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Gansu Agricultural University

In research, Gansu Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#222 of 3,157 worldwide), Plant Science (#135 of 1,317 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,355 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Soil Science (Agronomy and Crop Science is 16.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,753
of 22,385 · #4,411 all time
Rank in China
#481
of 2,481
Research works
9.7k
▲ 170% vs 2018-21
Citations
84k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Gansu Agricultural University

What is Gansu Agricultural University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #222 of 3,157 17.8%1,361 #654
Plant ScienceSubfield #135 of 1,317 16.5%789 #514
Physical SciencesDomain #1,355 of 10,670 14.5%689 #2837
Life SciencesDomain #1,816 of 6,403 15.5%2,008 #3321
Food ScienceSubfield #149 of 517 18.9%146 #555
Soil ScienceSubfield #46 of 144 17.7%134 #172
Environmental ScienceField #1,110 of 3,334 14.6%305 #1649
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #48 of 130 22.9%118 #174
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,599 of 2,964 10.6%567 #2821
Health SciencesDomain #6,093 of 9,902 13.6%280 #11416

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gansu 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#654 #222
  2. Plant Science#514 #135
  3. Physical Sciences#2,837 #1,355
  4. Life Sciences#3,321 #1,816
  5. Food Science#555 #149
  6. Soil Science#172 #46
  7. Environmental Science#1,649 #1,110
  8. Agronomy and Crop Science#174 #48
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,821 #1,599
  10. Health Sciences#11,416 #6,093
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Gansu Agricultural University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Gansu Agricultural University is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 5.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 2,313 fractional works · 66.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,578 fractional works · 45.1% of its workPlant Science: 913 fractional works · 26.1% of its workFood Science: 163 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSoil Science: 157 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 140 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 72 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 640 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 402 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 64 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 55 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 798 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 354 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEcology: 109 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 85 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 183 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Science: 76 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 323 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 258 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGansuAgricultural…3,502fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences9%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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Life Sciences2,31366.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,57845.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64018.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology551.6%
    4. Neuroscience210.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.5%
    1. Environmental Science35410.1%
    2. Engineering1835.2%
    3. Materials Science762.2%
    4. Computer Science561.6%
    5. Chemistry491.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences431.2%
    7. Energy160.5%
    8. Mathematics100.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy20.0%
    1. Medicine2587.4%
    2. Nursing431.2%
    3. Veterinary140.4%
    4. Health Professions70.2%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Social Sciences361.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting100.3%
    4. Psychology60.2%
    5. Decision Sciences30.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Gansu Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 140.2 works17×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 912.8 works15×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 156.6 works15×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,578.1 works9.5×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 72.1 works9.3×
  6. BiochemistrySubfield · 36.4 works8.4×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 163.0 works6.2×
  8. Life SciencesDomain · 2,313.5 works5.1×
← 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: 9.48× its world share, 1,578 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.43× its world share, 640 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 49 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 183 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 354 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 76 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 258 worksMedicineNursing: 2.50× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.97× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.48×1,578 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.43×640 works
  3. Veterinary2.97×14 works
  4. Nursing2.50×43 works
  5. Environmental Science2.04×354 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.57×55 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×19 works
  8. Chemistry0.90×49 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.78×43 works
  10. Materials Science0.62×76 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.60×7 works
  12. Energy0.51×16 works
  13. Medicine0.38×258 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×21 works
  15. Engineering0.35×183 works
  16. Mathematics0.25×10 works
  17. Computer Science0.21×56 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×12 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.10×3 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×10 works
  21. Social Sciences0.08×36 works
  22. Health Professions0.07×6 works
  23. Dentistry0.06×1 works
  24. Psychology0.05×6 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×2 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.02×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Gansu Agricultural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Aizhong Yu, Falong Hu and Yanqiang Gao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gansu Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Aizhong Yu China · #65,446 worldwide 3.6k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Falong Hu China · #91,515 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Yanqiang Gao China · #197,919 worldwide 3.2k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Qiang Chai China · #198,657 worldwide 8.4k citations · 265 works
  5. 5 Xiaopeng Huang China · #210,676 worldwide 4.1k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Changning Li China · #265,229 worldwide 3.7k citations · 143 works
  7. 7 Wen Yin China · #289,893 worldwide 1.6k citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Cai Zhao China · #311,934 worldwide 3.5k citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Shuwu Zhang China · #335,323 worldwide 7.2k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Weina Zhang China · #347,354 worldwide 3.4k citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at Gansu Agricultural University

What are the most cited papers from Gansu Agricultural University?

The most cited paper from Gansu Agricultural University is "Cadmium toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation strategies" (Fasih Ullah Haider, Cai Liqun, Jeffrey A. Coulter et al., 2021), with 1,557 citations. Next come "Rhizosphere bacteriome structure and functions" (1,171) and "Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants" (645).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cadmium toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation strategies Fasih Ullah Haider, Cai Liqun, Jeffrey A. Coulter et al. · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Open access 12 Jan 2021 1,557
2 Rhizosphere bacteriome structure and functions Ning Ling, Tingting Wang, Yakov V. Kuzyakov · Nature Communications Open access 11 Feb 2022 1,171
3 Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants Asaf Levy et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 15 Dec 2017 645
4 Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress. A review Qiang Chai, Yantai Gan, Cai Zhao et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development Open access 18 Dec 2015 635
5 Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems—An Innovative Technique for Boosting Crop Productivity in Semiarid Rain-Fed Environments Yantai Gan, Siddique, KHM, Neil C. Turner et al. · Advances in agronomy Book chapter 19 Dec 2012 620
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gansu Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Climate Change, Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, Metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species, Transcription Factors and Signal Transduction.

▲ 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 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 Change382▲ 4.0×62 topics
  2. Gene Expression300▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress284▲ 4.9×51 topics
  4. Antioxidants248▲ 16×14 topics
  5. Metabolism169▲ 9.2×28 topics
  6. Reactive Oxygen Species162▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Transcription Factors160▲ 36×5 topics
  8. Signal Transduction158▲ 29×6 topics
  9. Drought Resistance157▲ 46×4 topics
  10. Abiotic Stress148▲ 56×2 topics
  11. Plant Responses139▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Salt Tolerance133▲ 75×1 topic
  13. Stress Signaling133▲ 75×1 topic
  14. Epigenetic Regulation122▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Genetic Regulation119▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Regulation119▲ 6.3×13 topics
  17. Microbial Communities115▲ 7.5×10 topics
  18. MicroRNA106▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning104▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity101▲ 4.6×28 topics
  21. Horticultural Crops95▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Plant Development94▲ 41×3 topics
  23. Development94▲ 7.5×10 topics
  24. Soil Fertility93▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Anthocyanins92▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Rhizosphere Interactions90▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Auxin86▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Plant86▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Soil Carbon Sequestration84▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Biochar Application81▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Nutrient Limitation81▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Nitrogen Cycle80▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Organic Matter Dynamics80▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Land Use Change78▲ 7.5×8 topics
  35. Metabolic Pathways76▲ 39×3 topics
  36. Phosphorus74▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Modified Atmosphere Packaging74▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Nitrate72▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Nitrogen71▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Root Architecture71▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Gansu Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 133 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 86 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…80Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 80 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…71Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 71 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 63 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 58 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…42Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 42 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 41 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 38 fractional worksPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management: 38 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceMolecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop Science

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

  1. 1 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 133 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 86 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 80 works
  4. 4 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 71 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 63 works
  6. 6 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 58 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 42 works
  8. 8 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 41 works
  9. 9 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 38 works
  10. 10 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 38 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gansu Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 170% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gansu Agricultural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Gansu Agricultural University0.016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Gansu Agricultural University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting10%20%Gansu Agricultural University17.2% 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 17.2% in 2025.

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