Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 38.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes, particularly the interactions between legumes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria such as Rhizobium. It covers topics such as plant signaling, nodule development, genome analysis of symbionts, molecular regulation of symbiosis, host recognition of microbial associations, and the importance of legumes in nitrogen fixation.
- Legumes
- Symbiosis
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Rhizobium
- Plant Signaling
- Nodule Development
- Genome Analysis
- Molecular Regulation
- Host Recognition
- Microbial Associations
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 38.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.9k and 860 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 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing Agricultural University publishes the most Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 59 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
- 3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 50 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 47 works
- 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 42 works
- 6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 39 works
- 7 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 38 works
- 8 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 36 works
- 9 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia 34 works
- 10 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis include Jozef Deckers, Dennis W. Dickson and Yakov Kuzyakov.
- 1 Jozef Deckers Belgium 2.8k citations
- 2 Dennis W. Dickson United States 2.8k citations
- 3 Yakov Kuzyakov Germany 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research done?
The largest centres of Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), New Delhi (India) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tsarskoye Selo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tsarskoye SeloRU · 25.9 works72×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis?
Among universities, judged by research, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Northwest A&F 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 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina | 76.4 | 55.2% | 15.4× | 25 | +349.4% |
| 2 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 74.7 | 56.2% | 21.6× | 59 | +18.0% |
| 3 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 74.1 | 59.2% | 13.0× | 36 | +64.5% |
| 4 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 71.8 | 56.3% | 12.6× | 50 | -2.8% |
| 5 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 71.7 | 56.7% | 16.0× | 38 | +31.6% |
| 6 | Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco | 71.5 | 68.1% | 16.9× | 10 | — |
| 7 | Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant SciencesChina | 71.1 | 69.9% | 86.5× | 10 | +99.1% |
| 8 | Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden | 69.2 | 55.9% | 13.5× | 15 | +45.7% |
| 9 | Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina | 67.2 | 56.8% | 17.7× | 22 | +72.4% |
| 10 | Shandong Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina | 66.9 | 69.8% | 33.3× | 10 | +83.7% |
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 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.
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.