Applied Vegetation Science

Aims & Scope

Applied Vegetation Science focuses on community-level topics relevant to human interaction with vegetation, including global change, nature conservation, nature management, restoration of plant communities and of natural habitats, and the planning of semi-natural and urban landscapes.

Vegetation survey, modelling and remote-sensing applications are welcome.

Papers on vegetation science which do not fit to this scope (do not have an applied aspect and are not vegetation survey) should be directed to our associate journal, the Journal of Vegetation Science.

Both journals publish papers on the ecology of a single species only if it plays a key role in structuring plant communities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.855

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6151

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	701

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities

  Citation: 1041

  Authors: Ladislav, Helga, Klaus, Jean‐Paul, Thomas, Andraž, Kateřina, Wolfgang, Jürgen, Rosario Gavilán, Milan, Michal, Romeo, Dmytro, Jens, Fred J.A., Erwin, Arnoldo, Nikolai, Milan, Joop H.J., Tatiana, Yakiv P., Sandro, John S., Jorge, Heinrich E., Ayzik, Panayotis, Carlos, Stephan M., Lubomír

• Impact of land use changes on mountain vegetation

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Erich, Ulrike

• European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Milan, Stephan M., Borja, Ilona, Jürgen, Florian, Flavia, Joop H.J., Svetlana, Emiliano, Didem, Pierangela, Iva, Fabio, Christian, Erwin, Idoia, Zoltán, Henry, Juan Antonio, Luis, Andraž, Laura, János, Renata, Zora, Jiří, Els, Patrice, Michele, W. Bernhard, Panayotis, Dmytro, Tetiana, Rasmus, Nikolai, Jörg, Giuliano, Federico, Úna, Xavier, Itziar, Rosario G., Valentin, Riccardo, Rense, Adrian, Deniz, Ute, John A.M., Martin, Zygmunt, Ali, Martin, Vitaliy, Mirjana, Daniel, Anna, Jonathan, Tatiana, Corrado, Vassiliy, Dana, Jesper Erenskjold, Viktor, Hristo, Aaron, Tomáš, Vadim, Valerijus, Maria Pilar, John S., Tatiana, Eszter, Solvita, Gunnar, Jozef, Urban, Željko, Desislava, Zvjezdana, Jens‐Christian, Grzegorz, Ioannis, Pavel Dan, Emin, Domas, Milan, Yulia, Kiril, Roberto, Risto, Lynda, Wolfgang, Thomas, Sergey

• EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Milan, Lubomír, Stephan M., Ilona, John A. M., John S., Tomáš, Corrado, Flavia, Jiří, Michal, Jürgen, Pavel, Dominik, Borja, Ladislav, Sylvain, Svetlana, Emiliano, Fabio, Erwin, Idoia, Steffen, János, Gianmaria, Tatiana, Helge, Juan Antonio, Andraž, Laura, Mirjana, Renata, Els, Pauline, Olga, Yakiv, Daniel, Tetiana, Jörg, Rosario G., Jean‐Claude, Gian Pietro, Valentin, Nadezhda, Friedemann, Ulrich, Adrian, Maike, Ute, Florian, Jan, Anni, Martin, Zygmunt, Veronika, Ali, Larisa, Andrey, Mariya, Anna, Filip, Oleg L., Māris, Igor, Olga, Maria, Zdeňka, Tatiana, Lise, Constantin, Aleksander, Maxim G., Viktor, Aaron, Remigiusz, Vadim, Valerijus, Maria Pilar, Solvita, Joachim, Jozef, Urban, Željko, Viktor A., Zvjezdana, Angela, Elena, Tiina, Domas, Milan, Kiril, Denys, Wolfgang, Sergey, Douglas, Mette, Rania, Eleni, Joop H. J.

• Species pool: the concept, its determination and significance for community restoration

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Martin, Eddy, Cecilia

• International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Jean‐Paul, Wolfgang, Federico, Helga, Andraž, Daniela, Ladislav, Heinrich

• Plant species richness in calcareous grasslands as affected by dispersability in space and time

  Citation: 236

  Authors: P., S., U., S., S.

• Effects of climate change on the distribution of Iberian tree species

  Citation: 227

  Authors: Marta, Rut, Helios

• A review of the use of direct seeding and seedling plantings in restoration: what do we know and where should we go?

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Ana Cristina, Susan G.W.

• Sampling plant functional traits: What proportion of the species need to be measured?

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Robin J., Helen M.

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