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Plant and animal studies

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ID: T10487

Current Trend

-49%
vs baseline
275
works this month
535
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Plant and animal studies — Monthly Publications 0 145 290 435 579 Mar '25 530 Apr '25 548 May '25 530 Jun '25 526 Jul '25 490 Aug '25 469 Sep '25 386 Oct '25 89 Nov '25 273 Dec '25 243 Jan '26 346 Feb '26 275 Mar '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Plant and animal studies — Trend vs Baseline (%) -81% -54% -27% 0% +27% +54% Sep '24 Oct '24 Nov '24 Dec '24 Jan '25 Feb '25 Mar '25 Apr '25 May '25 Jun '25 Jul '25 Aug '25 Sep '25 Oct '25 Nov '25 Dec '25 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Annual Publications

Plant and animal studies — Annual Publications 0 2,077 4,154 6,231 6,435 2015 7,243 2016 7,007 2017 7,421 2018 8,306 2019 8,123 2020 8,291 2021 7,370 2022 7,664 2023 7,594 2024 5,926 2025 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Collin B. Edwards et al. · Science · 2025-03-06 · 56 citations
Management of Biological Invasions
Xia, Yuguo et al. · Management of Biological Invasions · 2026-02-28 · 48 citations
Sex and the single cirripede: A phylogenetic perspective
Jens T. Høeg · · 2025-12-23 · 37 citations
Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez et al. · Science · 2025-03-06 · 31 citations
Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity
Meelis Pärtel et al. · Nature · 2025-04-02 · 29 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Berry Batesian mimicry enables bird dispersal of asexual bulbils in a yam
Zhi Chen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026-01-12 · 2 citations · FWCI 143
Floral resource diversity drives spatiotemporal variation in plant–pollinator network structure
Caio S. Ballarin et al. · Oikos · 2026-01-27 · 2 citations · FWCI 143
Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions
Linh M. N. Nguyen et al. · Applications in Plant Sciences · 2026-01-29 · 2 citations · FWCI 138.5

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

Beyond the Grant–Stebbins model: floral adaptive landscapes and plant speciation
Kathleen M. Kay et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-05-21 · 13 citations
Geographical variation in flower colour of a food-deceptive orchid reflects local pollinator preferences
Steven D. Johnson et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-04-17 · 6 citations
LIFE 4 Pollinators’ platform: How citizen science can help monitoring plants and pollinators
Fortunato Fulvio Bitonto et al. · AoB Plants · 2025-04-18 · 5 citations