Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamic modeling and simulation of plant architecture, growth, and environmental control in greenhouses. It covers topics such as functional–structural plant modelling, computational fluid dynamics for greenhouse climate control, virtual plants, solar energy utilization in greenhouses, crop photosynthesis, L-systems modeling for plant architecture, microclimate simulation, and the use of renewable energy in agriculture.
- Plant Architecture
- Functional–Structural Plant Modelling
- Greenhouse Climate Control
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Virtual Plants
- Solar Energy in Greenhouses
- Crop Photosynthesis
- L-systems Modeling
- Microclimate Simulation
- Renewable Energy in Agriculture
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (875 and 643 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 875 works
- 2 India 643 works
- 3 United States 377 works
- 4 Japan 159 works
- 5 Italy 148 works
- 6 Indonesia 141 works
- 7 South Korea 140 works
- 8 Russia 137 works
- 9 Türkiye 112 works
- 10 Brazil 99 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research, followed by Wageningen University & Research and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 46 works
- 2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 31 works
- 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 28 works
- 4 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 26 works
- 5 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 21 works
- 6 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 17 works
- 7 Jiangsu UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 16 works
- 9 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 16 works
- 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control include İbrahim Dinçer and R.Z. Wang.
- 1 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
- 2 R.Z. Wang China 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research done?
The largest centres of Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen and Yangling.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 209 works
- 2 Chennai India 48 works
- 3 Nanjing China 46 works
- 4 Moscow Russia 43 works
- 5 Tehran Iran 42 works
- 6 Seoul South Korea 40 works
- 7 Wageningen Netherlands 34 works
- 8 Coimbatore India 34 works
- 9 New Delhi India 33 works
- 10 Shanghai China 31 works
Where it is the local speciality
- WageningenNL · 34.5 works19×
- YanglingCN · 25.8 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control?
Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 79.3 | 57.7% | 19.0× | 31 | -49.4% |
| 2 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 68.7 | 42.8% | 18.3× | 46 | -30.9% |
| 3 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 68.7 | 55.8% | 14.5× | 26 | -58.4% |
| 4 | Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea | 62.1 | 42.6% | 10.5× | 8 | +162.6% |
| 5 | Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina | 58.4 | 46.6% | 35.1× | 21 | -83.0% |
| 6 | Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityQatar | 57.2 | 36.5% | 15.3× | 8 | — |
| 7 | Agricultural University of AthensGreece | 55.6 | 41.0% | 28.8× | 11 | +14.2% |
| 8 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 52.7 | 59.9% | 4.8× | 16 | -31.5% |
| 9 | Mohammed V UniversityMorocco | 52.5 | 48.8% | 6.6× | 12 | — |
| 10 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 51.2 | 39.5% | 9.1× | 16 | -61.6% |
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 Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control.
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.