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Genetics and Plant Breeding

Genetics and Plant Breeding is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evaluation of cultivars in various environments, particularly emphasizing genotype-by-environment interaction, biplot analysis, plant breeding, drought tolerance, genetic improvement, multi-environment trials, stability analysis, GGE biplot, and heritability.

  • Cultivar Evaluation
  • Genotype-by-Environment Interaction
  • Biplot Analysis
  • Plant Breeding
  • Drought Tolerance
  • Genetic Improvement
  • Multi-Environment Trials
  • Stability Analysis
  • GGE Biplot
  • Heritability
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Genetics and Plant Breeding research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.3k and 516 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 516 works
  3. 3 United States 390 works
  4. 4 Brazil 324 works
  5. 5 Iran 173 works
  6. 6 Ethiopia 151 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 138 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 137 works
  9. 9 Egypt 122 works
  10. 10 Mexico 115 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: 39.4%China: 15.1%United States: 11.4%Brazil: 9.5%6 others listed: 24.5%39%largest
India1,344 · 39.4%China516 · 15.1%United States390 · 11.4%Brazil324 · 9.5%6 others listed836 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Genetics and Plant Breeding research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research publishes the most Genetics and Plant Breeding research, followed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Punjab Agricultural University.

Who are the leading researchers in Genetics and Plant Breeding?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Genetics and Plant Breeding include Ajay Singh, Peter M. Visscher and Harvey I. Pass.

  1. 1 Ajay Singh United States 2.4k citations
  2. 2 Peter M. Visscher Australia 2.4k citations
  3. 3 Harvey I. Pass United States 2.2k citations

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

Where is Genetics and Plant Breeding research done?

The largest centres of Genetics and Plant Breeding research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Hyderabad (India) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Texcoco, Faizabad and Pālampur.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 141 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 109 works
  3. 3 Hyderabad India 92 works
  4. 4 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 91 works
  5. 5 Coimbatore India 86 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 85 works
  7. 7 Ludhiana India 56 works
  8. 8 Giza Egypt 53 works
  9. 9 Dhaka Bangladesh 45 works
  10. 10 Faisalabad Pakistan 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TexcocoMX · 31.2 works104×
  2. FaizabadIN · 22.9 works102×
  3. PālampurIN · 24.8 works83×
  4. KarnālIN · 34.6 works78×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Genetics and Plant Breeding than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Genetics and Plant Breeding?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and Kansas 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%20%40%60%mean 39.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China Agricultural University: 27, 51.7%Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research: 78, 13.4%Kansas State University: 14, 47.8%Huazhong Agricultural University: 16, 50.8%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 11, 42.5%Northwest A&F University: 16, 51.0%Iowa State University: 16, 43.9%Shanxi Agricultural University: 11, 47.3%Punjab Agricultural University: 44, 16.5%University of Nebraska–Lincoln: 14, 30.7%China Agricultural U…Huazhong Agricultura…Kansas State Univers…Ethiopian Institute …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 70.751.7%10.5×27 +5.9%
2 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 68.513.4%140.0×78 +335.6%
3 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 67.547.8%14.1×14 +79.3%
4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 66.250.8%10.1×16 +14.7%
5 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 63.542.5%15.4×11 +21.7%
6 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 62.951.0%8.6×16 +27.6%
7 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 62.643.9%9.7×16 +28.6%
8 Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina 61.847.3%17.9×11
9 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 61.016.5%57.8×44 +136.3%
10 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States 60.830.7%10.6×14 +133.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Genetics and Plant Breeding research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Genetics and Plant Breeding.

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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.

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.