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Chinese Academy of Forestry

In research, Chinese Academy of Forestry stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#222 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,628 of 12,888 worldwide) and Plant Science (#211 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Plant Science — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 20.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,184
of 28,054 · #5,048 all time
Rank in China
#571
of 3,058
Research works
5.9k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Chinese Academy of Forestry 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #222 of 3,409 31.9%436 #698
Physical SciencesDomain #1,628 of 12,888 27.4%870 #3894
Plant ScienceSubfield #211 of 1,395 32.8%257 #643
Environmental ScienceField #561 of 3,551 26.8%406 #1093
Life SciencesDomain #1,724 of 7,800 28.2%676 #3956
EngineeringField #1,946 of 6,636 26.5%199 #4249
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,276 of 3,579 21.5%229 #3181
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #644 of 1,568 33.1%70 #1541
Materials ScienceField #1,040 of 2,468 32.4%137 #2628
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #34 of 72 30.6%79 #330

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chinese Academy of Forestry 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#698 #222
  2. Physical Sciences#3,894 #1,628
  3. Plant Science#643 #211
  4. Environmental Science#1,093 #561
  5. Life Sciences#3,956 #1,724
  6. Engineering#4,249 #1,946
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,181 #1,276
  8. Biomedical Engineering#1,541 #644
  9. Materials Science#2,628 #1,040
  10. Nature and Landscape Conservation#330 #34
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 Chinese Academy of Forestry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 79.2 works20×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 52.6 works11×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 257.2 works9.1×
  4. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 56.6 works8.6×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 103.7 works8.4×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 37.2 works8.1×
← 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: 5.65× its world share, 436 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 229 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.80× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 199 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.04× its world share, 406 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.42× its world share, 137 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chinese Academy of Forestry?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaoyi Wang, Xiaosheng Yang and Hang Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chinese Academy of Forestry.

  1. 1 Xiaoyi Wang China · #288,329 worldwide 118 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Xiaosheng Yang China · #380,662 worldwide 59 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Hang Chen China · #446,040 worldwide 92 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Shirong Liu China · #531,671 worldwide 298 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Jia Wang China · #534,245 worldwide 115 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Anmin Huang China · #554,844 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Jiang ZePing China · #579,660 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Xiaoqing Wang China · #642,947 worldwide 117 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Runguo Zang China · #663,979 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Haiqing Ren China · #697,838 worldwide 39 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Chinese Academy of Forestry

Which keywords describe research at Chinese Academy of Forestry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Global Change, Invasive Species, Biomass Estimation, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 Change267▲ 6.1×66 topics
  2. Biodiversity91▲ 7.5×21 topics
  3. Global Change85▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Invasive Species84▲ 12×20 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties84▲ 5.3×20 topics
  6. Biomass Estimation82▲ 33×3 topics
  7. Sustainability80▲ 2.0×31 topics
  8. Remote Sensing78▲ 3.9×31 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services78▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Ecosystem Functioning75▲ 24×6 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation75▲ 12×10 topics
  12. Transcription Factors71▲ 36×4 topics
  13. Gene Expression66▲ 6.7×16 topics
  14. Land Use Change63▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Forest Management62▲ 65×4 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications60▲ 3.1×25 topics
  17. Aboveground Biomass58▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Resilience58▲ 24×5 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation56▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Conservation51▲ 7.3×17 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis51▲ 10×12 topics
  22. Biological Invasions47▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Soil Carbon Sequestration46▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem44▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Anthocyanins44▲ 39×3 topics
  26. Antioxidants44▲ 6.0×10 topics
  27. Soil Fertility43▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Ionic Liquids42▲ 9.3×9 topics
  29. Microbial Communities42▲ 6.1×8 topics
  30. Allometric Models39▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation39▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Nutrient Limitation38▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Carbon Sequestration37▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Climate Change Impact37▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Biochar Application37▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Nitrogen Cycle37▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Metabolic Pathways37▲ 44×3 topics
  38. Tropical Forests36▲ 63×2 topics
  39. Drought36▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Evapotranspiration36▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Chinese Academy of Forestry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Forest ecology and management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…37Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 37 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…36Forest ecology and management: 36 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 35 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…35Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 35 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…34Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 34 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 34 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 29 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry29Lignin and Wood Chemistry: 29 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 26 fractional worksBamboo properties and applications: 26 fractional works
Soil ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 37 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 36 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 35 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 35 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 34 works
  6. 6 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 34 works
  7. 7 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 29 works
  8. 8 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 29 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 26 works
  10. 10 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chinese Academy of Forestry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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