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Top Agronomy and Crop Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and China Agricultural University, out of 130 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 29.6% 299 3.4k#2
2Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 85.8 24.8% 732 7.2k#5
3China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 77.4 28.5% 257 3.1k#3
4Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 71.5 17.5% 134 1k#1
5Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 66.9 32.1% 166 1.9k#10
6Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 63.2 22.2% 123 1.2k#4
7University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 60.0 13.0% 137 845#6
8Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 57.3 30.9% 79 979#29
9Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 54.9 25.7% 140 1.6k#16
10University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 52.7 14.5% 184 1k#14
11Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 50.7 30.0% 194 2k#38
12Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 48.9 15.6% 123 895#22
13Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 47.3 21.8% 126 1.1k#51
14University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 45.8 16.0% 108 811#13
15Iowa State UniversityUnited States · Ames 44.4 16.4% 105 769#45
16Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 43.0 15.9% 105 794#21
17Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 41.8 8.2% 338 1.4k#7
18Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 40.6 20.0% 101 702#24
19Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 39.5 16.6% 110 769#23
20Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 38.5 13.7% 78 401#30
21University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 37.5 15.2% 86 648#15
22Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 36.5 10.8% 140 641#31
23University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 35.6 10.9% 104 555#11
24Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 34.7 16.9% 61 359#53
25Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 33.9 16.0% 69 572#28
26Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra 33.1 19.8% 101 943#25
27Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 32.3 9.9% 101 544#18
28University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 31.5 13.4% 85 607#57
29Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 30.8 14.5% 72 439#34
30The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 30.1 15.1% 60 464#33
31Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine · Vinnytsia 29.5 7.9% 67 84-
32Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 28.8 18.8% 84 701#58
33United States Department of AgricultureUnited States · Washington 28.2 10.7% 349 2.3k#32
34South China Agricultural UniversityChina · Guangzhou 27.6 21.5% 73 741-
35Kansas State UniversityUnited States · Manhattan 27.0 7.7% 170 783#74
36Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina · Tai’an 26.4 23.8% 88 944-
37Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIreland · Carlow 25.8 14.2% 99 565#61
38The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 25.3 10.2% 84 450#39
39North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 24.7 9.7% 60 383#41
40Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina · Ya'an 24.2 19.4% 126 1.1k-
41Henan Agricultural UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 23.7 23.5% 74 672-
42Massey UniversityNew Zealand · Palmerston North 23.2 14.3% 67 498-
43University of GuelphCanada · Guelph 22.7 16.2% 118 775#93
44University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States · Lincoln 22.3 9.5% 113 640#40
45University College DublinIreland · Dublin 21.8 12.5% 74 456#50
46CGIARFrance · Montpellier 21.3 16.2% 105 871#42
47Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 20.9 26.2% 72 699-
48Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina · Lanzhou 20.5 22.9% 118 1k-
49Virginia TechUnited States · Blacksburg 20.0 10.6% 68 310#52
50Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanada · Ottawa 19.6 13.1% 116 814#84
51Kazan State Agrarian UniversityRussia · Kazan’ 19.2 15.4% 64 124-
52Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und HeimatGermany · Bonn 18.8 18.0% 63 627-
53Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina · Hohhot 18.4 20.8% 94 689-
54University of MissouriUnited States · Columbia 18.0 14.6% 65 320#73
55National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 17.7 5.1% 84 95-
56Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 17.3 8.1% 105 525#85
57Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia · Jabalpur 16.9 3.6% 68 169-
58Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 16.6 10.2% 146 680-
59Omsk State Agrarian UniversityRussia · Omsk 16.2 6.6% 94 99-
60Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina · Xiaodian 15.9 21.1% 84 602-
61Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia · New Delhi 15.5 7.7% 1.1k 3.4k-
62University of SaskatchewanCanada · Saskatoon 15.2 3.1% 106 348#91
63Auburn UniversityUnited States · Auburn 14.9 6.3% 62 165-
64Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil · Brasília 14.6 6.9% 122 465-
65Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 14.2 9.9% 106 84-
66Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia · Addis Ababa 13.9 3.3% 273 550-
67Ural State Agrarian UniversityRussia · Yekaterinburg 13.6 4.8% 65 66-
68Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal · Bharatpur 13.3 3.5% 98 192-
69National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationJapan · Tsukuba 13.0 5.7% 104 349-
70The University of Agriculture, PeshawarPakistan · Peshawar 12.7 9.5% 63 280-
71University of PattimuraIndonesia · Ambon City 12.4 4.7% 102 46-
72IPB UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 12.1 9.9% 263 434-
73Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 11.9 7.6% 701 1k-
74Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 11.6 5.3% 87 71-
75Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia · Srinagar 11.3 6.8% 77 160-
76Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi VishvavidyalayaIndia · Pālampur 11.0 2.4% 81 112-
77Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 10.8 8.6% 73 72-
78University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 10.5 3.1% 132 80-
79Agricultural Research & Education OrganizationIran · Tehran 10.2 7.5% 62 271-
80Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia · Mumbai 10.0 2.9% 70 80-
81Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 9.7 4.8% 165 448-
82Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 9.5 6.9% 137 487-
83Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh · Mymensingh 9.2 10.9% 84 253-
84Central Agricultural UniversityIndia · Imphal 9.0 5.0% 69 172-
85Kuban State Agrarian UniversityRussia · Krasnodar 8.7 3.1% 106 55-
86Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil · Viçosa 8.5 5.2% 80 262-
87Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico · Montecillo 8.3 3.7% 68 137-
88Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural UniversityIndia · Guntur 8.0 1.3% 81 62-
89Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural UniversityIndia · Bikaner 7.8 1.9% 70 100-
90Agricultural Research CenterEgypt · Giza 7.6 5.5% 302 494-
91Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia · Haldwani 7.3 4.2% 70 172-
92South Dakota State UniversityUnited States · Brookings 7.1 6.6% 62 198-
93Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia · Varanasi 6.9 7.8% 67 300-
94University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan · Lahore 6.7 7.9% 70 220-
95Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesIndia · Hisar 6.4 4.1% 64 109-
96National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 6.2 13.3% 94 169-
97Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 6.0 2.3% 73 118-
98University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan · Faisalabad 5.8 10.1% 119 452-
99Federal Scientific Center for Feed Production and Agroecology named after V.R. WilliamsRussia · Lobnya 5.6 2.0% 61 39-
100Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural UniversityIndia · Hyderabad 5.4 0.7% 81 97-

institutions ranked worldwide in Agronomy and Crop Science (130). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis, one tick each. Right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

5 to 10: 21 places10 to 15: 16 places15 to 20: 13 places20 to 24: 11 places24 to 29: 8 places29 to 34: 6 places34 to 39: 6 places39 to 43: 4 places43 to 48: 3 places48 to 53: 3 places53 to 57: 2 places57 to 62: 1 places62 to 67: 1 places67 to 72: 2 places72 to 76: 0 places76 to 81: 1 places81 to 86: 1 places86 to 91: 0 places91 to 95: 0 places95 to 100: 1 places5100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 1.2k works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 843 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 753 works
  4. 4 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 381 works
  5. 5 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 371 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 328 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 311 works
  8. 8 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 287 works
  9. 9 China Agricultural UniversityChina 284 works
  10. 10 IPB UniversityIndonesia 276 works
  11. 11 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 218 works
  12. 12 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 202 works
  13. 13 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 201 works
  14. 14 University of FloridaUnited States 198 works
  15. 15 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 197 works

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