The Report of Azorean Biodiversity Group for 2025
- February 7th, 2026
- Scientific production
- Print Article
Here we share the 2025 Azorean Biodiversity Group (CE3C) Report.
Outputs – projects and networks: In 2025, a total of 45 projects were active, including 16 funded by international (9), national (3) or regional (4) sources; furthermore, GBA-CE3C members worked on four service acquisition projects. Together, these projects, including those concluded in 2025, generated 862,978.56 EUR for the group. A further 263,500.00 EUR was secured through individual Ph.D., postdoctoral, and other individual grants. GBA-CE3C is part of 11 strategic global networks, including IUCN specialist groups and ERGA.
Outputs – publications: In 2025, the members of GBA-CE3C published 129 outputs, including 58 papers published in international journals indexed in Scopus. These publications had an average Impact Factor of 3.07±2.83 (maximum = 20.80; Trends in Plant Science), with about half (30 out of 58; 52.0%) classified in the first quartile of SCI journals, reflecting high scientific visibility and impact of the research produced by the group. Additionally, 23 external collaborators contributed 10 SCI-indexed papers under the GBA-CE3C affiliation.
Outputs – events and scientific missions: In 2025, most GBA-CE3C members were actively involved in science communication activities. The group hosted the 6th FloraMac International Symposium, in Angra do Heroísmo (September) and the 11th CE3C annual meeting – Frontiers in E3, in Ponta Delgada (October), and was part of the organization of seven other events. In total, the group participated in 28 scientific events in 12 countries. Four scientific missions occurred this year, one marine (Terceira Island), and the other terrestrial (São Miguel, Flores).
Outputs – outreach: Complementing its scientific production, GBA-CE3C members were actively engaged in science outreach in 2025, contributing to more than 50 public engagement initiatives, including agricultural training across the Azores, the maintenance of extensive web-based biodiversity databases, educational activities, and news on traditional and digital media outputs. In addition, nearly 30 outreach writings were published in various periodicals.rnIn 2025 the GBA-CE3C continues to demonstrate high levels of scientific achievement and societal relevance, which have ensured sustained funding over time, and will promote the continuity of these achievements into the future.