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).
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.
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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of FloridaUnited States 90 works
- 2 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 67 works
- 3 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 64 works
- 4 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 52 works
- 5 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 50 works
- 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 39 works
- 7 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 39 works
- 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 34 works
- 9 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 34 works
- 10 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 34 works
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 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
Where it is the local speciality
- XingchengCN · 22.6 works213×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal | 71.1 | 55.3% | 10.7× | 8 | +194.6% |
| 2 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 67.3 | 50.4% | 16.9× | 50 | -50.5% |
| 3 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 66.7 | 53.6% | 11.5× | 34 | -31.2% |
| 4 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina | 64.3 | 52.8% | 11.1× | 24 | +3.1% |
| 5 | Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia | 64.2 | 15.9% | 54.6× | 67 | +167.0% |
| 6 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia | 62.2 | 12.3% | 126.4× | 52 | +281.2% |
| 7 | Bahauddin Zakariya UniversityPakistan | 60.6 | 36.9% | 9.8× | 10 | +124.9% |
| 8 | South China Agricultural UniversityChina | 60.2 | 52.7% | 9.2× | 24 | -42.9% |
| 9 | Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxSpain | 59.4 | 41.1% | 21.8× | 18 | +21.9% |
| 10 | Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina | 59.2 | 50.3% | 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.
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.