David Zelený

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Zelený is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Zelený has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 28 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David Zelený's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (26 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). David Zelený is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (42 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (26 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (17 papers). David Zelený collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Taiwan and United States. David Zelený's co-authors include Milan Chytrý, Lubomír Tichý, André P. Schaffers, Ching‐Feng Li, Jan Roleček, Michal Hájek, Jiřı́ Sádlo, Chang‐Fu Hsieh, Pavel Dřevojan and Petra Hájková and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Ecology and Ecological Monographs.

In The Last Decade

David Zelený

58 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages
    2020 209 citations Anne Chao, Yasuhiro Kubota et al. Ecological Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Zelený Czechia 26 1.2k 871 861 693 411 59 2.1k
Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro Spain 25 1.0k 0.9× 736 0.8× 893 1.0× 574 0.8× 486 1.2× 108 2.0k
Jörg Ewald Germany 24 1.1k 1.0× 665 0.8× 873 1.0× 569 0.8× 463 1.1× 92 2.0k
S.M. Hennekens Netherlands 21 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 665 1.0× 478 1.2× 62 2.5k
Jenny L. McCune Canada 17 809 0.7× 439 0.5× 521 0.6× 572 0.8× 593 1.4× 40 1.7k
Yuka Otsuki United States 9 1.3k 1.1× 664 0.8× 584 0.7× 891 1.3× 296 0.7× 13 1.8k
Ariel Bergamini Switzerland 25 721 0.6× 933 1.1× 724 0.8× 882 1.3× 691 1.7× 91 2.0k
Anke Stein Germany 11 1.2k 1.0× 699 0.8× 370 0.4× 778 1.1× 596 1.5× 14 2.1k
Stephan Halloy New Zealand 17 719 0.6× 590 0.7× 512 0.6× 593 0.9× 431 1.0× 47 1.8k
Keith L. McDougall Australia 24 1.6k 1.4× 960 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 1.0k 1.4× 983 2.4× 81 3.0k
Pille Gerhold Estonia 16 958 0.8× 687 0.8× 451 0.5× 426 0.6× 375 0.9× 18 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Zelený

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Zelený

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Zelený. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Zelený based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Zelený. David Zelený is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Huang, Shuyin, Takayuki Shiono, Junichi Fujinuma, et al.. (2024). Dispersal limitations and ecological adaptions shape phylogenetic diversity patterns of angiosperm woody plant communities along latitudinal and elevational gradients in East Asian islands. Global Ecology and Conservation. 54. e03049–e03049. 2 indexed citations
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Molina‐Venegas, Rafael, Angelino Carta, Milan Chytrý, et al.. (2024). Weak phylogenetic effect on specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on habitat islands. Journal of Biogeography. 51(9). 1723–1733. 1 indexed citations
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Helsen, Kenny, et al.. (2023). Functional‐trait contrasts between terrestrial and epiphytic ferns in Taiwanese subtropical cloud forests. Journal of Vegetation Science. 34(6). 1 indexed citations
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Chytrý, Milan, Valério D. Pillar, Jodi N. Price, et al.. (2023). The benefits of publishing in society‐owned scientific journals. Applied Vegetation Science. 26(1). 4 indexed citations
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Chao, Anne, et al.. (2023). Revisiting Alwyn H. Gentry’s forest transect data: latitudinal beta diversity patterns are revealed using a statistical sampling-model-based approach. Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science. 6(2). 861–884. 2 indexed citations
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Chao, Anne, Simon Thorn, Chun‐Huo Chiu, et al.. (2023). Rarefaction and extrapolation with beta diversity under a framework of Hill numbers: The iNEXT.beta3D standardization. Ecological Monographs. 93(4). 29 indexed citations
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Conti, Luisa, Milan Chytrý, Lars Götzenberger, et al.. (2022). Insularity promotes plant persistence strategies in edaphic island systems. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(4). 753–764. 10 indexed citations
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Ottaviani, Gianluigi, Luisa Conti, David Zelený, et al.. (2022). Sticking around: Plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands. Diversity and Distributions. 28(9). 1850–1862. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Chien‐Fan, et al.. (2022). Secondary succession on landslides in submontane forests of central Taiwan: Environmental drivers and restoration strategies. Applied Vegetation Science. 25(1). 3 indexed citations
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Chao, Anne, Yasuhiro Kubota, David Zelený, et al.. (2020). Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages. Ecological Research. 35(2). 292–314. 209 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chudomelová, Markéta & David Zelený. (2019). Tracing the signs of local dispersal in the temperate forest understorey using spatially structured vegetation data. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(1). 84–94. 1 indexed citations
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Zelený, David. (2018). Which results of the standard test for community‐weighted mean approach are too optimistic?. Journal of Vegetation Science. 29(6). 953–966. 78 indexed citations
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Chudomelová, Markéta, David Zelený, & Ching‐Feng Li. (2017). Contrasting patterns of fine-scale herb layer species composition in temperate forests. Acta Oecologica. 80. 24–31. 12 indexed citations
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Čeplová, Natálie, Zdeňka Lososová, David Zelený, et al.. (2015). Phylogenetic diversity of central-European urban plant communities: effects of alien species and habitat types. Preslia. 87(1). 1–16. 25 indexed citations
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Chang, Li‐Wan, David Zelený, Ching‐Feng Li, Shau‐Ting Chiu, & Chang‐Fu Hsieh. (2013). Better environmental data may reverse conclusions about niche‐ and dispersal‐based processes in community assembly. Ecology. 94(10). 2145–2151. 97 indexed citations
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Zelený, David. (2008). Patterns of vegetation diversity in deep river valleys of the Bohemian Massif. Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature). 3 indexed citations
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Zelený, David & Milan Chytrý. (2007). Environmental control of the vegetation pattern in deep rivervalleys of the Bohemian Massif. Preslia. 20 indexed citations
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Boublík, Karel & David Zelený. (2007). Plant communities of silver fir (Abies alba) forests insoutheastern Bohemia.. Tuexenia. 6 indexed citations

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