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Plant Molecular Biology Research

Plant Molecular Biology Research is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying plant development, with a particular emphasis on the roles of microRNAs, auxin, gene expression regulation, epigenetic mechanisms, transcription factors, genome-wide analyses, cytokinin signaling, and the control of flowering time.

  • Plant
  • Development
  • MicroRNA
  • Auxin
  • Gene Expression
  • Epigenetic Regulation
  • Transcription Factors
  • Genome-wide Analysis
  • Cytokinin Signaling
  • Flowering Time
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
63% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Molecular Biology Research

Which countries lead Plant Molecular Biology Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (6.1k and 997 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 6.1k works
  2. 2 United States 997 works
  3. 3 India 695 works
  4. 4 Japan 441 works
  5. 5 Germany 308 works
  6. 6 France 270 works
  7. 7 South Korea 267 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 223 works
  9. 9 Spain 191 works
  10. 10 Russia 147 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.

China: 63.3%United States: 10.3%India: 7.2%Japan: 4.6%6 others listed: 14.6%63%largest
China6,110 · 63.3%United States997 · 10.3%India695 · 7.2%Japan441 · 4.6%6 others listed1,406 · 14.6%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Molecular Biology Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Plant Molecular Biology Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 724 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 308 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 173 works
  4. 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 144 works
  5. 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 130 works
  6. 6 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 128 works
  7. 7 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 114 works
  8. 8 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 113 works
  9. 9 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 108 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 99 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Molecular Biology Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Molecular Biology Research include Eric S. Lander, Peer Bork and Steven L. Salzberg.

  1. 1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  2. 2 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  3. 3 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  4. 4 Elaine R. Mardis United States 346k citations
  5. 5 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  6. 6 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  7. 7 Ulrich K. Laemmli Switzerland 285k citations
  8. 8 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  9. 9 Koichiro Tamura Japan 268k citations
  10. 10 Mark Gerstein United States 250k 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 Molecular Biology Research?

The most cited paper in Plant Molecular Biology Research is "MicroRNAs" (David P. Bartel, 2004), with 35,138 citations. Next come "Floral dip: a simplified method for Agrobacterium ‐mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana" (22,756) and "Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance" (13,850).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MicroRNAs David P. Bartel · Cell Open access 2004 35,138
2 Floral dip: a simplified method for Agrobacterium ‐mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana Steven John Clough, Andrew F. Bent · The Plant Journal Open access Dec 1998 22,756
3 Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance Rana Munns, Mark A. Tester · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 7 Feb 2008 13,850
4 Conserved Seed Pairing, Often Flanked by Adenosines, Indicates that Thousands of Human Genes are MicroRNA Targets Benjamin P. Lewis, Christopher B. Burge, David P. Bartel · Cell Open access 2005 12,048
5 PlantCARE, a database of plant cis-acting regulatory elements and a portal to tools for in silico analysis of promoter sequences Magali Lescot · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 2002 8,702
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Where is Plant Molecular Biology Research research done?

The largest centres of Plant Molecular Biology Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wushan, Lin’an Shi and Xiaodian.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.2k works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 337 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 225 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 222 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 212 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 173 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 169 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 156 works
  9. 9 LanzhouChina 143 works
  10. 10 ZhengzhouChina 136 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WushanCN · 30.9 works49×
  2. Lin’an ShiCN · 73.4 works41×
  3. XiaodianCN · 53.0 works36×
  4. Tai’anCN · 96.0 works33×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Molecular Biology Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Molecular Biology Research?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University and Peking University 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%10%20%30%mean 16.5%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Peking UniversityUniversity of Chines…China Agricultural U…Huazhong Agricultura…
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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.

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
1China Agricultural UniversityChina 75.718.0%23.7×130 +18.9%
2Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 73.015.9%38.6×128 +17.8%
3Peking UniversityChina 70.024.3%2.1×42 +33.6%
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67.720.4%4.0×64 +0.5%
5Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.520.2%4.0×21 +90.4%
6Zhejiang UniversityChina 63.415.0%2.9×76 +26.3%
7Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 62.18.5%45.2×173 +14.7%
8Henan UniversityChina 61.718.2%9.8×33 +27.1%
9Northwest A&F UniversityChina 61.612.4%29.5×114 +6.7%
10Yangzhou UniversityChina 60.812.1%14.2×77 +83.8%

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 Molecular Biology Research, country by country

Is Plant Molecular Biology Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Molecular Biology Research.

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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 Molecular Biology Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.043% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Plant Molecular Biology Research0.046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant Molecular Biology Research 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 Molecular Biology Research9.6% 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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