Al l papers presented on 《So ybean Science》f rom 1982 to 1998 w as used to be analyzed fo r the first autho rs, employ ers of the fi rst authors, and the subject s o f papers ino rder to cha racteri ze soy bean scienti sts, and the institutio ns and univ ersities they wo rkfo r. Then more national and interna tional scientists can get to know and understandChinese soybea n scienti st s so that there will be establishing more coo perativ e resea rchpro jects in nea r future. Ranking fi rst ten papers w ere publi shed by autho rs located inHeilong jiang province, Jilin province, Chinese Academy o f Ag ricultural Sciences, Jiangsuprovince, Liaoning province, Chinese Academy o f Sciences, Shandong province,Shanx i province, Henan province, Zhejia ng prov ince and Beijing ci ty. Tw enty- o ne authorspublished ov er 6 papers. The most number o f papers in major in physio logy andbiochemist ry, fol lowing wi th genetic a nd breeding , plant pro tection, ti llag e and cultiv ation,soil and fertili zer, g ermplasm resource, fo reig n t rend, processing and utili zatio n.The first ten Academy o f Ag ricultural Science ( AAS) and insti tutes w ith most papersa re in rank of Hei long jiang Academy of Ag ricultural Science ( HAAS) , Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science,Institute of Crop Breeding and Cultivation of CAAS,Institute of Oil Crop of CAAS,Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources of CAAS,Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science,Hejiang Prefectural Institute of Agricultural Science of Heilongjiang province,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science,Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Science.In the order of the number of paper from 1 to 10 in university channel are Northeast Agricultural University,Nanjing Agricultural University,Northeast Normal University,Shenyang Agricultural University,University of Agricultural and Animal Science of PLA,Heilongjiang August First Land Reclamation University and Shandong Agricultural University.Twenty of above Institute,Academies and Universities,presented 726 paper,taking 8.74 per cent of a total of 922 paper.