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Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

In research, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#506 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#237 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,815 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Pharmacology — Plant Science is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,009
of 28,054 · #9,157 all time
Rank in China
#924
of 3,058
Research works
2.3k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences 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 #506 of 3,409 39.6%300 #1343
Plant ScienceSubfield #237 of 1,395 42.3%182 #723
Life SciencesDomain #1,815 of 7,800 35.5%457 #4453
MedicineField #2,981 of 10,443 35.0%83 #8409
Health SciencesDomain #3,659 of 11,982 36.0%100 #10128
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,706 of 3,579 26.8%142 #3837
Physical SciencesDomain #6,893 of 12,888 24.2%127 #10693
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,302 of 2,175 28.6%89 #2785
Environmental ScienceField #2,671 of 3,551 23.4%63 #3766

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences 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#1,343 #506
  2. Plant Science#723 #237
  3. Life Sciences#4,453 #1,815
  4. Medicine#8,409 #2,981
  5. Health Sciences#10,128 #3,659
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,837 #1,706
  7. Physical Sciences#10,693 #6,893
  8. Molecular Biology#2,785 #1,302
  9. Environmental Science#3,766 #2,671
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 Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 182.3 works15×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 22.4 works15×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 30.2 works11×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 300.2 works9.1×
← 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: 9.13× its world share, 300 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.85× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 63 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 4.40× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Ying Shi, Weiguang Lv and Quan Yuan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

  1. 1 Ying Shi China · #195,705 worldwide 542 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Weiguang Lv China · #454,239 worldwide 128 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Quan Yuan China · #563,360 worldwide 80 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Meiyan Zhang China · #677,012 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Qingjiu Tang China · #682,278 worldwide 19 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Huifeng Sun China · #763,869 worldwide 120 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Weiwei Lv China · #808,855 worldwide 115 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Xianqing Zheng China · #877,111 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Shang XiaoDong China · #880,342 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jianhua Wang China · #941,874 worldwide 50 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant Activity, Gene Expression, Polysaccharides, Antioxidants, Nutritional Value, Biological Activities, Oxidative Stress and Cancer Therapy.

▲ 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. Antioxidant Activity57▲ 13×20 topics
  2. Gene Expression43▲ 10×14 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress41▲ 3.6×36 topics
  4. Climate Change41▲ 2.2×41 topics
  5. Polysaccharides40▲ 77×3 topics
  6. Antioxidants34▲ 11×12 topics
  7. Nutritional Value32▲ 42×4 topics
  8. Biological Activities29▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy28▲ 7.2×8 topics
  10. Immunomodulating Compounds27▲ 109×1 topic
  11. Medicinal Mushrooms27▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Gut Microbiota26▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications25▲ 3.1×18 topics
  14. Transcription Factors25▲ 30×5 topics
  15. Antioxidant23▲ 4.8×33 topics
  16. Signal Transduction22▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Metabolism21▲ 6.0×19 topics
  18. Microbial Communities21▲ 7.1×8 topics
  19. Aroma Compounds20▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Fungal Pathogens20▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Health Benefits20▲ 8.8×8 topics
  22. Flavonoids20▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Ecosystem Functioning20▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity19▲ 6.1×18 topics
  25. Plant Responses18▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Drought Resistance18▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Polyphenols18▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Fermentation18▲ 18×6 topics
  29. Cancer Prevention17▲ 9.6×9 topics
  30. Food Safety17▲ 8.7×11 topics
  31. Phylogenetic Analysis17▲ 8.2×9 topics
  32. Reactive Oxygen Species17▲ 6.0×7 topics
  33. QTL Mapping17▲ 21×6 topics
  34. Molecular Structure16▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation16▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Genetic Regulation16▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Nutritional Significance16▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Bioavailability16▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Anthocyanins15▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Abiotic Stress15▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fungal Biology and Applications, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Fungal Biology and Appli…27Fungal Biology and Applications: 27 fractional worksPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls: 13 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 13 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 12 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 11 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…10Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 10 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 10 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 10 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and…9Plant tissue culture and regeneration: 9 fractional works
PharmacologyPlant ScienceMolecular BiologyBiochemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 27 works
  2. 2 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls Plant Science 13 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 13 works
  4. 4 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 12 works
  6. 6 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 11 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 10 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 10 works
  10. 10 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 9 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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