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Shanxi Agricultural University

In research, Shanxi Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#104 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#52 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#787 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Agronomy and Crop Science is 13.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,608
of 28,054 · #4,878 all time
Rank in China
#460
of 3,058
Research works
7.9k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Shanxi 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 #104 of 3,409 33.6%1,050 #554
Plant ScienceSubfield #52 of 1,395 35.4%570 #357
Life SciencesDomain #787 of 7,800 29.4%1,591 #2426
Physical SciencesDomain #1,905 of 12,888 21.8%703 #5245
Environmental ScienceField #548 of 3,551 26.4%275 #1526
Food ScienceSubfield #76 of 492 29.8%123 #470
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #575 of 3,579 22.0%454 #2202
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #25 of 121 36.9%84 #196
Molecular BiologySubfield #486 of 2,175 21.9%279 #1768
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #30 of 114 29.3%66 #289

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanxi 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#554 #104
  2. Plant Science#357 #52
  3. Life Sciences#2,426 #787
  4. Physical Sciences#5,245 #1,905
  5. Environmental Science#1,526 #548
  6. Food Science#470 #76
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,202 #575
  8. Agronomy and Crop Science#196 #25
  9. Molecular Biology#1,768 #486
  10. Animal Science and Zoology#289 #30
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 Shanxi Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 83.9 works13×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 570.1 works12×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 65.9 works11×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 80.1 works10×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 32.8 works10×
  6. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 46.8 works9.1×
  7. Insect ScienceSubfield · 63.9 works8.5×
  8. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,049.7 works8.3×
← 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: 8.31× its world share, 1,050 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.20× its world share, 454 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 83 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 166 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 275 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 223 worksMedicineNursing: 5.04× its world share, 66 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.25× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanxi Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Wenbin Yue, Hua Yang and Haidong Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanxi Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Wenbin Yue China · #348,194 worldwide 94 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Hua Yang China · #360,508 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Haidong Wang China · #381,572 worldwide 134 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jiping Wang China · #537,739 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Jintong Zhang China · #541,981 worldwide 88 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Haidong Wang China · #566,876 worldwide 78 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Yuanhuai Han China · #595,640 worldwide 80 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Chunxiang Zhang China · #647,197 worldwide 90 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Shujuan Zhang China · #666,726 worldwide 58 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Jinming Wang China · #667,341 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Shanxi Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Shanxi Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Climate Change, Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, Transcription Factors, Antioxidant Activity, 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 Change213▲ 3.0×62 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress141▲ 3.2×54 topics
  3. Gene Expression135▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Antioxidants111▲ 9.3×13 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity101▲ 6.0×28 topics
  6. Metabolism94▲ 6.9×27 topics
  7. Transcription Factors92▲ 29×5 topics
  8. Microbial Communities80▲ 7.0×10 topics
  9. Antioxidant75▲ 4.1×47 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota71▲ 7.7×7 topics
  11. Soil Fertility71▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species70▲ 6.5×12 topics
  13. Regulation68▲ 4.7×13 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning67▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Drought Resistance66▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Toxicity64▲ 5.5×19 topics
  17. QTL Mapping63▲ 20×6 topics
  18. Epigenetic Regulation63▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Health Benefits61▲ 7.0×15 topics
  20. Cancer Prevention61▲ 8.7×10 topics
  21. Soil Carbon Sequestration57▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Genetic Improvement57▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Flavonoids56▲ 8.1×10 topics
  24. Signal Transduction56▲ 14×6 topics
  25. MicroRNA55▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Genetic Regulation54▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Biochar Application54▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Plant Responses53▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Anthocyanins53▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Nutrient Limitation51▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Nitrogen Cycle50▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Organic Matter Dynamics50▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Abiotic Stress48▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Auxin46▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Plant46▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Smart Farming45▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Crop Yield Prediction45▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Internet of Things (IoT)45▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Plant Disease Detection45▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Plant Growth45▲ 15×6 topics

Which research topics does Shanxi Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Smart Agriculture and AI and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…50Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 50 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …46Plant Molecular Biology Research: 46 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI45Smart Agriculture and AI: 45 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…43Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 43 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 36 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 34 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…33Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 33 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…27Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 27 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…25Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 25 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…23Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 23 fractional works
Soil SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 50 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 46 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 45 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 43 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 36 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 34 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 33 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 27 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 25 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 23 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanxi Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.