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Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation

Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 5.8k research works in it since 1950. 13.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the cultivation, genetic mapping, oil composition, medicinal properties, water use efficiency, nitrogen fertilization, and downy mildew resistance in safflower and sunflower. It includes research on yield response to environmental factors, medicinal uses in traditional Chinese medicine, genetic diversity, and potential applications as bioactive food ingredients.

  • Safflower
  • Sunflower
  • Cultivation
  • Genetic Mapping
  • Oil Composition
  • Medicinal Properties
  • Water Use Efficiency
  • Nitrogen Fertilization
  • Pharmacological Review
  • Downy Mildew Resistance
Research works
5.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
800
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (188 and 142 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 188 works
  2. 2 China 142 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 82 works
  4. 4 Iran 72 works
  5. 5 Russia 66 works
  6. 6 United States 57 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 49 works
  8. 8 Iraq 46 works
  9. 9 Brazil 46 works
  10. 10 Egypt 36 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: 24.0%China: 18.1%Türkiye: 10.4%Iran: 9.2%6 others listed: 38.3%24%largest
India188 · 24.0%China142 · 18.1%Türkiye82 · 10.4%Iran72 · 9.2%6 others listed301 · 38.3%

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

Which institutions lead Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Marathwada Agricultural University publishes the most Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research, followed by All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops by V.S. Pustovoit and Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Marathwada Agricultural UniversityIndia 19 works
  2. 2 All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops by V.S. PustovoitRussia 19 works
  3. 3 Indian Institute of Oilseeds ResearchIndia 17 works
  4. 4 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 13 works
  5. 5 Sindh Agriculture UniversityPakistan 11 works
  6. 6 University of MaraghehIran 9 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 8 works
  8. 8 University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreIndia 8 works
  9. 9 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 8 works
  10. 10 Institute of Field and Vegetable CropsSerbia 8 works

Where is Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research done?

The largest centres of Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research in 2022–2025 are Hyderabad (India), Tehran (Iran), Krasnodar (Russia) and Parbhani (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Krasnodar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hyderabad India 30 works
  2. 2 Tehran Iran 23 works
  3. 3 Krasnodar Russia 21 works
  4. 4 Parbhani India 19 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 18 works
  6. 6 Faisalabad Pakistan 17 works
  7. 7 Giza Egypt 14 works
  8. 8 Coimbatore India 14 works
  9. 9 Kyiv Ukraine 12 works
  10. 10 Tando Jam Pakistan 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KrasnodarRU · 20.7 works73×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Maragheh, Marathwada Agricultural University and Tamil Nadu 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%2.5%5%7.5%mean 2.3%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Maragheh: 9, 6.3%Marathwada Agricultural University: 19, 0.4%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 13, 2.5%Sindh Agriculture University: 11, 0.0%University of MaraghehTamil Nadu Agricultu…Marathwada Agricultu…Sindh Agriculture Un…
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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 University of MaraghehIran 41.26.3%236.4×9 +186.0%
2 Marathwada Agricultural UniversityIndia 37.20.4%509.6×19 +565.3%
3 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 23.22.5%54.1×13 +107.7%
4 Sindh Agriculture UniversityPakistan 21.00.0%324.8×11 —

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 Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sunflower and Safflower 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.

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.