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Genetically Modified Organisms Research

Genetically Modified Organisms Research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of genetically modified crops in agriculture, covering topics such as food safety, environmental risk assessment, consumer attitudes, pollen-mediated gene flow, and the adoption of biotechnology in developing countries. It also delves into the economic, health, and societal implications of transgenic plants and examines public perceptions of genetically modified foods.

  • Genetically Modified Crops
  • Biotechnology
  • Food Safety
  • Environmental Risk Assessment
  • Consumer Attitudes
  • Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow
  • Bt Cotton
  • Transgenic Plants
  • Public Perception
  • Agricultural Biotechnology
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Genetically Modified Organisms Research

Which countries lead Genetically Modified Organisms Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (333 and 222 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 333 works
  2. 2 China 222 works
  3. 3 India 213 works
  4. 4 Brazil 85 works
  5. 5 Germany 72 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 67 works
  7. 7 France 63 works
  8. 8 Italy 52 works
  9. 9 Canada 45 works
  10. 10 Australia 44 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: 27.9%China: 18.6%India: 17.8%Brazil: 7.1%6 others listed: 28.7%28%largest
United States333 · 27.9%China222 · 18.6%India213 · 17.8%Brazil85 · 7.1%6 others listed343 · 28.7%

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

Which institutions lead Genetically Modified Organisms Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Genetically Modified Organisms Research research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 37 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 29 works
  3. 3 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 19 works
  4. 4 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 19 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  6. 6 European Food Safety AuthorityItaly 11 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 10 works
  8. 8 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Genetically Modified Organisms Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Genetically Modified Organisms Research include Alberto Mantovani.

  1. 1 Alberto Mantovani Italy 224k 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 Genetically Modified Organisms Research?

The most cited paper in Genetically Modified Organisms Research is "GENEPOP (Version 1.2): Population Genetics Software for Exact Tests and Ecumenicism" (Michel Raymond, François Rousset, 1995), with 15,620 citations. Next come "Single cell gel/comet assay: Guidelines for in vitro and in vivo genetic toxicology testing" (4,883) and "Efficient transfer of large DNA fragments from agarose gels to diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper and rapid hybridization by using dextran sulfate." (3,357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GENEPOP (Version 1.2): Population Genetics Software for Exact Tests and Ecumenicism Michel Raymond, François Rousset · Journal of Heredity May 1995 15,620
2 Single cell gel/comet assay: Guidelines for in vitro and in vivo genetic toxicology testing Raymond R. Tice, Eva Agurell, Diana Anderson et al. · Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 6 Jun 2000 4,883
3 Efficient transfer of large DNA fragments from agarose gels to diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper and rapid hybridization by using dextran sulfate. Geoffrey M. Wahl, Michael Stern, George Robert Stark · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Aug 1979 3,357
4 Universal and rapid salt-extraction of high quality genomic DNA for PCR- based techniques S. Aljanabi · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 15 Nov 1997 3,002
5 Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years. Elisabeth Carlsen, Aleksander Giwercman, Niels Keiding et al. · BMJ Open access 12 Sep 1992 2,775
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Where is Genetically Modified Organisms Research research done?

The largest centres of Genetically Modified Organisms Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Washington D.C. (United States) and Wageningen (Netherlands).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 65 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 28 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 22 works
  4. 4 WageningenNetherlands 20 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 19 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 19 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 18 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 15 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 Addis AbabaEthiopia 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Genetically Modified Organisms Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Cornell University and North Carolina State University 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 9.85%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Cornell UniversityWageningen Universit…North Carolina State…Ethiopian Institute …
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 87.611.4%31.3×19 +0.3%
2Cornell UniversityUnited States 54.514.9%4.1×9 +19.1%
3North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 50.911.1%10.9×10 -4.1%
4Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 20.02.0%45.2×9 +143.2%

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 Genetically Modified Organisms Research, country by country

Is Genetically Modified Organisms Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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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 Genetically Modified Organisms Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0068% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Genetically Modified Organisms 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.

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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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