How does China rank in Agricultural and Biological Sciences research?

China ranks #1 of 126 countries on research quality in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2022–2025), with 156k works.

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Agricultural and Biological Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#1 worldwide), followed by China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F University.

China's world rank: #1
Works, 2022–2025: 156k
Top-10% rate: 37.0%
Ranked institutions: 60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Agricultural and Biological Sciences in China?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#1	100.0	39.4%	3,028
2	China Agricultural UniversityBeijing	#2	91.5	46.1%	3,510
3	Northwest A&F UniversityYangling	#3	86.5	50.0%	2,625
4	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsBeijing	#4	83.0	44.3%	3,306
5	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#6	78.0	43.2%	1,512
6	Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing	#7	76.1	42.7%	2,635
7	Northeast Agricultural UniversityHarbin	#8	74.4	50.1%	1,800
8	Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing	#9	73.0	44.0%	2,771
9	Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan	#10	71.7	45.6%	2,053
10	Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou	#11	70.5	46.5%	1,518
11	Jiangsu UniversityZhenjiang	#16	65.9	52.4%	1,044
12	Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing	#17	65.2	32.5%	1,165
13	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou	#18	64.5	40.0%	1,499
14	Shandong Agricultural UniversityTai’an	#20	63.2	39.9%	1,404
15	South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou	#21	62.6	40.2%	1,867
16	Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou	#22	62.0	40.9%	737
17	Peking UniversityBeijing	#24	60.9	43.1%	420
18	Sichuan Agricultural UniversityYa'an	#26	60.0	38.5%	1,746
19	Institute of Soil and Water ConservationYangling	#28	59.0	42.7%	311
20	Yangzhou UniversityYangzhou	#31	57.8	37.7%	1,655
21	Guizhou UniversityGuiyang	#32	57.4	38.8%	1,624
22	Guangxi UniversityNanning	#35	56.3	36.7%	957
23	Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing	#37	55.6	39.5%	1,260
24	Henan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhou	#40	54.7	41.7%	1,060
25	Gansu Agricultural UniversityLanzhou	#45	53.2	42.8%	1,361
26	Southwest UniversityChongqing	#46	52.9	38.6%	1,247
27	Hainan UniversityHaikou	#47	52.7	39.3%	1,051
28	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchBeijing	#53	51.2	44.2%	269
29	Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing	#57	50.3	40.2%	417
30	Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional PlanningBeijing	#61	49.5	50.5%	206
31	Wuhan UniversityWuhan	#66	48.5	40.6%	376
32	Shihezi UniversityShihezi	#70	47.8	39.3%	755
33	Shenyang Agricultural UniversityShenyang	#80	46.1	42.6%	1,135
34	Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin	#82	45.8	32.3%	812
35	Zhejiang A & F UniversityLin’an Shi	#83	45.7	39.2%	790
36	Hunan Agricultural UniversityChangsha	#84	45.5	38.5%	866
37	Sanya UniversitySanya	#86	45.2	45.6%	513
38	Jiangnan UniversityWuxi	#87	45.1	44.8%	1,072
39	Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei	#88	45.0	43.0%	1,027
40	Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou	#101	43.3	34.2%	556
41	Shanxi Agricultural UniversityXiaodian	#104	42.9	33.6%	1,050
42	Guizhou Normal UniversityGuiyang	#106	42.7	32.1%	299
43	Henan UniversityKaifeng	#112	42.0	41.6%	380
44	Tsinghua UniversityBeijing	#113	41.9	40.2%	314
45	Jilin Agricultural UniversityChangchun	#114	41.8	40.5%	926
46	Yunnan Agricultural UniversityKunming	#118	41.3	39.0%	865
47	State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyWuxi	#122	40.9	51.4%	817
48	Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao	#123	40.8	39.2%	818
49	Institute of Soil ScienceNanjing	#125	40.6	34.5%	260
50	Hebei Agricultural UniversityBaoding	#128	40.3	41.8%	892
51	Beijing Technology and Business UniversityBeijing	#130	40.2	46.5%	631
52	Jiangxi Agricultural UniversityNanchang	#133	39.9	36.0%	758
53	Sichuan UniversityChengdu	#136	39.6	38.9%	565
54	Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing	#137	39.5	36.7%	163
55	State Forestry and Grassland AdministrationBeijing	#148	38.6	35.5%	524
56	ZheJiang Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhou	#157	37.8	38.8%	574
57	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai	#161	37.5	40.9%	628
58	Institute of BotanyBeijing	#181	36.1	38.0%	372
59	Hohai UniversityNanjing	#182	36.0	35.8%	231
60	Ningxia UniversityYinchuan	#183	36.0	35.3%	470

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Agricultural and Biological Sciences researchers in China?

Jian‐Kang Zhu, Jianchu Xu and Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe rank highest among researchers based in China.

1Jian‐Kang Zhu#7,207 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 45 works
2Jianchu Xu#11,738 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 49 works
3Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe#22,621 worldwide overall871 citations · 50 works
4Shaobing Peng#30,260 worldwide overall656 citations · 60 works
5Jikun Huang#32,370 worldwide overall851 citations · 41 works
6Fang‐Jie Zhao#34,580 worldwide overall890 citations · 40 works
7Qirong Shen#44,094 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 118 works
8Fusuo Zhang#54,155 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 138 works
9Samantha C. Karunarathna#59,904 worldwide overall494 citations · 42 works
10Yu‐Cheng Dai#68,725 worldwide overall530 citations · 50 works
11Shaozhong Kang#70,885 worldwide overall781 citations · 46 works
12Guohua Xu#71,951 worldwide overall410 citations · 42 works
13Yueming Jiang#72,419 worldwide overall927 citations · 80 works
14Bin Liu#84,953 worldwide overall503 citations · 41 works
15Jianliang Huang#85,139 worldwide overall341 citations · 44 works

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