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Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

In research, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#187 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#204 of 1,395 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#521 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Soil Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 14.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,851
of 28,054 · #4,784 all time
Rank in China
#507
of 3,058
Research works
8.9k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Inner Mongolia 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 #187 of 3,409 29.7%799 #603
Plant ScienceSubfield #204 of 1,395 29.6%300 #833
Environmental ScienceField #521 of 3,551 22.6%430 #1341
Physical SciencesDomain #1,971 of 12,888 19.4%1,219 #4756
Life SciencesDomain #1,208 of 7,800 27.4%1,230 #2993
Health SciencesDomain #2,129 of 11,982 28.6%236 #6598
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #24 of 121 34.9%94 #155
Food ScienceSubfield #112 of 492 28.9%149 #370
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #27 of 114 31.6%76 #260
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #969 of 3,579 23.7%368 #2620

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Inner Mongolia 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#603 #187
  2. Plant Science#833 #204
  3. Environmental Science#1,341 #521
  4. Physical Sciences#4,756 #1,971
  5. Life Sciences#2,993 #1,208
  6. Health Sciences#6,598 #2,129
  7. Agronomy and Crop Science#155 #24
  8. Food Science#370 #112
  9. Animal Science and Zoology#260 #27
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,620 #969
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 Inner Mongolia Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 94.1 works14×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 75.9 works12×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 95.5 works11×
  4. VeterinaryField · 27.2 works7.2×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 23.6 works7.1×
  6. Food ScienceSubfield · 148.8 works7.1×
  7. Small AnimalsSubfield · 23.2 works6.8×
← 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: 6.04× its world share, 799 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.48× its world share, 368 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 362 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.11× its world share, 430 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 117 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 3.61× its world share, 49 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.21× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Heping Zhang, Guodong Wu and Mengli Zhao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Inner Mongolia Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Heping Zhang China · #251,391 worldwide 220 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Guodong Wu China · #257,790 worldwide 195 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Mengli Zhao China · #396,981 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 周莹 China · #483,205 worldwide 0 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Julin Gao China · #508,013 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Sheng Zhang China · #511,530 worldwide 17 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Yongfu Chen China · #540,391 worldwide 58 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Wenyi Zhang China · #572,445 worldwide 85 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Changyou Li China · #645,908 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Zhihong Sun China · #681,282 worldwide 227 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Microbial Communities, Probiotics, Gut Microbiota, Land Use Change, Health Benefits and Prebiotics.

▲ 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 Change339▲ 4.5×72 topics
  2. Remote Sensing149▲ 4.3×33 topics
  3. Microbial Communities96▲ 8.1×9 topics
  4. Probiotics91▲ 14×6 topics
  5. Antioxidants82▲ 6.6×13 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota81▲ 8.3×6 topics
  7. Land Use Change80▲ 9.4×8 topics
  8. Health Benefits80▲ 8.7×14 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications77▲ 2.3×27 topics
  10. Prebiotics77▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Biodiversity72▲ 3.5×22 topics
  12. Microbiota70▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Metabolism70▲ 4.9×28 topics
  14. Antioxidant70▲ 3.7×38 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity69▲ 3.9×26 topics
  16. Immune Modulation66▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Gene Expression65▲ 3.8×18 topics
  18. Ecosystem Functioning65▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Global Change63▲ 8.7×7 topics
  20. Clinical Trials62▲ 3.3×5 topics
  21. Gut Health61▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Lactic Acid Bacteria61▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Soil Fertility54▲ 8.5×8 topics
  24. Metabolic Health53▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Nutrient Limitation52▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Biochar Application52▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Water Quality51▲ 4.6×15 topics
  28. Consumer Perception50▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Soil Carbon Sequestration50▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Hyperspectral Imaging47▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Lipid Oxidation46▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Nitrogen Cycle45▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Organic Matter Dynamics45▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Transcription Factors44▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Modified Atmosphere Packaging43▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Biomass Estimation42▲ 9.9×3 topics
  37. Milk Composition42▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Sediment Transport42▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Ecosystem Resilience39▲ 9.6×5 topics
  40. Inflammatory Diseases39▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Inner Mongolia Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Gut microbiota and health and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Probiotics and Fermented…61Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 61 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…45Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 45 fractional worksGut microbiota and health38Gut microbiota and health: 38 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …37Meat and Animal Product Quality: 37 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 34 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 26 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…26Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 26 fractional worksSoil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics: 26 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 24 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and B…23Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 23 fractional works
Food ScienceSoil ScienceMolecular BiologyAnimal Science and Zoology5 others

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

  1. 1 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 61 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 45 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 38 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 37 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 34 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 26 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 26 works
  8. 8 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics Civil and Structural Engineering 26 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 24 works
  10. 10 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 23 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Inner Mongolia Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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