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China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

In research, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research stands highest in Environmental Science (#280 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,620 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#624 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science — Water Science and Technology is 24.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,648
of 28,054 · #5,525 all time
Rank in China
#678
of 3,058
Research works
6.6k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research 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
Environmental ScienceField #280 of 3,551 21.5%730 #836
Physical SciencesDomain #1,620 of 12,888 19.4%1,394 #3598
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #624 of 3,409 24.9%113 #1208
Water Science and TechnologySubfield #58 of 295 18.7%195 #186
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #277 of 1,209 21.7%127 #844
EngineeringField #1,698 of 6,636 15.1%465 #1581
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #150 of 535 23.5%201 #518
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #369 of 896 11.5%180 #571
Soil ScienceSubfield #70 of 139 20.7%62 #259
Life SciencesDomain #4,333 of 7,800 25.1%118 #7733

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research 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. Environmental Science#836 #280
  2. Physical Sciences#3,598 #1,620
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,208 #624
  4. Water Science and Technology#186 #58
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#844 #277
  6. Engineering#1,581 #1,698
  7. Global and Planetary Change#518 #150
  8. Civil and Structural Engineering#571 #369
  9. Soil Science#259 #70
  10. Life Sciences#7,733 #4,333
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 Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Water Science and Technology takes 24.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 194.9 works24×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 201.3 works17×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 61.7 works13×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 80.0 works12×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 94.3 works11×
  6. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 179.6 works9.8×
  7. Environmental ScienceField · 729.8 works9.5×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 113 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.23× its world share, 127 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 465 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.48× its world share, 730 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Zuyu Chen, Baozhong Zhang and Zhe Yin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research.

  1. 1 Zuyu Chen China · #75,566 worldwide 217 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Baozhong Zhang China · #441,989 worldwide 107 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Zhe Yin China · #479,512 worldwide 108 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Xiaohui Lei China · #537,384 worldwide 124 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Jiusheng Li China · #562,473 worldwide 81 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Yong Zhao China · #656,191 worldwide 161 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Hao Wang China · #677,858 worldwide 1.1k citations · 777 works
  8. 8 Yangwen Jia China · #708,897 worldwide 67 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Yunzhong Jiang China · #731,394 worldwide 49 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Yi Liu China · #740,629 worldwide 121 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

Which keywords describe research at China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Sediment Transport, Model Evaluation and Global Hydrology.

▲ 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. Climate Change532▲ 13×61 topics
  2. Remote Sensing240▲ 13×30 topics
  3. Water Resources220▲ 59×8 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling210▲ 58×5 topics
  5. Land Use Change191▲ 40×7 topics
  6. Sediment Transport167▲ 67×6 topics
  7. Sustainability126▲ 3.4×28 topics
  8. Model Evaluation119▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Global Hydrology118▲ 114×1 topic
  10. Uncertainty Assessment118▲ 114×1 topic
  11. Global Warming85▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Machine Learning84▲ 1.66×32 topics
  13. Environmental Impact78▲ 2.9×36 topics
  14. Satellite Imagery72▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Risk Perception70▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Disaster Management70▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Flood Risk69▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Surface Water Mapping69▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Urbanization69▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Drought65▲ 45×3 topics
  21. Hydrology62▲ 32×4 topics
  22. Evapotranspiration61▲ 51×2 topics
  23. Water Quality57▲ 9.1×11 topics
  24. Resource Management42▲ 16×6 topics
  25. Numerical Simulation40▲ 8.8×11 topics
  26. Reservoir Operation40▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Water Demand40▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Greenhouse Gas Emissions40▲ 9.4×6 topics
  29. Global Carbon Budget39▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience38▲ 17×5 topics
  31. Monitoring36▲ 25×4 topics
  32. Ocean Circulation36▲ 18×3 topics
  33. River Restoration36▲ 56×2 topics
  34. Soil Moisture36▲ 32×5 topics
  35. Extreme Events35▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Agricultural Sustainability33▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Sea Level Rise33▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Soil Degradation33▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Sediment Transport Models33▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Soil Erosion33▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Water resources management and optimization and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Hydrology and Watershed …118Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 118 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…69Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 69 fractional worksWater resources manageme…40Water resources management and optimization: 40 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 33 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 33 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 32 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 32 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 29 fractional worksHydrological Forecasting Using AI: 29 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 26 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeOcean EngineeringSoil Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 118 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 69 works
  3. 3 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 40 works
  4. 4 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 33 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 33 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  7. 7 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  9. 9 Hydrological Forecasting Using AI Environmental Engineering 29 works
  10. 10 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 26 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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