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Yunnan Agricultural University

In research, Yunnan Agricultural University stands highest in Plant Science (#46 of 1,395 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#118 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#820 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Insect Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Plant Science is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,597
of 28,054 · #4,541 all time
Rank in China
#459
of 3,058
Research works
7.5k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Yunnan 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
Plant ScienceSubfield #46 of 1,395 42.3%459 #331
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #118 of 3,409 39.0%865 #492
Life SciencesDomain #820 of 7,800 34.5%1,379 #2238
Food ScienceSubfield #79 of 492 39.8%117 #413
Physical SciencesDomain #2,157 of 12,888 21.7%491 #5918
Molecular BiologySubfield #437 of 2,175 26.5%266 #1619
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #731 of 3,579 26.5%428 #2054
MedicineField #2,592 of 10,443 33.5%230 #6393
Health SciencesDomain #3,189 of 11,982 33.3%278 #7873
Insect ScienceSubfield #33 of 102 36.5%70 #285

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yunnan 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. Plant Science#331 #46
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#492 #118
  3. Life Sciences#2,238 #820
  4. Food Science#413 #79
  5. Physical Sciences#5,918 #2,157
  6. Molecular Biology#1,619 #437
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,054 #731
  8. Medicine#6,393 #2,592
  9. Health Sciences#7,873 #3,189
  10. Insect Science#285 #33
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 Yunnan Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 459.3 works12×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 69.9 works11×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 53.7 works11×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 44.8 works8.5×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 865.0 works8.2×
  6. BiochemistrySubfield · 21.5 works7.9×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 117.1 works7.0×
← 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: 8.18× its world share, 865 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 428 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.02× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 145 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 161 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 230 worksMedicineNursing: 3.49× its world share, 38 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yunnan Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jun Sheng, Yang Tian and Hongjie Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yunnan Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Jun Sheng China · #362,139 worldwide 107 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Yang Tian China · #427,734 worldwide 86 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Hongjie Zhou China · #431,322 worldwide 75 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Xi Zhang China · #484,541 worldwide 109 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Hong‐Ye Zhao China · #490,184 worldwide 111 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Hong‐Jiang Wei China · #511,828 worldwide 121 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Shengchao Yang China · #515,115 worldwide 75 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Youyong Zhu China · #543,826 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Shusheng Zhu China · #543,911 worldwide 75 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Kun Dong China · #549,504 worldwide 42 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Yunnan Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Yunnan Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant Activity, Metabolism, Antioxidants, Antioxidant, Rhizosphere Interactions, Gut Microbiota, Cancer Prevention and Plant Immunity.

▲ 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. Antioxidant Activity127▲ 9.0×27 topics
  2. Metabolism118▲ 10×26 topics
  3. Climate Change115▲ 1.92×63 topics
  4. Antioxidant96▲ 6.3×46 topics
  5. Antioxidants92▲ 9.3×15 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress90▲ 2.5×50 topics
  7. Gene Expression74▲ 5.5×18 topics
  8. Rhizosphere Interactions73▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Gut Microbiota72▲ 9.3×7 topics
  10. Cancer Prevention69▲ 12×10 topics
  11. Plant Immunity67▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis66▲ 9.8×13 topics
  13. Root Exudates62▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Medicinal Plants58▲ 6.6×16 topics
  15. Pattern Recognition Receptors56▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Genomics55▲ 8.4×12 topics
  17. Microbiome55▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Fermentation54▲ 18×6 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity53▲ 5.4×20 topics
  20. Microbial Pathogens53▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Systemic Acquired Resistance53▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Transcription Factors50▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Biological Control50▲ 15×10 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning50▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Microbial Communities48▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Toxicity48▲ 5.0×17 topics
  27. Host Specificity48▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Polyphenols46▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Bioavailability44▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Anti-inflammatory44▲ 7.0×26 topics
  31. Flavonoids44▲ 7.5×11 topics
  32. Fungal Pathogens44▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Microbiota43▲ 9.0×6 topics
  34. Mycorrhizal Fungi41▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Probiotics40▲ 7.6×6 topics
  36. Genomic Characterization40▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Lipid Oxidation38▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Nitrogen Fixation38▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Host Recognition38▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Genetic Mapping37▲ 21×6 topics

Which research topics does Yunnan Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Tea Polyphenols and Effects.

Plant-Microbe Interactio…53Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 53 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…33Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 33 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 27 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 26 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 26 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 24 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI24Smart Agriculture and AI: 24 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 22 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 21 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and …21Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 21 fractional works
Plant ScienceCell BiologyAnimal Science and ZoologyPathology and Forensic Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 53 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 33 works
  3. 3 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 27 works
  4. 4 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 26 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 26 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 24 works
  7. 7 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 24 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 21 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 21 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yunnan Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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