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Top Soil Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 139 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 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 37.0% 525 7.8k#1
2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 86.0 44.5% 356 6k#4
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 77.7 43.4% 290 4.7k#3
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 71.9 39.1% 272 4.2k#8
5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 67.4 42.6% 225 3.4k#48
6 Institute of Soil and Water ConservationChina · Yangling 63.7 37.3% 163 2.3k#23
7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 60.6 42.9% 154 2.4k#33
8 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 57.9 43.6% 143 2.1k#17
9 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 55.5 46.0% 104 1.8k#29
10 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 53.3 40.1% 126 1.9k#45
11 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 51.4 39.1% 107 1.8k#2
12 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 49.6 38.6% 124 1.6k#63
13 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 48.0 39.9% 131 1.8k#47
14 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 46.5 40.1% 108 1.5k#51
15 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 45.1 33.4% 138 1.5k#78
16 Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional PlanningChina · Beijing 43.8 48.0% 72 1.2k#83
17 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina · Beijing 42.6 38.0% 96 1.4k#36
18 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina · Lanzhou 41.4 37.5% 134 1.4k—
19 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 40.3 39.9% 64 1.2k#42
20 Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning 39.3 34.6% 86 1.2k—
21 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina · Ya'an 38.3 36.5% 105 1.2k#94
22 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina · Tai’an 37.4 37.5% 82 1.3k—
23 Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing 36.5 33.6% 88 1.1k#85
24 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 35.6 42.4% 68 1.1k#19
25 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia · New Delhi 34.8 21.1% 145 949#65
26 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 34.0 36.0% 74 983#64
27 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 33.2 43.3% 67 983#11
28 Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 32.5 35.7% 83 1.1k—
29 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 31.8 14.6% 194 882#77
30 Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 31.1 37.6% 71 950—
31 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina · Shenyang 30.4 36.8% 89 1k—
32 Institute of Soil ScienceChina · Nanjing 29.8 29.1% 94 1.1k#38
33 Shihezi UniversityChina · Shihezi 29.1 36.0% 87 1.1k—
34 Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 28.5 29.1% 85 973—
35 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 27.9 34.5% 88 1k—
36 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia · Addis Ababa 27.4 33.8% 80 632—
37 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia · Bahir Dar 26.8 29.6% 77 576—
38 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 26.3 37.4% 71 775—
39 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 25.8 35.1% 63 807—
40 Jilin Agricultural UniversityChina · Changchun 25.2 31.1% 78 807—
41 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina · Fuzhou 24.7 35.5% 73 731—
42 Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 24.3 33.3% 77 846—
43 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States · Lincoln 23.8 29.4% 68 714#26
44 Northeast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyChina · Changchun 23.3 37.0% 62 792—
45 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina · Harbin 22.9 30.6% 72 848—
46 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 22.4 26.5% 75 756—
47 Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina · Lin’an Shi 22.0 34.6% 68 829—
48 Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina · Xiaodian 21.5 31.1% 80 758—
49 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia · Varanasi 21.1 16.9% 102 581#75
50 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina · Hohhot 20.7 24.7% 96 709—
51 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 20.3 20.6% 118 854#54
52 State Forestry and Grassland AdministrationChina · Beijing 19.9 34.1% 61 657—
53 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 19.5 20.7% 108 742#27
54 South China Agricultural UniversityChina · Guangzhou 19.2 32.8% 70 842—
55 University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan · Faisalabad 18.8 25.0% 68 567—
56 Ningxia UniversityChina · Yinchuan 18.4 27.9% 66 605—
57 Agricultural Research ServiceUnited States · Washington 18.1 20.6% 77 852#10
58 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia · New Delhi 17.7 20.0% 91 487—
59 Xi'an University of TechnologyChina · Xi'an 17.4 27.5% 64 621—
60 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil · Brasília 17.0 10.1% 168 795#18
61 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia · Phagwāra 16.7 10.9% 97 286—
62 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia · Coimbatore 16.4 4.4% 247 388—
63 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia · Addis Ababa 16.0 7.0% 169 360—
64 IPB UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 15.7 3.2% 314 348—
65 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia · Hisar 15.4 8.0% 108 308—
66 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 15.1 9.1% 164 701#98
67 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh · Mymensingh 14.8 13.9% 91 384—
68 Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia · Solan 14.5 15.1% 69 302—
69 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 14.2 5.6% 169 172—
70 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina · Beijing 13.9 20.7% 62 489—
71 Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan · Tashkent 13.6 13.5% 72 224—
72 Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil · Viçosa 13.3 10.8% 91 354—
73 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 13.1 2.0% 270 213—
74 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 12.8 2.9% 197 147—
75 University of DelhiIndia · New Delhi 12.5 12.4% 65 203—
76 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt · Giza 12.2 5.6% 124 308—
77 University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 12.0 1.2% 341 234—
78 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 11.7 5.6% 126 172—
79 University of BaghdadIraq · Baghdad 11.5 12.1% 73 183—
80 Central Agricultural UniversityIndia · Imphal 11.2 12.0% 68 171—
81 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 10.9 2.9% 206 163—
82 Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil · Lavras 10.7 11.5% 72 381—
83 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil · Santa Maria 10.4 7.8% 88 322—
84 Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia · Krishnanagar 10.2 10.5% 70 175—
85 Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal · Bharatpur 10.0 9.5% 63 215—
86 Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 9.7 0.8% 295 150—
87 Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 9.5 1.0% 257 163—
88 Odisha University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia · Bhubaneswar 9.3 8.0% 70 153—
89 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 9.0 2.2% 156 191—
90 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia · Pontianak 8.8 0.7% 268 92—
91 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 8.6 2.7% 146 402—
92 Andalas UniversityIndonesia · Padang 8.4 2.7% 148 117—
93 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal · Kathmandu 8.1 5.9% 78 195—
94 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia · Banjarmasin 7.9 0.8% 246 123—
95 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 7.7 5.1% 95 238—
96 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia · Allahabad 7.5 0.5% 258 201—
97 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 7.3 3.4% 121 110—
98 V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteRussia · Moscow 7.1 5.2% 77 313—
99 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia · Mumbai 6.9 3.8% 90 103—
100 University of Agricultural Sciences, BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru 6.7 5.7% 70 114—

institutions ranked worldwide in Soil Science (139). 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.

7 – 11: 21 places11 – 16: 16 places16 – 21: 13 places21 – 25: 11 places25 – 30: 8 places30 – 35: 6 places35 – 39: 6 places39 – 44: 4 places44 – 49: 3 places49 – 53: 2 places53 – 58: 3 places58 – 63: 1 places63 – 67: 1 places67 – 72: 2 places72 – 77: 0 places77 – 81: 1 places81 – 86: 1 places86 – 91: 0 places91 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places7100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 525 works
  2. 2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 356 works
  3. 3 University of MataramIndonesia 341 works
  4. 4 IPB UniversityIndonesia 314 works
  5. 5 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 295 works
  6. 6 China Agricultural UniversityChina 290 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 272 works
  8. 8 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 270 works
  9. 9 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 268 works
  10. 10 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 258 works
  11. 11 Universitas JemberIndonesia 257 works
  12. 12 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 247 works
  13. 13 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 246 works
  14. 14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 225 works
  15. 15 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 222 works

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