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Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

In research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#7 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#5 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#82 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Insect Science and Plant Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 15.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#308
of 28,054 · #989 all time
Rank in China
#107
of 3,058
Research works
23k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
508k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 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 #7 of 3,409 42.7%2,635 #36
Plant ScienceSubfield #5 of 1,395 46.3%1,385 #15
Life SciencesDomain #82 of 7,800 38.3%4,253 #376
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #87 of 3,579 31.9%1,369 #388
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #3 of 121 44.3%181 #21
Food ScienceSubfield #14 of 492 42.9%238 #49
Molecular BiologySubfield #63 of 2,175 30.7%835 #310
Insect ScienceSubfield #3 of 102 31.2%256 #40
GeneticsSubfield #18 of 489 38.6%259 #161
Environmental ScienceField #136 of 3,551 33.8%564 #484

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 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#36 #7
  2. Plant Science#15 #5
  3. Life Sciences#376 #82
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#388 #87
  5. Agronomy and Crop Science#21 #3
  6. Food Science#49 #14
  7. Molecular Biology#310 #63
  8. Insect Science#40 #3
  9. Genetics#161 #18
  10. Environmental Science#484 #136
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 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 15.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 207.6 works15×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 255.6 works14×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,385.1 works13×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 180.7 works12×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 2,634.8 works8.8×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 153.7 works8.1×
  7. BiochemistrySubfield · 54.3 works7.0×
← 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: 8.81× its world share, 2,635 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.08× its world share, 1,369 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 170 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 112 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 251 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 564 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 617 worksMedicineNursing: 3.23× its world share, 100 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.41× its world share, 29 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Ren‐You Gan, Wensheng Wang and Bin Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

  1. 1 Ren‐You Gan China · #32,952 worldwide 644 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Wensheng Wang China · #75,654 worldwide 269 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Bin Liu China · #84,953 worldwide 503 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Erda Lin China · #99,179 worldwide 316 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Zhao-Liang Li China · #103,998 worldwide 957 citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Sanwen Huang China · #104,487 worldwide 250 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Min Xue China · #110,849 worldwide 241 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Haiyang Wang China · #129,456 worldwide 408 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Wenbin Wu China · #156,249 worldwide 372 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian China · #158,629 worldwide 207 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Climate Change, Metabolism, Gut Microbiota, Genetic Diversity, Antioxidants, QTL Mapping and Transcription Factors.

▲ 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 Change443▲ 2.6×80 topics
  2. Epidemiology377▲ 1.51×82 topics
  3. Gene Expression366▲ 9.6×19 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress273▲ 2.6×57 topics
  5. Metabolism232▲ 7.2×30 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota220▲ 10×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact217▲ 2.0×48 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity212▲ 7.6×21 topics
  9. Antioxidants209▲ 7.4×16 topics
  10. Pathogenesis199▲ 6.2×21 topics
  11. QTL Mapping192▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Transcription Factors190▲ 25×5 topics
  13. Epigenetic Regulation182▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Genetic Mapping178▲ 36×6 topics
  15. Antioxidant169▲ 3.9×51 topics
  16. Biological Control168▲ 18×10 topics
  17. Vaccine167▲ 6.5×11 topics
  18. Plant Immunity166▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity166▲ 4.2×30 topics
  20. Microbial Communities163▲ 6.1×10 topics
  21. Genomics150▲ 8.1×12 topics
  22. Immune Response150▲ 4.2×20 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention135▲ 8.1×10 topics
  24. Marker-Assisted Selection132▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Drought Resistance132▲ 22×4 topics
  26. MicroRNA131▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Quantitative Trait Loci131▲ 37×3 topics
  28. Pattern Recognition Receptors124▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Rhizosphere Interactions118▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis118▲ 6.2×15 topics
  31. Microbiome116▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Probiotics115▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Signal Transduction115▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Genome Sequencing114▲ 12×9 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning114▲ 9.5×6 topics
  36. Auxin113▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Plant113▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Crop Improvement113▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Genetic Regulation111▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Root Exudates105▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Plant Molecular Biology …113Plant Molecular Biology Research: 113 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…96Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 96 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 85 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 80 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 79 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 77 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 74 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…71Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 71 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 70 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 62 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceInsect ScienceGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 113 works
  2. 2 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 96 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 85 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 80 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 79 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 77 works
  7. 7 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 74 works
  8. 8 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 71 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 70 works
  10. 10 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 62 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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