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Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ID: T12832

Current Trend

-9%
vs baseline
75
works this month
82
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology — Monthly Publications 0 32 64 96 128 63 Jun '25 61 Jul '25 54 Aug '25 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 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology — Trend vs Baseline (%) -54% 0% +54% +108% +162% +216% 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 Apr '26 May '26 Jun '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)

Microbial metabolisms determine soil priming effect induced by organic inputs
Yingyi Fu et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2025-06-14 · 34 citations
The impact of salt-tolerant plants on soil nutrients and microbial communities in soda saline-alkali lands of the Songnen plain
Junjie Song et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2025-06-05 · 21 citations
Biocrusts’ impact on hydrological processes and erosion dynamics: A review
Yuanfeng Yang et al. · Geoderma · 2025-06-09 · 13 citations
Soil aggregates stability is evidently enhanced by super-binding of the N-terminal disordered tail of glomalin to soil minerals
Minghui Jia et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2025-07-28 · 13 citations
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 · 12 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

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 · 12 citations · FWCI 241
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 · 7 citations · FWCI 147.8
Systems acclimation to osmotic stress in zygnematophyte cells
Jaccoline M. S. Zegers et al. · Nature Communications · 2026-01-16 · 6 citations · FWCI 107.4

☘ 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