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Berry genetics and cultivation research

Berry genetics and cultivation research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 8.6k 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 explores the genetic and environmental factors influencing berry production, with a focus on strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Topics include genetic mapping, fruit quality, temperature and photoperiod effects, polyploidy, high tunnel production, and nutrient uptake. The research provides insights into optimizing berry cultivation for improved yield and quality.

  • Strawberry
  • Blueberry
  • Genetic Mapping
  • Fruit Quality
  • Temperature Regulation
  • Polyploidy
  • Photoperiod Effects
  • High Tunnel Production
  • Blackberry Cultivation
  • Nutrient Uptake
Research works
8.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
884
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
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Berry genetics and cultivation research

Which countries lead Berry genetics and cultivation research research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (315 and 202 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 315 works
  2. 2 India 202 works
  3. 3 China 199 works
  4. 4 Russia 156 works
  5. 5 Brazil 79 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 59 works
  7. 7 Mexico 41 works
  8. 8 Japan 39 works
  9. 9 Egypt 38 works
  10. 10 Poland 34 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.

United States: 27.1%India: 17.4%China: 17.1%Russia: 13.4%6 others listed: 25.0%27%largest
United States315 · 27.1%India202 · 17.4%China199 · 17.1%Russia156 · 13.4%6 others listed291 · 25.0%

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

Which institutions lead Berry genetics and cultivation research research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Florida publishes the most Berry genetics and cultivation research research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and United States Department of Agriculture.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of FloridaUnited States 42 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 35 works
  3. 3 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 28 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 28 works
  5. 5 All-Russian Horticultural Institute for Breeding, Agrotechnology and NurseryRussia 20 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 20 works
  7. 7 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 14 works
  8. 8 University of GeorgiaUnited States 12 works
  9. 9 N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant IndustryRussia 11 works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Berry genetics and cultivation research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Berry genetics and cultivation research include Pamela S. Soltis and Alisdair Robert Fernie.

  1. 1 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  2. 2 Alisdair Robert Fernie Germany 121k 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 Berry genetics and cultivation research?

The most cited paper in Berry genetics and cultivation research is "Modification of a CTAB DNA extraction protocol for plants containing high polysaccharide and polyphenol components" (Sue Porebski, L. Grant Bailey, Bernard R. Baum, 1997), with 2,651 citations. Next come "Introduction to Quantitative Genetics" (1,583) and "The genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)" (1,261).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modification of a CTAB DNA extraction protocol for plants containing high polysaccharide and polyphenol components Sue Porebski, L. Grant Bailey, Bernard R. Baum · Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Mar 1997 2,651
2 Introduction to Quantitative Genetics W. P. Byrd · Agronomy Journal 1961 1,583
3 The genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Vladimir Shulaev et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 26 Dec 2010 1,261
4 THE CHROMOSOME NUMBER OF MAN JOE HIN TJIO, ALBERT LEVAN · Hereditas Open access 9 Jul 2010 1,084
5 CRICOID PRESSURE TO CONTROL REGURGITATION OF STOMACH CONTENTS DURING INDUCTION OF ANÆSTHESIA B. A. SELLICK · The Lancet Aug 1961 961
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Berry genetics and cultivation research research done?

The largest centres of Berry genetics and cultivation research research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Gainesville (United States), Beijing (China) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gainesville.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 52 works
  2. 2 GainesvilleUnited States 43 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 33 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C.United States 18 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 16 works
  6. 6 AllahabadIndia 15 works
  7. 7 Saint PetersburgRussia 15 works
  8. 8 GizaEgypt 14 works
  9. 9 CorvallisUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 AthensUnited States 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GainesvilleUS · 42.7 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Berry genetics and cultivation research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Berry genetics and cultivation research?

Among universities, judged by research, North Carolina State University, University of Florida and University of Georgia 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 9.33333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →North Carolina State…University of GeorgiaUniversity of FloridaWashington State Uni…
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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
1North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 60.418.6%10.2×9 +50.8%
2University of FloridaUnited States 49.68.3%25.3×42 -29.0%
3University of GeorgiaUnited States 44.110.6%17.6×12 +97.2%
4Washington State UniversityUnited States 32.36.5%16.6×9 +51.4%
5Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 23.85.7%13.5×10 +357.0%
6Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 12.66.3%32.2×8 +20.3%

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 Berry genetics and cultivation research, country by country

Is Berry genetics and cultivation research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Berry genetics and cultivation 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 Berry genetics and cultivation research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0079% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Berry genetics and cultivation research0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Berry genetics and cultivation 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%Berry genetics and cultivation research11.0% 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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