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Shanxi Agricultural University

In research, Shanxi Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#526 of 3,157 worldwide), Plant Science (#371 of 1,317 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,908 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 12.6× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,763
of 22,385 · #5,561 all time
Rank in China
#832
of 2,481
Research works
7.9k
▲ 187% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%

What is Shanxi Agricultural University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #526 of 3,157 14.6%1,050 #950
Plant ScienceSubfield #371 of 1,317 12.4%570 #843
Life SciencesDomain #1,908 of 6,403 12.8%1,591 #3164
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #60 of 130 21.1%84 #209
Environmental ScienceField #1,551 of 3,334 12.7%275 #1837
Food ScienceSubfield #268 of 517 12.9%123 #713
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,577 of 2,964 9.4%454 #2759
Health SciencesDomain #5,523 of 9,902 13.3%313 #6952
Physical SciencesDomain #6,836 of 10,670 11.3%703 #4866
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #79 of 123 24.0%66 #304

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#950 #526
  2. Plant Science#843 #371
  3. Life Sciences#3,164 #1,908
  4. Agronomy and Crop Science#209 #60
  5. Environmental Science#1,837 #1,551
  6. Food Science#713 #268
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,759 #1,577
  8. Health Sciences#6,952 #5,523
  9. Physical Sciences#4,866 #6,836
  10. Animal Science and Zoology#304 #79
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Shanxi Agricultural University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Shanxi Agricultural University is in Life Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 4.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,878 fractional works · 60.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,246 fractional works · 40.0% of its workPlant Science: 679 fractional works · 21.8% of its workFood Science: 142 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSoil Science: 102 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 93 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 521 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 320 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGenetics: 75 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 815 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 327 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEcology: 84 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 189 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 362 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 257 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVeterinary: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKShanxiAgricultural…3,112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Life Sciences1,87860.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,24640.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52116.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology732.3%
    4. Neuroscience301.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.3%
    1. Environmental Science32710.5%
    2. Engineering1896.1%
    3. Chemistry912.9%
    4. Computer Science782.5%
    5. Materials Science521.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences391.2%
    7. Energy140.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy120.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering100.3%
    10. Mathematics40.1%
    1. Medicine2578.3%
    2. Nursing722.3%
    3. Veterinary270.9%
    4. Health Professions40.1%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Social Sciences321.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting120.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.2%
    4. Psychology30.1%
    5. Decision Sciences20.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shanxi Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 92.7 works13×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 678.7 works12×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 83.0 works12×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 101.8 works11×
  5. ParasitologySubfield · 32.7 works9.9×
  6. BiochemistrySubfield · 34.9 works9.1×
  7. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,245.6 works8.4×
  8. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 50.5 works8.4×
← 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: 8.42× its world share, 1,246 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.14× its world share, 521 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.33× its world share, 73 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.86× its world share, 91 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 189 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 327 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 257 worksMedicineNursing: 4.72× its world share, 72 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.38× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.42×1,246 works
  2. Veterinary6.38×27 works
  3. Nursing4.72×72 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.14×521 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.33×73 works
  6. Environmental Science2.11×327 works
  7. Chemistry1.86×91 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.91×10 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×39 works
  11. Neuroscience0.60×30 works
  12. Energy0.50×14 works
  13. Materials Science0.48×52 works
  14. Medicine0.43×257 works
  15. Engineering0.40×189 works
  16. Computer Science0.32×78 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.17×12 works
  18. Dentistry0.17×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×12 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×4 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×6 works
  22. Social Sciences0.08×32 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.07×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.05×4 works
  25. Psychology0.03×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Shanxi Agricultural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lei Shi, Defen Lu and Jianfu Xue lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanxi Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Lei Shi China · #349,715 worldwide 5.2k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 Defen Lu China · #463,915 worldwide 1.4k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Jianfu Xue China · #563,192 worldwide 2.1k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Zhiqiang Gao China · #656,609 worldwide 1.9k citations · 116 works
  5. 5 Haidong Wang China · #734,984 worldwide 8.3k citations · 159 works
  6. 6 Sheng Niu China · #756,754 worldwide 4.6k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Qiong Ju China · #850,242 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Qingliang Cui China · #917,168 worldwide 2.6k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Xiaomao Luo China · #983,378 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Jia‐Gang Wang #994,380 worldwide 819 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Shanxi Agricultural University

What are the most cited papers from Shanxi Agricultural University?

The most cited paper from Shanxi Agricultural University is "Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Using Human ACE2" (Qihui Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Lili Wu et al., 2020), with 3,197 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743) and "Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning—A Review" (1,004).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structural and Functional Basis of SARS-CoV-2 Entry by Using Human ACE2 Qihui Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Lili Wu et al. · Cell Open access 9 Apr 2020 3,197
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
3 Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning—A Review Lili Li, Shujuan Zhang, Bin Wang · IEEE Access Open access 2021 1,004
4 CD44 Is the Signaling Component of the Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor-CD74 Receptor Complex Xuerong Shi, Lin Leng, Tian Wang et al. · Immunity Open access Oct 2006 678
5 Grassland changes and adaptive management on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Yanfen Wang et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Review 6 Sep 2022 545
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shanxi Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Antioxidants, Transcription Factors, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Activity 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-now 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 Change252▲ 3.0×65 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress162▲ 3.2×55 topics
  3. Gene Expression158▲ 8.1×19 topics
  4. Antioxidants126▲ 9.1×14 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity115▲ 6.0×28 topics
  6. Metabolism114▲ 6.9×28 topics
  7. Transcription Factors108▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Microbial Communities98▲ 7.3×10 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning86▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Antioxidant85▲ 4.0×47 topics
  11. Soil Fertility85▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota81▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species81▲ 6.3×12 topics
  14. Regulation79▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Drought Resistance76▲ 25×4 topics
  16. QTL Mapping74▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Epigenetic Regulation74▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Health Benefits71▲ 6.9×15 topics
  19. Toxicity71▲ 5.3×20 topics
  20. Soil Carbon Sequestration71▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Signal Transduction69▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Biochar Application67▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention67▲ 8.2×10 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity66▲ 4.9×21 topics
  25. Genetic Regulation66▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Flavonoids66▲ 8.3×10 topics
  27. Nutrient Limitation65▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Nitrogen Cycle64▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Organic Matter Dynamics64▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Plant Responses63▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Anthocyanins63▲ 29×3 topics
  32. MicroRNA62▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Genetic Improvement60▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Abiotic Stress58▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Plant Development57▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Smart Farming53▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Internet of Things (IoT)53▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Auxin53▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Crop Yield Prediction53▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Plant Disease Detection53▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Shanxi Agricultural University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 64 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 53 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 53 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 50 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 44 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 43 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 35 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 34 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 29 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 27 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shanxi Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 187% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shanxi Agricultural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Shanxi Agricultural University0.015% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Shanxi Agricultural University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Shanxi Agricultural University13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2025.

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