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. 35.8% 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%
- 13k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 35.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (3k and 482 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3k works
- 2 India 482 works
- 3 United States 305 works
- 4 Japan 176 works
- 5 Brazil 165 works
- 6 France 138 works
- 7 South Korea 137 works
- 8 Russia 122 works
- 9 Iran 113 works
- 10 Germany 112 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 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research?
By volume in 2022–2025, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology publishes the most Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research, followed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 46 works
- 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 43 works
- 3 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 37 works
- 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 36 works
- 5 Jiangnan UniversityChina 35 works
- 6 Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina 35 works
- 7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 34 works
- 8 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 34 works
- 9 South China University of TechnologyChina 34 works
- 10 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls include Kazuo Shinozaki, Sabu Thomas and Alain Dufresne.
- 1 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 2.7k citations
- 2 Sabu Thomas India 2.4k citations
- 3 Alain Dufresne France 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research done?
The largest centres of Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research in 2022–2025 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 Tai’an, Ya'an and Wuxi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tai’anCN · 30.2 works19×
- Ya'anCN · 28.2 works15×
- WuxiCN · 82.5 works14×
- YanglingCN · 32.4 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls?
Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing Normal University, Northwest A&F 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.
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 | Chongqing Normal UniversityChina | 78.0 | 81.3% | 17.5× | 15 | +563.3% |
| 2 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 74.6 | 64.5% | 13.1× | 32 | +99.0% |
| 3 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina | 71.4 | 51.0% | 25.1× | 37 | +127.6% |
| 4 | Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyChina | 70.7 | 58.9% | 28.7× | 35 | +82.3% |
| 5 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina | 68.0 | 56.0% | 15.7× | 28 | +102.6% |
| 6 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 67.7 | 57.9% | 10.3× | 36 | +14.0% |
| 7 | Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineChina | 66.8 | 73.9% | 52.6× | 22 | +8.7% |
| 8 | Nanchang UniversityChina | 65.1 | 66.1% | 8.5× | 26 | +56.2% |
| 9 | Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina | 65.1 | 48.2% | 13.1× | 18 | +263.0% |
| 10 | Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina | 65.0 | 40.6% | 10.9× | 31 | +129.3% |
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 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls.
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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.