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China Geological Survey

In research, China Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#764 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#72 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#363 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geochemistry and Petrology is 54.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,361
of 28,054 · #3,257 all time
Rank in China
#403
of 3,058
Research works
6.6k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is China Geological Survey 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
Physical SciencesDomain #764 of 12,888 18.7%2,118 #2054
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #72 of 1,209 18.0%766 #475
Environmental ScienceField #363 of 3,551 21.4%566 #912
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #40 of 324 40.8%77 #190
GeophysicsSubfield #31 of 237 14.5%357 #177
EngineeringField #1,371 of 6,636 19.2%462 #2626
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #104 of 301 26.3%110 #497
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #180 of 458 16.2%128 #623
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #834 of 1,884 16.2%192 #1351
Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield #7 of 13 18.7%126 #63

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 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. Physical Sciences#2,054 #764
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#475 #72
  3. Environmental Science#912 #363
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#190 #40
  5. Geophysics#177 #31
  6. Engineering#2,626 #1,371
  7. Atmospheric Science#497 #104
  8. Mechanics of Materials#623 #180
  9. Artificial Intelligence#1,351 #834
  10. Geochemistry and Petrology#63 #7
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 China Geological Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geochemistry and Petrology takes 54.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 126.2 works54×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 356.8 works45×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 766.5 works21×
  4. GeologySubfield · 58.3 works19×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 41.8 works15×
  6. PaleontologySubfield · 41.7 works15×
  7. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 73.4 works15×
  8. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 110.4 works11×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 19 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, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 222 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.38× its world share, 766 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 462 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.98× its world share, 566 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Geological Survey?

Ranked on the composite score, Baodi Wang, Jing Zhang and Guangfu Xing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Baodi Wang China · #179,512 worldwide 252 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jing Zhang China · #195,387 worldwide 129 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Guangfu Xing China · #362,714 worldwide 205 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Wei Zhang China · #417,158 worldwide 125 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Min Zeng China · #456,080 worldwide 85 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Hongying Zhou China · #457,753 worldwide 117 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Yilun Du China · #471,984 worldwide 105 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Xueyi Xu China · #503,656 worldwide 102 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Hong Liu China · #522,331 worldwide 171 citations · 168 works
  10. 10 Yueping Yin China · #549,652 worldwide 94 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at China Geological Survey

Which keywords describe research at China Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Hyperspectral Imaging, Climate Change, Support Vector Machines, Geological Mapping and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Sensing420▲ 15×37 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics258▲ 74×3 topics
  3. Climate Change257▲ 4.2×65 topics
  4. Machine Learning252▲ 3.4×40 topics
  5. Tectonics201▲ 74×3 topics
  6. Hyperspectral Imaging198▲ 31×5 topics
  7. Support Vector Machines191▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Geological Mapping190▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Thermodynamic Modeling168▲ 65×2 topics
  10. Compositional Data Analysis166▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Geochronology166▲ 106×1 topic
  12. Mineral Prospectivity166▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Zircon166▲ 106×1 topic
  14. Land Use Change111▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Pore Structure108▲ 38×3 topics
  16. Shale Gas108▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Nanopores95▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Gas Permeability94▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Mudstones94▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Thermal Maturity94▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Risk Assessment86▲ 5.6×11 topics
  22. GIS-based Modeling86▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Geodetic Measurements84▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Toxicity78▲ 7.9×14 topics
  25. Subduction77▲ 46×3 topics
  26. Earthquakes76▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Geochemistry76▲ 55×4 topics
  28. Plate Boundaries76▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Water Quality70▲ 7.7×14 topics
  30. Microbial Communities69▲ 7.1×9 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts66▲ 11×8 topics
  32. Rare Earth Elements66▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Groundwater64▲ 34×6 topics
  34. Tomography63▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Hazard61▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Landslide61▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Heavy Metals56▲ 10×7 topics
  38. Continental Margin56▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Crustal Structure56▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Manganese Oxides52▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does China Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geochemistry and Geologi…166Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 166 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…166Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 166 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 94 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 76 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 61 fractional worksGeochemistry and Element…52Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 52 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 51 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 46 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 41 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 39 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsMechanics of MaterialsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 166 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 166 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 94 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 76 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 61 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 52 works
  7. 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 51 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 46 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 41 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 39 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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