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Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ID: T12832

Current Trend

+19%
vs baseline
101
works this month
85
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology — Monthly Publications 0 32 64 96 128 67 Sep '25 47 Oct '25 11 Nov '25 53 Dec '25 128 Jan '26 64 Feb '26 118 Mar '26 93 Apr '26 72 May '26 75 Jun '26 82 Jul '26 98 Aug '26 101 Sep '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology — Trend vs Baseline (%) -54% 0% +54% +108% +162% +216% 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

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology — Annual Publications 0 200 400 600 673 2015 521 2016 668 2017 618 2018 652 2019 683 2020 712 2021 727 2022 732 2023 733 2024 799 2025 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

Resilience and Adaptation in Desert Ecosystems: Unveiling Microbial Legacies and Plant Functional Trait Coordination Under Climate Change
Waqar Islam et al. · Global Change Biology · 2026-01-01 · 24 citations
Human-induced biospheric carbon sink: Impact from the Taklamakan Afforestation Project
Salma Noor et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026-01-20 · 13 citations
Systems acclimation to osmotic stress in zygnematophyte cells
Jaccoline M. S. Zegers et al. · Nature Communications · 2026-01-16 · 12 citations
Transforming Barriers into Opportunities: Saline-Alkali-Tolerant Plants for Sustainable Agriculture Expansion
Yunmin Wei et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2025-12-11 · 10 citations
Cyanobacteria Under UV Radiation: General Insights into Stress Responses
Zofia Mazur et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2025-11-11 · 10 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Bioremediation of lunar regolith simulant through mycorrhizal fungi and plant symbioses enables chickpea to seed
Jessica Atkin et al. · Scientific Reports · 2026-03-05 · 6 citations · FWCI 47.8
Interfacial Electric Fields Drive Fast Hydroxyl Radical Production in Black-Carbon-Bearing Microdroplets
Yangyang Liu et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026-06-02 · 4 citations · FWCI 31.7
Land-use types shape soil bacterial communities, co-occurrence networks, and predicted functions in karst ecosystems
Danliang Fang et al. · Scientific Reports · 2026-03-09 · 4 citations · FWCI 31.5

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

Linking moss structural and functional traits to soil water fluxes and soil erosion
Corinna Gall et al. · AoB Plants · 2026-02-17 · 2 citations