Desislava Sopotlieva

1.3k total citations
28 papers, 288 citations indexed

About

Desislava Sopotlieva is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Desislava Sopotlieva has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 288 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Desislava Sopotlieva's work include Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (22 papers), Bryophyte Studies and Records (16 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers). Desislava Sopotlieva is often cited by papers focused on Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (22 papers), Bryophyte Studies and Records (16 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers). Desislava Sopotlieva collaborates with scholars based in Bulgaria, Czechia and Hungary. Desislava Sopotlieva's co-authors include Iva Apostolova, Michal Hájek, Nikolay Velev, Petra Hájková, Daniel Dítě, Bence Kovács, Katalin Lukács, Salza Palpurina, Balázs Déak and Anna Ganeva and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Desislava Sopotlieva

25 papers receiving 266 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desislava Sopotlieva Bulgaria 8 176 141 96 72 43 28 288
Cesare Lasen Italy 5 296 1.7× 129 0.9× 134 1.4× 71 1.0× 57 1.3× 17 409
Giovanni Sburlino Italy 9 315 1.8× 175 1.2× 131 1.4× 62 0.9× 29 0.7× 34 410
Helga Bültmann Germany 9 263 1.5× 268 1.9× 65 0.7× 84 1.2× 39 0.9× 18 416
Daniel Pavón France 9 89 0.5× 71 0.5× 106 1.1× 68 0.9× 50 1.2× 23 261
Tom Dargie United Kingdom 9 116 0.7× 98 0.7× 167 1.7× 99 1.4× 50 1.2× 15 295
Marcela Řezníčková Czechia 6 127 0.7× 81 0.6× 107 1.1× 71 1.0× 48 1.1× 8 248
Salza Palpurina Bulgaria 8 146 0.8× 107 0.8× 154 1.6× 71 1.0× 55 1.3× 18 279
Kertu Lõhmus Germany 10 60 0.3× 79 0.6× 104 1.1× 97 1.3× 88 2.0× 20 247
E.J. Weeda Netherlands 7 187 1.1× 72 0.5× 139 1.4× 169 2.3× 21 0.5× 25 330
Jayne Miles 2 94 0.5× 110 0.8× 127 1.3× 147 2.0× 26 0.6× 2 294

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desislava Sopotlieva

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All Works

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Vassilev, Kiril, Erwin Bergmeier, Steffen Boch, et al.. (2024). Classification of the high‐rank syntaxa of the Central and Eastern Balkan dry grasslands with a new hierarchical expert system approach. Applied Vegetation Science. 27(2). 3 indexed citations
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Botta‐Dukát, Zoltán, Zoltán Rádai, Bence Kovács, et al.. (2024). Meso-scale environmental heterogeneity drives plant trait distributions in fragmented dry grasslands. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 174355–174355. 3 indexed citations
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Apostolova, Iva, et al.. (2022). Natural Vegetation Recovery on Excavated Archaeological Sites: A Case Study of Ancient Burial Mounds in Bulgaria. Sustainability. 14(12). 7318–7318. 1 indexed citations
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Apostolova, Iva, Desislava Sopotlieva, Anna Ganeva, et al.. (2022). First Survey of the Vascular and Cryptogam Flora on Bulgaria’s Ancient Mounds. Plants. 11(5). 705–705. 11 indexed citations
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Sopotlieva, Desislava, et al.. (2021). Vegetation Characteristics and Recent Successional Trends of Sand Dune Habitats at the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. 1(1). 1–24. 6 indexed citations
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Hájek, Michal, Petra Hájková, Iva Apostolova, et al.. (2021). The vegetation of rich fens (Sphagno warnstorfii-Tomentypnion nitentis) at the southeastern margins of their European range. ZooKeys. 2. 177–190. 4 indexed citations
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Kreyling, Jüergen, Jürgen Dengler, Iva Apostolova, et al.. (2020). Invader presence disrupts the stabilizing effect of species richness in plant community recovery after drought. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3539–3551. 24 indexed citations
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Sopotlieva, Desislava, et al.. (2020). Current state and historical notes on sand dune flora of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Flora. 267. 151594–151594. 7 indexed citations
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Déak, Balázs, Bence Kovács, Zoltán Rádai, et al.. (2020). Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes. The Science of The Total Environment. 763. 144199–144199. 62 indexed citations
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Tsakalos, James L., Sándor Bartha, Iva Apostolova, et al.. (2019). Species and functional differences between subalpine grasslands with and without dwarf shrub encroachment. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 154(4). 568–577. 4 indexed citations
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Sopotlieva, Desislava, et al.. (2018). Is penetration of non-psammophytes an underestimated threat to sand dunes? - a case study from western Pontic coast. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 23(2). 271–281. 11 indexed citations
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Velev, Nikolay, et al.. (2016). Flora, mycota and vegetation of Kupena Reserve (Rodopi mountains, Bulgaria. 100. 100–115. 1 indexed citations
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Sopotlieva, Desislava, Hristo Pedashenko, Alexandra Alexandrova, & Anna Ganeva. (2016). Flora, vegetation and natural habitat types in Kutelka Reserve (Eastern Stara Planina, Bulgaria). Phytologia Balcanica. 22(3). 387–404. 3 indexed citations
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Velev, Nikolay, et al.. (2015). Flora, mycota and vegetation of Dupkata Reserve (Rodopi Mts, Bulgaria). 99. 61–70. 1 indexed citations
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Pedashenko, Hristo, Iva Apostolova, Steffen Boch, et al.. (2015). Dry grasslands of NW Bulgarian mountains: first insights into diversity, ecology and syntaxonomy. Tuexenia. 33(33). 309–346. 36 indexed citations
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Apostolova, Iva, et al.. (2013). Arctic-Alpine plants in Bulgarian mountains. Complutensian Scientific Journals (Complutense University of Madrid). 34(1). 55–63. 2 indexed citations
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Apostolova, Iva, et al.. (2012). Bulgarian Vegetation Database: historic background, current status and future prospects. Biodiversity & Ecology. 4. 141–148. 7 indexed citations
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Sopotlieva, Desislava, et al.. (2002). Wild ornamental plants in Sinite Kamani Natural Park.. 440–449. 1 indexed citations

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