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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%
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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. 1 China 875 works
  2. 2 India 643 works
  3. 3 United States 377 works
  4. 4 Japan 159 works
  5. 5 Italy 148 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 141 works
  7. 7 South Korea 140 works
  8. 8 Russia 137 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 112 works
  10. 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.

China: 30.9%India: 22.7%United States: 13.3%Japan: 5.6%6 others listed: 27.5%31%largest
China875 · 30.9%India643 · 22.7%United States377 · 13.3%Japan159 · 5.6%6 others listed778 · 27.5%

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.

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. 1 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
  2. 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. 1 Beijing China 209 works
  2. 2 Chennai India 48 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 46 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 43 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 42 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 40 works
  7. 7 Wageningen Netherlands 34 works
  8. 8 Coimbatore India 34 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 33 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WageningenNL · 34.5 works19×
  2. YanglingCN · 25.8 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control than the world average.

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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.

0%25%50%75%mean 47.12%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 31, 57.7%China Agricultural University: 46, 42.8%Northwest A&F University: 26, 55.8%Gyeongsang National University: 8, 42.6%Shenyang Agricultural University: 21, 46.6%Hamad bin Khalifa University: 8, 36.5%Agricultural University of Athens: 11, 41.0%Jiangsu University: 16, 59.9%Mohammed V University: 12, 48.8%Nanjing Agricultural University: 16, 39.5%Wageningen Universit…Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…Gyeongsang National …
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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 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 79.357.7%19.0×31 -49.4%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 68.742.8%18.3×46 -30.9%
3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 68.755.8%14.5×26 -58.4%
4 Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea 62.142.6%10.5×8 +162.6%
5 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 58.446.6%35.1×21 -83.0%
6 Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityQatar 57.236.5%15.3×8
7 Agricultural University of AthensGreece 55.641.0%28.8×11 +14.2%
8 Jiangsu UniversityChina 52.759.9%4.8×16 -31.5%
9 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 52.548.8%6.6×12
10 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 51.239.5%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.

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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.