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Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the mechanisms of nutrient uptake, including nitrogen and phosphorus, in plants, focusing on root architecture, sugar signaling, nutrient sensing, and genetic regulation. It delves into the complex pathways involved in plant nutrient acquisition and the impact on plant development and metabolism.

  • Nitrogen
  • Phosphorus
  • Root Architecture
  • Sugar Signaling
  • Nutrient Sensing
  • Plant Development
  • Transporters
  • Nitrate
  • Metabolism
  • Genetic Regulation
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
60% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Which countries lead Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.6k and 629 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.6k works
  2. 2 United States 629 works
  3. 3 India 456 works
  4. 4 Germany 275 works
  5. 5 Japan 251 works
  6. 6 Brazil 193 works
  7. 7 France 192 works
  8. 8 Australia 164 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 146 works
  10. 10 Spain 130 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: 59.6%United States: 10.4%India: 7.6%Germany: 4.6%6 others listed: 17.8%60%largest
China3,596 · 59.6%United States629 · 10.4%India456 · 7.6%Germany275 · 4.6%6 others listed1,075 · 17.8%

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

Which institutions lead Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 434 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 257 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 104 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 102 works
  5. 5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 102 works
  6. 6 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 97 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 95 works
  8. 8 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 72 works
  9. 9 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 71 works
  10. 10 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 70 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism include Jun Wang, Philippe Ciais and Michael Snyder.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  3. 3 Michael Snyder United States 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 nutrient uptake and metabolism?

The most cited paper in Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism is "Rapid determination of free proline for water-stress studies" (Lynn S. Bates, R. P. Waldren, Iwan D. Teare, 1973), with 21,112 citations. Next come "Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance" (13,850) and "Nutrient requirements of suspension cultures of soybean root cells" (9,513).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid determination of free proline for water-stress studies Lynn S. Bates, R. P. Waldren, Iwan D. Teare · Plant and Soil Aug 1973 21,112
2 Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance Rana Munns, Mark A. Tester · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 7 Feb 2008 13,850
3 Nutrient requirements of suspension cultures of soybean root cells O. L. Gamborg, R. A. Miller, Kunihiko Ojima · Experimental Cell Research Apr 1968 9,513
4 S ALT AND D ROUGHT S TRESS S IGNAL T RANSDUCTION IN P LANTS Jian‐Kang Zhu · Annual Review of Plant Biology ReviewOpen access Jun 2002 5,930
5 Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean Jeremy Schmutz et al. · Nature Open access 2010 4,671
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research done?

The largest centres of Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Lanzhou (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xiaodian, Tai’an and Yangling.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 710 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 201 works
  3. 3 LanzhouChina 118 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 115 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 113 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 106 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 101 works
  8. 8 YanglingChina 97 works
  9. 9 ZhengzhouChina 88 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 87 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XiaodianCN · 42.7 works44×
  2. Tai’anCN · 72.1 works38×
  3. YanglingCN · 97.1 works35×
  4. Lin’an ShiCN · 29.2 works25×
  5. Ya'anCN · 51.6 works25×
  6. SanyaCN · 27.6 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, The University of Western Australia 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%mean 14.34%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China Agricultural U…The University of We…University of Chines…Northwest A&F Univer…
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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
1China Agricultural UniversityChina 88.319.4%28.5×102 +21.6%
2The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 80.218.5%12.6×35 +24.5%
3Northwest A&F UniversityChina 77.814.9%38.5×97 +12.8%
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 73.316.2%4.8×51 +17.6%
5Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 73.111.3%40.9×102 +25.5%
6Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 69.914.2%32.5×70 +2.0%
7Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 68.211.4%62.8×72 +30.9%
8Yangzhou UniversityChina 67.312.1%15.8×56 +45.2%
9South China Agricultural UniversityChina 66.414.1%19.9×45 +57.5%
10Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 66.111.3%74.5×71 +245.0%

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 nutrient uptake and metabolism, country by country

Is Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

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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 nutrient uptake and metabolism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 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 nutrient uptake and metabolism9.8% 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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