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Qingdao Agricultural University

In research, Qingdao Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#123 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#62 of 1,395 worldwide) and Food Science (#34 of 492 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,023
of 28,054 · #2,386 all time
Rank in China
#326
of 3,058
Research works
9.4k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
140k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Qingdao 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 #123 of 3,409 39.2%818 #457
Plant ScienceSubfield #62 of 1,395 42.7%445 #293
Food ScienceSubfield #34 of 492 46.0%118 #193
Life SciencesDomain #639 of 7,800 34.0%1,399 #1600
Physical SciencesDomain #1,106 of 12,888 23.4%1,022 #2443
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #382 of 3,579 29.6%453 #1154
Molecular BiologySubfield #263 of 2,175 30.5%301 #808
Health SciencesDomain #2,175 of 11,982 28.6%273 #5895
MedicineField #1,967 of 10,443 27.2%208 #5478
EngineeringField #1,346 of 6,636 20.5%325 #2781

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Qingdao 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#457 #123
  2. Plant Science#293 #62
  3. Food Science#193 #34
  4. Life Sciences#1,600 #639
  5. Physical Sciences#2,443 #1,106
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,154 #382
  7. Molecular Biology#808 #263
  8. Health Sciences#5,895 #2,175
  9. Medicine#5,478 #1,967
  10. Engineering#2,781 #1,346
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 Qingdao Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 445.0 works9.0×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 54.4 works8.7×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 818.1 works6.1×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 30.6 works6.0×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 38.8 works5.8×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 45.3 works5.7×
← 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: 6.09× its world share, 818 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.01× its world share, 454 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.36× its world share, 96 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.24× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.30× its world share, 102 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.78× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 325 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 264 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.69× its world share, 167 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 3.68× its world share, 51 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.12× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Qingdao Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Wei Shen, Xifeng Zhang and Qiuyi Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qingdao Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Wei Shen China · #38,628 worldwide 529 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Xifeng Zhang China · #94,282 worldwide 520 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Qiuyi Li China · #190,191 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Yanjun Xin China · #213,832 worldwide 371 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Lei Dai China · #230,426 worldwide 371 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Dong Ma China · #253,422 worldwide 249 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Feng Li China · #328,645 worldwide 420 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Qingjie Sun China · #328,879 worldwide 361 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Man Li China · #360,285 worldwide 146 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Jie Wang China · #386,812 worldwide 638 citations · 122 works
All ranked researchers at Qingdao Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Qingdao Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Biomedical Applications, Gut Microbiota, Transcription Factors, Aquaculture, Nanoparticles, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants.

▲ 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 Change129▲ 1.70×72 topics
  2. Gene Expression129▲ 7.5×18 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications128▲ 3.8×30 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress121▲ 2.6×54 topics
  5. Nanoparticles110▲ 3.1×31 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota88▲ 8.9×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact87▲ 1.82×46 topics
  8. Nanomaterials85▲ 2.8×13 topics
  9. Transcription Factors80▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Antioxidants78▲ 6.2×12 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity77▲ 4.3×29 topics
  12. Metabolism72▲ 5.0×27 topics
  13. Aquaculture71▲ 9.6×8 topics
  14. Probiotics67▲ 10.0×5 topics
  15. Antioxidant66▲ 3.4×43 topics
  16. Reactive Oxygen Species66▲ 5.8×13 topics
  17. Signal Transduction59▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Microbial Communities58▲ 4.8×9 topics
  19. Epigenetic Regulation57▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Electrochemistry55▲ 8.4×3 topics
  21. Innate Immunity55▲ 6.1×9 topics
  22. Health Benefits54▲ 5.8×14 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks52▲ 4.4×6 topics
  24. MicroRNA52▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Drought Resistance50▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Genetic Regulation48▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Lipid Oxidation48▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Plant Responses46▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Abiotic Stress46▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Hydrocolloids46▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Auxin44▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Plant44▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Plant Immunity43▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Pattern Recognition Receptors42▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning41▲ 7.7×6 topics
  36. Salt Tolerance41▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Stress Signaling41▲ 30×1 topic
  38. QTL Mapping41▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Stress Response40▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Plant Development39▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Qingdao Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Plant Molecular Biology …44Plant Molecular Biology Research: 44 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…41Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 41 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 33 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 32 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 30 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 29 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…29Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 29 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 24 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyImmunologyFood Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 44 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 41 works
  3. 3 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 33 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 32 works
  5. 5 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 30 works
  6. 6 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 30 works
  7. 7 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 29 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 29 works
  9. 9 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 28 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 24 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-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Qingdao Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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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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.