Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Topic · Plant Science

Plant Surface Properties and Treatments

Plant Surface Properties and Treatments is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the formation, function, and regulation of plant cuticles, including the biosynthesis of cuticular wax and suberin, the role of transcription factors in drought tolerance, the mechanisms of lipid barrier formation, and the analysis of plant surface properties.

  • Cuticular Wax
  • Biosynthesis
  • Suberin
  • Transcription Factors
  • Drought Tolerance
  • Lipid Barrier
  • ABC Transporter
  • Water Loss
  • Biopolymer
  • Plant Surface Properties
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Plant Surface Properties and Treatments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (901 and 293 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 901 works
  2. 2 United States 293 works
  3. 3 India 222 works
  4. 4 Brazil 141 works
  5. 5 Germany 110 works
  6. 6 France 109 works
  7. 7 Italy 77 works
  8. 8 Japan 77 works
  9. 9 Russia 63 works
  10. 10 Spain 63 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: 43.8%United States: 14.3%India: 10.8%Brazil: 6.8%6 others listed: 24.3%44%largest
China901 · 43.8%United States293 · 14.3%India222 · 10.8%Brazil141 · 6.8%6 others listed499 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Surface Properties and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Plant Surface Properties and Treatments research, followed by Jiangsu University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 36 works
  2. 2 Jiangsu UniversityChina 34 works
  3. 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 25 works
  4. 4 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
  5. 5 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 15 works
  6. 6 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 14 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 12 works
  8. 8 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 12 works
  9. 9 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 12 works
  10. 10 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Surface Properties and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Surface Properties and Treatments include Miroslav Krstić, Robert F. Storey and Rolf D. Reitz.

  1. 1 Miroslav Krstić United States 3.1k citations
  2. 2 Robert F. Storey United Kingdom 2.5k citations
  3. 3 Rolf D. Reitz United States 2.5k citations
  4. 4 Bharat Bhushan United States 2.2k citations

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

Where is Plant Surface Properties and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Plant Surface Properties and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Zhenjiang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhenjiang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 171 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 53 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 46 works
  4. 4 Zhenjiang China 38 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 32 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 31 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 28 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 24 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 24 works
  10. 10 Paris France 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhenjiangCN · 37.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Surface Properties and Treatments than the world average.

See Plant Surface Properties and Treatments on the map

Where is the best place to study Plant Surface Properties and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, South China Agricultural University and Jiangsu 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%mean 40.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China Agricultural University: 36, 45.1%South China Agricultural University: 24, 42.2%Jiangsu University: 34, 44.1%Shandong Agricultural University: 14, 42.5%Nanjing Agricultural University: 12, 33.9%Nanjing Forestry University: 15, 41.3%Huazhong Agricultural University: 9, 37.1%Shenyang Agricultural University: 10, 46.6%Northwest A&F University: 12, 36.2%Shihezi University: 10, 36.6%China Agricultural U…Jiangsu UniversityShandong Agricultura…South China Agricult…
above the meannear itbelow it

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 China Agricultural UniversityChina 78.445.1%22.6×36 +72.4%
2 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 76.342.2%24.1×24 +165.6%
3 Jiangsu UniversityChina 73.444.1%16.2×34 +22.1%
4 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 70.942.5%27.6×14 +489.1%
5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 61.633.9%10.8×12 +172.0%
6 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 59.041.3%11.8×15 +9.1%
7 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 56.937.1%9.5×9 +132.6%
8 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 56.146.6%28.5×10 +12.5%
9 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 53.136.2%10.8×12 +24.6%
10 Shihezi UniversityChina 53.136.6%20.2×10 +86.7%

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 Surface Properties and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Surface Properties and Treatments.

19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.