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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. 10.0% 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%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Which countries lead Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.6k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.6k works
  2. 2 India 1.3k works
  3. 3 United States 710 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 400 works
  5. 5 Brazil 362 works
  6. 6 Egypt 307 works
  7. 7 Russia 279 works
  8. 8 Spain 262 works
  9. 9 Italy 211 works
  10. 10 Japan 205 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: 28.2%India: 22.5%United States: 12.8%Türkiye: 7.2%6 others listed: 29.3%28%largest
China1,565 · 28.2%India1,252 · 22.5%United States710 · 12.8%Türkiye400 · 7.2%6 others listed1,626 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 216 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 203 works
  3. 3 University of FloridaUnited States 95 works
  4. 4 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 72 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 66 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 65 works
  7. 7 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 63 works
  8. 8 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia 59 works
  9. 9 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 57 works
  10. 10 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 56 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies include Jun Wang, Xiaogang Wang and John C. Morris.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  4. 4 Michelle Lee Bell United States 197k citations
  5. 5 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  6. 6 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k 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 Physiology and Cultivation Studies?

The most cited paper in Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies is "Evolutionary Significance of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants" (Anthony David Bradshaw, 1965), with 3,170 citations. Next come "Leaf Epicuticular Waxes" (2,838) and "Preharvest and postharvest factors influencing vitamin C content of horticultural crops" (2,456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolutionary Significance of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants Anthony David Bradshaw · Advances in genetics Book chapter 1965 3,170
2 Leaf Epicuticular Waxes G. Eglinton, Richard Hamilton · Science 9 Jun 1967 2,838
3 Preharvest and postharvest factors influencing vitamin C content of horticultural crops Seung K. Lee, Adel A. Kader · Postharvest Biology and Technology Nov 2000 2,456
4 Early flower development in Arabidopsis. David R. Smyth, John P. Bowman, Elliot M. Meyerowitz · The Plant Cell Open access Aug 1990 2,105
5 Encyclopedia of plant physiology, New series J.B. Harbörne · Phytochemistry 1978 2,040
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Where is Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research done?

The largest centres of Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research in 2022-now 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 and Oryol.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 249 works
  2. 2 GizaEgypt 121 works
  3. 3 GainesvilleUnited States 95 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 89 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 85 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 84 works
  7. 7 LudhianaIndia 75 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 73 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 62 works
  10. 10 SolanIndia 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XingchengCN · 26.6 works227×
  2. OryolRU · 20.7 works58×
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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, Northwest A&F University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx 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%20%40%mean 29.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing Agricultural…Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…Universitat de Migue…
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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
1Northwest A&F UniversityChina 79.533.8%19.6×56 +38.2%
2Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 78.736.6%13.9×39 +22.8%
3Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxSpain 71.020.0%25.1×20 +11.0%
4China Agricultural UniversityChina 70.323.8%9.4×38 +43.2%
5Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 70.033.9%10.2×25 +37.8%
6South China Agricultural UniversityChina 69.233.9%10.4×27 +68.2%
7Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 64.727.4%27.6×30 +243.2%
8University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 64.028.9%12.3×9 +28.8%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 63.032.8%0.8×16 +43.7%
10Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 62.828.0%15.3×26 +120.2%

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 Physiology and Cultivation Studies, country by country

Is Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies 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 Physiology and Cultivation Studies10.6% 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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