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Henan Agricultural University

In research, Henan Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#129 of 3,157 worldwide), Plant Science (#79 of 1,317 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#539 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 13.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,319
of 22,385 · #1,630 all time
Rank in China
#291
of 2,481
Research works
12k
▲ 89% vs 2018-21
Citations
135k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%

What is Henan 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 #129 of 3,157 18.0%1,060 #333
Plant ScienceSubfield #79 of 1,317 17.0%637 #245
Life SciencesDomain #539 of 6,403 15.4%1,778 #1069
Physical SciencesDomain #1,367 of 10,670 13.3%1,083 #1415
Environmental ScienceField #609 of 3,334 14.9%331 #647
Health SciencesDomain #1,857 of 9,902 15.2%334 #3017
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #621 of 2,964 11.2%600 #1106
EngineeringField #1,261 of 5,901 14.7%326 #1618
MedicineField #2,125 of 8,541 14.8%259 #3338
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #35 of 123 19.4%99 #153

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 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#333 #129
  2. Plant Science#245 #79
  3. Life Sciences#1,069 #539
  4. Physical Sciences#1,415 #1,367
  5. Environmental Science#647 #609
  6. Health Sciences#3,017 #1,857
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,106 #621
  8. Engineering#1,618 #1,261
  9. Medicine#3,338 #2,125
  10. Animal Science and Zoology#153 #35
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 Henan Agricultural University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Henan Agricultural University is in Life Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 2,091 fractional works · 52.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,242 fractional works · 31.4% of its workPlant Science: 738 fractional works · 18.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 119 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 97 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 85 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 711 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 430 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGenetics: 113 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 94 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,257 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 393 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology: 87 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 68 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 380 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 117 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 140 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 137 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 96 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 402 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 315 fractional works · 8.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 60 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 207 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHenanAgricultural…3,957fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences2,09152.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,24231.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71118.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology942.4%
    4. Neuroscience270.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.4%
    1. Environmental Science3939.9%
    2. Engineering3809.6%
    3. Materials Science1403.5%
    4. Chemistry1373.5%
    5. Computer Science962.4%
    6. Energy481.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences280.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering170.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy120.3%
    10. Mathematics80.2%
    1. Medicine3158.0%
    2. Nursing651.6%
    3. Veterinary140.4%
    4. Health Professions70.2%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Social Sciences681.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting481.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance421.1%
    4. Decision Sciences210.5%
    5. Psychology190.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Henan Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 119.1 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 737.6 works11×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 85.0 works9.1×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 33.6 works8.0×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,242.4 works6.6×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 61.5 works5.5×
← 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: 6.61× its world share, 1,242 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.37× its world share, 711 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 94 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.20× its world share, 137 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 380 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.00× its world share, 393 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 315 worksMedicineNursing: 3.34× its world share, 65 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.68× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 68 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.61×1,242 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.37×711 works
  3. Nursing3.34×65 works
  4. Veterinary2.68×14 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.36×94 works
  6. Chemistry2.20×137 works
  7. Environmental Science2.00×393 works
  8. Energy1.31×48 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.22×17 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×16 works
  11. Materials Science1.01×140 works
  12. Engineering0.64×380 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.54×21 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×42 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×28 works
  16. Neuroscience0.43×27 works
  17. Medicine0.41×315 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×48 works
  19. Computer Science0.31×96 works
  20. Mathematics0.17×8 works
  21. Psychology0.16×19 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.14×12 works
  23. Social Sciences0.14×68 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.08×9 works
  25. Health Professions0.06×6 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Henan Agricultural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abdul Rehman, Wanxi Peng and Huiyong Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Henan Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Abdul Rehman China · #30,235 worldwide 12k citations · 300 works
  2. 2 Wanxi Peng China · #35,836 worldwide 14k citations · 253 works
  3. 3 Huiyong Zhang China · #75,846 worldwide 3.7k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Shuanglong Ma China · #82,597 worldwide 5k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Quanzhi Zhao China · #86,010 worldwide 4.1k citations · 127 works
  6. 6 Deliang Kong China · #94,960 worldwide 3k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Hengyun Ma China · #133,773 worldwide 5.2k citations · 168 works
  8. 8 Kegong Tian China · #147,843 worldwide 6.7k citations · 128 works
  9. 9 Wen Yao China · #172,134 worldwide 4.3k citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Mingyue Gou China · #173,082 worldwide 2.7k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Henan Agricultural University

What are the most cited papers from Henan Agricultural University?

The most cited paper from Henan Agricultural University is "The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution" (Hideki Hirakawa et al., 2012), with 3,442 citations. Next come "Producing more grain with lower environmental costs" (1,931) and "Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers" (1,336).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution Hideki Hirakawa et al. · Nature Open access271 authors May 2012 3,442
2 Producing more grain with lower environmental costs Xinping Chen et al. · Nature 2 Sep 2014 1,931
3 Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers Zhenling Cui et al. · Nature Mar 2018 1,336
4 Crop Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping: Past Decades, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives Wanneng Yang, Hui Feng, Xuehai Zhang et al. · Molecular Plant Open access 22 Jan 2020 985
5 Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity Chao Xiong, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Juntao Wang et al. · New Phytologist Open access 27 Aug 2020 745
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Henan Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Antioxidants, Epigenetic Regulation, Oxidative Stress, Climate Change, 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-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. Gene Expression215▲ 8.7×18 topics
  2. Climate Change211▲ 1.96×72 topics
  3. Epidemiology207▲ 1.31×78 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress179▲ 2.8×57 topics
  5. Transcription Factors128▲ 25×5 topics
  6. Antioxidants127▲ 7.2×15 topics
  7. Environmental Impact118▲ 1.74×47 topics
  8. Metabolism116▲ 5.6×27 topics
  9. Epigenetic Regulation109▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Reactive Oxygen Species103▲ 6.3×13 topics
  11. Pathogenesis102▲ 5.0×18 topics
  12. Signal Transduction96▲ 16×7 topics
  13. QTL Mapping92▲ 20×6 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota91▲ 6.7×7 topics
  15. Vaccine91▲ 5.8×10 topics
  16. MicroRNA90▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Drought Resistance90▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Immune Response89▲ 4.0×20 topics
  19. Plant Responses84▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Development83▲ 5.9×9 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity82▲ 4.7×21 topics
  22. Auxin79▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Plant79▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Regulation78▲ 3.7×17 topics
  25. Abiotic Stress78▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services75▲ 4.9×11 topics
  27. Genetic Regulation74▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Salt Tolerance73▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Stress Signaling73▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Plant Immunity70▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Biodiversity Conservation68▲ 4.6×10 topics
  32. Land Use Change64▲ 5.4×8 topics
  33. Plant Development64▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Marker-Assisted Selection60▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Pattern Recognition Receptors60▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Phosphorus57▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Crop Improvement55▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Genomic Sequencing54▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Rhizosphere Interactions54▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Microbiome54▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Henan Agricultural University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 79 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 73 works
  3. 3 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 48 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 44 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 43 works
  6. 6 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 38 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 36 works
  8. 8 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 34 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 32 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 32 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Henan Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 89% 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 Henan Agricultural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Henan Agricultural University0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Henan 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%Henan Agricultural University15.4% 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 16.2% in 2023.

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