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Plant and fungal interactions

Plant and fungal interactions is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 16k 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 explores the evolutionary origins, ecological consequences, and molecular mechanisms of endophyte symbiosis with grasses. It investigates the adaptations of endophyte-infected grasses to environmental stresses, the role of alkaloid biosynthesis in plant stress tolerance, and the coevolutionary dynamics between host plants and mutualistic fungi. The research also delves into the impact of endophytic fungi on grassland ecosystems and their potential applications in agriculture.

  • Endophyte Symbiosis
  • Grass-Fungal Interaction
  • Alkaloid Biosynthesis
  • Plant Stress Tolerance
  • Mutualistic Fungi
  • Symbiotic Symbionts
  • Host-Endophyte Coevolution
  • Ecological Consequences
  • Grassland Ecosystems
  • Fungal Genetics
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant and fungal interactions

Which countries lead Plant and fungal interactions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (400 and 399 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 400 works
  2. 2 China 399 works
  3. 3 India 138 works
  4. 4 Russia 77 works
  5. 5 Germany 67 works
  6. 6 Canada 62 works
  7. 7 Brazil 56 works
  8. 8 Italy 52 works
  9. 9 France 49 works
  10. 10 New Zealand 45 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: 29.7%China: 29.6%India: 10.2%Russia: 5.7%6 others listed: 24.7%30%largest
United States400 · 29.7%China399 · 29.6%India138 · 10.2%Russia77 · 5.7%6 others listed332 · 24.7%

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

Which institutions lead Plant and fungal interactions research?

By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Agriculture publishes the most Plant and fungal interactions research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Bioeconomy Science Institute.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 37 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 29 works
  3. 3 Bioeconomy Science InstituteNew Zealand 29 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 25 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanada 24 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
  7. 7 Lanzhou UniversityChina 19 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 17 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 16 works
  10. 10 University of KentuckyUnited States 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant and fungal interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant and fungal interactions include Peter B. Reich, Jaakko A. Kaprio and Solomon H. Snyder.

  1. 1 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  2. 2 Jaakko A. Kaprio Finland 183k citations
  3. 3 Solomon H. Snyder United States 180k 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 Plant and fungal interactions?

The most cited paper in Plant and fungal interactions is "Mycotoxins" (Joan Wennstrom Bennett, M. A. Klich, 2003), with 3,127 citations. Next come "Fungal endophytes: diversity and functional roles" (3,015) and "The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations for Defining Functioning of Microbial Endophytes" (2,742).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mycotoxins Joan Wennstrom Bennett, M. A. Klich · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Jul 2003 3,127
2 Fungal endophytes: diversity and functional roles Rusty J. Rodriguez, James Francis White, A. Elizabeth Arnold et al. · New Phytologist Open access 19 Feb 2009 3,015
3 The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations for Defining Functioning of Microbial Endophytes Pablo R. Hardoim, Leonard Simon van Overbeek, Gabriele Berg et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access Jul 2015 2,742
4 The Genetics of Aspergillus nidulans G. Pontecorvo, J. A. Roper, L.M. Chemmons et al. · Advances in genetics Book chapter 1953 2,339
5 Methods of Melissopalynology J. LOUVEAUX, Anna Rita Maurizio, G. Vorwohl · Bee World 1978 1,772
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plant and fungal interactions research done?

The largest centres of Plant and fungal interactions research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States), Lincoln (New Zealand) and Lanzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lincoln.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 75 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C.United States 37 works
  3. 3 LincolnNew Zealand 34 works
  4. 4 LanzhouChina 31 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 22 works
  6. 6 OttawaCanada 20 works
  7. 7 KunmingChina 18 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 18 works
  9. 9 GuiyangChina 16 works
  10. 10 LexingtonUnited States 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LincolnNZ · 34.0 works177×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant and fungal interactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant and fungal interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, Guizhou University, Lanzhou 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%10%20%mean 7.85%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guizhou UniversityChina Agricultural U…Lanzhou UniversityKansas State Univers…
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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
1Guizhou UniversityChina 62.823.0%9.7×9 +204.5%
2Lanzhou UniversityChina 61.56.7%15.3×19 +64.7%
3China Agricultural UniversityChina 51.312.6%8.8×9 +58.6%
4Kansas State UniversityUnited States 48.54.2%36.3×14 +2.2%
5University of KentuckyUnited States 46.44.3%18.2×15 -28.9%
6Springfield CollegeUnited States 43.68.6%758.3×11 -
7University of GeorgiaUnited States 40.94.7%10.5×8 +22.9%
8University of SaskatchewanCanada 39.96.5%15.3×9 -11.0%
9North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 39.84.6%13.6×13 -32.7%
10University of FloridaUnited States 15.53.3%5.6×11 -14.0%

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 Plant and fungal interactions, country by country

Is Plant and fungal interactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant and fungal interactions.

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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 Plant and fungal interactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0079% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Plant and fungal interactions0.0089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant and fungal interactions 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%Plant and fungal interactions10.5% 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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