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Research in Cotton Cultivation

Research in Cotton Cultivation is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on genomic studies related to cotton fiber development, improvement, and genetic diversity. It covers topics such as polyploidization in Gossypium species, QTL analysis for fiber quality traits, gene expression during fiber development, genetic mapping, and transcriptome profiling. The research also delves into aspects of plant cell elongation and the genetic basis of key agronomic traits in cotton.

  • Cotton Genomics
  • Fiber Development
  • Polyploidization
  • QTL Analysis
  • Gene Expression
  • Gossypium Species
  • Genetic Mapping
  • Fiber Quality
  • Transcriptome Profiling
  • Plant Cell Elongation
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Research in Cotton Cultivation research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (710 and 341 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 710 works
  2. 2 India 341 works
  3. 3 United States 231 works
  4. 4 Pakistan 162 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 83 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 71 works
  7. 7 Egypt 65 works
  8. 8 Brazil 55 works
  9. 9 Iran 28 works
  10. 10 Australia 27 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: 40.1%India: 19.2%United States: 13.0%Pakistan: 9.1%6 others listed: 18.5%40%largest
China710 · 40.1%India341 · 19.2%United States231 · 13.0%Pakistan162 · 9.1%6 others listed328 · 18.5%

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

Which institutions lead Research in Cotton Cultivation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cotton Research Institute publishes the most Research in Cotton Cultivation research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

Who are the leading researchers in Research in Cotton Cultivation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Research in Cotton Cultivation include Muhammad Ashraf.

  1. 1 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 2.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Research in Cotton Cultivation research done?

The largest centres of Research in Cotton Cultivation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Ürümqi (China), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Faisalabad (Pakistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shihezi, Multan and Faisalabad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 192 works
  2. 2 Ürümqi China 74 works
  3. 3 Tashkent Uzbekistan 56 works
  4. 4 Faisalabad Pakistan 51 works
  5. 5 Coimbatore India 47 works
  6. 6 Shihezi China 47 works
  7. 7 Multan Pakistan 44 works
  8. 8 Zhengzhou China 37 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 36 works
  10. 10 Giza Egypt 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ShiheziCN · 46.7 works119×
  2. MultanPK · 43.9 works80×
  3. FaisalabadPK · 50.7 works52×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Research in Cotton Cultivation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Research in Cotton Cultivation?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhengzhou University, Henan University and Huazhong Agricultural 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%60%mean 41.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Zhengzhou University: 30, 44.6%Henan University: 12, 53.3%Huazhong Agricultural University: 23, 55.6%University of Agriculture Faisalabad: 26, 15.0%Sanya University: 13, 46.9%Nanjing Agricultural University: 20, 48.7%China Agricultural University: 13, 48.9%Anyang Institute of Technology: 9, 31.5%Southwest University: 16, 41.3%Shihezi University: 33, 33.5%Huazhong Agricultura…Henan UniversityZhengzhou UniversityUniversity of Agricu…
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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
1 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 78.244.6%18.1×30 +251.5%
2 Henan UniversityChina 72.753.3%17.7×12 +174.7%
3 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 69.955.6%35.5×23 -19.5%
4 University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 69.115.0%88.1×26 +317.8%
5 Sanya UniversityChina 63.546.9%55.5×13
6 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 62.748.7%26.1×20 -44.2%
7 China Agricultural UniversityChina 60.248.9%12.5×13 -29.3%
8 Anyang Institute of TechnologyChina 59.231.5%147.3×9 +463.7%
9 Southwest UniversityChina 57.641.3%14.9×16 -12.6%
10 Shihezi UniversityChina 56.833.5%93.0×33 -68.0%

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 Research in Cotton Cultivation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Research in Cotton Cultivation.

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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.