Nation tops list of agricultural academic papers, patents

Chinese researchers published over 300,000 studies from 2018 to 2022

An analysis of 22 major food-producing countries has found that China is leading the world in the number of influential academic papers and patents in agriculture.

However, a senior agricultural official said there's still a sizable gap between the country and conventional agricultural powerhouses such as the United States.

According to the study by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, whose findings were published at a forum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday, China tops a global ranking that measures the influence of agricultural papers produced by researchers from countries including the US, Germany, India and the United Kingdom.