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Beijing Seismological Bureau

In research, Beijing Seismological Bureau stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,531 of 2,224 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#14,451 of 17,446 worldwide) and Geophysics (#604 of 725 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,626
of 34,923
Rank in China
#2,368
of 2,919
Research works
1.3k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.51×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Beijing Seismological Bureau

What is Beijing Seismological Bureau known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,531 of 2,224 3.6%724
Physical SciencesDomain #14,451 of 17,446 4.5%1,248
GeophysicsSubfield #604 of 725 3.7%493
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #821 of 894 3.1%127
EngineeringField #8,839 of 9,532 6.6%307
Computer ScienceField #6,201 of 6,336 5.9%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing Seismological Bureau 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Beijing Seismological Bureau work in?

In all years, 95% of research at Beijing Seismological Bureau is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (55%), Engineering (23%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,248 fractional works · 94.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 724 fractional works · 55.1% of its workGeophysics: 493 fractional works · 37.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 127 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeology: 71 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 307 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 82 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 56 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 136 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 116 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 53 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBeijingSeismological…1,315fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences72455.1%
    2. Engineering30723.3%
    3. Computer Science13610.3%
    4. Environmental Science534.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy151.2%
    6. Mathematics80.6%
    7. Chemistry30.2%
    8. Materials Science20.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting161.2%
    3. Decision Sciences50.4%
    4. Social Sciences40.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Psychology10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology171.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Health Professions20.1%
    2. Medicine10.1%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.00× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.03× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.03×3 works
  2. Neuroscience3.00×0 works
  3. Computer Science2.17×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.96×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.63×1 works
  6. Engineering0.78×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.38×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.31×0 works
  10. Medicine0.25×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Seismological Bureau?

Ranked on the quality score, Qidong Deng, Yanchou Lu and Song Fangmin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Seismological Bureau.

  1. 1 Qidong Deng China · #558,183 worldwide 3.9k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Yanchou Lu China · #2,345,577 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Song Fangmin China · #2,524,268 worldwide 978 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Zhang Peizhen China · #2,685,358 worldwide 1.9k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Zhonghuai Xu China · #2,988,161 worldwide 738 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Ma Xingyuan China · #3,229,975 worldwide 645 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Yong Chen China · #3,371,315 worldwide 292 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Xu Dao-Yi China · #3,442,632 worldwide 346 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Ruoxin Liu China · #4,045,060 worldwide 464 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Shuqing Qian China · #4,318,915 worldwide 147 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing Seismological Bureau

What are the most cited papers from Beijing Seismological Bureau?

The most cited paper from Beijing Seismological Bureau is "Present-Day Crustal Deformation in China Constrained by Global Positioning System Measurements" (Qi Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Jeffrey Todd Freymueller et al., 2001), with 1,179 citations. Next come "Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau" (977) and "Increased sedimentation rates and grain sizes 2–4 Myr ago due to the influence of climate change on erosion rates" (953).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Present-Day Crustal Deformation in China Constrained by Global Positioning System Measurements Qi Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Jeffrey Todd Freymueller et al. · Science 19 Oct 2001 1,179
2 Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau Bertrand Meyer, P. Tapponnier, Laurence Bourjot et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access Oct 1998 977
3 Increased sedimentation rates and grain sizes 2–4 Myr ago due to the influence of climate change on erosion rates Zhang Peizhen, Péter Molnár, William R. Downs · Nature 19 Apr 2001 953
4 Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan Jean‐Philippe Avouac, P. Tapponnier, Meixiang Bai et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 10 Apr 1993 786
5 Pleistocene climates in China dated by magnetic susceptibility George Kukla, Friedrich Heller, Liu Xiu Ming et al. · Geology 1988 778
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Which keywords describe research at Beijing Seismological Bureau?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Geodetic Measurements, Earthquakes, Subduction, Remote Sensing, Hyperspectral Imaging, Land Use Change and Geohazards.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Plate Tectonics181▲ 62×3 topics
  2. Geodetic Measurements181▲ 108×2 topics
  3. Earthquakes171▲ 166×1 topic
  4. Subduction171▲ 128×1 topic
  5. Remote Sensing153▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Machine Learning126▲ 4.4×19 topics
  7. Hyperspectral Imaging122▲ 29×5 topics
  8. Land Use Change111▲ 29×4 topics
  9. Geohazards109▲ 125×2 topics
  10. Earthquake Damage109▲ 140×1 topic
  11. Urban Heat Island109▲ 92×1 topic
  12. Tomography107▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Ionospheric Anomalies105▲ 227×1 topic
  14. Seismic Electromagnetics105▲ 227×1 topic
  15. Risk Assessment85▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Network78▲ 74×2 topics
  17. Citizen Science77▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Earthquake Detection77▲ 304×1 topic
  19. Seismic Signals77▲ 304×1 topic
  20. Continental Margin71▲ 81×2 topics
  21. Crustal Structure71▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Coal Seam70▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation69▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Cenozoic Evolution65▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Rifting65▲ 126×1 topic
  26. Tectonics64▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Crystal Structure Prediction63▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Mantle Dynamics63▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Rock Mechanics55▲ 38×4 topics
  30. Geological Conditions55▲ 74×2 topics
  31. Mining Technology54▲ 130×1 topic
  32. Water Inrush54▲ 130×1 topic
  33. Geochronology53▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Zircon53▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Inverse Problems47▲ 33×3 topics
  36. Geophysical Imaging47▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Full-Waveform Tomography46▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Seismic Waveform Inversion46▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Seismic Noise43▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Surface Wave43▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Beijing Seismological Bureau publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological Modeling and Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismology and Earthquake Studies and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Geological Modeling and …1Geological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksSafety and Risk Management: 0 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksGeoscience and Mining Technology: 0 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 0 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 0 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Geochemistry and PetrologyGeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Safety and Risk Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  6. 6 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Geoscience and Mining Technology Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 0 works
  10. 10 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 0 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 available4.5%not open95.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beijing Seismological Bureau's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Beijing Seismological Bureau as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Beijing Seismological Bureau0.000011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Beijing Seismological Bureau over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2005Beijing Seismological Bureau9.8% in 20052000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2004.

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