OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Alpine Botany is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Aboveground-trait variations in 11 (sub)alpine plants along a 1000-m elevation gradient in tropical Mexico	36
Temporal and spatial variation in the direct and indirect effects of climate on reproduction in alpine populations of Ranunculus acris L	26
Different growth response of mountain rangeland habitats to inter-annual weather fluctuations	26
Afro-alpine flagships revisited II: elucidating the evolutionary relationships and species boundaries in the giant senecios (Dendrosenecio, Asteraceae)	21
Experimental evidence for a thermal limitation of plant cell wall lignification at the alpine treeline	19
Pollination-associated shortening of the functional flower lifespan in an alpine species of Alstroemeria and the water content of flowers	18
Plant evolutionary ecology in mountain regions in space and time	17
Positive and negative plant−plant interactions influence seedling establishment at both high and low elevations	13
Adaptive evolutionary divergence of populations persisting in warming cold-stage refugia: candidate examples from the periphery of the European Alps	11
Evolutionary origins and species delineation of the two Pyrenean endemics Campanula jaubertiana and C. andorrana (Campanulaceae): evidence for transverse alpine speciation	11
Microsite preferences of three conifers in calcareous and siliceous treeline ecotones in the French alps	10
Genetic underpinning of historical afforestation with allochthonous Pinus cembra in the northwestern Swiss Alps	10
Clonality and genetic structure of an endangered aquatic plant, Typha minima, in the French Alps: consequences for conservation	9
Contrasting patterns of phylogenetic diversity and alpine specialization across the alpine flora of the American mountain range system	9
Mesoscale refugia for European alpine grasslands based on climatic envelopes	9
Introgression of an isolated Primula lineage suggests the existence of a glacial refugium in the Écrins range (Southwestern French Alps)	8
Comparative phylogeography of Acanthocalyx (Caprifoliaceae) reveals distinct genetic structures in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains	8
Implementing spatial analyses to measure angiosperm biodiversity from the high-altitude grasslands of the Atlantic forest	8
The uneven distribution of refugial endemics across the European Alps suggests a threefold role of climate in speciation of refugial populations	8
The impacts of interannual climate variation on pollination network structure of a sub-alpine meadow: from 2008 to 2021	7
Bryophyte responses to experimental climate change in a mid-latitude forest-line ecotone	7
Addressing alpine plant phylogeography using integrative distributional, demographic and coalescent modeling	7