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Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 14.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the physiology, dormancy, chilling requirements, rootstock effects, carbohydrate metabolism, and management practices related to fruit trees. It also discusses the impact of climate change on fruit tree growth and development.

  • Fruit Trees
  • Dormancy
  • Chilling Requirement
  • Rootstock
  • Carbohydrate Metabolism
  • Climate Change
  • Growth Regulation
  • Flowering
  • Orchard Management
  • Nutrient Uptake
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 United States 645 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 367 works
  5. 5 Brazil 335 works
  6. 6 Egypt 300 works
  7. 7 Russia 257 works
  8. 8 Spain 228 works
  9. 9 Japan 194 works
  10. 10 Italy 186 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: 27.2%India: 22.9%United States: 12.8%Türkiye: 7.3%6 others listed: 29.8%27%largest
China1,369 · 27.2%India1,154 · 22.9%United States645 · 12.8%Türkiye367 · 7.3%6 others listed1,499 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florida publishes the most Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research, followed by Punjab Agricultural University and Agricultural Research Center.

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies include Robert F. Storey.

  1. 1 Robert F. Storey United Kingdom 2.5k citations

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

Where is Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research done?

The largest centres of Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Giza (Egypt), Gainesville (United States) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xingcheng.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 221 works
  2. 2 Giza Egypt 119 works
  3. 3 Gainesville United States 91 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 82 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 78 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 73 works
  7. 7 Ludhiana India 70 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 65 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 58 works
  10. 10 Solan India 54 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XingchengCN · 22.6 works213×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Northwest A&F University and Nanjing Agricultural 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%20%40%60%mean 42.13%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro: 8, 55.3%Northwest A&F University: 50, 50.4%Nanjing Agricultural University: 34, 53.6%Sichuan Agricultural University: 24, 52.8%Punjab Agricultural University: 67, 15.9%Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry: 52, 12.3%Bahauddin Zakariya University: 10, 36.9%South China Agricultural University: 24, 52.7%Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx: 18, 41.1%Shenyang Agricultural University: 22, 50.3%University of Trás-o…Nanjing Agricultural…Sichuan Agricultural…Northwest A&F Univer…
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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 Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 71.155.3%10.7×8 +194.6%
2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 67.350.4%16.9×50 -50.5%
3 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 66.753.6%11.5×34 -31.2%
4 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 64.352.8%11.1×24 +3.1%
5 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 64.215.9%54.6×67 +167.0%
6 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 62.212.3%126.4×52 +281.2%
7 Bahauddin Zakariya UniversityPakistan 60.636.9%9.8×10 +124.9%
8 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 60.252.7%9.2×24 -42.9%
9 Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxSpain 59.441.1%21.8×18 +21.9%
10 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 59.250.3%22.8×22 -67.4%

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 Physiology and Cultivation Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

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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.