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Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety

Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 19.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of pesticide residues in food using liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques. It covers topics such as multiresidue methods, QuEChERS sample preparation, matrix effects, method validation, and high-throughput analysis for ensuring food safety.

  • Pesticide Residues
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Multiresidue Method
  • QuEChERS
  • Matrix Effects
  • Method Validation
  • Food Safety
  • Sample Preparation
  • High-Throughput Analysis
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (829 and 407 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 829 works
  2. 2 India 407 works
  3. 3 United States 326 works
  4. 4 Brazil 182 works
  5. 5 Egypt 149 works
  6. 6 Spain 129 works
  7. 7 Germany 129 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 108 works
  9. 9 Italy 106 works
  10. 10 South Korea 100 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: 33.6%India: 16.5%United States: 13.2%Brazil: 7.4%6 others listed: 29.2%34%largest
China829 · 33.6%India407 · 16.5%United States326 · 13.2%Brazil182 · 7.4%6 others listed721 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety research, followed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Wageningen University & Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 24 works
  2. 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 23 works
  3. 3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 22 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 21 works
  5. 5 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 18 works
  6. 6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 17 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 16 works
  8. 8 University of AlmeríaSpain 15 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 14 works
  10. 10 Guizhou UniversityChina 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety include Eric R. Ziegel and Alberto Mantovani.

  1. 1 Eric R. Ziegel United States 3.7k citations
  2. 2 Alberto Mantovani Italy 3.6k citations

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

Where is Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety research done?

The largest centres of Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Hangzhou (China), Giza (Egypt) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 204 works
  2. 2 Hangzhou China 52 works
  3. 3 Giza Egypt 49 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 45 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 42 works
  6. 6 Cairo Egypt 38 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 35 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 32 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 30 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WageningenNL · 21.9 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, China Agricultural University and University of Almería 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 20.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 22, 17.5%China Agricultural University: 21, 24.4%University of Almería: 15, 21.4%Al-Azhar University: 9, 26.2%Cairo University: 17, 20.7%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 10, 14.4%GITAM University: 11, 9.1%Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi: 9, 19.6%Guizhou University: 14, 20.0%Jiangnan University: 11, 33.8%Al-Azhar UniversityChina Agricultural U…University of AlmeríaWageningen Universit…
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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 71.217.5%15.8×22 -4.5%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 67.324.4%9.9×21 -23.4%
3 University of AlmeríaSpain 62.421.4%27.9×15 -6.7%
4 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 56.426.2%5.9×9 +100.8%
5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 54.620.7%5.9×17 +20.9%
6 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 54.414.4%11.3×10 +82.7%
7 GITAM UniversityIndia 52.19.1%14.1×11 +95.2%
8 Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye 49.019.6%13.8×9 —
9 Guizhou UniversityChina 47.520.0%7.0×14 -2.7%
10 Jiangnan UniversityChina 47.333.8%4.8×11 -27.2%

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 Residue Analysis and Safety research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety.

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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.