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Research in Ya'an

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Ya'an, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sichuan Agricultural University and Ya'an Polytechnic College.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
297k
14.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
31.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Ya'an

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 Ya'an?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sichuan Agricultural UniversityUniversity 19,912 #1,102
2Ya'an Polytechnic CollegeUniversity 905 #9,598

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 Ya'an work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Ya'an is in Life Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Medicine (11%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 3,320 fractional works · 49.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,986 fractional works · 29.8% of its workPlant Science: 1,052 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 210 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 181 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 139 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 120 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 104 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,051 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 645 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGenetics: 152 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 185 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 133 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,784 fractional works · 26.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 668 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEcology: 131 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 100 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 84 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 485 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 211 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 164 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 111 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 915 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 704 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEpidemiology: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 129 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 128 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVeterinary: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 655 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 198 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 185 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 93 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 177 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 161 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKYa'an6,674fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences50%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences10%

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 Sciences3,32049.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,98629.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,05115.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1852.8%
    4. Neuroscience600.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics380.6%
    1. Environmental Science66810.0%
    2. Engineering4857.3%
    3. Materials Science2113.2%
    4. Computer Science1642.5%
    5. Chemistry1111.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences600.9%
    7. Energy550.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering150.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy90.1%
    10. Mathematics50.1%
    1. Medicine70410.5%
    2. Nursing1291.9%
    3. Veterinary470.7%
    4. Health Professions290.4%
    5. Dentistry70.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1983.0%
    2. Social Sciences1852.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1772.6%
    4. Psychology400.6%
    5. Decision Sciences380.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities170.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ya'an strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ya'an is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science (13.9× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 181.7 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 931.4 works9.0×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 126.2 works9.0×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 48.4 works6.6×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,757.3 works6.2×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 105.6 works5.9×
  7. Small AnimalsSubfield · 42.0 works5.8×
  8. VeterinaryField · 42.5 works5.2×
← 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: 6.22× its world share, 1,757 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.92× its world share, 925 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 167 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 36 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 58 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 433 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 596 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 186 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 624 worksMedicineNursing: 3.96× its world share, 115 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.25× its world share, 42 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 183 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.30× its world share, 166 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 176 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.22×1,757 works
  2. Veterinary5.25×42 works
  3. Nursing3.96×115 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.92×925 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.79×167 works
  6. Environmental Science2.02×596 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.72×36 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.30×166 works
  9. Chemistry1.06×99 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×183 works
  11. Materials Science0.90×186 works
  12. Energy0.88×48 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×58 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.61×35 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.60×12 works
  16. Medicine0.55×624 works
  17. Neuroscience0.51×49 works
  18. Engineering0.49×433 works
  19. Computer Science0.30×140 works
  20. Social Sciences0.23×176 works
  21. Dentistry0.21×6 works
  22. Psychology0.20×36 works
  23. Health Professions0.17×27 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.10×17 works
  25. Mathematics0.07×5 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.06×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Ya'an?

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

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress386▲ 3.5×59 topics
  2. Climate Change366▲ 2.0×80 topics
  3. Gene Expression308▲ 7.4×20 topics
  4. Gut Microbiota244▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Metabolism225▲ 6.4×30 topics
  6. Antioxidants218▲ 7.4×15 topics
  7. Antioxidant197▲ 4.3×49 topics
  8. Cancer192▲ 2.1×52 topics
  9. Transcription Factors188▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Probiotics187▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity169▲ 4.1×29 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species168▲ 6.1×14 topics
  13. Regulation157▲ 4.4×19 topics
  14. Microbial Communities150▲ 5.2×10 topics
  15. Epigenetic Regulation148▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Drought Resistance145▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Signal Transduction144▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Plant Responses137▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Toxicity137▲ 4.7×20 topics
  20. QTL Mapping134▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity132▲ 4.5×21 topics
  22. Aquaculture129▲ 7.6×8 topics
  23. Urbanization127▲ 4.7×9 topics
  24. Cancer Prevention126▲ 7.2×10 topics
  25. MicroRNA121▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Abiotic Stress116▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Salt Tolerance110▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Stress Signaling110▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Genetic Regulation106▲ 9.7×6 topics
  30. Heat Stress104▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Anthocyanins96▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Bioavailability96▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Crop Improvement94▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Amino Acids94▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Auxin93▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Metabolic Health93▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Plant93▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Intestinal Barrier89▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing89▲ 8.5×9 topics
  40. Metabolic Pathways89▲ 24×3 topics

What research is done in Ya'an?

Plant Stress Responses a…95Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 95 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …84Plant Molecular Biology Research: 84 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…74Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 74 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…69Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 69 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 64 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 56 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…53Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 53 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 46 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 45 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…44Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 44 fractional works
Plant ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyMolecular BiologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 95 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 84 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 74 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 69 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 64 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 56 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 53 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 46 works
  9. 9 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 45 works
  10. 10 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 44 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Ya'an31.1% 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 35.6% in 2023.

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