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Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genetic diversity, breeding, and genomics of wheat, with an emphasis on disease resistance, yield potential, polyploid wheat, QTL mapping, and genome sequencing. It covers topics such as the impact of environmental factors on wheat grain development, the role of genes in conferring resistance to fungal pathogens, and the use of advanced breeding technologies to improve crop productivity.

  • Wheat
  • Genetics
  • Breeding
  • Disease Resistance
  • Genomic Diversity
  • Yield Potential
  • Polyploid Wheat
  • QTL Mapping
  • Genome Sequencing
  • Crop Improvement
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Which countries lead Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (995 and 537 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 995 works
  2. 2 India 537 works
  3. 3 United States 479 works
  4. 4 Russia 398 works
  5. 5 Germany 148 works
  6. 6 Iran 146 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 144 works
  8. 8 Egypt 142 works
  9. 9 Ethiopia 128 works
  10. 10 Australia 128 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: 30.7%India: 16.5%United States: 14.8%Russia: 12.3%6 others listed: 25.8%31%largest
China995 · 30.7%India537 · 16.5%United States479 · 14.8%Russia398 · 12.3%6 others listed836 · 25.8%

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

Which institutions lead Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 193 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 157 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 150 works
  4. 4 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 73 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 70 works
  6. 6 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 63 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works
  8. 8 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 55 works
  9. 9 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 50 works
  10. 10 CGIARFrance 47 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology include Rob Knight, Steven L. Salzberg and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Huanming Yang China 246k 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 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology?

The most cited paper in Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology is "Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies" (Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens, Jonathan K. Pritchard, 2003), with 8,144 citations. Next come "MAPMAKER: An interactive computer package for constructing primary genetic linkage maps of experimental and natural populations" (6,709) and "Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics." (5,235).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies Daniel Falush, Matthew Stephens, Jonathan K. Pritchard · Genetics Aug 2003 8,144
2 MAPMAKER: An interactive computer package for constructing primary genetic linkage maps of experimental and natural populations Eric S. Lander, Philip Green, Jeff Abrahamson et al. · Genomics Oct 1987 6,709
3 Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics. M. A. Saghai Maroof, K. M. Soliman, Richard A. Jorgensen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Dec 1984 5,235
4 On the number of segregating sites in genetical models without recombination G. A. Watterson · Theoretical Population Biology Apr 1975 4,138
5 Plant Productivity and Environment J. S. Boyer · Science 29 Oct 1982 3,978
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Where is Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research done?

The largest centres of Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Giza (Egypt), New Delhi (India) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gatersleben, Karnāl and Texcoco.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 253 works
  2. 2 GizaEgypt 86 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 85 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 83 works
  5. 5 Addis AbabaEthiopia 76 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 66 works
  7. 7 YanglingChina 55 works
  8. 8 Saint PetersburgRussia 51 works
  9. 9 ZhengzhouChina 50 works
  10. 10 Ya'anChina 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GaterslebenDE · 23.8 works357×
  2. KarnālIN · 44.8 works97×
  3. TexcocoMX · 26.7 works85×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology?

Among universities, judged by research, China Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 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.

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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
1China Agricultural UniversityChina 81.723.3%14.8×36 +37.5%
2Northwest A&F UniversityChina 72.413.9%32.2×56 +32.7%
3Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 65.518.7%24.1×16 +31.1%
4Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 64.615.4%14.5×25 +39.1%
5Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 64.016.0%11.1×16 +56.5%
6Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 60.815.6%33.7×26 +42.6%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 60.722.2%1.8×13 +38.3%
8Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 59.214.9%32.9×24 +32.8%
9Qingdao Agricultural UniversityChina 58.821.9%14.4×9 +130.3%
10Yangzhou UniversityChina 58.414.5%7.7×19 +166.3%

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 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, country by country

Is Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

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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 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology 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%Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology10.1% 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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