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Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques

Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of plant biostimulants, including seaweed extracts and humic substances, to enhance plant growth, development, and tolerance to abiotic stress in agriculture and horticulture. It covers the physiological effects, regulatory aspects, and application of biostimulants in crop management. The research explores the use of protein hydrolysates and their impact on horticultural crops under various stress conditions.

  • Biostimulants
  • Plant Growth
  • Seaweed Extracts
  • Humic Substances
  • Crop Management
  • Abiotic Stress
  • Protein Hydrolysates
  • Horticultural Crops
  • Physiological Effects
  • Regulation
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+102%
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Which countries lead Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (753 and 463 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 753 works
  2. 2 China 463 works
  3. 3 Iraq 343 works
  4. 4 Egypt 337 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 312 works
  6. 6 Russia 217 works
  7. 7 Brazil 182 works
  8. 8 Iran 172 works
  9. 9 Italy 159 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 144 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: 24.4%China: 15.0%Iraq: 11.1%Egypt: 10.9%6 others listed: 38.5%24%largest
India753 · 24.4%China463 · 15.0%Iraq343 · 11.1%Egypt337 · 10.9%6 others listed1,186 · 38.5%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Agricultural Research Center publishes the most Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques research, followed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture.

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques include Muhammad Ashraf.

  1. 1 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 2.1k citations

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

Where is Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Giza (Egypt), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Baghdad (Iraq). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ramadi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Giza Egypt 118 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 82 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 69 works
  4. 4 Baghdad Iraq 59 works
  5. 5 Coimbatore India 58 works
  6. 6 Cairo Egypt 57 works
  7. 7 Allahabad India 52 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 47 works
  9. 9 Ramadi Iraq 42 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RamadiIQ · 41.7 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Naples Federico II, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and University of Anbar 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%25%50%75%mean 30.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Naples Federico II: 14, 66.8%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 50, 10.8%University of Anbar: 42, 11.8%University of Baghdad: 42, 9.6%Assiut University: 18, 17.0%The University of Agriculture, Peshawar: 9, 23.3%King Saud University: 20, 60.1%Al-Azhar University: 19, 22.5%Cadi Ayyad University: 9, 56.6%Fayoum University: 12, 23.2%University of Naples…University of AnbarTamil Nadu Agricultu…University of Baghdad
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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 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 67.266.8%5.4×14 +211.4%
2 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 64.610.8%47.9×50 +466.7%
3 University of AnbarIraq 64.311.8%45.4×42 +298.7%
4 University of BaghdadIraq 62.89.6%12.7×42 +604.2%
5 Assiut UniversityEgypt 62.017.0%14.3×18 +384.1%
6 The University of Agriculture, PeshawarPakistan 60.123.3%39.6×9 +653.9%
7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.760.1%4.7×20 +15.5%
8 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 57.122.5%11.0×19 +57.8%
9 Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 56.656.6%10.4×9 -30.7%
10 Fayoum UniversityEgypt 55.023.2%23.4×12 +136.4%

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 Enhancement Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Growth Enhancement 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.