Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science
Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, and statistical models to analyze ecological and agricultural research data. It covers topics such as soil chemical properties, forage production, crop yield, growth modeling, and the impact of phylogenetic nonindependence on data analysis.
- Meta-analysis
- Ecological Statistics
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Growth Modeling
- Soil Chemical Properties
- Forage Production
- Crop Yield
- Phylogenetic Nonindependence
- Statistical Models
- Missing Data
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research?
By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (953 and 311 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 953 works
- 2 South Korea 311 works
- 3 United States 194 works
- 4 India 156 works
- 5 Japan 112 works
- 6 Indonesia 95 works
- 7 Türkiye 40 works
- 8 Egypt 34 works
- 9 Canada 29 works
- 10 Germany 26 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research, followed by Rural Development Administration and National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 26 works
- 2 Rural Development AdministrationSouth Korea 24 works
- 3 National Institute of Agricultural Science and TechnologySouth Korea 23 works
- 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 21 works
- 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 18 works
- 6 Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea 17 works
- 7 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 16 works
- 9 Jilin Agricultural UniversityChina 14 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science include Yong Sik Ok, Soo‐Jin Park and Nanthi Bolan.
- 1 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 3.3k citations
- 2 Soo‐Jin Park South Korea 3.2k citations
- 3 Nanthi Bolan Australia 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research done?
The largest centres of Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Changchun (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Suwon and Jeonju.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SuwonKR · 33.0 works41×
- JeonjuKR · 36.9 works40×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Yangzhou 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 69.2 | 47.4% | 17.1× | 16 | -77.6% |
| 2 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.0 | 44.3% | 13.6× | 12 | -71.1% |
| 3 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 61.2 | 42.2% | 9.9× | 13 | -61.1% |
| 4 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 60.4 | 30.5% | 13.7× | 18 | -71.9% |
| 5 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 57.4 | 39.3% | 20.7× | 13 | -72.6% |
| 6 | Aarhus UniversityDenmark | 56.0 | 19.0% | 9.4× | 16 | -45.1% |
| 7 | Yunnan Agricultural UniversityChina | 55.8 | 37.0% | 48.4× | 12 | -86.9% |
| 8 | Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina | 54.3 | 35.9% | 33.9× | 12 | -77.2% |
| 9 | Gyeongsang National UniversitySouth Korea | 54.0 | 15.3% | 42.0× | 18 | -27.4% |
| 10 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina | 54.0 | 39.3% | 16.4× | 9 | -58.3% |
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 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.