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Plant and animal studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Jianmin Xie
Shantou University
2
Christopher A. Halsch
Binghamton University
3
Ujjwal Layek
Unknown
4
Ehsan Rahimi
Gyeongguk National University
5
Camille Magneville
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Lirong Cai
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
7
Julia Joswig
Leipzig University
8
Patrick Schultheiss
University of Würzburg
9
Carolyn R. Cornell
Colorado State University
10
Volkan Aylanç
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Papers

1
Publication in Insects (2024) [40 citations, W4391748353]
Insects|2024
40 cit.
2
Publication in Environments (2025) [33 citations, W4407626403]
Environments|2025
33 cit.
3
Publication in Frontiers in Remote Sensing (2024) [12 citations, W4404160381]
Frontiers in Remote Sensing|2024
12 cit.
4
Publication in Insects (2024) [10 citations, W4391175817]
Insects|2024
10 cit.
5
Publication in Biology (2025) [10 citations, W4406624201]
Biology|2025
10 cit.
6
Environmental filtering, not dispersal history, explains global patterns of phylogenetic turnover in seed plants at deep evolutionary timescales
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2024
9 cit.
7
Development of natural sporopollenin microcapsules: from bee pollen to versatile biomaterials
Emergent Materials|2025
9 cit.
8
Meta-synthesis reveals interconnections among apparent drivers of insect biodiversity loss
BioScience|2025
9 cit.
9
Natural sporopollenin microcarriers: Morphological insights into their functional performance for drug encapsulation and release
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules|2025
9 cit.
10
Publication in Land (2025) [7 citations, W4406799839]
Land|2025
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
James W. Byng
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2
Scott C. Tadler
Michigan State University
3
Stephanie G. Yelenik
Rocky Mountain Research Station
4
Nerea Abrego
University of Jyväskylä
5
Benoît Guénard
University of Hong Kong
6
Quinn S. McFrederick
University of California, Riverside
7
Jeremy T. Kerr
University of Ottawa
8
Alexey Ryabov
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
9
Caroline M. Tucker
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10
Rachael Winfree
McMaster University

Papers

1
The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
272 cit.
2
Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi
Nature|2024
70 cit.
3
The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants
Current Biology|2023
69 cit.
4
Limited and biased global conservation funding means most threatened species remain unsupported
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
55 cit.
5
Testing the reliability and ecological implications of ramping rates in the measurement of Critical Thermal maximum
PLoS ONE|2022
38 cit.
6
Floral resources shape parasite and pathogen dynamics in bees facing urbanization
Molecular Ecology|2022
37 cit.
7
Estimation of functional diversity and species traits from ecological monitoring data
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
25 cit.
8
Geographic and climatic constraints on bioregionalization of European ants
Journal of Biogeography|2022
25 cit.
9
Evaluating the predictive performance of presence–absence models: Why can the same model appear excellent or poor?
Ecology and Evolution|2023
25 cit.
10
Effects of microclimate variation on insect persistence under global change
Nature Reviews Biodiversity|2025
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Teja Tscharntke
University of Vienna
2
Peer Bork
Max Delbrück Center
3
Holger Schielzeth
Schiller International University
4
David A. Wardle
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
5
Gene E. Robinson
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6
Spencer C. H. Barrett
Health Affairs
7
Nancy A. Moran
The University of Texas at Austin
8
Laurent Keller
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
9
Catherine H. Graham
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
10
Robert D. Holt
University of Florida

Papers

1
Interactive Tree Of Life (iTOL) v5: an online tool for phylogenetic tree display and annotation
Nucleic Acids Research|2021
11.7k cit.
2
A general and simple method for obtaining <i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> from generalized linear mixed‐effects models
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2012
10.2k cit.
3
EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
Ecological Monographs|2005
7.9k cit.
4
Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome
Nature|2011
7.6k cit.
5
Interactive Tree Of Life (iTOL) v4: recent updates and new developments
Nucleic Acids Research|2019
6.5k cit.
6
Interactive tree of life (iTOL) v3: an online tool for the display and annotation of phylogenetic and other trees
Nucleic Acids Research|2016
5.4k cit.
7
eggNOG 5.0: a hierarchical, functionally and phylogenetically annotated orthology resource based on 5090 organisms and 2502 viruses
Nucleic Acids Research|2018
5.3k cit.
8
Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity – ecosystem service management
Ecology Letters|2005
4.4k cit.
9
Interactive Tree of Life (iTOL) v6: recent updates to the phylogenetic tree display and annotation tool
Nucleic Acids Research|2024
3.8k cit.
10
PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments
Nucleic Acids Research|2006
3.6k cit.

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