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Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies

Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 12k 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 genomics, breeding, and conservation of legume crops, particularly chickpea, pigeonpea, and faba bean. It covers topics such as crop wild relatives, drought tolerance, marker development, and nutritional quality, providing valuable insights for trait improvement and sustainable food production.

  • Genomics
  • Breeding
  • Legume Crops
  • Crop Wild Relatives
  • Drought Tolerance
  • Chickpea
  • Pigeonpea
  • Faba Bean
  • Marker Development
  • Nutritional Quality
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies

Which countries lead Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (941 and 160 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 941 works
  2. 2 United States 160 works
  3. 3 China 153 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 131 works
  5. 5 Ethiopia 128 works
  6. 6 Egypt 88 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 75 works
  8. 8 Russia 72 works
  9. 9 Australia 66 works
  10. 10 Iran 52 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: 50.4%United States: 8.6%China: 8.2%Türkiye: 7.0%6 others listed: 25.8%50%largest
India941 · 50.4%United States160 · 8.6%China153 · 8.2%Türkiye131 · 7.0%6 others listed481 · 25.8%

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

Which institutions lead Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research, followed by Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 158 works
  2. 2 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 55 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 35 works
  4. 4 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 34 works
  5. 5 Indian Institute of Pulses ResearchIndia 31 works
  6. 6 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 30 works
  7. 7 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 30 works
  8. 8 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 24 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 23 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies include Rob Knight, Jun Wang and Huanming Yang.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
  4. 4 Ejaz Ahmad Khan United States 190k citations
  5. 5 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  6. 6 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  7. 7 Xun Xu China 132k 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 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies?

The most cited paper in Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies is "Inbreeding effects in wild populations" (Lukas F. Keller, 2002), with 3,399 citations. Next come "INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES" (3,370) and "Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species" (3,261).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inbreeding effects in wild populations Lukas F. Keller · Trends in Ecology & Evolution May 2002 3,399
2 INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES Deborah Charlesworth, Brian Charlesworth · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Open access Nov 1987 3,370
3 Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species K. Arumuganathan, Elizabeth D. Earle · Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Aug 1991 3,261
4 Seed Banks and Molecular Maps: Unlocking Genetic Potential from the Wild Steven D. Tanksley, Susan R. McCouch · Science 22 Aug 1997 2,414
5 Breeding Technologies to Increase Crop Production in a Changing World Mark A. Tester, Peter Langridge · Science 11 Feb 2010 2,349
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Where is Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research done?

The largest centres of Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kanpur (India) and Allahabad (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 102 works
  2. 2 Addis AbabaEthiopia 66 works
  3. 3 KanpurIndia 51 works
  4. 4 AllahabadIndia 38 works
  5. 5 GizaEgypt 36 works
  6. 6 BeijingChina 34 works
  7. 7 JabalpurIndia 33 works
  8. 8 LudhianaIndia 32 works
  9. 9 HyderabadIndia 31 works
  10. 10 CoimbatoreIndia 29 works
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Where is the best place to study Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Washington State University, University of Saskatchewan 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 8.11%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Washington State Uni…University of Saskat…Lovely Professional …Ethiopian Institute …
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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
1Washington State UniversityUnited States 63.716.9%9.8×8 +82.9%
2University of SaskatchewanCanada 62.610.2%19.7×16 -26.0%
3Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 58.03.0%189.7×55 +9.0%
4Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 55.09.0%10.8×13 +285.2%
5Central Agricultural UniversityIndia 52.69.3%94.2×15 +86.6%
6University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 51.22.3%43.3×18 +72.2%
7Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 50.94.0%76.0×30 +15.4%
8Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 50.83.8%260.0×30 +53.2%
9Akdeniz UniversityTürkiye 49.813.2%13.9×8 +3.5%
10Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 44.49.4%40.6×8 +34.0%

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 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, country by country

Is Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies.

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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 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies 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%Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies10.8% 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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