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Bamboo properties and applications

Bamboo properties and applications is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1954. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the potential of bamboo as a versatile biomass resource, focusing on its use in structural applications, environmental assessment, carbon sequestration, composite materials, nutritional properties, forest management, and sustainability. The research covers topics such as mechanical properties, engineered bamboo composites, ecological benefits, and the development of bamboo-based products.

  • Bamboo
  • Structural Applications
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Composite Materials
  • Nutritional Properties
  • Laminated Bamboo Lumber
  • Forest Management
  • Sustainability
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
896
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+49%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Bamboo properties and applications

Which countries lead Bamboo properties and applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 428 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 India 428 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 267 works
  4. 4 Brazil 120 works
  5. 5 United States 104 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 100 works
  7. 7 Japan 80 works
  8. 8 Ethiopia 54 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 52 works
  10. 10 Canada 50 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.

China: 44.7%India: 18.8%Indonesia: 11.8%Brazil: 5.3%6 others listed: 19.4%45%largest
China1,015 · 44.7%India428 · 18.8%Indonesia267 · 11.8%Brazil120 · 5.3%6 others listed440 · 19.4%

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

Which institutions lead Bamboo properties and applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing Forestry University publishes the most Bamboo properties and applications research, followed by International Bamboo and Rattan Organization and State Forestry and Grassland Administration.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 135 works
  2. 2 International Bamboo and Rattan OrganizationChina 52 works
  3. 3 State Forestry and Grassland AdministrationChina 45 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina 44 works
  5. 5 Indian Council of Forestry Research and EducationIndia 31 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of ForestryChina 28 works
  7. 7 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 26 works
  8. 8 Southwest Forestry UniversityChina 24 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 23 works
  10. 10 China National Bamboo Research CenterChina 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bamboo properties and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bamboo properties and applications include Josep Peñuelas, Anil K. Sood and Zhanhu Guo.

  1. 1 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  2. 2 Anil K. Sood United States 152k citations
  3. 3 Zhanhu Guo United States 148k citations
  4. 4 Abdullah Mohamed Asiri Saudi Arabia 140k citations
  5. 5 Rattan Lal United States 126k citations
  6. 6 Kang Xu United States 112k 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 Bamboo properties and applications?

The most cited paper in Bamboo properties and applications is "Effect of water absorption on the mechanical properties of hemp fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites" (Hom Nath Dhakal, Zhongyi Zhang, Mark A. Richardson, 2006), with 1,596 citations. Next come "Cellulose: the structure slowly unravels" (1,495) and "Kenaf fiber reinforced composites: A review" (1,273).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of water absorption on the mechanical properties of hemp fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites Hom Nath Dhakal, Zhongyi Zhang, Mark A. Richardson · Composites Science and Technology 15 Sep 2006 1,596
2 Cellulose: the structure slowly unravels Antoinette C. O'sullivan · Cellulose Jun 1997 1,495
3 Kenaf fiber reinforced composites: A review Hazizan Md Akil, Mohd Firdaus Omar, A.A.M. Mazuki et al. · Materials & Design (1980-2015) 18 Apr 2011 1,273
4 A review on dynamic mechanical properties of natural fibre reinforced polymer composites N. Saba, Mohammad Jawaid, Othman Y. Alothman et al. · Construction and Building Materials 22 Dec 2015 960
5 Bamboo fibre reinforced biocomposites: A review H. P. S. Abdul Khalil, Irshad Ul Haq Bhat, Mohammad Jawaid et al. · Materials & Design (1980-2015) 19 Jun 2012 830
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Where is Bamboo properties and applications research done?

The largest centres of Bamboo properties and applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Hangzhou (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lin’an Shi and Addis Ababa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 231 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 174 works
  3. 3 HangzhouChina 61 works
  4. 4 ChangshaChina 48 works
  5. 5 Lin’an ShiChina 44 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  7. 7 KunmingChina 35 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 34 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 28 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Lin’an ShiCN · 43.8 works92×
  2. Addis AbabaET · 25.0 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bamboo properties and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Bamboo properties and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and University of British Columbia 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%20%40%mean 19.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Manipal Academy of H…University of Britis…Nanjing Forestry Uni…Zhejiang A & F Unive…
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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
1Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 70.819.6%113.8×135 +145.9%
2Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 59.945.0%4.5×9 +63.7%
3University of British ColumbiaCanada 56.924.0%5.8×18 +93.6%
4Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina 54.812.8%107.8×44 +95.0%
5Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 49.417.5%34.6×26 +92.9%
6Saveetha UniversityIndia 49.325.4%4.3×11 +571.5%
7Tongji UniversityChina 42.012.6%4.5×18 +150.2%
8Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 40.912.4%28.0×17 +22.3%
9Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 40.612.2%10.0×13 +100.3%
10Southwest Forestry UniversityChina 40.28.8%78.9×24 +130.5%

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 Bamboo properties and applications, country by country

Is Bamboo properties and applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bamboo properties and applications.

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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 Bamboo properties and applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Bamboo properties and applications0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bamboo properties and applications 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%Bamboo properties and applications10.5% 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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