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Turfgrass Adaptation and Management

Turfgrass Adaptation and Management is a research topic within Environmental Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 12k 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 focuses on the biogeochemical cycling, management practices, and physiological responses of turfgrasses, particularly in relation to nitrogen leaching, drought resistance, soil temperatures, fertilizer effects on water quality, and heat stress tolerance. It also explores the role of golf courses in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.

  • Turfgrass
  • Biogeochemical Cycling
  • Nitrogen Leaching
  • Drought Resistance
  • Soil Temperatures
  • Fertilizer Management
  • Root Physiology
  • Water Quality
  • Heat Stress Tolerance
  • Biodiversity Conservation
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (487 and 168 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 487 works
  2. 2 China 168 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 40 works
  4. 4 Japan 34 works
  5. 5 Brazil 34 works
  6. 6 Canada 34 works
  7. 7 Russia 30 works
  8. 8 India 29 works
  9. 9 South Korea 24 works
  10. 10 Australia 20 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.

United States: 54.1%China: 18.7%Türkiye: 4.4%Japan: 3.8%6 others listed: 19.0%54%largest
United States487 · 54.1%China168 · 18.7%Türkiye40 · 4.4%Japan34 · 3.8%6 others listed171 · 19.0%

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

Which institutions lead Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florida publishes the most Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research, followed by Kansas State University and University of Georgia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of FloridaUnited States 25 works
  2. 2 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 University of GeorgiaUnited States 19 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Research ServiceUnited States 15 works
  5. 5 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 13 works
  6. 6 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 Oklahoma State UniversityUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Virginia TechUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Turfgrass Adaptation and Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Turfgrass Adaptation and Management include Haibo Liu.

  1. 1 Haibo Liu France 2.1k citations

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

Where is Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research done?

The largest centres of Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States), Gainesville (United States) and Manhattan (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manhattan and Gainesville.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 38 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C. United States 33 works
  3. 3 Gainesville United States 26 works
  4. 4 Manhattan United States 20 works
  5. 5 Athens United States 19 works
  6. 6 Raleigh United States 14 works
  7. 7 Corvallis United States 12 works
  8. 8 New Brunswick United States 12 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 12 works
  10. 10 Lincoln New Zealand 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManhattanUS · 20.0 works77×
  2. GainesvilleUS · 26.1 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Turfgrass Adaptation and Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Turfgrass Adaptation and Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Kansas State University and North Carolina State 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%10%20%mean 7.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: 12, 16.1%Kansas State University: 20, 3.5%North Carolina State University: 13, 8.7%University of Florida: 25, 2.8%University of Georgia: 19, 2.7%Oregon State University: 10, 6.8%Nanjing Agricultural University: 8, 12.3%University of Minnesota: 9, 7.7%Virginia Tech: 10, 6.2%University of Tennessee at Knoxville: 9, 9.1%Rutgers, The State U…North Carolina State…Kansas State Univers…University of Florida
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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 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 74.116.1%16.5×12 -1.6%
2 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 62.13.5%79.5×20 +296.4%
3 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 54.98.7%21.3×13 +10.2%
4 University of FloridaUnited States 53.12.8%21.5×25 -11.1%
5 University of GeorgiaUnited States 50.42.7%38.9×19 -1.9%
6 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 48.56.8%31.0×10 +12.1%
7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 48.412.3%18.6×8 -24.8%
8 University of MinnesotaUnited States 47.87.7%11.1×9 +22.3%
9 Virginia TechUnited States 47.66.2%16.1×10 +65.2%
10 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 46.69.1%20.9×9 -38.6%

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 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009. The fastest-growing topics are Turfgrass Adaptation and Management.

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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.