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Sichuan Agricultural University

In research, Sichuan Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#26 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#25 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#328 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Plant Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 14.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#660
of 28,054 · #1,560 all time
Rank in China
#218
of 3,058
Research works
20k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
295k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Sichuan 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 #26 of 3,409 38.5%1,746 #133
Plant ScienceSubfield #25 of 1,395 42.6%926 #102
Life SciencesDomain #328 of 7,800 33.5%2,908 #723
Environmental ScienceField #265 of 3,551 27.7%590 #687
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #95 of 1,272 56.3%150 #506
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #294 of 3,579 27.3%915 #892
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #146 of 1,775 54.7%163 #630
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #10 of 121 34.1%126 #57
Social SciencesDomain #932 of 10,521 44.2%580 #2054
Physical SciencesDomain #1,148 of 12,888 27.4%1,488 #2639

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sichuan 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#133 #26
  2. Plant Science#102 #25
  3. Life Sciences#723 #328
  4. Environmental Science#687 #265
  5. Economics and Econometrics#506 #95
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#892 #294
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#630 #146
  8. Agronomy and Crop Science#57 #10
  9. Social Sciences#2,054 #932
  10. Physical Sciences#2,639 #1,148
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 Sichuan Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 181.2 works14×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 126.2 works9.3×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 926.1 works9.2×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 47.9 works6.8×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,745.6 works6.4×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 105.3 works6.1×
  7. Small AnimalsSubfield · 41.7 works5.9×
  8. VeterinaryField · 42.1 works5.4×
← 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: 6.40× its world share, 1,746 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.99× its world share, 915 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 166 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.71× its world share, 35 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 96 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 389 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.07× its world share, 590 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 180 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 581 worksMedicineNursing: 3.97× its world share, 112 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.40× its world share, 42 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 177 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 163 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sichuan Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jing Zhang, Weiguo Liu and Yang Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sichuan Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Jing Zhang China · #120,755 worldwide 181 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Weiguo Liu China · #136,414 worldwide 141 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Yang Liu China · #188,074 worldwide 150 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Taiwen Yong China · #222,367 worldwide 105 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Ling Zhang China · #251,045 worldwide 84 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Lin Feng China · #251,166 worldwide 300 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Guanghui Shen China · #262,196 worldwide 256 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Qi Wu China · #276,146 worldwide 62 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Xiao‐Qiu Zhou China · #282,564 worldwide 290 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Shun Gao China · #290,988 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sichuan Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan Agricultural University?

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

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress330▲ 3.5×54 topics
  2. Climate Change324▲ 2.1×76 topics
  3. Gene Expression269▲ 7.7×20 topics
  4. Gut Microbiota217▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Metabolism192▲ 6.5×27 topics
  6. Antioxidants190▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Antioxidant168▲ 4.3×47 topics
  8. Cancer167▲ 2.2×48 topics
  9. Probiotics164▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Transcription Factors164▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity152▲ 4.2×28 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species144▲ 6.2×13 topics
  13. Regulation140▲ 4.5×18 topics
  14. Epigenetic Regulation135▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Microbial Communities132▲ 5.4×10 topics
  16. Drought Resistance127▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Signal Transduction123▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Plant Responses119▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Toxicity118▲ 4.8×20 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity118▲ 4.7×20 topics
  21. QTL Mapping117▲ 17×6 topics
  22. Urbanization116▲ 4.9×9 topics
  23. Aquaculture116▲ 7.7×8 topics
  24. Cancer Prevention112▲ 7.4×9 topics
  25. MicroRNA110▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Abiotic Stress99▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Salt Tolerance94▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Stress Signaling94▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Genetic Regulation93▲ 10.0×6 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture93▲ 5.1×12 topics
  31. Bioavailability90▲ 7.9×6 topics
  32. Heat Stress90▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Anthocyanins84▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Auxin84▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Plant84▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Metabolic Health83▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Crop Improvement81▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Amino Acids80▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Intestinal Barrier77▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Genome Sequencing76▲ 8.6×8 topics

Which research topics does Sichuan Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Plant Stress Responses a…94Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 94 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …84Plant Molecular Biology Research: 84 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…74Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 74 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…69Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 69 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 63 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 56 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…53Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 53 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 46 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 45 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…44Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 44 fractional works
Plant ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyMolecular BiologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 94 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 84 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 74 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 69 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 63 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 56 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 53 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 46 works
  9. 9 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 45 works
  10. 10 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 44 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sichuan Agricultural University'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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