Insect Pest Control Strategies
Insect Pest Control Strategies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of botanical insecticides, particularly essential oils and plant extracts, for pest management in agriculture. It covers topics such as the efficacy of botanical insecticides against various insects, including mosquitoes and stored-product pests, as well as their potential as eco-friendly alternatives in pest control. The cluster also discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with the commercialization and application of botanical insecticides.
- Botanical Insecticides
- Essential Oils
- Insect Control
- Mosquito Repellents
- Stored-Product Insects
- Biopesticides
- Neem Oil
- Larvicidal Activity
- Plant Extracts
- Pest Management
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Insect Pest Control Strategies research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (1.3k and 814 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 Insect Pest Control Strategies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Agricultural Research Center publishes the most Insect Pest Control Strategies research, followed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Institute of Plant Protection.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Agricultural Research Center Egypt 106 works
- 2 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University India 75 works
- 3 Institute of Plant Protection China 39 works
- 4 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 39 works
- 5 Punjab Agricultural University India 34 works
- 6 National Research Centre Egypt 33 works
- 7 Cairo University Egypt 33 works
- 8 Indian Agricultural Research Institute India 31 works
- 9 Al-Azhar University Egypt 30 works
- 10 University of Thessaly Greece 29 works
Who are the leading researchers in Insect Pest Control Strategies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Insect Pest Control Strategies include Marimuthu Palaniswami, Ahmadali Enayati and Daniel H. Janzen.
- 1 Marimuthu Palaniswami 3.8k citations
- 2 Ahmadali Enayati 2.3k citations
- 3 Daniel H. Janzen 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Insect Pest Control Strategies research done?
The largest centres of Insect Pest Control Strategies research in 2022–2025 are Giza (Egypt), Beijing (China), New Delhi (India) and Coimbatore (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jorhat.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Giza Egypt 194 works
- 2 Beijing China 178 works
- 3 New Delhi India 101 works
- 4 Coimbatore India 94 works
- 5 Cairo Egypt 88 works
- 6 São Paulo Brazil 80 works
- 7 Tehran Iran 59 works
- 8 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 55 works
- 9 Washington D.C. United States 52 works
- 10 Bengaluru India 50 works
Where it is the local speciality
- JorhatIN · 27.0 works31×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Insect Pest Control Strategies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Insect Pest Control Strategies?
Among universities, judged by research, Agricultural University of Athens, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and University of Thessaly 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 | Agricultural University of Athens Greece | 65.6 | 41.4% | 21.6× | 14 | +128.5% |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University India | 60.6 | 7.7% | 41.6× | 75 | +175.8% |
| 3 | University of Thessaly Greece | 60.3 | 30.4% | 17.9× | 29 | +51.6% |
| 4 | Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology India | 58.4 | 23.6% | 20.2× | 14 | +261.9% |
| 5 | Al-Azhar University Egypt | 58.2 | 23.5% | 9.9× | 30 | +59.9% |
| 6 | University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan | 58.1 | 16.7% | 21.1× | 26 | +116.9% |
| 7 | Bharathidasan University India | 57.7 | 29.0% | 8.8× | 12 | +280.0% |
| 8 | University of Carthage Tunisia | 55.2 | 17.0% | 12.2× | 10 | +254.2% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil | 54.8 | 25.8% | 11.8× | 24 | +42.7% |
| 10 | South China Agricultural University China | 53.9 | 36.3% | 8.5× | 24 | +2.6% |
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 Insect Pest Control Strategies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Insect Pest Control Strategies.
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.