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Weed Control and Herbicide Applications

Weed Control and Herbicide Applications is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 19.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on weed management, herbicide resistance, and the impact of herbicides on crop losses. It covers topics such as glyphosate, integrated pest management, non-chemical weed management, and the effects of agricultural intensification on weed ecology. The papers also explore dose-response analysis, crop rotation, and the physiological effects of herbicides on plants.

  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Weed Control
  • Crop Losses
  • Glyphosate
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Dose-Response Analysis
  • Non-Chemical Weed Management
  • Crop Rotation
  • Agricultural Intensification
  • Plant Physiology
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (512 and 371 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 512 works
  2. 2 China 371 works
  3. 3 India 326 works
  4. 4 Brazil 304 works
  5. 5 Australia 70 works
  6. 6 Germany 64 works
  7. 7 Canada 57 works
  8. 8 France 57 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 55 works
  10. 10 Spain 52 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: 27.4%China: 19.9%India: 17.5%Brazil: 16.3%6 others listed: 19.0%27%largest
United States512 · 27.4%China371 · 19.9%India326 · 17.5%Brazil304 · 16.3%6 others listed355 · 19.0%

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

Which institutions lead Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publishes the most Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Kansas State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 24 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 23 works
  3. 3 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 20 works
  4. 4 University of FloridaUnited States 20 works
  5. 5 Institute of Plant ProtectionChina 19 works
  6. 6 University of GuelphCanada 18 works
  7. 7 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 17 works
  8. 8 University of Arkansas at FayettevilleUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 16 works
  10. 10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 16 works

Where is Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research done?

The largest centres of Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Coimbatore (India) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manhattan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 76 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 48 works
  3. 3 Coimbatore India 30 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 29 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C. United States 24 works
  6. 6 Manhattan United States 21 works
  7. 7 Gainesville United States 20 works
  8. 8 Brisbane Australia 19 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 19 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManhattanUS · 20.8 works34×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Weed Control and Herbicide Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Weed Control and Herbicide Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Kansas State University and Colorado 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%20%40%mean 24.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya: 12, 30.5%Kansas State University: 20, 9.7%Colorado State University: 12, 21.4%University of Nebraska–Lincoln: 15, 19.9%Anhui Agricultural University: 10, 45.3%Nanjing Agricultural University: 16, 24.8%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 23, 11.0%China Agricultural University: 12, 47.1%University of Hohenheim: 9, 30.1%Punjab Agricultural University: 16, 8.6%Jawaharlal Nehru Kri…Colorado State Unive…University of Nebras…Kansas State Univers…
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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 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 66.430.5%92.0×12 +272.1%
2 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 66.09.7%34.5×20 +234.3%
3 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 64.121.4%12.8×12 +197.5%
4 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States 60.819.9%20.1×15 +85.0%
5 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina 60.745.3%21.9×10 -21.4%
6 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 59.724.8%15.9×16 +2.8%
7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 59.411.0%10.5×23 +29.7%
8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 57.947.1%7.8×12 -40.1%
9 University of HohenheimGermany 57.630.1%32.9×9 +28.9%
10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 57.58.6%36.2×16 +191.3%

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 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Weed Control and Herbicide Applications.

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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.