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Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement

Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and validation of non-destructive methods for estimating leaf area in various plant species. The methods include digital image analysis, allometric models, linear measurements, and artificial neural networks. The research also covers the relationship between leaf area and plant growth, as well as phytochemical studies.

  • Leaf Area
  • Estimation
  • Non-destructive
  • Digital Image Analysis
  • Allometric Models
  • Linear Measurements
  • Artificial Neural Network
  • Plant Growth
  • Model Validation
  • Phytochemical Studies
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+40%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement

Which countries lead Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1.3k and 868 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 868 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 418 works
  4. 4 Brazil 334 works
  5. 5 United States 287 works
  6. 6 Japan 107 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 87 works
  8. 8 Bangladesh 82 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 75 works
  10. 10 Mexico 74 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.

India: 36.1%China: 23.8%Indonesia: 11.4%Brazil: 9.2%6 others listed: 19.5%36%largest
India1,317 · 36.1%China868 · 23.8%Indonesia418 · 11.4%Brazil334 · 9.2%6 others listed713 · 19.5%

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

Which institutions lead Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 74 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 55 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
  4. 4 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 40 works
  5. 5 Chitkara UniversityIndia 36 works
  6. 6 IPB UniversityIndonesia 32 works
  7. 7 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 31 works
  8. 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 28 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 28 works
  10. 10 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement include Philippe Ciais, Peter B. Reich and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  2. 2 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  3. 3 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  4. 4 Daniel J. Eisenstein United States 134k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement?

The most cited paper in Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement is "Estimates of the Regression Coefficient Based on Kendall's Tau" (Pranab Kumar Sen, 1968), with 13,754 citations. Next come "Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation" (11,851) and "A soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI)" (7,978).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimates of the Regression Coefficient Based on Kendall's Tau Pranab Kumar Sen · Journal of the American Statistical Association Dec 1968 13,754
2 Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation Compton J. Tucker · Remote Sensing of Environment Open access May 1979 11,851
3 A soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) ALFREDO R. HUETE · Remote Sensing of Environment Aug 1988 7,978
4 Positive matrix factorization: A non‐negative factor model with optimal utilization of error estimates of data values Pentti Paatero, Unto Tapper · Environmetrics Jun 1994 6,452
5 Extensions of the Procrustes Method for the Optimal Superimposition of Landmarks F. James Rohlf, Dennis E. Slice · Systematic Zoology Mar 1990 4,332
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research done?

The largest centres of Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Coimbatore (India) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guntur.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 206 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 111 works
  3. 3 CoimbatoreIndia 80 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 55 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 54 works
  6. 6 BengaluruIndia 52 works
  7. 7 DhakaBangladesh 50 works
  8. 8 HyderabadIndia 41 works
  9. 9 ChandigarhIndia 40 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GunturIN · 20.8 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement than the world average.

See Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement on the map

Where is the best place to study Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, Chitkara University 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%mean 23.08%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…Nanjing Agricultural…Chitkara University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Northwest A&F UniversityChina 84.534.8%14.2×25 +106.2%
2Chitkara UniversityIndia 74.017.2%20.8×36 +1211.8%
3China Agricultural UniversityChina 73.122.8%11.5×28 +78.8%
4Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 69.621.5%11.8×20 +29.0%
5SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 64.08.8%8.8×40 +591.6%
6Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 61.119.8%4.5×20 +193.3%
7Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 58.822.4%5.4×9 +30.5%
8Jiangsu UniversityChina 58.534.7%2.8×10 +51.9%
9Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 58.019.5%5.1×16 +335.6%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 55.029.3%0.9×11 +29.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement, country by country

Is Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement10.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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