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Top Agronomy and Crop Science Research Institutions

China Agricultural University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 121 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 47.4% 248 3k#12
2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 85.5 49.4% 166 1.9k#26
3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 77.1 44.3% 181 2.1k#21
4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 71.1 45.2% 158 1.7k#77
5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 66.4 45.8% 99 1.2k#40
6 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina · Tai’an 62.6 41.6% 87 942#78
7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 59.4 46.9% 140 1.6k#36
8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 56.6 37.8% 123 1.2k#4
9 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina · Lanzhou 54.2 40.0% 118 1k#91
10 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina · Ya'an 52.0 34.1% 126 1.1k#57
11 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 50.0 27.2% 122 887#28
12 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 48.2 22.8% 182 1k#3
13 Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 46.5 37.3% 126 1.1k—
14 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 45.0 48.7% 75 923—
15 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 43.5 40.3% 74 672—
16 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 42.2 32.3% 105 794#18
17 Iowa State UniversityUnited States · Ames 40.9 25.5% 104 758#13
18 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 39.7 23.0% 136 843#2
19 University of GuelphCanada · Guelph 38.6 23.2% 117 771#6
20 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 37.5 27.2% 98 727#1
21 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 36.5 38.5% 72 699—
22 South China Agricultural UniversityChina · Guangzhou 35.5 38.7% 73 739—
23 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 34.6 34.8% 84 698#80
24 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina · Hohhot 33.7 34.9% 94 689—
25 Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina · Xiaodian 32.9 36.9% 84 602—
26 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 32.1 21.2% 121 664—
27 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 31.3 25.7% 101 773#10
28 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 30.5 28.9% 101 701#5
29 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 29.8 17.0% 139 640#23
30 Kansas State UniversityUnited States · Manhattan 29.1 15.1% 170 783#19
31 Agricultural Research ServiceUnited States · Washington 28.4 22.7% 100 624#9
32 Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanada · Ottawa 27.7 21.4% 79 556#11
33 Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIreland · Carlow 27.1 24.2% 99 565#29
34 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia · New Delhi 26.5 15.4% 128 505—
35 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States · Lincoln 25.9 17.3% 113 639#15
36 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 25.3 26.1% 86 647#17
37 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 24.7 18.0% 103 544#7
38 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 24.2 17.2% 141 674#68
39 Massey UniversityNew Zealand · Palmerston North 23.6 31.5% 67 498#51
40 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 23.1 18.5% 82 445#16
41 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 22.6 24.6% 69 566#22
42 IPB UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 22.1 5.7% 263 434—
43 University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 21.6 22.6% 85 607#46
44 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 21.1 10.0% 165 448—
45 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt · Giza 20.6 4.1% 302 494—
46 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 20.2 29.2% 61 359#43
47 University College DublinIreland · Dublin 19.7 22.7% 74 451#24
48 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia · Addis Ababa 19.3 6.0% 273 550—
49 Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 18.8 23.9% 78 401#25
50 University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan · Faisalabad 18.4 14.7% 91 373—
51 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil · Brasília 18.0 12.3% 122 465#58
52 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia · New Delhi 17.6 14.2% 95 295—
53 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia · Coimbatore 17.2 5.3% 196 268—
54 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 16.8 11.1% 137 487#70
55 University of MissouriUnited States · Columbia 16.4 18.4% 63 301#20
56 Virginia TechUnited States · Blacksburg 16.1 17.0% 68 310#42
57 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia · Varanasi 15.7 15.2% 66 293—
58 National Research CentreEgypt · Giza 15.3 20.5% 60 356—
59 National Dairy Research InstituteIndia · Karnāl 15.0 9.3% 139 372—
60 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia · Hisar 14.6 8.3% 110 263—
61 The University of Agriculture, PeshawarPakistan · Peshawar 14.3 14.2% 63 280—
62 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 13.9 17.2% 67 306—
63 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 13.6 18.8% 60 383#48
64 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia · Phagwāra 13.3 9.2% 101 228—
65 Indian Veterinary Research InstituteIndia · Bareilly 13.0 10.1% 94 225—
66 University of SaskatchewanCanada · Saskatoon 12.6 8.9% 106 341#47
67 Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal · Bharatpur 12.3 8.9% 98 192—
68 Agricultural Research & Education OrganizationIran · Tehran 12.0 15.8% 62 271—
69 Central Agricultural UniversityIndia · Imphal 11.7 9.7% 69 172—
70 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 11.4 4.0% 162 209—
71 University of BaghdadIraq · Baghdad 11.1 7.9% 93 168—
72 University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan · Lahore 10.8 11.8% 70 220—
73 Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil · Viçosa 10.5 10.5% 80 262—
74 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 10.3 8.5% 94 169—
75 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh · Mymensingh 10.0 8.6% 84 253—
76 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia · Jabalpur 9.7 11.1% 68 169—
77 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 9.4 2.8% 164 164—
78 South Dakota State UniversityUnited States · Brookings 9.2 10.2% 62 198#83
79 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil · Santa Maria 8.9 8.3% 78 194—
80 Auburn UniversityUnited States · Auburn 8.6 9.9% 62 165—
81 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 8.4 2.3% 186 175—
82 Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine · Vinnytsia 8.1 9.5% 67 84—
83 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia · Srinagar 7.9 7.5% 77 160—
84 Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi VishvavidyalayaIndia · Pālampur 7.6 5.9% 81 112—
85 Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia · Haldwani 7.4 6.9% 70 172—
86 Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 7.1 5.5% 73 118—
87 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 6.9 5.4% 83 85—
88 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 6.6 2.2% 137 102—
89 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay · Montevideo 6.4 8.1% 63 196—
90 National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 6.2 5.1% 84 95—
91 Kuban State Agrarian UniversityRussia · Krasnodar 5.9 2.4% 106 55—
92 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia · Allahabad 5.7 0.7% 199 168—
93 University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 5.5 2.1% 132 80—
94 Andalas UniversityIndonesia · Padang 5.3 2.3% 111 100—
95 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 5.0 3.1% 76 47—
96 Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 4.8 3.6% 73 72—
97 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia · Surabaya 4.6 2.7% 85 113—
98 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 4.4 3.5% 87 71—
99 Udayana UniversityIndonesia · Denpasar 4.2 0.9% 160 99—
100 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia · Mumbai 4.0 3.6% 70 80—

institutions ranked worldwide in Agronomy and Crop Science (121). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

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.

4 – 9: 21 places9 – 14: 16 places14 – 18: 13 places18 – 23: 11 places23 – 28: 8 places28 – 33: 6 places33 – 38: 6 places38 – 42: 4 places42 – 47: 3 places47 – 52: 2 places52 – 57: 3 places57 – 62: 1 places62 – 66: 1 places66 – 71: 2 places71 – 76: 0 places76 – 81: 1 places81 – 86: 1 places86 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places4100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 302 works
  2. 2 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 273 works
  3. 3 IPB UniversityIndonesia 263 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 248 works
  5. 5 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 199 works
  6. 6 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 196 works
  7. 7 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 186 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 182 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 181 works
  10. 10 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 170 works
  11. 11 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 166 works
  12. 12 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 165 works
  13. 13 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 164 works
  14. 14 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 162 works
  15. 15 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 160 works

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