied Vegetation Science, and Ecography.

Best Publications

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

    Milan Chytrý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro;Ilona Knollová

  • A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology.

    Arne Saatkamp;Anne Cochrane;Lucy Commander;Lydia K. Guja;Lydia K. Guja

  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Ilona Knollová

  • Seed germination traits can contribute better to plant community ecology

    Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Fernando A.O. Silveira;Alessandra Fidelis;Peter Poschlod

  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

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  • A comparative framework for broad‐scale plot‐based vegetation classification

    Miquel De Cáceres;Milan Chytrý;Emiliano Agrillo;Fabio Attorre

  • Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

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  • Alien plant invasions in European woodlands

    Viktoria Wagner;Milan Chytrý;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Jan Pergl

  • The seed germination spectrum of alpine plants: a global meta-analysis.

    Eduardo Fernández‐Pascual;Angelino Carta;Andrea Mondoni;Lohengrin A. Cavieres

  • Linking Plant Functional Ecology to Island Biogeography.

    Gianluigi Ottaviani;Gunnar Keppel;Lars Götzenberger;Susan Harrison

  • sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

    Francesco Maria Sabatini;Jonathan Lenoir;Tarek Hattab;Elise Aimee Arnst

  • Native Seed Supply and the Restoration Species Pool

    Emma Ladouceur;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Maria Marin;Marcello De Vitis

  • Global distribution and bioclimatic characterization of alpine biomes

    Riccardo Testolin;Fabio Attorre;Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro

  • History and environment shape species pools and community diversity in European beech forests

    Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Marco Girardello;Marco Girardello;Milan Chytrý;Jens-Christian Svenning

  • Formalized classification of European fen vegetation at the alliance level

    Tomas Peterka;Michal Hajek;Martin Jirousek;Martin Jirousek;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

  • A local dormancy cline is related to the seed maturation environment, population genetic composition and climate.

    Eduardo Fernández-Pascual;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Juli Caujapé-Castells;Ruth Jaén-Molina

  • Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0

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  • Classification of European beech forests: a Gordian knot?

    Wolfgang Willner;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Emiliano Agrillo;Idoia Biurrun

  • Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

    Riccardo Testolin;Fabio Attorre;Peter Borchardt;Robert F. Brand

  • Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation

    Corrado Marcenò;Corrado Marcenò;Riccardo Guarino;Javier Loidi;Mercedes Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Milan Chytrý
Milan Chytrý Masaryk University
Ute Jandt
Ute Jandt Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Wolfgang Willner
Wolfgang Willner University of Vienna
Fabio Attorre
Fabio Attorre Sapienza University of Rome
Joop H.J. Schaminée
Joop H.J. Schaminée Wageningen University & Research
Michal Hájek
Michal Hájek Masaryk University
Jonathan Lenoir
Jonathan Lenoir University of Picardie Jules Verne
Ladislav Mucina
Ladislav Mucina Murdoch University
Helge Bruelheide
Helge Bruelheide Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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