Silicon Effects in Agriculture
Silicon Effects in Agriculture is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 7.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the role of silicon in plant biology and ecology, focusing on its uptake, transport, and effects on plant stress resistance, including drought and salt tolerance, as well as its impact on phytolith formation and the biogeochemical cycle. The papers also investigate silicon's influence on alleviating heavy metal toxicity and its interactions with pathogens.
- Silicon Uptake
- Plant Stress Resistance
- Phytolith Formation
- Silicon Transporters
- Biogeochemical Cycle
- Abiotic Stress Alleviation
- Plant Nutrient
- Drought and Salt Tolerance
- Heavy Metal Toxicity
- Pathogen Interactions
- Research works
- 7.9k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 814 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +49% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Silicon Effects in Agriculture research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (566 and 339 works in 2022-now).
United States
IndonesiaHow 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 Silicon Effects in Agriculture research?
By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Silicon Effects in Agriculture research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina
52 works
- 2
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
India
37 works
- 3
Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
36 works
- 4
Agricultural Research Center
Egypt
28 works
- 5
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Brazil
27 works
- 6
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
27 works
- 7
Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia
25 works
- 8
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Iran
19 works
- 9
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France
19 works
- 10
South China Agricultural UniversityChina
14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Silicon Effects in Agriculture?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Silicon Effects in Agriculture include Kazuo Shinozaki.
- 1
Kazuo Shinozaki
Japan
170k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Silicon Effects in Agriculture research done?
The largest centres of Silicon Effects in Agriculture research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Giza (Egypt), São Paulo (Brazil) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Faisalabad and Giza.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- FaisalabadPK · 22.6 works18×
- GizaEG · 49.8 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Silicon Effects in Agriculture than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Silicon Effects in Agriculture?
Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, University of Agriculture Faisalabad and South China 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.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia |
78.3 | 31.4% | 5.9× | 13 | +116.8% |
| 2 | University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan |
59.3 | 16.2% | 32.0× | 12 | +43.7% |
| 3 | South China Agricultural UniversityChina |
57.2 | 20.8% | 18.6× | 14 | +101.8% |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia |
53.4 | 5.0% | 50.0× | 25 | +371.9% |
| 5 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil |
52.8 | 11.5% | 14.6× | 27 | -23.0% |
| 6 | Islamic Azad University, TehranIran |
49.0 | 8.1% | 5.1× | 19 | +18.9% |
| 7 | University of TehranIran |
48.7 | 22.6% | 6.3× | 8 | +71.9% |
| 8 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina |
42.8 | 11.5% | 9.8× | 8 | +43.4% |
| 9 | Yangzhou UniversityChina |
41.8 | 20.2% | 7.8× | 10 | +254.3% |
| 10 | Zhejiang UniversityChina |
38.4 | 27.0% | 1.6× | 10 | -2.5% |
| 11 | Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina |
36.0 | 15.3% | 33.1× | 11 | - |
| 12 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina |
33.6 | 11.6% | 19.9× | 10 | -2.8% |
| 13 | Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina |
30.4 | 9.3% | 13.8× | 9 | +52.2% |
| 14 | University of Baghdad Iraq |
19.3 | 0.0% | 5.6× | 9 | +552.4% |
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 Silicon Effects in Agriculture, country by countryIs Silicon Effects in Agriculture research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Silicon Effects in Agriculture.
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 Silicon Effects in Agriculture as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0100% in 2024.
Fractional works of Silicon Effects in Agriculture 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.
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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