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Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of water in rice cultivation to enhance productivity, with an emphasis on strategies for drought resistance, yield potential improvement, aerobic rice systems, QTL mapping for important traits, root characteristics, and the application of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). It also explores nitrogen use efficiency and its impact on grain yield in rice production.

  • Rice
  • Water Management
  • Drought Resistance
  • Yield Potential
  • Aerobic Rice Systems
  • QTL Mapping
  • Root Traits
  • Grain Yield
  • System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
  • Nitrogen Use Efficiency
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+53%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (2.5k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.6k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 413 works
  4. 4 United States 392 works
  5. 5 Bangladesh 248 works
  6. 6 Japan 213 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 159 works
  8. 8 Brazil 146 works
  9. 9 Egypt 141 works
  10. 10 Iran 105 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.

India: 42.5%China: 27.2%Indonesia: 6.9%United States: 6.5%6 others listed: 16.9%43%largest
India2,549 · 42.5%China1,630 · 27.2%Indonesia413 · 6.9%United States392 · 6.5%6 others listed1,012 · 16.9%

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

Which institutions lead Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publishes the most Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research, followed by Punjab Agricultural University and Yangzhou University.

Who are the leading researchers in Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement include Ian Foster, Robert J. Hijmans and Rattan Lal.

  1. 1 Ian Foster United States 4.9k citations
  2. 2 Robert J. Hijmans United States 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research done?

The largest centres of Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Coimbatore (India), New Delhi (India) and Hyderabad (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Samāstipur, Krishnanagar and Mymensingh.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 315 works
  2. 2 Coimbatore India 224 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 193 works
  4. 4 Hyderabad India 188 works
  5. 5 Dhaka Bangladesh 133 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 110 works
  7. 7 Ludhiana India 99 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 95 works
  9. 9 Bhubaneswar India 95 works
  10. 10 Yangzhou China 88 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SamāstipurIN · 20.9 works117×
  2. KrishnanagarIN · 28.8 works87×
  3. MymensinghBD · 66.4 works69×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, China Agricultural 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%25%50%75%mean 39.58%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F University: 28, 63.1%China Agricultural University: 46, 58.6%Huazhong Agricultural University: 41, 51.7%Nanjing Agricultural University: 40, 53.8%Yangzhou University: 87, 44.9%Gazipur Agricultural University: 14, 34.9%Bangladesh Agricultural University: 66, 10.3%Sanya University: 12, 54.2%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 194, 7.5%Punjab Agricultural University: 88, 16.8%Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…Nanjing Agricultural…Huazhong Agricultura…
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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 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 77.563.1%10.0×28 +163.4%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 69.358.6%11.3×46 +13.7%
3 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 64.751.7%16.9×41 -2.6%
4 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 64.053.8%14.2×40 -22.5%
5 Yangzhou UniversityChina 62.744.9%21.7×87 -50.6%
6 Gazipur Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 61.534.9%56.8×14 +169.1%
7 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 61.110.3%96.9×66 +251.7%
8 Sanya UniversityChina 60.654.2%12.8×12
9 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 60.37.5%118.6×194 +137.3%
10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 59.216.8%75.1×88 +127.4%

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 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

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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.