Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Plant tissue culture and regeneration is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the elicitor signal transduction pathways, genetic engineering techniques, and biotechnological approaches used to enhance the production of plant secondary metabolites. It covers topics such as Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, somatic embryogenesis, hairy root culture, and the biosynthesis of specific metabolites like terpenoid indole alkaloids.
- Plant Secondary Metabolites
- Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation
- Elicitation
- Somatic Embryogenesis
- Hairy Root Culture
- Terpenoid Indole Alkaloids
- Genetic Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Tissue Culture
- Gene Expression
- Research works
- 64k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Plant tissue culture and regeneration research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.7k works
- 2 India 1.6k works
- 3 United States 584 works
- 4 Brazil 507 works
- 5 Indonesia 395 works
- 6 Türkiye 264 works
- 7 Russia 246 works
- 8 Mexico 210 works
- 9 Iran 206 works
- 10 South Korea 193 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Plant tissue culture and regeneration research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publishes the most Plant tissue culture and regeneration research, followed by Nanjing Agricultural University and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 48 works
- 2 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 39 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 38 works
- 4 Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil 35 works
- 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 34 works
- 6 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia 33 works
- 7 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 32 works
- 8 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil 31 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 31 works
- 10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Plant tissue culture and regeneration?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant tissue culture and regeneration include Folke Skoog, Toshio Murashige and Kazuo Shinozaki.
- 1 Folke Skoog United States 11k citations
- 2 Toshio Murashige United States 11k citations
- 3 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 2.7k citations
- 4 Anil K. Sood United States 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Plant tissue culture and regeneration research done?
The largest centres of Plant tissue culture and regeneration research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Montecillo and Lavras.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MontecilloMX · 21.5 works30×
- LavrasBR · 34.7 works25×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant tissue culture and regeneration than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Plant tissue culture and regeneration?
Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University and Sanya 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 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 71.6 | 38.8% | 11.9× | 39 | -31.3% |
| 2 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 65.2 | 37.5% | 9.7× | 28 | -52.3% |
| 3 | Sanya UniversityChina | 65.0 | 40.9% | 11.9× | 12 | — |
| 4 | Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.2 | 42.1% | 14.6× | 18 | -60.4% |
| 5 | Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia | 61.7 | 12.1% | 22.6× | 31 | +162.2% |
| 6 | Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia | 60.6 | 18.1% | 39.5× | 15 | +555.9% |
| 7 | Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina | 60.3 | 45.1% | 9.4× | 12 | -58.4% |
| 8 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia | 60.0 | 10.3% | 24.9× | 48 | +75.3% |
| 9 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia | 59.9 | 14.1% | 41.9× | 19 | +244.2% |
| 10 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 58.9 | 43.7% | 5.8× | 27 | -43.4% |
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 tissue culture and regeneration research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant tissue culture and regeneration.
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.