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Lichen and fungal ecology

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ID: T11528

Current Trend

+81%
vs baseline
212
works this month
117
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Lichen and fungal ecology — Monthly Publications 0 53 106 159 212 75 Oct '25 47 Nov '25 143 Dec '25 93 Jan '26 103 Feb '26 110 Mar '26 73 Apr '26 71 May '26 145 Jun '26 163 Jul '26 70 Aug '26 107 Sep '26 212 Oct '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Lichen and fungal ecology — Trend vs Baseline (%) -35% 0% +35% +70% +105% +140% 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

Lichen and fungal ecology — Annual Publications 0 469 938 1,407 1,599 2015 1,670 2016 1,641 2017 1,725 2018 1,873 2019 1,804 2020 1,700 2021 1,339 2022 1,835 2023 1,362 2024 1,159 2025 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae, including the genera Arthonia, Arthothelium, Briancoppinsia, Bryostigma, Coniocarpon, Diarthonis, Inoderma, Naevia, Pachnolepia, Reichlingia, Snippocia, Sporodophoron, Synarthonia and Tylophoron.
P. F. Cannon et al. · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · 2026-08-24 · 12 citations
The 2025 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi: documenting a rapidly growing knowledge of diversity
Paul Diederich et al. · The Bryologist · 2025-11-10 · 11 citations
Selecting suitable moss indicators for routine bioindication of roadside air pollution
Vítězslav Plášek et al. · Scientific Reports · 2026-02-23 · 10 citations
Green sentinels in a changing climate: Moss biomonitoring reveals air pollution dynamics in New Zealand
Małgorzata Rajfur et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2025-12-12 · 6 citations
Semilichen, an unjustly neglected symbiotic system between green biofilms and true lichens
Jan Vondrák et al. · Scientific Reports · 2025-12-08 · 6 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Functional redundancy and stability support the resilience of the Evernia prunastri holobiont under urbanization
Panji Cahya Mawarda et al. · Environmental Microbiome · 2026-04-09 · 3 citations · FWCI 22.8
Litter raking promotes habitat recovery in degraded lichen Scots pine forests (91T0): Evidence from macrofungal communities
Barbara Grzesiak et al. · Forest Ecology and Management · 2026-06-03 · 2 citations · FWCI 15.3
Integrating passive matrices with active moss biomonitoring for spatial assessment of metal pollution in an underground environment
Paweł Świsłowski et al. · Ecological Indicators · 2026-04-28 · 2 citations · FWCI 15.3

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

Grazing mediates microclimate effects on lichen performance near its warm-range margin
Sonia Merinero et al. · Annals of Botany · 2026-03-27 · 0 citations