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Huazhong Agricultural University

In research, Huazhong Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#10 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#7 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#66 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Endocrinology — Animal Science and Zoology is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#306
of 28,054 · #762 all time
Rank in China
#105
of 3,058
Research works
28k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
677k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Huazhong 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 #10 of 3,409 45.6%2,053 #27
Plant ScienceSubfield #7 of 1,395 49.7%1,082 #12
Life SciencesDomain #66 of 7,800 38.0%3,845 #250
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #48 of 3,579 30.6%1,413 #245
Food ScienceSubfield #8 of 492 46.3%304 #19
Molecular BiologySubfield #49 of 2,175 31.0%915 #225
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #5 of 114 35.6%164 #27
Environmental ScienceField #157 of 3,551 30.9%745 #529
EcologySubfield #32 of 578 36.9%177 #311
GeneticsSubfield #31 of 489 32.5%191 #132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Huazhong 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#27 #10
  2. Plant Science#12 #7
  3. Life Sciences#250 #66
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#245 #48
  5. Food Science#19 #8
  6. Molecular Biology#225 #49
  7. Animal Science and Zoology#27 #5
  8. Environmental Science#529 #157
  9. Ecology#311 #32
  10. Genetics#132 #31
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 Huazhong Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 163.8 works11×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,081.9 works9.0×
  3. EndocrinologySubfield · 37.8 works7.0×
  4. MicrobiologySubfield · 45.7 works6.3×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 2,052.7 works6.2×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 120.1 works6.1×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 304.0 works5.8×
  8. BiochemistrySubfield · 49.3 works5.8×
← 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: 6.25× its world share, 2,053 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.83× its world share, 1,413 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.83× its world share, 266 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 78 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 36 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 125 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 220 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 61 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 439 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.17× its world share, 745 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 202 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 623 worksMedicineNursing: 4.05× its world share, 137 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.24× its world share, 30 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shaobing Peng, Guoliang Li and Shengyao Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Huazhong Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Shaobing Peng China · #30,260 worldwide 656 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Guoliang Li China · #42,047 worldwide 395 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Shengyao Wang China · #59,406 worldwide 517 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Qifa Zhang China · #64,947 worldwide 322 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Heyou Han China · #80,393 worldwide 369 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Jianliang Huang China · #85,139 worldwide 341 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Yiping Chen China · #91,122 worldwide 419 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Lizhong Xiong China · #107,038 worldwide 520 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Jinghua Xiao China · #109,565 worldwide 283 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Xianghua Li China · #119,172 worldwide 268 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Huazhong Agricultural University?

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

▲ 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 Change334▲ 1.79×79 topics
  2. Gene Expression327▲ 7.8×20 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress325▲ 2.9×58 topics
  4. Epidemiology303◆ 1.11×97 topics
  5. Metabolism227▲ 6.4×30 topics
  6. Nanoparticles213▲ 2.5×32 topics
  7. Gut Microbiota209▲ 8.6×7 topics
  8. Antioxidants200▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Transcription Factors191▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications186▲ 2.3×32 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity186▲ 4.2×29 topics
  12. Epigenetic Regulation166▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Antioxidant165▲ 3.5×50 topics
  14. Aquaculture156▲ 8.6×8 topics
  15. Pathogenesis150▲ 4.3×18 topics
  16. Probiotics143▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. Microbial Communities140▲ 4.8×10 topics
  18. Lipid Oxidation138▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Toxicity137▲ 4.6×20 topics
  20. Vaccine136▲ 4.8×11 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity135▲ 4.4×21 topics
  22. Innate Immunity130▲ 5.9×11 topics
  23. QTL Mapping130▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance128▲ 4.8×12 topics
  25. MicroRNA124▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Drought Resistance122▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Health Benefits122▲ 5.4×15 topics
  28. Genomics119▲ 5.8×12 topics
  29. Hydrocolloids118▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Plant Immunity117▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Cancer Prevention116▲ 6.3×10 topics
  32. Genetic Mapping113▲ 21×6 topics
  33. Polyphenols109▲ 9.0×6 topics
  34. Auxin108▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Plant108▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Microbiome107▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Genetic Regulation106▲ 9.4×6 topics
  38. Signal Transduction104▲ 10×7 topics
  39. Fermentation103▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Plant Responses100▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Huazhong Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Proteins in Food Systems, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Plant Molecular Biology …108Plant Molecular Biology Research: 108 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems76Proteins in Food Systems: 76 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 74 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 67 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 65 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 63 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 62 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…60Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 60 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 59 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 57 fractional works
Plant ScienceFood ScienceImmunologyAnimal Science and Zoology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 108 works
  2. 2 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 76 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 74 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 67 works
  5. 5 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 65 works
  6. 6 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 63 works
  7. 7 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 62 works
  8. 8 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 60 works
  9. 9 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 59 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 57 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Huazhong Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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