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Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Horticultural and Viticultural Research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 19.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the genetic and environmental factors influencing grapevine cultivation, including the impact of climate change on wine quality, the role of anthocyanins and water deficit in grape development, transcriptome analysis of grape berries, and the concept of terroir in viticulture.

  • Grapevine
  • Genetics
  • Climate Change
  • Wine Quality
  • Anthocyanins
  • Water Deficit
  • Transcriptome Analysis
  • Viticulture
  • Terroir
  • Grape Berry Ripening
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Horticultural and Viticultural Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 712 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 712 works
  3. 3 Italy 547 works
  4. 4 France 528 works
  5. 5 Spain 483 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 334 works
  7. 7 Russia 313 works
  8. 8 India 282 works
  9. 9 Brazil 264 works
  10. 10 Germany 192 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: 25.7%United States: 14.5%Italy: 11.1%France: 10.7%6 others listed: 38.0%26%largest
China1,264 · 25.7%United States712 · 14.5%Italy547 · 11.1%France528 · 10.7%6 others listed1,868 · 38.0%

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

Which institutions lead Horticultural and Viticultural Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Northwest A&F University publishes the most Horticultural and Viticultural Research research, followed by Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement and North-Caucasian Zonal Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture.

Who are the leading researchers in Horticultural and Viticultural Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Horticultural and Viticultural Research include Josep Peñuelas, Vernon L. Singleton and Rosa M. Lamuela‐Raventós.

  1. 1 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
  2. 2 Vernon L. Singleton United States 3.6k citations
  3. 3 Rosa M. Lamuela‐Raventós Spain 3.5k citations

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

Where is Horticultural and Viticultural Research research done?

The largest centres of Horticultural and Viticultural Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Montpellier (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yalta, Geisenheim and Villenave-d'Ornon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 253 works
  2. 2 Paris France 137 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 81 works
  4. 4 Montpellier France 78 works
  5. 5 Yangling China 69 works
  6. 6 Krasnodar Russia 60 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 57 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 53 works
  9. 9 Milan Italy 50 works
  10. 10 Lisbon Portugal 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YaltaUA · 20.1 works678×
  2. GeisenheimDE · 21.8 works274×
  3. Villenave-d'OrnonFR · 32.5 works231×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Horticultural and Viticultural Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Horticultural and Viticultural Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro and China Agricultural 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 38.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F University: 69, 50.4%University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro: 32, 43.2%China Agricultural University: 43, 48.0%Hochschule Geisenheim University: 22, 26.6%Université de Bordeaux: 17, 31.5%Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: 21, 33.1%University of Udine: 13, 33.2%Gansu Agricultural University: 27, 43.0%University of California, Davis: 41, 30.6%Nanjing Agricultural University: 25, 44.0%Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…University of Trás-o…Hochschule Geisenhei…
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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 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 77.650.4%24.4×69 +14.3%
2 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 75.843.2%42.9×32 +136.9%
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 71.348.0%10.8×43 +3.4%
4 Hochschule Geisenheim UniversityGermany 67.426.6%272.9×22 +204.6%
5 Université de BordeauxFrance 63.931.5%12.1×17 +108.3%
6 Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 63.833.1%10.4×21 +101.1%
7 University of UdineItaly 63.833.2%12.0×13 +175.2%
8 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 60.343.0%25.1×27 -40.5%
9 University of California, DavisUnited States 60.130.6%7.6×41 +72.2%
10 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 60.044.0%8.9×25 -18.0%

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 Horticultural and Viticultural Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

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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.