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Light effects on plants

Light effects on plants is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 32.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanisms and pathways involved in light signal transduction in plants, including the roles of photoreceptors such as phytochromes and cryptochromes, the regulation of plant development and growth by light, responses to UV-B radiation, and the application of optogenetics in studying plant signaling. Additionally, it explores the involvement of flavonoids and chloroplast movement in light-mediated processes.

  • Photoreceptors
  • Signal Transduction
  • Phytochromes
  • Cryptochromes
  • Light Regulation
  • Plant Development
  • UV-B Radiation
  • Optogenetics
  • Flavonoids
  • Chloroplast Movement
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
32.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
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Which countries lead Light effects on plants research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 450 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.1k works
  2. 2 United States 450 works
  3. 3 India 303 works
  4. 4 Russia 224 works
  5. 5 Japan 189 works
  6. 6 Germany 162 works
  7. 7 South Korea 143 works
  8. 8 Italy 139 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 95 works
  10. 10 Brazil 94 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: 36.9%United States: 15.8%India: 10.6%Russia: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.8%37%largest
China1,051 · 36.9%United States450 · 15.8%India303 · 10.6%Russia224 · 7.9%6 others listed822 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Light effects on plants research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Light effects on plants research, followed by Nanjing Agricultural University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 27 works
  2. 2 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 26 works
  3. 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 26 works
  4. 4 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 23 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 22 works
  6. 6 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 22 works
  7. 7 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 20 works
  8. 8 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 20 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 19 works
  10. 10 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 17 works

Where is Light effects on plants research done?

The largest centres of Light effects on plants research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ya'an and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 216 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 90 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 52 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 51 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 43 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 42 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 40 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 39 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 34 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Ya'anCN · 20.5 works18×
  2. WageningenNL · 24.3 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Light effects on plants than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Light effects on plants?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, China Agricultural University and Sichuan 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%25%50%75%mean 48.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 22, 57.2%China Agricultural University: 27, 50.6%Sichuan Agricultural University: 20, 40.0%Nanjing Agricultural University: 26, 50.5%Northwest A&F University: 17, 51.5%Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University: 17, 50.2%Gansu Agricultural University: 16, 61.1%University of Guelph: 11, 47.4%Gyeongsang National University: 16, 36.2%South China Agricultural University: 20, 44.7%Wageningen Universit…China Agricultural U…Nanjing Agricultural…Sichuan Agricultural…
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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 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 80.857.2%14.8×22 -1.2%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 76.750.6%12.1×27 +44.8%
3 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 73.140.0%18.3×20 +517.8%
4 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 73.050.5%17.0×26 -9.3%
5 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 69.751.5%10.8×17 +47.3%
6 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 67.850.2%18.2×17 +33.5%
7 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 67.561.1%27.6×16 -68.8%
8 University of GuelphCanada 66.147.4%9.6×11 +130.6%
9 Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea 64.336.2%21.8×16 +126.6%
10 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.944.7%14.1×20 -23.6%

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 Light effects on plants research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Light effects on plants.

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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.