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China Agricultural University

In research, China Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#1 of 1,395 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#14 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#106
of 28,054 · #540 all time
Rank in China
#46
of 3,058
Research works
42k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
982k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is China Agricultural University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2 of 3,409 46.1%3,510 #7
Plant ScienceSubfield #1 of 1,395 51.7%1,640 #6
Environmental ScienceField #14 of 3,551 35.2%1,299 #146
Life SciencesDomain #35 of 7,800 42.0%5,472 #216
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #1 of 121 47.4%248 #12
EcologySubfield #5 of 578 41.2%274 #121
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #35 of 3,579 35.3%1,646 #264
Insect ScienceSubfield #1 of 102 37.9%192 #35
Food ScienceSubfield #5 of 492 44.1%460 #6
Molecular BiologySubfield #24 of 2,175 34.9%995 #187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Agricultural University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#7 #2
  2. Plant Science#6 #1
  3. Environmental Science#146 #14
  4. Life Sciences#216 #35
  5. Agronomy and Crop Science#12 #1
  6. Ecology#121 #5
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#264 #35
  8. Insect Science#35 #1
  9. Food Science#6 #5
  10. Molecular Biology#187 #24
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does China Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 312.8 works12×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 248.0 works9.2×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 289.7 works8.4×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,640.4 works8.2×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 3,509.6 works6.5×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 191.7 works5.9×
  7. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 121.0 works5.5×
  8. Food ScienceSubfield · 459.5 works5.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6.46× its world share, 3,510 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.70× its world share, 1,646 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 167 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 48 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 34 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 301 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 410 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 143 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 90 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 1,464 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 1,299 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 303 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 56 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 869 worksMedicineNursing: 4.36× its world share, 244 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.70× its world share, 58 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 133 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 154 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 249 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yanxiang Gao, Fusuo Zhang and Feng Qin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Yanxiang Gao China · #49,326 worldwide 536 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Fusuo Zhang China · #54,155 worldwide 1.4k citations · 163 works
  3. 3 Feng Qin China · #58,766 worldwide 372 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Shaozhong Kang China · #70,885 worldwide 781 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Yi Wang China · #89,788 worldwide 229 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Zhaohu Li China · #98,073 worldwide 327 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Xiaolan Zhang China · #99,114 worldwide 387 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Xiaojun Liao China · #99,169 worldwide 333 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Like Mao China · #106,278 worldwide 450 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Xinping Chen China · #113,739 worldwide 280 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at China Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at China Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gut Microbiota, Microbial Communities, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Metabolism, Antioxidants and Probiotics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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 Change807▲ 2.6×95 topics
  2. Machine Learning466▲ 1.24×88 topics
  3. Deep Learning460▲ 1.18×82 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress444▲ 2.4×63 topics
  5. Environmental Impact422▲ 2.2×59 topics
  6. Sustainability413▲ 1.48×72 topics
  7. Gut Microbiota363▲ 9.1×7 topics
  8. Remote Sensing344▲ 2.4×38 topics
  9. Gene Expression330▲ 4.7×19 topics
  10. Microbial Communities312▲ 6.4×10 topics
  11. Metabolism294▲ 5.0×31 topics
  12. Antioxidants276▲ 5.4×15 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications274▲ 2.0×35 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring241▲ 5.5×14 topics
  15. Probiotics230▲ 8.5×6 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity230▲ 3.2×29 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks221▲ 4.3×19 topics
  18. Antioxidant220▲ 2.8×50 topics
  19. Image Processing214▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Transcription Factors210▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Metabolic Health200▲ 8.9×3 topics
  22. Health Benefits194▲ 5.2×15 topics
  23. Internet of Things (IoT)180▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Smart Farming180▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Crop Yield Prediction180▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Plant Disease Detection180▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Functioning166▲ 7.6×7 topics
  28. Lipid Oxidation166▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Genetic Regulation162▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. QTL Mapping161▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation160▲ 6.5×6 topics
  32. Polyphenols148▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Modified Atmosphere Packaging143▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Heat Stress142▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Drought Resistance141▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Biological Control138▲ 8.1×10 topics
  37. Fermentation138▲ 8.7×6 topics
  38. Soil Carbon Sequestration137▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Plant Immunity133▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Signal Transduction132▲ 7.9×7 topics

Which research topics does China Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Gut microbiota and health and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Smart Agriculture and AI180Smart Agriculture and AI: 180 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…124Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 124 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 122 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …114Plant Molecular Biology Research: 114 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…111Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 111 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 91 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 91 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…88Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 88 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 83 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 80 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceMolecular BiologyAnimal Science and Zoology2 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 180 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 124 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 122 works
  4. 4 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 114 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 111 works
  6. 6 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 91 works
  7. 7 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 91 works
  8. 8 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 88 works
  9. 9 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 83 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 80 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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