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Top Soil Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northwest A&F University, out of 144 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 18.6% 1.5k 21k#1
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 86.1 20.8% 272 4.2k#2
3Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 77.9 25.9% 356 6k#3
4Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 72.1 19.1% 767 10k#7
5China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 67.6 23.1% 290 4.7k#4
6Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 63.9 22.9% 137 1.9k#11
7Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 60.8 26.9% 108 1.8k#16
8Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 58.2 16.1% 62 808#8
9Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 55.8 16.3% 126 1.7k#30
10Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 53.7 17.9% 107 1.8k#6
11Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 51.8 21.2% 279 4k#33
12Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 50.0 9.7% 228 1.7k#10
13Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 48.4 21.1% 66 1.3k#24
14Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 46.9 12.2% 151 1.5k#9
15Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 45.5 18.1% 80 963#14
16Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 44.2 21.8% 143 2.1k#29
17Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 43.0 18.0% 64 816#47
18Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 41.8 14.5% 90 1.1k#13
19Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 40.8 17.4% 103 1.2k#57
20Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 39.7 19.4% 83 1.1k#54
21Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 38.7 21.1% 109 1.5k#38
22Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 37.8 17.6% 75 983#48
23Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 36.9 15.7% 66 754#60
24Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 36.1 16.2% 67 983#25
25Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 35.2 14.5% 138 1.5k#88
26University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 34.4 8.4% 110 751#51
27Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 33.7 8.9% 170 1.5k#28
28The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 33.0 20.4% 68 1.1k#61
29Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 32.2 16.0% 71 950-
30Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing 31.6 16.4% 147 1.7k#85
31Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 30.9 19.7% 126 1.9k-
32Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra 30.3 16.7% 88 1.1k#42
33Institut Pertanian StiperIndonesia · Sleman 29.6 7.1% 96 41-
34CGIARFrance · Montpellier 29.0 21.5% 90 949#40
35Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina · Tai’an 28.5 20.9% 84 1.3k-
36Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning 27.9 16.9% 89 1.2k#94
37University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States · Lincoln 27.3 14.6% 68 715#70
38IPB UniversityIndonesia · Bogor 26.8 17.0% 314 348-
39Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 26.3 16.8% 74 815-
40Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 25.8 14.1% 88 1k#79
41United States Department of AgricultureUnited States · Washington 25.3 9.8% 271 2.6k#41
42Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia · Pontianak 24.8 5.3% 268 92#76
43Shihezi UniversityChina · Shihezi 24.3 20.8% 87 1.1k-
44University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 23.9 11.5% 341 234-
45Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina · Fuzhou 23.4 13.1% 73 731-
46Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina · Lanzhou 23.0 17.7% 134 1.4k-
47South China Agricultural UniversityChina · Guangzhou 22.5 17.0% 70 842-
48Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina · Ya'an 22.1 17.7% 105 1.2k-
49Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 21.7 14.1% 77 846-
50Universitas Muhammadiyah JemberIndonesia · Jember 21.3 7.4% 64 23-
51Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 20.9 7.2% 197 147-
52National Research CouncilItaly · Rome 20.5 13.2% 67 640-
53University of BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 20.1 8.5% 106 58-
54Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 19.7 12.8% 169 172-
55National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 19.4 14.5% 126 172-
56China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina · Beijing 19.0 10.4% 62 489-
57State Forestry and Grassland AdministrationChina · Beijing 18.6 13.6% 61 657-
58Northeast Forestry UniversityChina · Harbin 18.3 12.5% 72 848-
59Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia · New Delhi 18.0 10.5% 902 5.3k-
60Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia · Serang 17.6 8.6% 86 36-
61Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina · Shenyang 17.3 16.5% 89 1k-
62Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 17.0 9.3% 124 862#97
63Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil · Brasília 16.6 5.2% 168 795#87
64Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia · Samarinda 16.3 7.4% 94 47-
65Politeknik Negeri Jember · Jember 16.0 11.3% 66 39-
66Xi'an University of TechnologyChina · Xi'an 15.7 16.0% 64 621-
67Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina · Lin’an Shi 15.4 12.9% 68 829-
68Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and ForestryIndia · Solan 15.1 7.0% 69 302-
69Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 14.8 5.3% 295 150-
70Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia · Ludhiana 14.5 8.8% 194 882-
71Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan · Tashkent 14.2 3.0% 72 224-
72Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia · Banjarmasin 13.9 6.7% 246 123-
73Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia · Krishnanagar 13.7 7.7% 70 175-
74Andalas UniversityIndonesia · Padang 13.4 12.1% 148 117-
75Tadulako UniversityIndonesia · Palu 13.1 3.1% 109 51-
76Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia · Depok 12.9 8.0% 62 30-
77Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina · Hohhot 12.6 9.5% 96 709-
78Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanada · Ottawa 12.3 10.1% 61 682-
79Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 12.1 11.3% 121 110-
80Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh · Mymensingh 11.8 9.4% 91 384-
81Jilin Agricultural UniversityChina · Changchun 11.6 14.6% 78 807-
82Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia · Jabalpur 11.3 6.1% 84 126-
83University of PattimuraIndonesia · Ambon City 11.1 6.3% 179 69-
84Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 10.8 7.1% 76 536-
85Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia · Addis Ababa 10.6 6.6% 169 360-
86Jenderal Soedirman UniversityIndonesia · Purwokerto 10.4 8.3% 119 98-
87Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia · Addis Ababa 10.1 16.1% 80 632-
88Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia · Bahir Dar 9.9 15.4% 77 576-
89Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia · Varanasi 9.7 9.1% 105 593-
90Ningxia UniversityChina · Yinchuan 9.5 11.9% 66 605-
91Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 9.2 5.6% 164 702-
92Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal · Bharatpur 9.0 4.3% 63 215-
93Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia · Sleman 8.8 5.3% 101 31-
94Riau UniversityIndonesia · Pekanbaru 8.6 8.8% 112 54-
95Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 8.4 8.3% 257 163-
96Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 8.2 6.9% 796 1.6k-
97Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia · Palembang 8.0 6.5% 91 48-
98Central Agricultural UniversityIndia · Imphal 7.7 4.9% 68 171-
99Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina · Xiaodian 7.5 14.6% 80 758-
100Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil · Viçosa 7.3 4.3% 91 354-

institutions ranked worldwide in Soil Science (144). 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.

7 to 12: 21 places12 to 17: 16 places17 to 21: 13 places21 to 26: 11 places26 to 31: 8 places31 to 35: 6 places35 to 40: 6 places40 to 44: 4 places44 to 49: 3 places49 to 54: 2 places54 to 58: 3 places58 to 63: 1 places63 to 68: 1 places68 to 72: 2 places72 to 77: 0 places77 to 81: 1 places81 to 86: 1 places86 to 91: 0 places91 to 95: 0 places95 to 100: 1 places7100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 1.7k works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 1k works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 920 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 879 works
  5. 5 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 394 works
  6. 6 University of MataramIndonesia 352 works
  7. 7 China Agricultural UniversityChina 344 works
  8. 8 IPB UniversityIndonesia 327 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 323 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 319 works
  11. 11 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 309 works
  12. 12 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 297 works
  13. 13 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 284 works
  14. 14 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 274 works
  15. 15 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 267 works

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