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Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization

Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 7.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the physical and mechanical properties of agricultural machinery, including studies on moisture content, seed and kernel properties, postharvest technology, oil extraction processes, route planning for agricultural tasks, fleet management, grain separation loss monitoring, and various agricultural operations.

  • Physical Properties
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Moisture Content
  • Seed and Kernel
  • Postharvest Technology
  • Oil Extraction
  • Route Planning
  • Fleet Management
  • Grain Separation
  • Agricultural Operations
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
788
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+65%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (737 and 295 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 737 works
  2. 2 India 295 works
  3. 3 Russia 219 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 114 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 103 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 101 works
  7. 7 United States 95 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 68 works
  9. 9 Uzbekistan 66 works
  10. 10 Brazil 66 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 39.5%India: 15.9%Russia: 11.8%Nigeria: 6.1%6 others listed: 26.8%40%largest
China737 · 39.5%India295 · 15.9%Russia219 · 11.8%Nigeria114 · 6.1%6 others listed499 · 26.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangsu University publishes the most Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research, followed by China Agricultural University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jiangsu UniversityChina 43 works
  2. 2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 41 works
  3. 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 38 works
  4. 4 Shandong University of TechnologyChina 25 works
  5. 5 Nanjing Institute of Agricultural MechanizationChina 22 works
  6. 6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 21 works
  7. 7 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 20 works
  8. 8 Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIMRussia 19 works
  9. 9 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 18 works
  10. 10 Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine 16 works

Where is Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Zhenjiang (China), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zibo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 129 works
  2. 2 Zhenjiang China 46 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 46 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 41 works
  5. 5 Harbin China 36 works
  6. 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 35 works
  7. 7 Kyiv Ukraine 31 works
  8. 8 Changchun China 26 works
  9. 9 Zibo China 25 works
  10. 10 Hohhot China 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZiboCN · 25.3 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jiangsu University: 43, 36.7%China Agricultural University: 41, 27.8%Northwest A&F University: 11, 19.0%Anhui Agricultural University: 13, 15.5%Nanjing Agricultural University: 12, 24.8%Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: 15, 13.5%Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers: 15, 9.1%National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine: 13, 2.1%Inner Mongolia Agricultural University: 20, 14.2%Northeast Agricultural University: 21, 14.4%Jiangsu UniversityChina Agricultural U…Northwest A&F Univer…Anhui Agricultural U…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Jiangsu UniversityChina 86.036.7%23.5×43 +20.2%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 77.427.8%29.8×41 +9.9%
3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 64.219.0%11.4×11 +165.8%
4 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina 61.515.5%30.7×13 +213.9%
5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 61.424.8%12.9×12 +22.3%
6 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 59.813.5%12.5×15 +142.3%
7 Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan 55.79.1%80.9×15 —
8 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine 52.62.1%46.1×13 +534.5%
9 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 52.214.2%60.0×20 -15.0%
10 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 51.414.4%33.0×21 -25.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.