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Research in Xiaodian

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Xiaodian, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shanxi Agricultural University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.9k
▲ 187% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
8.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Xiaodian

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Xiaodian?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shanxi Agricultural UniversityUniversity 7,872 #5,763

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Xiaodian work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Xiaodian is in Life Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 4.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,878 fractional works · 60.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,246 fractional works · 40.0% of its workPlant Science: 679 fractional works · 21.8% of its workFood Science: 142 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSoil Science: 102 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 93 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 521 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 320 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGenetics: 75 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 815 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 327 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEcology: 84 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 189 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 362 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 257 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVeterinary: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKXiaodian3,112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Life Sciences1,87860.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,24640.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52116.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology732.3%
    4. Neuroscience301.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.3%
    1. Environmental Science32710.5%
    2. Engineering1896.1%
    3. Chemistry912.9%
    4. Computer Science782.5%
    5. Materials Science521.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences391.2%
    7. Energy140.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy120.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering100.3%
    10. Mathematics40.1%
    1. Medicine2578.3%
    2. Nursing722.3%
    3. Veterinary270.9%
    4. Health Professions40.1%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Social Sciences321.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting120.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.2%
    4. Psychology30.1%
    5. Decision Sciences20.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Xiaodian strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Xiaodian is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology (13.3× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 83.9 works13×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 570.1 works12×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 65.9 works11×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 80.1 works10×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 32.8 works10×
  6. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 46.8 works9.1×
  7. Insect ScienceSubfield · 63.9 works8.5×
  8. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,049.7 works8.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8.31× its world share, 1,050 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.20× its world share, 454 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 83 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 166 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 275 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 223 worksMedicineNursing: 5.04× its world share, 66 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.25× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.31×1,050 works
  2. Veterinary5.25×19 works
  3. Nursing5.04×66 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.20×454 works
  5. Environmental Science2.08×275 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.06×55 works
  7. Chemistry1.99×83 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.91×8 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×37 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×7 works
  11. Neuroscience0.58×25 works
  12. Energy0.55×13 works
  13. Materials Science0.45×42 works
  14. Medicine0.44×223 works
  15. Engineering0.42×166 works
  16. Computer Science0.31×65 works
  17. Dentistry0.18×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.16×10 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×11 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×3 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×6 works
  22. Social Sciences0.09×30 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.07×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.05×4 works
  25. Psychology0.03×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.01×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Xiaodian?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Antioxidants, Transcription Factors, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Activity and Microbial Communities.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change252▲ 3.0×65 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress162▲ 3.2×55 topics
  3. Gene Expression158▲ 8.1×19 topics
  4. Antioxidants126▲ 9.1×14 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity115▲ 6.0×28 topics
  6. Metabolism114▲ 6.9×28 topics
  7. Transcription Factors108▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Microbial Communities98▲ 7.3×10 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning86▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Antioxidant85▲ 4.0×47 topics
  11. Soil Fertility85▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota81▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species81▲ 6.3×12 topics
  14. Regulation79▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Drought Resistance76▲ 25×4 topics
  16. QTL Mapping74▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Epigenetic Regulation74▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Health Benefits71▲ 6.9×15 topics
  19. Toxicity71▲ 5.3×20 topics
  20. Soil Carbon Sequestration71▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Signal Transduction69▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Biochar Application67▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention67▲ 8.2×10 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity66▲ 4.9×21 topics
  25. Genetic Regulation66▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Flavonoids66▲ 8.3×10 topics
  27. Nutrient Limitation65▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Nitrogen Cycle64▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Organic Matter Dynamics64▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Plant Responses63▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Anthocyanins63▲ 29×3 topics
  32. MicroRNA62▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Genetic Improvement60▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Abiotic Stress58▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Plant Development57▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Smart Farming53▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Internet of Things (IoT)53▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Auxin53▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Crop Yield Prediction53▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Plant Disease Detection53▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Xiaodian?

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…50Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 50 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …46Plant Molecular Biology Research: 46 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI45Smart Agriculture and AI: 45 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…43Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 43 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 36 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 34 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…33Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 33 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 27 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 25 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…23Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 23 fractional works
Soil SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 50 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 46 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 45 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 43 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 36 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 34 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 33 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 27 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 25 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 23 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Xiaodian25.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.6% in 2024.

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