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).
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 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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 69 works
- 2 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 67 works
- 3 North-Caucasian Zonal Research Institute of Horticulture and ViticultureRussia 46 works
- 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 43 works
- 5 University of California, DavisUnited States 41 works
- 6 University of FloridaUnited States 39 works
- 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 36 works
- 8 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 32 works
- 9 University of ZagrebCroatia 28 works
- 10 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 27 works
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 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
- 2 Vernon L. Singleton United States 3.6k citations
- 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
Where it is the local speciality
- YaltaUA · 20.1 works678×
- GeisenheimDE · 21.8 works274×
- Villenave-d'OrnonFR · 32.5 works231×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Horticultural and Viticultural Research than the world average.
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.
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 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 77.6 | 50.4% | 24.4× | 69 | +14.3% |
| 2 | University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal | 75.8 | 43.2% | 42.9× | 32 | +136.9% |
| 3 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 71.3 | 48.0% | 10.8× | 43 | +3.4% |
| 4 | Hochschule Geisenheim UniversityGermany | 67.4 | 26.6% | 272.9× | 22 | +204.6% |
| 5 | Université de BordeauxFrance | 63.9 | 31.5% | 12.1× | 17 | +108.3% |
| 6 | Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly | 63.8 | 33.1% | 10.4× | 21 | +101.1% |
| 7 | University of UdineItaly | 63.8 | 33.2% | 12.0× | 13 | +175.2% |
| 8 | Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina | 60.3 | 43.0% | 25.1× | 27 | -40.5% |
| 9 | University of California, DavisUnited States | 60.1 | 30.6% | 7.6× | 41 | +72.2% |
| 10 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 60.0 | 44.0% | 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.
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.