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South China Agricultural University

In research, South China Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#21 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#10 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#196 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science and Insect Science — Animal Science and Zoology is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#421
of 28,054 · #1,187 all time
Rank in China
#151
of 3,058
Research works
25k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
414k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is South China 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 #21 of 3,409 40.2%1,867 #131
Plant ScienceSubfield #10 of 1,395 44.4%1,039 #77
Life SciencesDomain #196 of 7,800 34.0%3,361 #630
Physical SciencesDomain #603 of 12,888 26.6%2,574 #1444
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #181 of 3,579 27.4%1,169 #607
Food ScienceSubfield #26 of 492 39.9%207 #128
Environmental ScienceField #225 of 3,551 30.2%694 #697
Molecular BiologySubfield #154 of 2,175 26.5%710 #572
EngineeringField #476 of 6,636 24.9%740 #1324
Insect ScienceSubfield #11 of 102 32.9%156 #78

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South China 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#131 #21
  2. Plant Science#77 #10
  3. Life Sciences#630 #196
  4. Physical Sciences#1,444 #603
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#607 #181
  6. Food Science#128 #26
  7. Environmental Science#697 #225
  8. Molecular Biology#572 #154
  9. Engineering#1,324 #476
  10. Insect Science#78 #11
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 South China Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 145.4 works9.2×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,039.0 works8.3×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 155.9 works7.7×
  4. PollutionSubfield · 161.7 works5.7×
  5. EndocrinologySubfield · 32.1 works5.7×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,866.6 works5.5×
  7. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 40.4 works5.2×
← 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: 5.47× its world share, 1,867 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.05× its world share, 1,169 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.97× its world share, 215 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 71 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 154 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 387 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 61 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.14× its world share, 75 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 740 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 694 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.50× its world share, 375 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 596 worksMedicineNursing: 2.51× its world share, 88 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.19× its world share, 41 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 117 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 91 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South China Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lian‐Hui Zhang, Ping Gao and Xiangjun Zou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South China Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Lian‐Hui Zhang · #43,335 worldwide 531 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Ping Gao · #68,060 worldwide 415 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Xiangjun Zou · #68,098 worldwide 171 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Shaohua Chen · #69,391 worldwide 403 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Yingliang Liu · #106,860 worldwide 661 citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Yueping Fang · #113,699 worldwide 510 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Qingwen Wang · #139,043 worldwide 433 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Jun Xie · #145,392 worldwide 373 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Jun Wang · #147,539 worldwide 460 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Chaoqun Zhang · #147,908 worldwide 409 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at South China Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at South China Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gut Microbiota, Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Oxidative Stress, Environmental Impact, Microbial Communities, Metabolism and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Deep Learning325▲ 1.32×80 topics
  2. Epidemiology290◆ 1.02×93 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress277▲ 2.4×58 topics
  4. Environmental Impact273▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Climate Change260▲ 1.34×80 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications230▲ 2.7×32 topics
  7. Gene Expression213▲ 4.9×20 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota198▲ 7.9×7 topics
  9. Cancer177▲ 1.83×51 topics
  10. Metabolism174▲ 4.7×29 topics
  11. Antioxidant168▲ 3.4×50 topics
  12. Microbial Communities164▲ 5.4×10 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity162▲ 3.6×31 topics
  14. Transcription Factors155▲ 18×5 topics
  15. Antioxidants149▲ 4.6×15 topics
  16. Toxicity138▲ 4.4×20 topics
  17. Pathogenesis137▲ 3.8×19 topics
  18. Image Processing126▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Probiotics122▲ 7.2×6 topics
  20. Genomics120▲ 5.6×12 topics
  21. Wireless Sensor Networks120▲ 3.7×17 topics
  22. Epigenetic Regulation118▲ 7.6×6 topics
  23. Environmental Monitoring116▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Vaccine114▲ 3.9×11 topics
  25. Aquaculture113▲ 6.0×8 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance113▲ 4.1×12 topics
  27. Pollution102▲ 7.2×4 topics
  28. Microbiota96▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Internet of Things (IoT)95▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Plant Disease Detection95▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Smart Farming95▲ 11×1 topic
  32. MicroRNA94▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Drought Resistance93▲ 13×4 topics
  34. QTL Mapping92▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Biological Control91▲ 8.5×10 topics
  36. Signal Transduction88▲ 8.4×7 topics
  37. Pattern Recognition Receptors88▲ 9.8×3 topics
  38. Plant Immunity87▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Plant Responses85▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Genomic Sequencing84▲ 10×6 topics

Which research topics does South China Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Gut microbiota and health and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Smart Agriculture and AI95Smart Agriculture and AI: 95 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …74Plant Molecular Biology Research: 74 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 54 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 54 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…53Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 53 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 52 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 52 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …47Animal Virus Infections Studies: 47 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 45 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 41 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyPollutionAnimal Science and Zoology1 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AIPlant Science 95 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant Science 74 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 54 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression AnalysisMolecular Biology 54 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Science 53 works
  6. 6 Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Science 52 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic PollutionPollution 52 works
  8. 8 Animal Virus Infections StudiesAnimal Science and Zoology 47 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology 45 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsPollution 41 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 available37.6%not open62.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South China Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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