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Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques

Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1953. 1.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to soil science, plant nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. It includes research on soil fertility, organic farming, hydroponics, composting, and the analysis of fertilizers and soil properties. The papers also delve into crop production, horticulture, and the impact of environmental factors on plant growth.

  • Soil Fertility
  • Plant Nutrition
  • Organic Farming
  • Crop Production
  • Horticulture
  • Hydroponics
  • Composting
  • Fertilizers
  • Soil Analysis
  • Sustainable Agriculture
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
488
per year above
Top-10% rate
1.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+131%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (11k and 231 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 11k works
  2. 2 India 231 works
  3. 3 ?? 210 works
  4. 4 United States 94 works
  5. 5 Iraq 73 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 63 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 47 works
  8. 8 China 46 works
  9. 9 Egypt 32 works
  10. 10 Bangladesh 25 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.

Indonesia: 92.9%India: 2.0%??: 1.8%United States: 0.8%6 others listed: 2.5%93%largest
Indonesia11k · 92.9%India231 · 2.0%??210 · 1.8%United States94 · 0.8%6 others listed286 · 2.5%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Mataram publishes the most Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research, followed by Lampung University and IPB University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MataramIndonesia 323 works
  2. 2 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 279 works
  3. 3 IPB UniversityIndonesia 273 works
  4. 4 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 263 works
  5. 5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 239 works
  6. 6 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 234 works
  7. 7 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 224 works
  8. 8 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 207 works
  9. 9 University of PattimuraIndonesia 172 works
  10. 10 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 172 works

Where is Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jember, Manokwari and Kefamenanu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 578 works
  2. 2 Medan Indonesia 504 works
  3. 3 Malang Indonesia 431 works
  4. 4 Surabaya Indonesia 409 works
  5. 5 Makassar Indonesia 395 works
  6. 6 Bogor Indonesia 391 works
  7. 7 Bandung Indonesia 388 works
  8. 8 Mataram Indonesia 361 works
  9. 9 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 353 works
  10. 10 Pontianak Indonesia 337 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Jember64.4 works82×
  2. ManokwariID · 54.2 works71×
  3. KefamenanuID · 53.3 works66×
  4. PolewaliID · 22.4 works53×
  5. LuwukID · 27.3 works51×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, IPB University, Sebelas Maret University and University of Mataram 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%2%4%6%mean 1.43%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →IPB University: 273, 2.4%Sebelas Maret University: 131, 4.9%University of Mataram: 324, 1.0%Tanjungpura University: 263, 0.8%Universitas Jember: 239, 0.8%Lambung Mangkurat University: 234, 0.7%University of Pattimura: 172, 0.8%Padjadjaran University: 172, 0.5%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 102, 1.8%University of Brawijaya: 224, 0.6%Sebelas Maret Univer…IPB UniversityUniversity of MataramTanjungpura University
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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 IPB UniversityIndonesia 64.22.4%42.7×273 +213.4%
2 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 62.24.9%12.4×131 +175.0%
3 University of MataramIndonesia 61.91.0%35.1×324 +1247.5%
4 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 60.40.8%47.9×263 +211.1%
5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 60.10.8%37.1×239 +800.0%
6 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 59.80.7%42.6×234 +1121.9%
7 University of PattimuraIndonesia 58.40.8%40.1×172 +267.3%
8 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 58.40.5%18.4×172 +666.9%
9 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 58.21.8%9.9×102 +267.8%
10 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 57.80.6%22.5×224 +166.4%

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 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques.

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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.