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Henan Agricultural University

In research, Henan Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#40 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#20 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#478 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 13.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#992
of 28,054 · #2,549 all time
Rank in China
#318
of 3,058
Research works
12k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Henan 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 #40 of 3,409 41.7%1,060 #237
Plant ScienceSubfield #20 of 1,395 45.5%637 #156
Life SciencesDomain #478 of 7,800 35.6%1,778 #1367
Physical SciencesDomain #1,223 of 12,888 24.8%1,083 #3051
Environmental ScienceField #370 of 3,551 29.2%331 #1010
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #15 of 121 40.3%74 #136
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #476 of 3,579 26.9%600 #1380
Molecular BiologySubfield #351 of 2,175 27.5%362 #1044
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #24 of 114 28.6%99 #158
EngineeringField #1,465 of 6,636 23.5%326 #2653

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Henan 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#237 #40
  2. Plant Science#156 #20
  3. Life Sciences#1,367 #478
  4. Physical Sciences#3,051 #1,223
  5. Environmental Science#1,010 #370
  6. Agronomy and Crop Science#136 #15
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,380 #476
  8. Molecular Biology#1,044 #351
  9. Animal Science and Zoology#158 #24
  10. Engineering#2,653 #1,465
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 Henan Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 99.0 works13×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 636.6 works11×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 73.7 works9.2×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 29.9 works8.4×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,060.2 works6.6×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 53.7 works5.6×
← 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: 6.60× its world share, 1,060 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.33× its world share, 600 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 80 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.31× its world share, 123 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 83 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 326 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 331 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 118 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 259 worksMedicineNursing: 3.37× its world share, 56 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.64× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Henan Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Daowen Wang, LI Chao-hai and Yonghong Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Henan Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Daowen Wang China · #210,305 worldwide 249 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 LI Chao-hai China · #218,954 worldwide 56 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Yonghong Li China · #253,741 worldwide 138 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Baoxiang Li China · #255,950 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Lei Xi China · #333,232 worldwide 47 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Xu Zheng China · #385,399 worldwide 114 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Weiqun Liu China · #411,566 worldwide 54 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Hongbo Qiao China · #438,166 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Wei Feng China · #442,244 worldwide 114 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Longxian Zhang China · #449,119 worldwide 67 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Henan Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Henan Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Antioxidants, Transcription Factors, Climate Change, Oxidative Stress, Epigenetic Regulation, Metabolism 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 2022–2025 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 Change185▲ 2.0×68 topics
  2. Gene Expression179▲ 8.7×18 topics
  3. Epidemiology178▲ 1.33×77 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress154▲ 2.8×55 topics
  5. Antioxidants109▲ 7.2×14 topics
  6. Transcription Factors102▲ 25×5 topics
  7. Environmental Impact100▲ 1.74×46 topics
  8. Metabolism96▲ 5.5×27 topics
  9. Epigenetic Regulation93▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Pathogenesis92▲ 5.3×18 topics
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species87▲ 6.3×13 topics
  12. Signal Transduction80▲ 16×7 topics
  13. QTL Mapping78▲ 20×6 topics
  14. Drought Resistance78▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota78▲ 6.6×7 topics
  16. Vaccine78▲ 5.7×10 topics
  17. MicroRNA75▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity74▲ 4.9×20 topics
  19. Immune Response74▲ 3.8×20 topics
  20. Plant Responses72▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Development69▲ 5.9×8 topics
  22. Abiotic Stress66▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services66▲ 5.0×11 topics
  24. Auxin65▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Plant65▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Salt Tolerance62▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Stress Signaling62▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Genetic Regulation62▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation59▲ 4.7×9 topics
  30. Plant Immunity59▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Land Use Change56▲ 5.4×8 topics
  32. Plant Development53▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Marker-Assisted Selection51▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Pattern Recognition Receptors49▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Phosphorus47▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Fungal Pathogens47▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Crop Improvement46▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Genomic Sequencing46▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing45▲ 8.6×9 topics
  40. Quantitative Trait Loci45▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Henan Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Plant Molecular Biology Research: 65 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 62 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 40 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 36 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 33 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 33 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…31Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 31 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 31 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 26 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…26Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 26 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyAnimal Science and ZoologyGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 65 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 62 works
  3. 3 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 40 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 36 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 33 works
  6. 6 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 33 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 31 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  9. 9 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 26 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 26 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Henan Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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