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Top Plant 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 1,317 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 17.9% 3.9k 53k#1
2Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 90.4 15.8% 8k 88k#3
3China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 84.7 22.7% 1.6k 26k#7
4Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 80.7 22.2% 890 14k#16
5Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 77.6 21.1% 1.4k 21k#20
6Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 75.1 14.5% 527 5.8k#4
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 72.9 20.5% 692 11k#5
8Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 71.1 20.6% 389 6.5k#6
9Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited States · Chevy Chase 69.4 27.9% 71 2.7k#18
10Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 67.9 14.4% 1.4k 14k#10
11Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 66.6 9.3% 1.7k 12k#2
12Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 65.4 18.1% 1.5k 22k#17
13Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 64.3 19.4% 1.1k 16k#22
14ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 63.3 24.8% 168 3.7k#13
15Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 62.3 18.9% 648 8.9k#12
16Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 61.4 19.3% 2k 24k#43
17Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 60.6 16.0% 448 5.1k#14
18University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 59.8 14.3% 536 6.1k#9
19Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 59.0 23.9% 253 4.4k#49
20Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 58.3 13.2% 590 6.5k#79
21South China Agricultural UniversityChina · Guangzhou 57.6 17.1% 1k 13k#86
22Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 57.0 18.7% 165 2.9k#8
23Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 56.3 8.2% 1.7k 11k#15
24University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 55.8 18.5% 192 3.4k#11
25Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 55.2 16.4% 829 9.8k#82
26Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 54.6 18.7% 380 4.8k#60
27University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 54.1 8.8% 1.1k 7.3k#42
28University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 53.6 16.3% 178 2.6k#26
29University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 53.1 16.1% 292 3.8k#31
30University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 52.7 10.8% 559 4.4k#40
31University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 52.2 16.6% 162 2.2k#29
32Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina · Hefei 51.8 14.0% 591 6.5k-
33University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen 51.3 17.9% 197 2.5k#44
34Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina · Fuzhou 50.9 14.6% 856 10k#90
35Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 50.5 14.4% 356 3.3k#51
36Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 50.1 14.6% 830 9.8k#76
37Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 49.7 15.4% 396 6k#37
38Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 49.4 15.6% 341 3.9k-
39John Innes CentreUnited Kingdom · Norwich 49.0 20.1% 101 1.6k#23
40Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 48.6 16.0% 860 9k-
41University of BonnGermany · Bonn 48.3 18.1% 244 3.1k#67
42University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 48.0 10.4% 305 2.8k#25
43Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 47.6 16.0% 344 3.9k#65
44University of California, RiversideUnited States · Riverside 47.3 15.0% 219 3.2k#19
45Henan UniversityChina · Kaifeng 47.0 17.8% 232 3.3k-
46United States Department of AgricultureUnited States · Washington 46.7 10.1% 1.9k 14k#33
47The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 46.4 15.1% 287 2.8k#50
48Hainan UniversityChina · Haikou 46.1 15.2% 583 6.7k-
49University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 45.8 16.7% 289 3.6k#68
50Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 45.5 13.5% 438 4.5k#36
51Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 45.3 18.0% 106 1.6k#24
52Iowa State UniversityUnited States · Ames 45.0 13.5% 307 2.9k-
53Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina · Tai’an 44.7 16.4% 890 12k-
54Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning 44.5 17.3% 624 7.4k-
55Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 44.2 16.4% 262 2.7k#71
56Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 44.0 11.9% 219 2.5k-
57Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 43.7 17.8% 197 2.8k#57
58University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 43.5 13.0% 268 2.6k#38
59Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 43.2 12.5% 319 3.8k#69
60National Research CouncilItaly · Rome 43.0 15.8% 654 6.9k#95
61University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 42.8 11.8% 279 2.6k#30
62North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 42.5 9.4% 434 3k#48
63Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 42.3 18.5% 282 3.8k-
64Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 42.1 17.3% 246 2.9k-
65National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 41.9 15.3% 123 1.8k#28
66Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 41.7 21.2% 162 2.5k-
67Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 41.5 30.8% 539 8.9k-
68McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 41.3 16.8% 181 2.1k#87
69Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia · Prague 41.1 9.8% 528 4k-
70Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 40.9 18.6% 210 2.8k#96
71Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 40.7 23.4% 143 2.6k#75
72The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 40.5 19.4% 325 5.2k-
73Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra 40.3 16.9% 494 5.6k#56
74Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 40.1 13.2% 304 2.9k#32
75Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 39.9 14.1% 147 1.5k-
76Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 39.7 12.4% 330 3.4k#47
77Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 39.5 18.1% 682 8.9k-
78Sainsbury LaboratoryUnited Kingdom · Norwich 39.3 23.5% 64 1.6k#21
79Henan Agricultural UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 39.2 17.0% 637 7.6k-
80National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 39.0 19.2% 155 1.8k-
81The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 38.8 8.8% 314 3k#93
82Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing 38.7 17.1% 151 1.7k-
83Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 38.5 17.8% 106 1.3k-
84Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 38.3 15.7% 157 1.9k-
85Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 38.2 12.6% 645 7.5k-
86Sanya UniversityChina · Sanya 38.0 21.3% 356 4.3k-
87The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 37.8 16.6% 196 2.1k#74
88State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheGermany · Karlsruhe 37.7 0.5% 379 140-
89University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 37.5 17.0% 220 2.7k-
90Hebei Agricultural UniversityChina · Baoding 37.4 17.5% 518 6.3k-
91Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 37.2 28.1% 75 1.5k#81
92Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 37.0 19.1% 112 1.5k-
93Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina · Ya'an 36.9 13.8% 926 10k-
94Université Paris-SaclayFrance · Gif-sur-Yvette 36.8 12.3% 206 2.2k#27
95Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 36.6 18.6% 145 2.3k-
96Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia · New Delhi 36.5 12.1% 801 6.6k-
97University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 36.3 10.7% 193 1.7k#54
98University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 36.2 13.8% 131 1.6k#55
99Norwich Research ParkUnited Kingdom · Norwich 36.0 22.2% 78 1.4k#39
100Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 35.9 20.3% 208 2.8k-

institutions ranked worldwide in Plant Science (1,317). 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.

36 to 39: 21 places39 to 42: 16 places42 to 46: 13 places46 to 49: 11 places49 to 52: 8 places52 to 55: 6 places55 to 58: 6 places58 to 62: 4 places62 to 65: 3 places65 to 68: 2 places68 to 71: 3 places71 to 74: 1 places74 to 78: 1 places78 to 81: 2 places81 to 84: 0 places84 to 87: 1 places87 to 90: 1 places90 to 94: 0 places94 to 97: 0 places97 to 100: 1 places36100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 9.3k works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 6.7k works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 4.5k works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 3.1k works
  5. 5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 2.2k works
  6. 6 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 2.1k works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.9k works
  8. 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 1.9k works
  9. 9 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 1.9k works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 1.9k works
  11. 11 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 1.8k works
  12. 12 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 1.6k works
  13. 13 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 1.5k works
  14. 14 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 1.3k works
  15. 15 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 1.3k works

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