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Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on mutation breeding techniques such as TILLING and induced mutations to improve crops through functional genomics, genetic variation, and the use of ionizing radiation. The research explores methods for identifying point mutations, genome-wide sequencing, and the application of reverse genetics for plant improvement.

  • Mutation Breeding
  • TILLING
  • Induced Mutations
  • Functional Genomics
  • Plant Improvement
  • Genetic Variation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Reverse Genetics
  • Point Mutations
  • Genome-wide Sequencing
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Which countries lead Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (757 and 497 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 757 works
  2. 2 China 497 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 431 works
  4. 4 United States 172 works
  5. 5 Russia 145 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 104 works
  7. 7 Egypt 91 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 78 works
  9. 9 Iran 69 works
  10. 10 Japan 63 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.

India: 31.5%China: 20.7%Indonesia: 17.9%United States: 7.2%6 others listed: 22.8%31%largest
India757 · 31.5%China497 · 20.7%Indonesia431 · 17.9%United States172 · 7.2%6 others listed549 · 22.8%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 104 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 73 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  4. 4 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 38 works
  5. 5 IPB UniversityIndonesia 35 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 26 works
  7. 7 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 24 works
  8. 8 Universitas JemberIndonesia 23 works
  9. 9 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia 22 works
  10. 10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies include Jun Wang, Heng Li and Richard Anthony Flavell.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  3. 3 Richard Anthony Flavell United States 237k citations
  4. 4 Kai You Wang China 224k 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 Genetic and Mutation Studies?

The most cited paper in Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies is "Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA" (Michael G. Murray, William F. Thompson, 1980), with 12,462 citations. Next come "A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila" (3,889) and "Efficient transfer of large DNA fragments from agarose gels to diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper and rapid hybridization by using dextran sulfate." (3,357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA Michael G. Murray, William F. Thompson · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1980 12,462
2 A gene complex controlling segmentation in Drosophila E. B. Lewis · Nature Dec 1978 3,889
3 Efficient transfer of large DNA fragments from agarose gels to diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper and rapid hybridization by using dextran sulfate. Geoffrey M. Wahl, Michael Stern, George Robert Stark · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Aug 1979 3,357
4 Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species K. Arumuganathan, Elizabeth D. Earle · Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Aug 1991 3,261
5 Separation of yeast chromosome-sized DNAs by pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis David C. Schwartz, Charles R. Cantor · Cell May 1984 2,860
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Where is Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research done?

The largest centres of Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Coimbatore (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 90 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 79 works
  3. 3 JakartaIndonesia 62 works
  4. 4 CoimbatoreIndia 47 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 43 works
  6. 6 BogorIndonesia 39 works
  7. 7 GizaEgypt 30 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 29 works
  9. 9 HyderabadIndia 29 works
  10. 10 CairoEgypt 28 works
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Where is the best place to study Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Agricultural University, China 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing Agricultural…China Agricultural U…Northwest A&F Univer…University of Agricu…
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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
1Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 69.226.9%9.9×11 +44.5%
2China Agricultural UniversityChina 65.025.7%7.0×11 +98.9%
3Northwest A&F UniversityChina 63.423.1%8.2×9 +21.7%
4University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 61.710.3%24.9×12 +65.4%
5Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 60.726.0%24.2×9 +138.8%
6Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 59.55.2%59.9×38 +24.6%
7Aligarh Muslim UniversityIndia 50.319.0%11.9×10 -18.1%
8Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 49.88.4%39.0×18 +33.3%
9Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 47.57.7%9.8×14 +275.8%
10Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 45.612.2%28.6×10 +69.7%

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 Genetic and Mutation Studies, country by country

Is Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies.

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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 Genetic and Mutation Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies 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 Genetic and Mutation Studies10.6% 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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