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Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements

Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of controlled release materials, including polymer coatings, nanoencapsulation, and superabsorbent polymers, for use in agriculture. The research covers a wide range of topics such as slow-release fertilizers, smart pesticides, biodegradable materials, and environmentally friendly technologies.

  • Controlled Release
  • Fertilizers
  • Polymer Coatings
  • Smart Pesticides
  • Nanoencapsulation
  • Superabsorbent Polymers
  • Biodegradable Materials
  • Slow-Release Technology
  • Environmentally Friendly
  • Agricultural Applications
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+85%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements

Which countries lead Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.2k and 465 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 India 465 works
  3. 3 United States 182 works
  4. 4 Brazil 133 works
  5. 5 Egypt 108 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 90 works
  7. 7 Iran 76 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 68 works
  9. 9 Russia 53 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 52 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: 49.3%India: 19.2%United States: 7.5%Brazil: 5.5%6 others listed: 18.5%49%largest
China1,192 · 49.3%India465 · 19.2%United States182 · 7.5%Brazil133 · 5.5%6 others listed447 · 18.5%

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

Which institutions lead Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 110 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 41 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 39 works
  5. 5 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 32 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 30 works
  7. 7 Yangzhou UniversityChina 25 works
  8. 8 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
  9. 9 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 18 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements include Jun Wang, Guangming Zeng and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  3. 3 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  4. 4 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 165k 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 Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements?

The most cited paper in Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements is "A Model For the Lowering of Plant Ethylene Concentrations by Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria" (Bernard R. Glick, Donna M. Penrose, Jiping Li, 1998), with 1,475 citations. Next come "Organic polyelectrolytes in water treatment" (1,441) and "Influence of lime, fertilizer and manure applications on soil organic matter content and soil physical conditions: a review" (1,339).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Model For the Lowering of Plant Ethylene Concentrations by Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria Bernard R. Glick, Donna M. Penrose, Jiping Li · Journal of Theoretical Biology 1998 1,475
2 Organic polyelectrolytes in water treatment B.A. Bolto, Jonathan M. Gregory · Water Research Open access 26 Apr 2007 1,441
3 Influence of lime, fertilizer and manure applications on soil organic matter content and soil physical conditions: a review Richard John Haynes, Ravi Naidu · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems Jun 1998 1,339
4 Applications of Nanotechnology in Plant Growth and Crop Protection: A Review Yifen Shang, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Golam Jalal Ahammed et al. · Molecules Open access 13 Jul 2019 1,267
5 Soil Aggregate Stability: A Review E. Amézketa · Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 16 Jul 1999 1,205
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Where is Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research done?

The largest centres of Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai’an and Yangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 235 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 69 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 45 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 43 works
  5. 5 CoimbatoreIndia 42 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 39 works
  7. 7 LanzhouChina 36 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 29 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 28 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tai’anCN · 24.3 works28×
  2. YangzhouCN · 26.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, Nanjing Forestry University and King Saud 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%10%20%mean 16.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China Agricultural U…Nanjing Forestry Uni…King Saud UniversityUniversity of Agricu…
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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.

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
1China Agricultural UniversityChina 92.622.7%24.3×39 +91.7%
2Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 66.722.1%10.4×14 +352.6%
3King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.216.5%3.6×10 +152.7%
4University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 64.69.1%16.8×8 +53.2%
5Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 63.114.8%45.9×24 +15.7%
6Yangzhou UniversityChina 62.411.0%15.8×25 +243.2%
7South China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.421.4%13.9×14 +47.6%
8Guizhou UniversityChina 61.617.7%10.8×16 +218.9%
9Hainan UniversityChina 60.022.1%7.1×9 +240.7%
10Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 54.94.1%49.1×32 +445.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements, country by country

Is Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements.

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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 Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements 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%Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements10.4% 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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