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Growth and nutrition in plants

Growth and nutrition in plants is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 9.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to plant nutrition, substrates, genetic diversity, and growth optimization. It includes studies on the influence of different substrates and fertilization methods on seedling quality, crop yield, and soil fertility. Additionally, it explores genetic diversity in passion fruit cultivation and the use of hydroponic systems for plant growth.

  • Plant Nutrition
  • Substrates
  • Morphological Parameters
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Passion Fruit Cultivation
  • Soil Fertility
  • Hydroponic Cultivation
  • Organic Fertilization
  • Seedling Quality
  • Crop Yield
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
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Which countries lead Growth and nutrition in plants research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (2.4k and 246 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 2.4k works
  2. 2 India 246 works
  3. 3 China 229 works
  4. 4 United States 226 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 100 works
  6. 6 Mexico 95 works
  7. 7 Italy 79 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 74 works
  9. 9 Spain 59 works
  10. 10 Iran 57 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.

Brazil: 67.2%India: 6.9%China: 6.4%United States: 6.4%6 others listed: 13.1%67%largest
Brazil2,390 · 67.2%India246 · 6.9%China229 · 6.4%United States226 · 6.4%6 others listed464 · 13.1%

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

Which institutions lead Growth and nutrition in plants research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Growth and nutrition in plants research, followed by Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and Universidade Federal de Campina Grande.

Who are the leading researchers in Growth and nutrition in plants?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Growth and nutrition in plants include Paulo César Sentelhas, Muhammad Ashraf and José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves.

  1. 1 Paulo César Sentelhas Brazil 2.1k citations
  2. 2 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 2.1k citations
  3. 3 José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves Brazil 2k citations

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

Where is Growth and nutrition in plants research done?

The largest centres of Growth and nutrition in plants research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil), Campina Grande (Brazil) and Santa Maria (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Goiás, Rio Branco and Lavras.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 236 works
  2. 2 Brasília Brazil 137 works
  3. 3 Campina Grande Brazil 93 works
  4. 4 Santa Maria Brazil 72 works
  5. 5 Curitiba Brazil 67 works
  6. 6 Recife Brazil 66 works
  7. 7 Belém Brazil 63 works
  8. 8 Lavras Brazil 62 works
  9. 9 Florianópolis Brazil 59 works
  10. 10 Viçosa Brazil 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GoiásBR · 42.6 works148×
  2. Rio BrancoBR · 34.6 works102×
  3. LavrasBR · 61.9 works87×
  4. MossoróBR · 52.7 works80×
  5. CáceresBR · 28.3 works73×
  6. Campina GrandeBR · 92.9 works71×
  7. Cruz das AlmasBR · 20.9 works71×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Growth and nutrition in plants than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Growth and nutrition in plants?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) 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 7.3%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal de Campina Grande: 71, 14.9%Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul: 14, 10.4%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 118, 9.1%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul: 18, 9.5%Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia: 34, 5.3%Universidade Federal de Viçosa: 58, 7.5%Instituto Federal Goiano: 42, 2.4%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 46, 5.9%Universidade Federal de Lavras: 62, 4.8%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso: 29, 3.2%Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…
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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 Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeBrazil 81.114.9%85.0×71 +108.0%
2 Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 71.810.4%85.2×14 +178.5%
3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 67.79.1%33.1×118 -1.9%
4 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 66.09.5%18.8×18 +211.8%
5 Universidade Federal Rural da AmazôniaBrazil 62.45.3%162.4×34 +208.7%
6 Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil 60.97.5%53.3×58 +29.5%
7 Instituto Federal GoianoBrazil 58.42.4%179.1×42 +238.2%
8 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 57.15.9%26.6×46 +60.6%
9 Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil 55.64.8%87.2×62 +22.9%
10 Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 55.33.2%37.9×29 +176.1%

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 Growth and nutrition in plants research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Growth and nutrition in plants.

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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.