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Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the structure, biosynthesis, and functions of plant cell walls, focusing on components such as pectin, hemicelluloses, and cellulose synthesis. It also investigates the immunomodulatory and biomedical applications of plant polysaccharides, as well as the role of expansins in cell wall loosening.

  • Pectin
  • Hemicelluloses
  • Cellulose Synthesis
  • Polysaccharides
  • Immune Recognition
  • Expansins
  • Molecular Structure
  • Enzymes
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Arabinogalactan Proteins
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Which countries lead Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.8k and 594 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.8k works
  2. 2 India 594 works
  3. 3 United States 383 works
  4. 4 Japan 216 works
  5. 5 Brazil 200 works
  6. 6 South Korea 167 works
  7. 7 France 162 works
  8. 8 Russia 142 works
  9. 9 Germany 134 works
  10. 10 Iran 126 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: 64.1%India: 10.0%United States: 6.5%Japan: 3.6%6 others listed: 15.7%64%largest
China3,800 · 64.1%India594 · 10.0%United States383 · 6.5%Japan216 · 3.6%6 others listed931 · 15.7%

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

Which institutions lead Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanchang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 217 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 113 works
  3. 3 Nanchang UniversityChina 91 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 66 works
  5. 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 62 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 50 works
  7. 7 Jiangnan UniversityChina 46 works
  8. 8 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 46 works
  9. 9 China Agricultural UniversityChina 44 works
  10. 10 Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls include Jun Wang, Koichiro Tamura and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Koichiro Tamura Japan 268k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Jeffrey I. Gordon United States 250k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Lewis C. Cantley United States 209k citations
  7. 7 Hongjie Dai United States 189k 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 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls?

The most cited paper in Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls is "Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material" (Dieter Klemm, Brigitte Heublein, Hans‐Peter Fink et al., 2005), with 7,510 citations. Next come "Cellulose nanomaterials review: structure, properties and nanocomposites" (6,746) and "Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications" (5,952).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material Dieter Klemm, Brigitte Heublein, Hans‐Peter Fink et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 28 Apr 2005 7,510
2 Cellulose nanomaterials review: structure, properties and nanocomposites Robert J. Moon, Ashlie Martini, John A. Nairn et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2011 6,746
3 Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications Youssef Habibi, Lucian A. Lucia, Orlando José Rojas · Chemical Reviews Review 4 Mar 2010 5,952
4 Structural models of primary cell walls in flowering plants: consistency of molecular structure with the physical properties of the walls during growth Nicholas C. Carpita, David M. Gibeaut · The Plant Journal Open access 1993 3,493
5 Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance Sunkyu Park, John O. Baker, Michael E. Himmel et al. · Biotechnology for Biofuels Open access 24 May 2010 3,422
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Where is Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research done?

The largest centres of Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Nanjing (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xiaodian, Tai’an and Ya'an.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 441 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 195 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 182 works
  4. 4 HangzhouChina 142 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 130 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 122 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 120 works
  8. 8 WuxiChina 106 works
  9. 9 ChangchunChina 95 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 89 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XiaodianCN · 21.5 works21×
  2. Tai’anCN · 39.3 works19×
  3. Ya'anCN · 33.0 works15×
  4. WuxiCN · 105.6 works14×
  5. YanglingCN · 35.9 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanchang University, Chongqing Normal University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry 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 17.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chongqing Normal Uni…Jiangsu UniversityNanchang UniversityFujian Agriculture a…
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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
1Nanchang UniversityChina 72.018.3%17.4×91 +26.6%
2Chongqing Normal UniversityChina 63.535.4%17.5×16 -4.5%
3Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 58.714.4%29.0×46 +51.8%
4Jiangsu UniversityChina 58.620.3%5.7×32 +13.3%
5Northwest A&F UniversityChina 57.015.5%13.3×36 +37.9%
6Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 56.018.2%17.0×31 +92.0%
7Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 55.712.8%17.4×40 +41.8%
8China Agricultural UniversityChina 55.412.5%11.6×44 +20.1%
9Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 54.013.0%15.3×41 +15.2%
10Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 53.813.7%30.2×37 +38.5%

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 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, country by country

Is Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls.

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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 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls0.034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls 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%Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls9.8% 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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