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Aerospace Information Research Institute

In research, Aerospace Information Research Institute stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#50 of 1,209 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#541 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#236 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Media Technology, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering — Media Technology is 18.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#935
of 28,054 · #2,937 all time
Rank in China
#301
of 3,058
Research works
3.6k
▲ 5093% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Aerospace Information Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #50 of 1,209 28.2%266 #493
Physical SciencesDomain #541 of 12,888 28.4%2,230 #1967
Environmental ScienceField #236 of 3,551 30.6%523 #894
EngineeringField #500 of 6,636 29.2%950 #1740
Media TechnologySubfield #13 of 129 36.4%142 #76
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #85 of 795 43.2%352 #702
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #37 of 301 26.8%183 #458
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #121 of 941 31.6%166 #472
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #73 of 535 30.6%175 #471
Computer ScienceField #939 of 4,667 29.6%307 #2270

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aerospace Information Research Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences#493 #50
  2. Physical Sciences#1,967 #541
  3. Environmental Science#894 #236
  4. Engineering#1,740 #500
  5. Media Technology#76 #13
  6. Aerospace Engineering#702 #85
  7. Atmospheric Science#458 #37
  8. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#472 #121
  9. Global and Planetary Change#471 #73
  10. Computer Science#2,270 #939
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aerospace Information Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Media Technology takes 18.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Media TechnologySubfield · 141.9 works19×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 182.6 works17×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 352.4 works12×
  4. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 126.4 works9.7×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 174.5 works9.5×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 265.9 works7.0×
  7. OceanographySubfield · 43.0 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.63× its world share, 307 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.02× its world share, 266 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.62× its world share, 950 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.36× its world share, 523 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.14× its world share, 115 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aerospace Information Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Haonan Liu, Zhongjun Yu and Pingping Lu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aerospace Information Research Institute.

  1. 1 Haonan Liu · #665,895 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Zhongjun Yu · #1,022,880 worldwide 29 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Pingping Lu · #1,089,948 worldwide 42 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Zhidong · #1,485,949 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Aerospace Information Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Aerospace Information Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Convolutional Neural Networks, Land Use Change, Biomass Estimation, Hyperspectral and Signal Processing.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing540▲ 18×35 topics
  2. Deep Learning404▲ 4.9×76 topics
  3. Climate Change252▲ 3.9×77 topics
  4. Machine Learning193▲ 2.4×69 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks161▲ 9.1×14 topics
  6. Land Use Change139▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Biomass Estimation137▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Hyperspectral132▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Signal Processing123▲ 37×6 topics
  10. Support Vector Machines115▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Feature Extraction104▲ 9.3×8 topics
  12. Classification102▲ 9.2×11 topics
  13. Climate100▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Doppler Radar98▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Hyperspectral Imaging98▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Image Analysis98▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Change Detection97▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Object-Based Analysis97▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Spectral Unmixing97▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Micro-Doppler Effect93▲ 135×1 topic
  21. Synthetic Aperture Radar93▲ 135×1 topic
  22. Global Change90▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Urban Heat Island87▲ 37×2 topics
  24. SAR Interferometry85▲ 166×1 topic
  25. Surface Deformation Monitoring85▲ 166×1 topic
  26. Phenology83▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Vegetation Monitoring83▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Sparse Representation79▲ 17×6 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling73▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Wavelet Transform65▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Medicinal Plants64▲ 6.6×5 topics
  32. Geohazards64▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Earthquake Damage64▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Vegetation Classification64▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Satellite Observations63▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Services62▲ 6.7×10 topics
  37. Biodiversity Conservation62▲ 6.9×10 topics
  38. Terrestrial Laser Scanning61▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Aboveground Biomass54▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Hydrology51▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Aerospace Information Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Remote-Sensing Image Cla…97Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 97 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Tec…93Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 93 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar…85Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 85 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…83Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 83 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 64 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 50 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…46Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 46 fractional worksAdvanced Image Fusion Techniques: 36 fractional worksAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques: 32 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 31 fractional works
Media TechnologyAerospace EngineeringEcologyAtmospheric Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationMedia Technology 97 works
  2. 2 Advanced SAR Imaging TechniquesAerospace Engineering 93 works
  3. 3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesAerospace Engineering 85 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing in AgricultureEcology 83 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing and Land UseAtmospheric Science 64 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Engineering 50 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 46 works
  8. 8 Advanced Image Fusion TechniquesMedia Technology 36 works
  9. 9 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval TechniquesComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 32 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 31 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aerospace Information Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5093% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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