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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. 9.6% 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%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+36%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
93% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques

Which countries lead Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (11k and 235 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 11k works
  2. 2 India 235 works
  3. 3 ?? 216 works
  4. 4 United States 98 works
  5. 5 Iraq 74 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 65 works
  7. 7 China 48 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 48 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%India235 · 2.0%??216 · 1.8%United States98 · 0.8%6 others listed291 · 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-now, University of Mataram publishes the most Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research, followed by Lampung University and IPB University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of MataramIndonesia 331 works
  2. 2 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 287 works
  3. 3 IPB UniversityIndonesia 281 works
  4. 4 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 268 works
  5. 5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 245 works
  6. 6 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 241 works
  7. 7 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 232 works
  8. 8 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 216 works
  9. 9 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 179 works
  10. 10 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia 175 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques include Muhammad Ashraf and Charles Robert Darwin.

  1. 1 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 96k citations
  2. 2 Charles Robert Darwin Indonesia 87k 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 Growth and Agriculture Techniques?

The most cited paper in Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques is "Potassium solubilizing bacteria (KSB):: Mechanisms, promotion of plant growth, and future prospects A review" (Hassan Etesami, Somayeh Emami, Hossein Ali Alikhani, 2017), with 553 citations. Next come "Rhizosphere Bacteria Mobilize Zn for Hyperaccumulation by Thlaspi caerulescens" (446) and "MANFAAT PENGGUNAAN PUPUK ORGANIK UNTUK KESUBURAN TANAH" (274).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Potassium solubilizing bacteria (KSB):: Mechanisms, promotion of plant growth, and future prospects A review Hassan Etesami, Somayeh Emami, Hossein Ali Alikhani · Journal of soil science and plant nutrition Open access Dec 2017 553
2 Rhizosphere Bacteria Mobilize Zn for Hyperaccumulation by Thlaspi caerulescens Steven N. Whiting, Mark P. de Souza, Norman Terry · Environmental Science & Technology 28 Jun 2001 446
3 MANFAAT PENGGUNAAN PUPUK ORGANIK UNTUK KESUBURAN TANAH Ida Syamsu Roidah Dec 2013 274
4 Fading positive effect of biochar on crop yield and soil acidity during five growth seasons in an Indonesian Ultisol Gerard Cornelissen, Jubaedah, Neneng Laela Nurida et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 7 Apr 2018 216
5 Effects of sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol on root-hair infection and nodulation of Vicia faba L. plants by Rhizobium leguminosarum Hamdi Hussein Zahran, Janet Irene Sprent · Planta Mar 1986 212
All 102 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research in 2022-now 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 Kupang, Jember and Manokwari.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 589 works
  2. 2 MedanIndonesia 523 works
  3. 3 MalangIndonesia 450 works
  4. 4 SurabayaIndonesia 423 works
  5. 5 MakassarIndonesia 405 works
  6. 6 BogorIndonesia 403 works
  7. 7 BandungIndonesia 397 works
  8. 8 MataramIndonesia 369 works
  9. 9 Bandar LampungIndonesia 364 works
  10. 10 PontianakIndonesia 345 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kupang20.0 works120×
  2. Jember65.6 works87×
  3. ManokwariID · 55.0 works73×
  4. KefamenanuID · 55.4 works70×
  5. PolewaliID · 22.8 works53×
  6. SlemanID · 215.7 works51×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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, University of Anbar, IPB University and University of Mataram score highest, combining citation 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 16.08%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of AnbarIPB UniversityUniversity of MataramUniversitas Jember
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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
1University of AnbarIraq 71.032.0%8.0×16 +132.1%
2IPB UniversityIndonesia 67.319.0%48.4×281 -10.1%
3University of MataramIndonesia 66.111.9%39.6×331 +76.6%
4Universitas JemberIndonesia 61.28.9%41.9×245 +108.3%
5University of BrawijayaIndonesia 60.710.2%25.7×232 +10.8%
6Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 59.533.8%1.1×8 +217.9%
7University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 57.99.2%31.1×216 +320.4%
8Lampung UniversityIndonesia 57.85.7%50.7×287 +21.1%
9Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 57.77.1%48.2×241 +54.7%
10Universitas PekalonganIndonesia 57.723.0%12.4×26 +88.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Growth and Agriculture Techniques, country by country

Is Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.064% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques0.043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques 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 Growth and Agriculture Techniques9.2% in 202520102020

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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