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Sichuan Animal Science Academy

In research, Sichuan Animal Science Academy stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,130 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology (Animal Science and Zoology is 66.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,799
of 22,385 · #17,756 all time
Rank in China
#1,903
of 2,481
Research works
525
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Sichuan Animal Science Academy

What is Sichuan Animal Science Academy 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,130 of 6,403 14.9%88 #3325

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sichuan Animal Science Academy 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 fields of science does Sichuan Animal Science Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Sichuan Animal Science Academy is in Life Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Medicine (22%). It does 4.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 101 fractional works · 64.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 30.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 13.6% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 25.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 23 fractional works · 14.5% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 22.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSichuan AnimalScience Academy156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences0%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4730.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3925.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology127.5%
    4. Neuroscience21.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    1. Medicine3522.2%
    2. Nursing32.0%
    3. Veterinary31.8%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Environmental Science64.2%
    2. Engineering31.9%
    3. Materials Science10.8%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Psychology00.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    3. Social Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sichuan Animal Science Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 66.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 22.7 works66×
← 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: 5.28× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.67× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.41× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 4.13× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.48× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary13.48×3 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology7.41×12 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.67×47 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.28×39 works
  5. Nursing4.13×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.47×1 works
  7. Medicine1.15×35 works
  8. Environmental Science0.84×6 works
  9. Neuroscience0.66×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.50×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  13. Energy0.16×0 works
  14. Engineering0.13×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  16. Psychology0.10×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sichuan Animal Science Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Qingyun Li, Wenjie Tang and Hui Diao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sichuan Animal Science Academy.

  1. 1 Qingyun Li China · #327,984 worldwide 9k citations · 189 works
  2. 2 Wenjie Tang China · #345,495 worldwide 2.4k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Hui Diao China · #760,048 worldwide 865 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Sheng‐Yao Kuang China · #1,120,472 worldwide 11k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Jing Xie China · #1,146,122 worldwide 270 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Mengjia Zhou China · #1,305,268 worldwide 509 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Yiren Gu China · #1,546,305 worldwide 2.4k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Xuemei Yang China · #1,767,921 worldwide 553 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Cheng-Bo Zhong China · #2,008,490 worldwide 310 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Lu Xiao China · #2,435,281 worldwide 394 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sichuan Animal Science Academy

What are the most cited papers from Sichuan Animal Science Academy?

The most cited paper from Sichuan Animal Science Academy is "Genomic analyses identify distinct patterns of selection in domesticated pigs and Tibetan wild boars" (Mingzhou Li et al., 2013), with 593 citations. Next come "Lactation-Related MicroRNA Expression Profiles of Porcine Breast Milk Exosomes" (266) and "Effects of dietary arginine supplementation on growth performance, flesh quality, muscle antioxidant capacity and antioxidant-related signalling molecule expression in young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)" (253).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genomic analyses identify distinct patterns of selection in domesticated pigs and Tibetan wild boars Mingzhou Li et al. · Nature Genetics 27 Oct 2013 593
2 Lactation-Related MicroRNA Expression Profiles of Porcine Breast Milk Exosomes Yiren Gu, Mingzhou Li, Tao Wang et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 24 Aug 2012 266
3 Effects of dietary arginine supplementation on growth performance, flesh quality, muscle antioxidant capacity and antioxidant-related signalling molecule expression in young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Biao Wang, Yang Liu, Lin Feng et al. · Food Chemistry 28 Jun 2014 253
4 Beneficial effects of exercise and its molecular mechanisms on depression in rats Hang Zheng, Yanyou Liu, Wei Li et al. · Behavioural Brain Research Open access 12 Nov 2005 212
5 Dietary tryptophan modulates intestinal immune response, barrier function, antioxidant status and gene expression of TOR and Nrf2 in young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Hailang Wen, Lin Feng, Wei‐Dan Jiang et al. · Fish & Shellfish Immunology 15 Jul 2014 212
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan Animal Science Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gut Microbiota, Probiotics, Vaccine, Aquaculture, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Immune Response and Cancer.

▲ 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. Gut Microbiota19▲ 35×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology18▲ 3.0×22 topics
  3. Probiotics14▲ 38×6 topics
  4. Vaccine13▲ 21×6 topics
  5. Aquaculture12▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Pathogenesis11▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Cancer11▲ 5.2×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress11▲ 4.2×33 topics
  9. Immune Response10▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 2.6×31 topics
  11. Nutrition8▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Heat Stress8▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Coronavirus8▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Intestinal Barrier8▲ 63×2 topics
  15. Amino Acids8▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Innate Immunity8▲ 15×6 topics
  17. Antibiotic Alternatives7▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Gene Expression7▲ 7.5×11 topics
  19. Genomic Sequencing7▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Poultry Production7▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Metagenomics7▲ 47×3 topics
  23. Circovirus6▲ 136×1 topic
  24. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus6▲ 136×1 topic
  25. Microbial Communities6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Antioxidants6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  28. Cytokines6▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Regulation6▲ 7.0×9 topics
  30. Biomarkers6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  31. Inflammatory Diseases6▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Fish Immunology5▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Genomic Integration5▲ 61×2 topics
  34. Immune Responses5▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Metabolic Health5▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Stress Response5▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Metagenomic Analysis5▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Short-Chain Fatty Acids5▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Omega-3 Fatty Acids5▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Fatty Acids5▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Sichuan Animal Science Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Gut microbiota and health.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…7Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 7 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …6Animal Virus Infections Studies: 6 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…5Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health5Gut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 5 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 4 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…4Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 4 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…4Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 4 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…3Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 3 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…3Virus-based gene therapy research: 3 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyImmunologyMolecular BiologyAquatic Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  2. 2 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 5 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 5 works
  6. 6 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 4 works
  8. 8 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 3 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sichuan Animal Science Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sichuan Animal Science Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Sichuan Animal Science Academy0.00058% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Sichuan Animal Science Academy 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 counting10%20%Sichuan Animal Science Academy13.7% 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 18.4% in 2023.

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