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China Geological Survey

In research, China Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,145 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#451 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,405 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geochemistry and Petrology is 59.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,038
of 22,385 · #2,413 all time
Rank in China
#383
of 2,481
Research works
6.6k
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
China Geological Survey

What is China Geological Survey 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 #1,145 of 10,670 9.9%2,118 #1363
Environmental ScienceField #451 of 3,334 11.4%566 #519
EngineeringField #1,405 of 5,901 9.8%462 #1506
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #263 of 1,088 9.2%766 #421
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #119 of 341 12.5%77 #337
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #720 of 1,862 10.6%192 #917
Computer ScienceField #2,165 of 4,417 10.2%222 #2701
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #730 of 1,319 10.0%61 #1195
GeophysicsSubfield #129 of 225 6.8%357 #242
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #279 of 482 7.9%128 #383

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Geological Survey 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#1,363 #1,145
  2. Environmental Science#519 #451
  3. Engineering#1,506 #1,405
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#421 #263
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#337 #119
  6. Artificial Intelligence#917 #720
  7. Computer Science#2,701 #2,165
  8. Mechanical Engineering#1,195 #730
  9. Geophysics#242 #129
  10. Mechanics of Materials#383 #279
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 Geological Survey work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at China Geological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (25%), Engineering (20%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,484 fractional works · 92.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 909 fractional works · 33.8% of its workGeophysics: 407 fractional works · 15.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 162 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 122 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeology: 70 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPaleontology: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 53 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 662 fractional works · 24.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 106 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 98 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 88 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 84 fractional works · 3.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 68 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPollution: 63 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 537 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 146 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 82 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 68 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 248 fractional works · 9.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 213 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 93 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 69 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKChina GeologicalSurvey2,687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences90933.8%
    2. Environmental Science66224.6%
    3. Engineering53720.0%
    4. Computer Science2489.2%
    5. Chemistry431.6%
    6. Materials Science351.3%
    7. Energy250.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy180.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    10. Mathematics20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences692.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology240.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Social Sciences341.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting80.3%
    4. Decision Sciences80.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    6. Psychology20.1%
    1. Health Professions110.4%
    2. Nursing80.3%
    3. Medicine70.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does China Geological Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geochemistry and Petrology takes 59.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 162.4 works59×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 407.0 works43×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 909.3 works22×
  4. GeologySubfield · 69.7 works19×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 55.0 works17×
  6. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 53.3 works17×
  7. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 84.1 works14×
  8. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 121.9 works10×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 248 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.58× its world share, 909 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 537 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.96× its world share, 662 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.58×909 works
  2. Environmental Science4.96×662 works
  3. Engineering1.33×537 works
  4. Computer Science1.19×248 works
  5. Chemistry1.03×43 works
  6. Energy1.02×25 works
  7. Nursing0.61×8 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×69 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×30 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.52×5 works
  11. Materials Science0.38×35 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.30×18 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.29×8 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×24 works
  15. Health Professions0.15×11 works
  16. Social Sciences0.10×34 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×8 works
  18. Mathematics0.05×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.02×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.02×0 works
  22. Psychology0.02×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.01×0 works
  25. Medicine0.01×7 works
  26. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at China Geological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Cheng Lü, Baodi Wang and Yangyang Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Cheng Lü China · #310,120 worldwide 3.3k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Baodi Wang China · #381,543 worldwide 3.8k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Yangyang Chen China · #514,782 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Dongguang Wen China · #570,359 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Guangfu Xing China · #628,982 worldwide 3.3k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Xuwen Qin China · #647,609 worldwide 3.2k citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Zhitao Huo China · #695,252 worldwide 843 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Zhenwei Dai China · #735,729 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Linqi Xia China · #744,213 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Xiaohuang Liu China · #774,816 worldwide 295 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at China Geological Survey

What are the most cited papers from China Geological Survey?

The most cited paper from China Geological Survey is "Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism" (Sun‐Lin Chung, Mei‐Fei Chu, Yuquan Zhang et al., 2004), with 1,559 citations. Next come "History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up" (1,224) and "SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China" (1,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism Sun‐Lin Chung, Mei‐Fei Chu, Yuquan Zhang et al. · Earth-Science Reviews 5 Oct 2004 1,559
2 History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up Jungchun Wang · Precambrian Research 10 Apr 2003 1,224
3 SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronological and geochemical evidence for Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the western margin of the Yangtze Block, South China Mei‐Fu Zhou, Dan‐Ping Yan, Allen Kennedy et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters Feb 2002 1,074
4 Landslide hazards triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China Yueping Yin, Fawu Wang, Ping Sun · Landslides 16 Mar 2009 891
5 Late Cenozoic uplift of southeastern Tibet Marin Kristen Clark, M. A. House, L. H. Royden et al. · Geology Open access 2005 766
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at China Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Climate Change, Hyperspectral Imaging, Support Vector Machines, Geological Mapping and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing478▲ 15×38 topics
  2. Climate Change302▲ 4.1×68 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics297▲ 73×3 topics
  4. Machine Learning290▲ 3.2×44 topics
  5. Tectonics237▲ 73×3 topics
  6. Hyperspectral Imaging216▲ 30×5 topics
  7. Support Vector Machines212▲ 25×6 topics
  8. Geological Mapping210▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Thermodynamic Modeling195▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Geochronology193▲ 104×1 topic
  11. Zircon193▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Compositional Data Analysis182▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity182▲ 107×1 topic
  14. Land Use Change123▲ 15×7 topics
  15. Pore Structure121▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Shale Gas120▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Geochemistry105▲ 60×4 topics
  18. Nanopores105▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Gas Permeability105▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Mudstones105▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Thermal Maturity105▲ 54×1 topic
  22. GIS-based Modeling98▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Risk Assessment97▲ 5.4×12 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts91▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Toxicity90▲ 7.7×15 topics
  26. Rare Earth Elements90▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Geodetic Measurements88▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Subduction82▲ 41×3 topics
  29. Water Quality82▲ 7.5×16 topics
  30. Earthquakes80▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Plate Boundaries80▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Groundwater78▲ 31×6 topics
  33. Microbial Communities78▲ 6.7×10 topics
  34. Manganese Oxides72▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Sedimentary Rocks72▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Tomography71▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Hazard69▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Landslide69▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Heavy Metals67▲ 10×7 topics
  40. Continental Margin65▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does China Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geological and Geochemic…193Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 193 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 182 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 105 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 80 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 72 fractional worksLandslides and related h…69Landslides and related hazards: 69 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 56 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 50 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 48 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 44 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of MaterialsGeochemistry and Petrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 193 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 182 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 105 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 80 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 72 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 69 works
  7. 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 56 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 50 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 48 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 44 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has China Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 109% 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 Geological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%China Geological Survey0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China Geological Survey 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 Geological Survey9.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2021.

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