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Northwest A&F University

In research, Northwest A&F University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#15 of 3,551 worldwide) and Plant Science (#6 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science — Soil Science is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#228
of 28,054 · #756 all time
Rank in China
#86
of 3,058
Research works
28k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
636k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Northwest A&F 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 #3 of 3,409 50.0%2,625 #16
Environmental ScienceField #15 of 3,551 38.6%1,160 #137
Plant ScienceSubfield #6 of 1,395 52.7%1,381 #23
Life SciencesDomain #79 of 7,800 43.4%4,138 #360
EcologySubfield #7 of 578 42.5%230 #126
Soil ScienceSubfield #2 of 139 44.5%356 #4
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #2 of 121 49.4%166 #26
Food ScienceSubfield #11 of 492 50.2%316 #37
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #90 of 3,579 32.6%1,314 #411
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #7 of 255 48.6%125 #166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest A&F 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#16 #3
  2. Environmental Science#137 #15
  3. Plant Science#23 #6
  4. Life Sciences#360 #79
  5. Ecology#126 #7
  6. Soil Science#4 #2
  7. Agronomy and Crop Science#26 #2
  8. Food Science#37 #11
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#411 #90
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#166 #7
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 Northwest A&F University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 356.4 works15×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,380.7 works9.8×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 166.1 works8.7×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 72.5 works7.3×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 2,624.7 works6.8×
  6. BiotechnologySubfield · 75.4 works6.0×
  7. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 102.3 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: 6.85× its world share, 2,625 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.06× its world share, 1,314 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 112 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 37 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 176 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 210 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 130 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 750 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.89× its world share, 1,160 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 265 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 550 worksMedicineNursing: 4.01× its world share, 159 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.41× its world share, 26 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 95 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest A&F University?

Ranked on the composite score, Fucang Zhang, Ronghua Li and Zengqiang Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest A&F University.

  1. 1 Fucang Zhang China · #55,438 worldwide 394 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Ronghua Li China · #57,861 worldwide 552 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Zengqiang Zhang China · #65,211 worldwide 578 citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Dongjian He China · #76,029 worldwide 371 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Chao Yue China · #80,077 worldwide 356 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Mukesh Kumar Awasthi China · #84,553 worldwide 691 citations · 76 works
  7. 7 Fuguo Liu China · #98,871 worldwide 418 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Junliang Fan China · #100,816 worldwide 366 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Zhikuan Jia China · #108,963 worldwide 355 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Min Wang China · #116,978 worldwide 182 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest A&F University

Which keywords describe research at Northwest A&F University?

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

▲ 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 Change853▲ 3.9×85 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress341▲ 2.6×53 topics
  3. Gene Expression319▲ 6.5×19 topics
  4. Environmental Impact280▲ 2.0×53 topics
  5. Microbial Communities270▲ 7.8×10 topics
  6. Remote Sensing261▲ 2.6×34 topics
  7. Antioxidants245▲ 6.8×15 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications235▲ 2.5×33 topics
  9. Land Use Change228▲ 9.3×8 topics
  10. Transcription Factors213▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning212▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Metabolism210▲ 5.1×31 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity201▲ 3.9×29 topics
  14. Antioxidant189▲ 3.4×48 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota179▲ 6.3×7 topics
  16. Reactive Oxygen Species176▲ 5.4×13 topics
  17. Soil Fertility172▲ 9.4×7 topics
  18. Soil Carbon Sequestration165▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Epigenetic Regulation161▲ 9.2×6 topics
  20. Anthocyanins158▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Health Benefits157▲ 5.9×15 topics
  22. Biochar Application157▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Nutrient Limitation156▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Genetic Regulation155▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Polyphenols154▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Nitrogen Cycle151▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Organic Matter Dynamics151▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Drought Resistance149▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Signal Transduction138▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Flavonoids131▲ 6.2×12 topics
  31. Horticultural Crops130▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Metabolic Health128▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Aroma Compounds128▲ 18×3 topics
  34. MicroRNA125▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Rhizosphere Interactions124▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Plant Immunity121▲ 16×2 topics
  37. QTL Mapping121▲ 13×6 topics
  38. Fermentation120▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Plant Responses118▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Abiotic Stress112▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Northwest A&F University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…151Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 151 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …106Plant Molecular Biology Research: 106 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 106 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 93 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 88 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 86 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 78 fractional worksSoil erosion and sedimen…71Soil erosion and sediment transport: 71 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 69 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 69 fractional works
Soil SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 151 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 106 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 106 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 93 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 88 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 86 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 78 works
  8. 8 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 71 works
  9. 9 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 69 works
  10. 10 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 69 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest A&F University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.