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China University of Geosciences

In research, China University of Geosciences stands highest in Environmental Science (#8 of 3,551 worldwide), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (#1 of 324 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#4 of 1,209 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 19.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#116
of 28,054 · #554 all time
Rank in China
#48
of 3,058
Research works
32k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
530k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is China University of Geosciences 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 #8 of 3,551 35.1%1,575 #126
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #1 of 324 58.0%178 #11
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #4 of 1,209 28.5%1,527 #85
Physical SciencesDomain #64 of 12,888 29.2%8,261 #405
GeophysicsSubfield #2 of 237 24.3%633 #26
EngineeringField #80 of 6,636 27.7%2,876 #253
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #7 of 535 38.2%356 #95
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #6 of 301 31.5%309 #98
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #35 of 896 28.6%346 #122
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #72 of 1,775 57.2%211 #378

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China University of Geosciences 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#126 #8
  2. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#11 #1
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#85 #4
  4. Physical Sciences#405 #64
  5. Geophysics#26 #2
  6. Engineering#253 #80
  7. Global and Planetary Change#95 #7
  8. Atmospheric Science#98 #6
  9. Civil and Structural Engineering#122 #35
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#378 #72
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 University of Geosciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geochemistry and Petrology takes 19.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 188.5 works20×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 633.0 works19×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,527.1 works10×
  4. GeologySubfield · 116.7 works9.2×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 103.2 works9.1×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 182.0 works8.8×
  7. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 309.2 works7.4×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 110 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 163 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 158 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 1,075 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.35× its world share, 1,527 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.05× its world share, 264 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.04× its world share, 2,876 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.37× its world share, 1,575 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 425 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 69 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 257 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 211 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 214 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China University of Geosciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Shan Gao, Timothy Kusky and Wei Han lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China University of Geosciences.

  1. 1 Shan Gao China · #12,376 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Timothy Kusky China · #35,047 worldwide 1.3k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Wei Han China · #36,168 worldwide 825 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Liuyang Zhang China · #39,648 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Yong He China · #39,790 worldwide 803 citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Deze Zeng China · #54,814 worldwide 519 citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Wenyin Gong China · #57,995 worldwide 602 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Zhihua Cai China · #58,227 worldwide 564 citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Qingfeng Guan China · #71,208 worldwide 455 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Shucheng Xie China · #81,665 worldwide 532 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at China University of Geosciences

Which keywords describe research at China University of Geosciences?

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

▲ 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 Sensing937▲ 8.1×38 topics
  2. Climate Change655▲ 2.6×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning599▲ 1.94×85 topics
  4. Deep Learning596▲ 1.85×83 topics
  5. Plate Tectonics391▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Support Vector Machines342▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Tectonics292▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Neural Networks276▲ 1.91×36 topics
  9. Hyperspectral Imaging276▲ 10×7 topics
  10. Nanomaterials257▲ 2.6×18 topics
  11. Land Use Change248▲ 8.6×8 topics
  12. Thermodynamic Modeling237▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Shale Gas233▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Pore Structure232▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Geochronology231▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Zircon231▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Risk Assessment214▲ 3.4×21 topics
  18. Urbanization209▲ 5.4×8 topics
  19. Nanopores209▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Geological Mapping206▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Gas Permeability196▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Mudstones194▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Thermal Maturity194▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Compositional Data Analysis181▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Mineral Prospectivity181▲ 29×1 topic
  26. GIS-based Modeling178▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Water Splitting162▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Geodetic Measurements156▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Hazard153▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Landslide153▲ 23×1 topic
  31. CO2 Sequestration152▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Hyperspectral152▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Tomography140▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Geochemistry136▲ 24×4 topics
  35. Groundwater134▲ 18×6 topics
  36. Hydraulic Fracturing134▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Subduction129▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Earthquakes127▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Plate Boundaries127▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Change Detection121▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does China University of Geosciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Landslides and related hazards.

Geological and Geochemic…231Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 231 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …194Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 194 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…181Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 181 fractional worksLandslides and related h…153Landslides and related hazards: 153 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 127 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 114 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…101Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 101 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…96High-pressure geophysics and materials: 96 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …95Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 95 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…95Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 95 fractional works
GeophysicsMechanics of MaterialsArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 231 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 194 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 181 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 153 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 127 works
  6. 6 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 114 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 101 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 96 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 95 works
  10. 10 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 95 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China University of Geosciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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