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Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of pesticides use in agriculture, covering topics such as pesticide exposure, associated human health effects, environmental impact, risk assessment, neurotoxicity, chronic diseases, organophosphates, and chemical warfare agents. The papers discuss the benefits and hazards of pesticides use, their effects on food safety and security, as well as the urgent need for new concepts in agriculture to address the issues related to pesticide usage.

  • Pesticides
  • Exposure
  • Health Effects
  • Environmental Impact
  • Risk Assessment
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Organophosphates
  • Food Safety
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+26%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (765 and 497 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 765 works
  2. 2 China 497 works
  3. 3 India 436 works
  4. 4 Brazil 348 works
  5. 5 France 181 works
  6. 6 Iran 132 works
  7. 7 Egypt 131 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 119 works
  9. 9 Germany 102 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 90 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.

United States: 27.3%China: 17.7%India: 15.5%Brazil: 12.4%6 others listed: 27.0%27%largest
United States765 · 27.3%China497 · 17.7%India436 · 15.5%Brazil348 · 12.4%6 others listed756 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research, followed by University of Michigan and University of Arizona.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 34 works
  2. 2 University of MichiganUnited States 28 works
  3. 3 University of ArizonaUnited States 27 works
  4. 4 Lund UniversitySweden 25 works
  5. 5 Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States 25 works
  6. 6 Research Institute for Fragrance MaterialsUnited States 25 works
  7. 7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 25 works
  8. 8 Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States 24 works
  9. 9 University of WürzburgGermany 24 works
  10. 10 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 21 works

Where is Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research done?

The largest centres of Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Woodcliff Lake, Wurzburg and Lund.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 99 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 62 works
  3. 3 Paris France 54 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 47 works
  5. 5 New York United States 45 works
  6. 6 Giza Egypt 34 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 31 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 30 works
  9. 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 29 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Woodcliff LakeUS · 24.8 works447×
  2. WurzburgDE · 23.9 works15×
  3. LundSE · 28.4 works9.8×
  4. PortlandUS · 26.7 works9.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity?

Among universities, judged by research, Lund University, University of Arizona and Oregon Health & Science 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 9.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lund University: 25, 3.9%University of Arizona: 27, 2.4%Oregon Health & Science University: 25, 2.4%University of Tennessee at Knoxville: 21, 2.3%Cairo University: 13, 44.9%Zagazig University: 13, 8.3%University of Würzburg: 24, 0.6%Tanta University: 9, 23.4%Universidade de São Paulo: 34, 3.8%University of Pennsylvania: 25, 0.5%Lund UniversityUniversity of ArizonaOregon Health & Scie…University of Tennes…
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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 Lund UniversitySweden 68.33.9%10.4×25 +320.9%
2 University of ArizonaUnited States 62.92.4%10.0×27 +945.7%
3 Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States 61.12.4%19.5×25 +315.6%
4 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 59.12.3%12.5×21 +595.7%
5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 57.344.9%4.0×13 +62.1%
6 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 54.28.3%8.3×13 +218.5%
7 University of WürzburgGermany 53.60.6%25.1×24 —
8 Tanta UniversityEgypt 53.023.4%6.5×9 +364.2%
9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 52.23.8%4.5×34 +198.6%
10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 50.50.5%6.4×25 +685.2%

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 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity.

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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.