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China Meteorological Administration

In research, China Meteorological Administration stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#11 of 1,209 worldwide), Atmospheric Science (#8 of 301 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#367 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 82.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#681
of 28,054 · #1,241 all time
Rank in China
#230
of 3,058
Research works
7.2k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is China Meteorological Administration 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
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #11 of 1,209 15.9%871 #95
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #8 of 301 16.0%761 #89
Physical SciencesDomain #367 of 12,888 17.6%1,966 #835
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #37 of 535 17.2%524 #136
Environmental ScienceField #281 of 3,551 19.2%848 #540
EngineeringField #3,003 of 6,636 21.4%130 #3906
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,550 of 3,409 36.6%70 #2622
Environmental EngineeringSubfield #145 of 315 18.5%142 #392
OceanographySubfield #110 of 156 15.5%81 #344
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield #195 of 273 26.0%69 #397

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 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. Earth and Planetary Sciences#95 #11
  2. Atmospheric Science#89 #8
  3. Physical Sciences#835 #367
  4. Global and Planetary Change#136 #37
  5. Environmental Science#540 #281
  6. Engineering#3,906 #3,003
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,622 #1,550
  8. Environmental Engineering#392 #145
  9. Oceanography#344 #110
  10. Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis#397 #195
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 Meteorological Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 82.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 761.0 works82×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 524.3 works33×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 870.8 works27×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 80.8 works14×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 142.1 works13×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 848.0 works8.2×
  7. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 68.5 works6.2×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26.51× its world share, 871 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 130 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.15× its world share, 848 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 26.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Meteorological Administration?

Ranked on the composite score, Yihui Ding, Xiaoqin Lu and Ying Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Meteorological Administration.

  1. 1 Yihui Ding China · #9,376 worldwide 805 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Xiaoqin Lu China · #104,089 worldwide 214 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Ying Sun China · #127,448 worldwide 317 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Xuejie Gao China · #145,105 worldwide 450 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Guoyu Ren China · #157,301 worldwide 337 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Ming Ying China · #169,199 worldwide 315 citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Shiguang Miao China · #180,386 worldwide 347 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Ying Xu China · #208,912 worldwide 213 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Wu Jia China · #260,354 worldwide 126 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Hui Yu China · #261,277 worldwide 202 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at China Meteorological Administration

Which keywords describe research at China Meteorological Administration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Change797▲ 14×75 topics
  2. Global Warming430▲ 50×11 topics
  3. Remote Sensing416▲ 16×33 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle346▲ 173×2 topics
  5. Data Assimilation313▲ 96×4 topics
  6. Ocean Circulation302▲ 111×3 topics
  7. Boundary Layer286▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Probabilistic Forecasting270▲ 66×3 topics
  9. Extreme Events262▲ 144×2 topics
  10. Ensemble Kalman Filter260▲ 123×2 topics
  11. Convective Parameterization259▲ 228×1 topic
  12. Mesoscale Modeling259▲ 228×1 topic
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions254▲ 45×8 topics
  14. Climate Modeling249▲ 167×1 topic
  15. Precipitation Extremes249▲ 167×1 topic
  16. Air Quality229▲ 60×6 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise194▲ 73×3 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling167▲ 34×5 topics
  19. Satellite Observations161▲ 79×3 topics
  20. Tropical Cyclones145▲ 127×2 topics
  21. Climate123▲ 68×2 topics
  22. Hurricanes114▲ 168×1 topic
  23. Storm Surge114▲ 168×1 topic
  24. Hydrology105▲ 40×4 topics
  25. Validation104▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Atmospheric Aerosols102▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Black Carbon102▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Ice Nucleation98▲ 117×2 topics
  29. Aerosols98▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Atmospheric Dust98▲ 192×1 topic
  31. Particulate Matter80▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Spatial Interpolation80▲ 98×2 topics
  33. Precipitation80▲ 83×2 topics
  34. Estimation80▲ 90×2 topics
  35. Rainfall79▲ 198×1 topic
  36. Satellite79▲ 198×1 topic
  37. Land Use Change77▲ 12×7 topics
  38. Glacier65▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Water Availability65▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Drought60▲ 30×3 topics

Which research topics does China Meteorological Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Meteorological Phenomena…259Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 259 fractional worksClimate variability and …249Climate variability and models: 249 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 114 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 102 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 98 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…79Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 79 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 65 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 48 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 44 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 38 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 259 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 249 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 114 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 102 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 98 works
  6. 6 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 79 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 65 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 48 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 44 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 38 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Meteorological Administration'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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