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Potato Plant Research

Potato Plant Research is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the formation, health effects, metabolism, and mitigation strategies of acrylamide in food, particularly in relation to heated foodstuffs such as potatoes. It covers topics such as the Maillard reaction, carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity, antioxidants, and the role of glycoalkaloids.

  • Acrylamide
  • Maillard Reaction
  • Carcinogen
  • Potato
  • Glycoalkaloids
  • Toxicity
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Antioxidants
  • Metabolism
  • Mitigation Strategies
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Potato Plant Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (657 and 555 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 657 works
  2. 2 India 555 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 255 works
  4. 4 United States 235 works
  5. 5 Egypt 219 works
  6. 6 Russia 194 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 151 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 135 works
  9. 9 Brazil 128 works
  10. 10 Iraq 109 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: 24.9%India: 21.1%Indonesia: 9.7%United States: 8.9%6 others listed: 35.5%25%largest
China657 · 24.9%India555 · 21.1%Indonesia255 · 9.7%United States235 · 8.9%6 others listed937 · 35.5%

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

Which institutions lead Potato Plant Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central Potato Research Institute publishes the most Potato Plant Research research, followed by Agricultural Research Center and Gansu Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central Potato Research Institute India 35 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Research Center Egypt 33 works
  3. 3 Gansu Agricultural University China 31 works
  4. 4 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Ethiopia 29 works
  5. 5 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 26 works
  6. 6 Potato Research Institute Czechia 25 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Forestry University Nepal 23 works
  8. 8 University of Florida United States 21 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 20 works
  10. 10 Punjab Agricultural University India 18 works

Where is Potato Plant Research research done?

The largest centres of Potato Plant Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Giza (Egypt), Moscow (Russia) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Havlíčkův Brod, Shimla and Bharatpur.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 109 works
  2. 2 Giza Egypt 74 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 52 works
  4. 4 Cairo Egypt 43 works
  5. 5 Lanzhou China 41 works
  6. 6 Dhaka Bangladesh 39 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 36 works
  8. 8 Shimla India 36 works
  9. 9 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 35 works
  10. 10 Jakarta Indonesia 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Havlíčkův BrodCZ · 24.7 works490×
  2. ShimlaIN · 35.9 works67×
  3. BharatpurNP · 23.5 works39×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Potato Plant Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Potato Plant Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Gansu Agricultural University and 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 21.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 26, 23.2%Gansu Agricultural University: 31, 28.9%Agriculture and Forestry University: 24, 2.5%Punjab Agricultural University: 18, 11.1%Shandong Agricultural University: 10, 41.6%Zagazig University: 12, 23.7%China Agricultural University: 15, 38.9%Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research: 29, 5.1%Atatürk University: 10, 40.2%Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University: 16, 1.3%Gansu Agricultural U…Wageningen Universit…Punjab Agricultural …Agriculture and Fore…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 69.023.2%16.1×26 +28.6%
2Gansu Agricultural University China 63.128.9%47.9×31 -66.2%
3Agriculture and Forestry University Nepal 61.62.5%79.9×24 +217.9%
4Punjab Agricultural University India 58.711.1%25.0×18 +223.6%
5Shandong Agricultural University China 56.341.6%12.6×10 -43.8%
6Zagazig University Egypt 54.523.7%6.9×12 +172.2%
7China Agricultural University China 52.738.9%6.0×15 +2.3%
8Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Ethiopia 52.65.1%54.2×29 —
9Atatürk University Türkiye 52.140.2%6.6×10 —
10Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University India 50.91.3%38.9×16 +464.2%

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 Potato Plant Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Potato Plant Research.

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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.

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.