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Soybean genetics and cultivation

Soybean genetics and cultivation is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genetic diversity, genome sequencing, QTL mapping, and improvement of soybean, covering topics such as domestication, agronomic traits, seed composition, photoperiod sensitivity, and drought tolerance.

  • Soybean
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Genome Sequencing
  • QTL Mapping
  • Domestication
  • Agronomic Traits
  • Seed Composition
  • Photoperiod Sensitivity
  • Drought Tolerance
  • Maturity Loci
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Soybean genetics and cultivation

Which countries lead Soybean genetics and cultivation research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (802 and 539 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 802 works
  2. 2 India 539 works
  3. 3 United States 435 works
  4. 4 Brazil 399 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 177 works
  6. 6 Russia 133 works
  7. 7 Japan 98 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 75 works
  9. 9 South Korea 70 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 67 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: 28.7%India: 19.3%United States: 15.6%Brazil: 14.3%6 others listed: 22.2%29%largest
China802 · 28.7%India539 · 19.3%United States435 · 15.6%Brazil399 · 14.3%6 others listed621 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Soybean genetics and cultivation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Soybean genetics and cultivation research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Northeast Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 154 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 110 works
  3. 3 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 53 works
  4. 4 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 48 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 35 works
  7. 7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 31 works
  8. 8 National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationJapan 26 works
  9. 9 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil 25 works
  10. 10 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Soybean genetics and cultivation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Soybean genetics and cultivation include Jun Wang, Heng Li and Dennis W. Dickson.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  3. 3 Dennis W. Dickson United States 237k citations
  4. 4 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  5. 5 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  6. 6 Jian‐Kang Zhu China 164k citations
  7. 7 Russel Joseph Reiter United States 144k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Soybean genetics and cultivation?

The most cited paper in Soybean genetics and cultivation is "Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean" (Jeremy Schmutz et al., 2010), with 4,671 citations. Next come "Stage of Development Descriptions for Soybeans, Glycine Max (L.) Merrill 1" (2,952) and "The comparison of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR (microsatellite) markers for germplasm analysis" (2,682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean Jeremy Schmutz et al. · Nature Open access 2010 4,671
2 Stage of Development Descriptions for Soybeans, Glycine Max (L.) Merrill 1 Walter Ronald Fehr, C. E. Caviness, Dwayne Thomas Burmood et al. · Crop Science Nov 1971 2,952
3 The comparison of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR (microsatellite) markers for germplasm analysis Wayne Powell, Michele Morgante, Chaz Andre et al. · Molecular Breeding 1996 2,682
4 Estimates of Genetic and Environmental Variability in Soybeans 1 Herbert W. Johnson, H. F. Robinson, Ralph E. Comstock · Agronomy Journal Jul 1955 2,624
5 The Acetylene-Ethylene Assay for N 2 Fixation: Laboratory and Field Evaluation Ralph W. F. Hardy, R. D. Holsten, Earl K. Jackson et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Aug 1968 2,291
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Where is Soybean genetics and cultivation research done?

The largest centres of Soybean genetics and cultivation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Harbin (China), New Delhi (India) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jabalpur.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 158 works
  2. 2 HarbinChina 72 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 52 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 47 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 46 works
  6. 6 ChangchunChina 45 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 43 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 37 works
  9. 9 JakartaIndonesia 32 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JabalpurIN · 23.7 works38×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soybean genetics and cultivation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Soybean genetics and cultivation?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Guangzhou University and Nanjing 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%mean 21.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guangzhou UniversityNortheast Agricultur…Huazhong Agricultura…Nanjing Agricultural…
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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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 72.826.3%63.3×53 +101.9%
2Guangzhou UniversityChina 72.128.1%15.3×18 +221.0%
3Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 61.721.7%25.4×31 -6.8%
4Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 55.523.2%12.5×13 +106.4%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54.134.0%1.6×9 +45.7%
6University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan 50.07.4%27.5×15 +64.4%
7Qingdao Agricultural UniversityChina 49.526.7%20.4×9 +175.0%
8China Agricultural UniversityChina 48.720.5%7.3×13 +28.5%
9University of MissouriUnited States 48.016.0%12.2×16 -23.8%
10University of GeorgiaUnited States 46.612.3%9.4×13 +30.9%

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 Soybean genetics and cultivation, country by country

Is Soybean genetics and cultivation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Soybean genetics and cultivation.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Soybean genetics and cultivation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Soybean genetics and cultivation0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Soybean genetics and cultivation 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.

still counting5%10%15%Soybean genetics and cultivation10.8% in 2025200020102020

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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