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China Meteorological Administration

In research, China Meteorological Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#896 of 10,670 worldwide), Atmospheric Science (#29 of 294 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#341 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Atmospheric Science is 75.4× its share of world research).

cma.gov.cn/en2014ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#1,554
of 22,385 · #1,564 all time
Rank in China
#333
of 2,481
Research works
11k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
150k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
China Meteorological Administration

What is China Meteorological 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 #896 of 10,670 7.9%2,449 #1052
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #29 of 294 7.6%889 #65
Environmental ScienceField #341 of 3,334 7.9%1,034 #355
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #166 of 1,088 7.6%1,035 #220
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #87 of 544 6.5%618 #107
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #646 of 3,157 12.9%105 #896
EngineeringField #1,381 of 5,901 9.3%203 #1159
Life SciencesDomain #1,968 of 6,403 12.2%128 #2858
Environmental EngineeringSubfield #116 of 336 9.6%175 #210
Computer ScienceField #1,590 of 4,417 6.3%82 #2230

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Meteorological 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#1,052 #896
  2. Atmospheric Science#65 #29
  3. Environmental Science#355 #341
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#220 #166
  5. Global and Planetary Change#107 #87
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#896 #646
  7. Engineering#1,159 #1,381
  8. Life Sciences#2,858 #1,968
  9. Environmental Engineering#210 #116
  10. Computer Science#2,230 #1,590
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 Meteorological Administration work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at China Meteorological Administration is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (39%), Environmental Science (38%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,927 fractional works · 92.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,238 fractional works · 38.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1,061 fractional works · 33.3% of its workOceanography: 116 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,223 fractional works · 38.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 733 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 208 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 98 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 251 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 98 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 52 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 67 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 56 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 153 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 126 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKChinaMeteorological…3,184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 Sciences1,23838.9%
    2. Environmental Science1,22338.4%
    3. Engineering2517.9%
    4. Computer Science983.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy672.1%
    6. Materials Science180.6%
    7. Chemistry130.4%
    8. Energy120.4%
    9. Mathematics40.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1264.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology230.7%
    3. Neuroscience20.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences331.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.4%
    3. Decision Sciences80.2%
    4. Psychology50.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.0%
    1. Medicine300.9%
    2. Health Professions70.2%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does China Meteorological Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 75.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 1,060.5 works75×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 733.0 works30×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,237.7 works25×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 116.2 works13×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 207.6 works12×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 1,223.0 works7.7×
  7. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 26.5 works7.0×
  8. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 98.2 works5.8×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 126 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.79× its world share, 1,238 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 251 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.73× its world share, 1,223 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.79×1,238 works
  2. Environmental Science7.73×1,223 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy0.94×67 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×126 works
  5. Engineering0.53×251 works
  6. Energy0.42×12 works
  7. Computer Science0.40×98 works
  8. Chemistry0.26×13 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.25×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.25×8 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×12 works
  12. Materials Science0.17×18 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×23 works
  14. Veterinary0.13×1 works
  15. Nursing0.12×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.11×4 works
  17. Health Professions0.08×7 works
  18. Social Sciences0.08×33 works
  19. Psychology0.06×5 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×2 works
  21. Medicine0.05×30 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×4 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.02×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at China Meteorological Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, Ying Sun, Buda Su and Tongwen Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Meteorological Administration.

  1. 1 Ying Sun China · #81,469 worldwide 10k citations · 138 works
  2. 2 Buda Su China · #88,503 worldwide 9.7k citations · 193 works
  3. 3 Tongwen Wu China · #167,553 worldwide 13k citations · 257 works
  4. 4 Guoyu Ren China · #182,821 worldwide 12k citations · 266 works
  5. 5 Ying Xu China · #211,307 worldwide 7.4k citations · 151 works
  6. 6 Shiguang Miao China · #211,472 worldwide 8.7k citations · 194 works
  7. 7 Xuejie Gao China · #246,809 worldwide 9.1k citations · 112 works
  8. 8 Yihui Ding China · #257,640 worldwide 24k citations · 334 works
  9. 9 Jianqing Zhai China · #260,945 worldwide 3.2k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Min Min China · #286,605 worldwide 6.7k citations · 285 works
All ranked researchers at China Meteorological Administration

What are the most cited papers from China Meteorological Administration?

The most cited paper from China Meteorological Administration is "Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment" (Tami C. Bond et al., 2013), with 6,885 citations. Next come "Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation" (4,549) and "The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China" (3,514).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment Tami C. Bond et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 22 Apr 2013 6,885
2 Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation Lisa V. Alexander et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 14 Mar 2006 4,549
3 The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, Yao Huang et al. · Nature 31 Aug 2010 3,514
4 Improved Global Sea Surface Temperature Analyses Using Optimum Interpolation Richard W. Reynolds, Thomas M. Smith · Journal of Climate Open access Jun 1994 2,614
5 Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility Matthew David Collins, Reto Knutti, Julie M. Arblaster et al. · Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) Open access 2013 2,308
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at China Meteorological Administration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Ocean Circulation, Boundary Layer and Probabilistic Forecasting.

▲ 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. Climate Change1,138▲ 13×82 topics
  2. Global Warming613▲ 45×12 topics
  3. Remote Sensing596▲ 15×38 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle482▲ 149×2 topics
  5. Data Assimilation450▲ 86×4 topics
  6. Ocean Circulation421▲ 96×3 topics
  7. Boundary Layer403▲ 100×3 topics
  8. Probabilistic Forecasting387▲ 63×3 topics
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter368▲ 113×2 topics
  10. Convective Parameterization367▲ 201×1 topic
  11. Mesoscale Modeling367▲ 201×1 topic
  12. Extreme Events364▲ 124×2 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions350▲ 40×8 topics
  14. Climate Modeling342▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Precipitation Extremes342▲ 144×1 topic
  16. Air Quality317▲ 53×6 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise266▲ 66×3 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling244▲ 32×5 topics
  19. Satellite Observations224▲ 70×3 topics
  20. Tropical Cyclones205▲ 112×2 topics
  21. Climate178▲ 58×2 topics
  22. Hurricanes162▲ 149×1 topic
  23. Storm Surge162▲ 149×1 topic
  24. Validation155▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Hydrology145▲ 35×4 topics
  26. Ice Nucleation140▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Aerosols140▲ 63×2 topics
  28. Atmospheric Dust140▲ 162×1 topic
  29. Radiative Forcing140▲ 162×1 topic
  30. Chemical Composition134▲ 44×3 topics
  31. Atmospheric Aerosols134▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Black Carbon134▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Precipitation123▲ 80×2 topics
  34. Spatial Interpolation120▲ 87×2 topics
  35. Estimation119▲ 89×2 topics
  36. Rainfall117▲ 180×1 topic
  37. Satellite117▲ 180×1 topic
  38. Land Use Change111▲ 12×8 topics
  39. Particulate Matter111▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Drought87▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does China Meteorological Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Meteorological Phenomena…367Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 367 fractional worksClimate variability and …342Climate variability and models: 342 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 162 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 140 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 134 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…117Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 117 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 86 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 65 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 61 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 53 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 367 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 342 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 162 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 140 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 134 works
  6. 6 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 117 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 86 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 65 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 61 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 53 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has China Meteorological Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% 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 Meteorological Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%China Meteorological Administration0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China Meteorological 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 Meteorological Administration9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2005.

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