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Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research

Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 9.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genetics and genomics of the Cucurbitaceae family, including cucumbers, melons, watermelons, pumpkins, and related species. It covers topics such as domestication, phylogenetic relationships, biosynthesis of bioactive compounds like cucurbitacins, pharmacological activities, genetic diversity, QTL mapping for important traits, and crop evolution.

  • Cucurbit Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Domestication
  • Phylogenetic Relationships
  • Biosynthesis
  • Cucurbitacins
  • Pharmacological Activities
  • Genetic Diversity
  • QTL Mapping
  • Crop Evolution
Research works
9.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
990
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research

Which countries lead Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (725 and 383 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 725 works
  2. 2 China 383 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 229 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 171 works
  5. 5 United States 121 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 80 works
  7. 7 Egypt 79 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 69 works
  9. 9 Brazil 61 works
  10. 10 Iraq 56 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 36.7%China: 19.4%Nigeria: 11.6%Indonesia: 8.7%6 others listed: 23.6%37%largest
India725 · 36.7%China383 · 19.4%Nigeria229 · 11.6%Indonesia171 · 8.7%6 others listed467 · 23.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 96 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 74 works
  3. 3 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 33 works
  4. 4 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 26 works
  5. 5 Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUnited Kingdom 18 works
  6. 6 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 16 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 14 works
  8. 8 University of Horticultural Sciences BagalkoteIndia 14 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 13 works
  10. 10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research include David M. Pereira and Pamela S. Soltis.

  1. 1 David M. Pereira Portugal 183k citations
  2. 2 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research?

The most cited paper in Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research is "The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L." (Sanwen Huang et al., 2009), with 1,524 citations. Next come "Rosmarinic acid" (1,239) and "An overview on antidiabetic medicinal plants having insulin mimetic property" (841).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. Sanwen Huang et al. · Nature Genetics Open access102 authors Nov 2009 1,524
2 Rosmarinic acid Maike Petersen · Phytochemistry 27 Dec 2002 1,239
3 An overview on antidiabetic medicinal plants having insulin mimetic property DK Patel, SK Prasad, R Kumar et al. · Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Open access 30 Jan 2012 841
4 The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions Shaogui Guo et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 25 Nov 2012 833
5 Pharmacological actions and potential uses of Momordica charantia: a review J.K Grover, Savita Yadav · Journal of Ethnopharmacology 30 May 2004 828
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Where is Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research done?

The largest centres of Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Allahabad (India) and Dhaka (Bangladesh). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ludhiana and Allahabad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 65 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 63 works
  3. 3 AllahabadIndia 35 works
  4. 4 DhakaBangladesh 31 works
  5. 5 LudhianaIndia 28 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 28 works
  7. 7 BengaluruIndia 26 works
  8. 8 CoimbatoreIndia 25 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 22 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LudhianaIN · 28.5 works31×
  2. AllahabadIN · 35.2 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Punjab Agricultural University, Lovely Professional University and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 6.47%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ethiopian Institute …Lovely Professional …Punjab Agricultural …The Federal Polytech…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 74.811.4%66.7×26 +64.8%
2Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 72.916.7%9.0×11 +132.4%
3Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 62.517.8%27.6×8 +67.7%
4The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNigeria 42.51.7%32.7×9 +58.4%
5Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 42.15.2%45.0×9 +633.0%
6Guangxi UniversityChina 40.48.4%6.1×9 +499.5%
7Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 39.51.3%29.7×16 +4.8%
8University of Horticultural Sciences BagalkoteIndia 36.00.0%352.9×14 +153.2%
9Kerala Agricultural UniversityIndia 30.92.2%69.4×10 +42.7%
10University of Port HarcourtNigeria 30.50.0%28.3×12 -6.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research, country by country

Is Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research11.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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