Plant responses to water stress
Plant responses to water stress is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 33.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the various physiological, molecular, and genetic responses of plants to flooding stress, including submergence tolerance, aerenchyma formation, ethylene response factors, hypoxia adaptation, oxygen sensing, anaerobic metabolism, root aeration, and waterlogging tolerance. It covers a wide range of plant species and provides insights into the mechanisms by which plants cope with complete submergence and low-oxygen environments.
- Flooding Stress
- Submergence Tolerance
- Ethylene Response Factors
- Aerenchyma Formation
- Hypoxia Adaptation
- Oxygen Sensing
- Anaerobic Metabolism
- Root Aeration
- Waterlogging Tolerance
- Plant Hormone Regulation
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 33.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Plant responses to water stress research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 496 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 responses to water stress research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Yangzhou University publishes the most Plant responses to water stress research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Yangzhou UniversityChina 44 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
- 3 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 36 works
- 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 34 works
- 5 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 33 works
- 6 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 29 works
- 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 28 works
- 8 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 26 works
- 9 China Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
- 10 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Plant responses to water stress?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant responses to water stress include Josep Peñuelas, Jean Poesen and Muhammad Ashraf.
- 1 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
- 2 Jean Poesen Belgium 2.4k citations
- 3 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Plant responses to water stress research done?
The largest centres of Plant responses to water stress research in 2022–2025 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 Tai’an, Yangling and Ya'an.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tai’anCN · 23.5 works21×
- YanglingCN · 33.2 works20×
- Ya'anCN · 22.3 works18×
- YangzhouCN · 45.2 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant responses to water stress than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Plant responses to water stress?
Among universities, judged by research, Yangzhou University, Huazhong Agricultural 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 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 70.9 | 53.6% | 18.8× | 44 | +4.5% |
| 2 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 68.4 | 53.7% | 20.4× | 29 | +28.0% |
| 3 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 68.1 | 56.2% | 21.5× | 36 | -31.0% |
| 4 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 67.8 | 55.1% | 19.9× | 33 | -14.3% |
| 5 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.9 | 56.0% | 10.3× | 24 | -27.2% |
| 6 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 62.2 | 59.1% | 21.2× | 24 | -45.2% |
| 7 | The University of Western AustraliaAustralia | 62.0 | 53.1% | 9.4× | 16 | -3.9% |
| 8 | University of TasmaniaAustralia | 60.0 | 66.6% | 9.0× | 8 | +20.4% |
| 9 | Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina | 59.6 | 53.9% | 30.1× | 23 | -42.8% |
| 10 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina | 58.8 | 51.6% | 18.8× | 22 | -27.9% |
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 responses to water stress research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant responses to water stress.
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.