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Nanjing Agricultural University

In research, Nanjing Agricultural University stands highest in Plant Science (#3 of 1,395 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#9 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#90 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Insect Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#302
of 28,054 · #830 all time
Rank in China
#104
of 3,058
Research works
34k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
759k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Nanjing 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
Plant ScienceSubfield #3 of 1,395 48.0%1,545 #11
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #9 of 3,409 44.0%2,771 #28
Life SciencesDomain #90 of 7,800 38.0%4,536 #316
Environmental ScienceField #68 of 3,551 31.9%892 #307
EcologySubfield #13 of 578 38.8%219 #195
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #91 of 3,579 29.3%1,464 #342
Food ScienceSubfield #13 of 492 41.6%256 #32
Molecular BiologySubfield #72 of 2,175 28.4%959 #297
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #4 of 114 31.0%247 #7
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #10 of 255 41.9%150 #155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing 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. Plant Science#11 #3
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#28 #9
  3. Life Sciences#316 #90
  4. Environmental Science#307 #68
  5. Ecology#195 #13
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#342 #91
  7. Food Science#32 #13
  8. Molecular Biology#297 #72
  9. Animal Science and Zoology#7 #4
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#155 #10
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 Nanjing Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 246.8 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,545.1 works11×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 169.6 works7.5×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 139.8 works7.4×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 2,770.8 works7.3×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 142.9 works6.0×
  7. PhysiologySubfield · 24.2 works5.5×
  8. PollutionSubfield · 169.3 works5.4×
← 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: 7.30× its world share, 2,771 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.43× its world share, 1,464 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 171 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 188 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 137 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 54 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 517 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.25× its world share, 892 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 186 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 683 worksMedicineNursing: 3.28× its world share, 128 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.61× its world share, 39 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 133 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 174 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Qirong Shen and Genxing Pan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Fang‐Jie Zhao China · #34,580 worldwide 890 citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Qirong Shen China · #44,094 worldwide 1.2k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 Genxing Pan China · #57,769 worldwide 618 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Guohua Xu China · #71,951 worldwide 410 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Miao Zhang China · #83,591 worldwide 373 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Guanghong Zhou China · #99,792 worldwide 720 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Yongchao Tian China · #108,453 worldwide 466 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Rong Li China · #117,800 worldwide 258 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Xiangze Lin China · #121,943 worldwide 288 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Wenhua Zhang China · #125,174 worldwide 263 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Agricultural University?

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

▲ 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 Change457▲ 2.1×91 topics
  2. Gene Expression420▲ 8.6×19 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress417▲ 3.2×59 topics
  4. Antioxidants304▲ 8.5×14 topics
  5. Environmental Impact277▲ 2.0×53 topics
  6. Metabolism257▲ 6.3×28 topics
  7. Transcription Factors256▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota256▲ 9.2×7 topics
  9. Microbial Communities237▲ 7.0×10 topics
  10. Epigenetic Regulation201▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Drought Resistance189▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Signal Transduction186▲ 16×7 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species183▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Probiotics179▲ 9.5×6 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity178▲ 3.5×30 topics
  16. Plant Responses162▲ 26×2 topics
  17. MicroRNA161▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Plant Immunity160▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Toxicity157▲ 4.5×20 topics
  20. Development156▲ 5.6×11 topics
  21. Genetic Regulation152▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Lipid Oxidation151▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Modified Atmosphere Packaging147▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Auxin146▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Plant146▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Microbiome145▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Pattern Recognition Receptors144▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Aquaculture136▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Abiotic Stress134▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Rhizosphere Interactions134▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Root Exudates132▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning130▲ 8.6×7 topics
  33. QTL Mapping129▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Plant Development129▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Salt Tolerance128▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Stress Signaling128▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Consumer Perception125▲ 7.1×8 topics
  38. Microbial Pathogens119▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Systemic Acquired Resistance119▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Anthocyanins117▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Nanjing Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Plant Molecular Biology …146Plant Molecular Biology Research: 146 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…128Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 128 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…119Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 119 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …102Meat and Animal Product Quality: 102 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 91 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 87 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…85Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 85 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…73Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 73 fractional worksGut microbiota and health66Gut microbiota and health: 66 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI63Smart Agriculture and AI: 63 fractional works
Plant ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyMolecular BiologySoil Science

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 146 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 128 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 119 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 102 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 91 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 87 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 85 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 73 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 66 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 63 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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