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Shandong Agricultural University

In research, Shandong Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#20 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#12 of 1,395 worldwide) and Agronomy and Crop Science (#6 of 121 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Agronomy and Crop Science — Plant Science is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#940
of 28,054 · #2,089 all time
Rank in China
#303
of 3,058
Research works
15k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
264k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Shandong 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 #20 of 3,409 39.9%1,404 #147
Plant ScienceSubfield #12 of 1,395 43.7%881 #75
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #6 of 121 41.6%87 #78
Life SciencesDomain #402 of 7,800 35.5%2,099 #1021
Physical SciencesDomain #1,286 of 12,888 23.9%1,128 #2806
Environmental ScienceField #426 of 3,551 28.5%358 #1212
Molecular BiologySubfield #272 of 2,175 29.9%380 #583
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #460 of 3,579 27.9%595 #942
Food ScienceSubfield #68 of 492 38.1%111 #259
Soil ScienceSubfield #22 of 139 37.5%82 #114

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shandong 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#147 #20
  2. Plant Science#75 #12
  3. Agronomy and Crop Science#78 #6
  4. Life Sciences#1,021 #402
  5. Physical Sciences#2,806 #1,286
  6. Environmental Science#1,212 #426
  7. Molecular Biology#583 #272
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#942 #460
  9. Food Science#259 #68
  10. Soil Science#114 #22
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 Shandong Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 880.7 works14×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 90.0 works11×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 87.4 works10×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,404.2 works8.1×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 82.4 works7.5×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 74.4 works7.2×
  7. BiochemistrySubfield · 28.0 works6.2×
  8. PollutionSubfield · 81.2 works5.6×
← 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: 8.08× its world share, 1,404 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.05× its world share, 595 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 83 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 97 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 358 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 255 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shandong Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lusheng Zhu, Shuting Dong and Jie Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shandong Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Lusheng Zhu China · #168,853 worldwide 191 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Shuting Dong China · #186,501 worldwide 184 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Jie Zhou China · #207,711 worldwide 135 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Jiwang Zhang China · #217,630 worldwide 219 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Gang Li China · #227,805 worldwide 116 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Yanping Yin China · #257,059 worldwide 102 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Zengjia Li China · #265,350 worldwide 46 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Sha Li China · #288,695 worldwide 266 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Hanxue Hou China · #300,739 worldwide 142 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Jing Guo China · #301,448 worldwide 137 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Shandong Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Shandong Agricultural University?

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

▲ 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 Change225▲ 2.3×69 topics
  2. Gene Expression213▲ 9.6×18 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress204▲ 3.4×53 topics
  4. Transcription Factors152▲ 35×5 topics
  5. Antioxidants140▲ 8.5×14 topics
  6. Metabolism123▲ 6.6×29 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications123▲ 2.8×34 topics
  8. Genetic Regulation105▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Reactive Oxygen Species102▲ 6.9×12 topics
  10. Epigenetic Regulation100▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Drought Resistance100▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Signal Transduction96▲ 18×6 topics
  13. Plant Immunity90▲ 26×2 topics
  14. MicroRNA90▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Development90▲ 7.1×10 topics
  16. Abiotic Stress89▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Regulation88▲ 4.5×13 topics
  18. Antioxidant88▲ 3.5×45 topics
  19. Plant Responses87▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Gut Microbiota87▲ 6.8×7 topics
  21. Microbial Communities87▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Auxin82▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Plant82▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Plant Development79▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Rhizosphere Interactions78▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Salt Tolerance78▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Stress Signaling78▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Pattern Recognition Receptors76▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Root Exudates74▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Anthocyanins73▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Microbiome72▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning72▲ 10×5 topics
  33. QTL Mapping70▲ 16×6 topics
  34. Phosphorus69▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Microbial Pathogens65▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Systemic Acquired Resistance65▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Nitrate62▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Nitrogen62▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Root Architecture62▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Horticultural Crops60▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Shandong 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 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Plant Molecular Biology …82Plant Molecular Biology Research: 82 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…78Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 78 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…65Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 65 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…62Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 62 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 52 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 45 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI41Smart Agriculture and AI: 41 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 39 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 39 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…38Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 38 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologySoil ScienceCell Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 82 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 78 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 65 works
  4. 4 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 62 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 52 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 45 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 41 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 39 works
  9. 9 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 39 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 38 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shandong Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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