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Hunan Agricultural University

In research, Hunan Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#84 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#55 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#388 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Biochemistry — Animal Science and Zoology is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#839
of 28,054 · #2,009 all time
Rank in China
#276
of 3,058
Research works
12k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
155k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Hunan 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 #84 of 3,409 38.5%866 #326
Plant ScienceSubfield #55 of 1,395 39.9%465 #263
Life SciencesDomain #388 of 7,800 34.3%1,506 #1218
Food ScienceSubfield #39 of 492 45.4%106 #226
Physical SciencesDomain #1,268 of 12,888 24.0%1,045 #2254
Environmental ScienceField #391 of 3,551 24.2%359 #784
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #467 of 3,579 28.2%482 #1270
MedicineField #1,607 of 10,443 36.9%298 #4272
Molecular BiologySubfield #338 of 2,175 28.0%323 #1057
Health SciencesDomain #2,047 of 11,982 35.3%381 #4730

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunan 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#326 #84
  2. Plant Science#263 #55
  3. Life Sciences#1,218 #388
  4. Food Science#226 #39
  5. Physical Sciences#2,254 #1,268
  6. Environmental Science#784 #391
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,270 #467
  8. Medicine#4,272 #1,607
  9. Molecular Biology#1,057 #338
  10. Health Sciences#4,730 #2,047
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 Hunan Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 69.9 works10×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 464.5 works8.5×
  3. BiochemistrySubfield · 32.5 works8.4×
  4. PollutionSubfield · 78.2 works6.3×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 54.8 works5.8×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 865.7 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: 5.80× its world share, 866 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.88× its world share, 482 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 85 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.04× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.73× its world share, 85 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 305 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.30× its world share, 360 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 106 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 4.06× its world share, 62 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.23× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hunan Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yaoyu Zhou, Huang Huang and Yingbin Zou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunan Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Yaoyu Zhou China · #85,240 worldwide 458 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Huang Huang China · #118,966 worldwide 223 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Yingbin Zou China · #150,056 worldwide 199 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Yaocheng Deng China · #220,085 worldwide 485 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Weiqin Wang China · #263,537 worldwide 55 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Jiachao Zhang China · #326,779 worldwide 202 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Ling Lin China · #329,754 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Qian Jiang China · #331,808 worldwide 79 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Wei Li China · #414,971 worldwide 219 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Yuan Yang China · #481,723 worldwide 136 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Hunan Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Hunan Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolism, Gut Microbiota, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Gene Expression, Cancer Prevention, Antioxidants and Toxicity.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress183▲ 3.6×55 topics
  2. Metabolism149▲ 9.3×28 topics
  3. Antioxidant134▲ 6.2×48 topics
  4. Gut Microbiota134▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Climate Change121▲ 1.43×69 topics
  6. Gene Expression119▲ 6.2×20 topics
  7. Antioxidants103▲ 7.4×14 topics
  8. Environmental Impact102▲ 1.92×41 topics
  9. Cancer Prevention102▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Toxicity100▲ 7.3×19 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity94▲ 4.7×29 topics
  12. Microbial Communities91▲ 6.8×9 topics
  13. Probiotics84▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Drought Resistance82▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Bioavailability81▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Heavy Metals80▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Fermentation73▲ 17×6 topics
  18. Plant Responses65▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Transcription Factors65▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Metabolic Health64▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Antimicrobial64▲ 7.2×12 topics
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species63▲ 5.0×14 topics
  23. Aquaculture62▲ 7.6×8 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Health59▲ 9.8×8 topics
  25. QTL Mapping59▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Contamination59▲ 21×5 topics
  27. Neuroprotection58▲ 5.2×13 topics
  28. Pollution57▲ 9.3×4 topics
  29. Polyphenols55▲ 10.0×6 topics
  30. Rice53▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Signal Transduction50▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Aroma Compounds49▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Epigenetic Regulation49▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Inflammatory Diseases47▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Immune Responses46▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Remediation46▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Green Tea45▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Tea Polyphenols45▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Metagenomic Analysis45▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Short-Chain Fatty Acids45▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Hunan Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tea Polyphenols and Effects, Gut microbiota and health, Heavy metals in environment and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Tea Polyphenols and Effe…45Tea Polyphenols and Effects: 45 fractional worksGut microbiota and health45Gut microbiota and health: 45 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 42 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…40Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 40 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…38Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 38 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 34 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 34 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…27Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 27 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 27 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 26 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineMolecular BiologyPollutionPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 45 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 45 works
  3. 3 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 42 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 40 works
  5. 5 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 38 works
  6. 6 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 34 works
  7. 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 34 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 27 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 27 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hunan Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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