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Plant and animal studies

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ID: T10487

Current Trend

+82%
vs baseline
656
works this month
360
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Plant and animal studies — Monthly Publications 0 164 328 492 656 386 Oct '25 89 Nov '25 273 Dec '25 243 Jan '26 346 Feb '26 275 Mar '26 210 Apr '26 238 May '26 239 Jun '26 252 Jul '26 220 Aug '26 385 Sep '26 656 Oct '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Plant and animal studies — Trend vs Baseline (%) -93% -62% -31% 0% +31% +62% Sep '24 Nov '24 Jan '25 Mar '25 May '25 Jul '25 Sep '25 Nov '25 Jan '26 Mar '26 May '26 Jul '26 Sep '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)

Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps
James B. Dorey et al. · Nature Communications · 2026-02-24 · 22 citations
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields
Anina Knauer et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2025-12-10 · 15 citations
The Evolution of Flower Beetles as Visitors and Pollinators
Bruno A.S. de Medeiros et al. · Annual Review of Entomology · 2025-11-11 · 12 citations
The economic, agricultural, and food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse in Europe
Arndt Feuerbacher et al. · Nature Communications · 2025-11-10 · 11 citations
Variación geográfica de la recompensa floral de Calceolaria polyrhiza (Calceolariaceae): Influencia de factores bióticos y abióticos
Andrea Cosacov et al. · Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica · 2026-05-14 · 10 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities
Thomas P. Timberlake et al. · Nature · 2026-05-06 · 7 citations · FWCI 52.6
Single-compound floral signaling stabilizes cooperation in an obligate brood-site pollination mutualism
Kenji Suetsugu et al. · Current Biology · 2026-04-01 · 5 citations · FWCI 37.6
AutoPollS: A tool for automated monitoring of pollinators using deep learning
Matthew A.‐Y. Smith et al. · Methods in Ecology and Evolution · 2026-04-30 · 4 citations · FWCI 30.6

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

From bats to bees: changes in flower anthesis and nectar traits drive a pollination ecotype in dwarf Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)
Caio S. Ballarin et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-10-21 · 8 citations
Fire-driven fine-scale diversity of Cerrado flowering plants and their bee pollinators in space and time
Caio S. Ballarin et al. · Annals of Botany · 2026-02-10 · 4 citations
Flower colour polymorphism in Anemone coronaria correlates with the activity pattern and colour preferences of its visitors
Tzlil Labin et al. · AoB Plants · 2026-02-17 · 3 citations