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China Earthquake Administration

In research, China Earthquake Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,011 of 10,670 worldwide), Geophysics (#25 of 225 worldwide) and Civil and Structural Engineering (#151 of 908 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Civil and Structural Engineering (Geophysics is 104.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,027
of 22,385 · #2,757 all time
Rank in China
#382
of 2,481
Research works
13k
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
110k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
China Earthquake Administration

What is China Earthquake Administration known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,011 of 10,670 10.2%2,457 #1420
GeophysicsSubfield #25 of 225 9.5%957 #80
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #151 of 908 10.8%462 #360
EngineeringField #1,073 of 5,901 10.6%845 #1388
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #241 of 1,088 9.8%1,164 #293
Environmental ScienceField #960 of 3,334 11.7%182 #2444
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #826 of 1,862 8.4%164 #1224
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #170 of 341 9.1%73 #408
Computer ScienceField #2,301 of 4,417 8.6%199 #3187
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #318 of 482 8.6%64 #616

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Earthquake Administration 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#1,420 #1,011
  2. Geophysics#80 #25
  3. Civil and Structural Engineering#360 #151
  4. Engineering#1,388 #1,073
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#293 #241
  6. Environmental Science#2,444 #960
  7. Artificial Intelligence#1,224 #826
  8. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#408 #170
  9. Computer Science#3,187 #2,301
  10. Mechanics of Materials#616 #318
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does China Earthquake Administration work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at China Earthquake Administration is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (45%), Engineering (32%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,877 fractional works · 93.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,375 fractional works · 44.6% of its workGeophysics: 1,129 fractional works · 36.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 106 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeology: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 981 fractional works · 31.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 538 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 73 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 225 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 186 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 213 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 82 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChina EarthquakeAdministration3,084fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1,37544.6%
    2. Engineering98131.8%
    3. Computer Science2257.3%
    4. Environmental Science2136.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy401.3%
    6. Materials Science270.9%
    7. Chemistry60.2%
    8. Energy50.2%
    9. Mathematics30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology391.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences351.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    4. Neuroscience30.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
    1. Social Sciences401.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting140.4%
    3. Decision Sciences110.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.1%
    6. Psychology30.1%
    1. Medicine331.1%
    2. Health Professions110.4%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does China Earthquake Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 104.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 1,129.1 works105×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,375.2 works28×
  3. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 538.2 works15×
  4. GeologySubfield · 50.0 works12×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 32.5 works8.8×
  6. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 106.1 works7.8×
  7. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 20.2 works6.4×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 225 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28.43× its world share, 1,375 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.12× its world share, 981 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 213 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 28.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.43×1,375 works
  2. Engineering2.12×981 works
  3. Environmental Science1.39×213 works
  4. Computer Science0.94×225 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy0.59×40 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.37×11 works
  7. Materials Science0.25×27 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×36 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×39 works
  10. Veterinary0.18×1 works
  11. Energy0.16×5 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.14×11 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×14 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.13×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.13×6 works
  17. Nursing0.12×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×4 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×7 works
  20. Social Sciences0.10×40 works
  21. Mathematics0.08×3 works
  22. Neuroscience0.06×3 works
  23. Medicine0.06×33 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×3 works
  25. Psychology0.03×3 works

Who are the top researchers at China Earthquake Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, Yingying Tian, Xibin Tan and Dewen Zheng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Earthquake Administration.

  1. 1 Yingying Tian China · #104,994 worldwide 2.3k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Xibin Tan China · #165,440 worldwide 2.6k citations · 129 works
  3. 3 Dewen Zheng China · #168,414 worldwide 7k citations · 159 works
  4. 4 Toshihiko Shimamoto China · #171,033 worldwide 12k citations · 188 works
  5. 5 Weitao Wang China · #177,232 worldwide 5k citations · 201 works
  6. 6 Siyuan Ma China · #178,748 worldwide 4.6k citations · 135 works
  7. 7 Xiwei Xu China · #226,882 worldwide 16k citations · 680 works
  8. 8 Jing Liu‐Zeng China · #238,986 worldwide 9.8k citations · 342 works
  9. 9 Weilai Wang China · #240,315 worldwide 2.2k citations · 119 works
  10. 10 Jianzhang Pang China · #248,982 worldwide 2.3k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at China Earthquake Administration

What are the most cited papers from China Earthquake Administration?

The most cited paper from China Earthquake Administration is "Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning system data" (Peizhen Zhang, Zheng‐Kang Shen, Min Wang et al., 2004), with 1,622 citations. Next come "High‐resolution mantle tomography of China and surrounding regions" (1,272) and "Present‐Day Crustal Deformation of Continental China Derived From GPS and Its Tectonic Implications" (1,097).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Continuous deformation of the Tibetan Plateau from global positioning system data Peizhen Zhang, Zheng‐Kang Shen, Min Wang et al. · Geology 2004 1,622
2 High‐resolution mantle tomography of China and surrounding regions Jinli Huang, Dapeng Zhao · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Sep 2006 1,272
3 Present‐Day Crustal Deformation of Continental China Derived From GPS and Its Tectonic Implications Min Wang, Zheng‐Kang Shen · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth Open access 8 Jan 2020 1,097
4 Present‐day crustal motion within the Tibetan Plateau inferred from GPS measurements Weijun Gan, Peizhen Zhang, Zheng‐Kang Shen et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Aug 2007 1,066
5 Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts Xuanmei Fan, Gianvito Scaringi, Oliver Korup et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 7 May 2019 1,033
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at China Earthquake Administration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Geodetic Measurements, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Plate Tectonics, Tomography, Remote Sensing and Tectonics.

▲ 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-now 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. Geodetic Measurements402▲ 124×2 topics
  2. Subduction395▲ 172×3 topics
  3. Earthquakes385▲ 218×1 topic
  4. Plate Boundaries385▲ 218×1 topic
  5. Plate Tectonics345▲ 74×3 topics
  6. Tomography300▲ 55×3 topics
  7. Remote Sensing218▲ 5.8×36 topics
  8. Machine Learning211▲ 2.1×49 topics
  9. Tectonics181▲ 49×3 topics
  10. Ionospheric Anomalies171▲ 146×1 topic
  11. Seismic Electromagnetics171▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Thermodynamic Modeling155▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Geochronology154▲ 72×1 topic
  14. Zircon154▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Superconductivity152▲ 29×4 topics
  16. Crystal Structure Prediction152▲ 103×1 topic
  17. Mantle Dynamics152▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Seismic Noise147▲ 100×1 topic
  19. Surface Wave147▲ 100×1 topic
  20. Dynamic Analysis145▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Structural Dynamics144▲ 89×2 topics
  22. Ground Motion143▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Seismic Engineering143▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Convolutional Neural Network138▲ 28×4 topics
  25. Citizen Science134▲ 43×3 topics
  26. Earthquake Detection133▲ 205×1 topic
  27. Seismic Signals133▲ 205×1 topic
  28. Risk Assessment97▲ 4.8×17 topics
  29. Inverse Problems84▲ 24×3 topics
  30. GIS-based Modeling82▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Geophysical Imaging81▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Elastic Properties81▲ 33×3 topics
  33. Full-Waveform Tomography81▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Seismic Waveform Inversion81▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Nonlinear Dynamics79▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Hazard77▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Landslide77▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Sensor Networks67▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Analysis67▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Liquefaction67▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does China Earthquake Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: earthquake and tectonic studies, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

earthquake and tectonic …385earthquake and tectonic studies: 385 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 171 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 154 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 152 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 147 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 143 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquak…133Seismology and Earthquake Studies: 133 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 81 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 77 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 65 fractional works
GeophysicsCivil and Structural EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 385 works
  2. 2 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 171 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 154 works
  4. 4 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 152 works
  5. 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 147 works
  6. 6 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 143 works
  7. 7 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 133 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 81 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 77 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 65 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has China Earthquake Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 China Earthquake Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%China Earthquake Administration0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China Earthquake Administration 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025China Earthquake Administration9.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2022.

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