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Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

In research, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences stands highest in Geophysics (#15 of 237 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,137 of 12,888 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#135 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 83.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,988
of 28,054 · #3,107 all time
Rank in China
#534
of 3,058
Research works
7.3k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
149k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 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
GeophysicsSubfield #15 of 237 16.7%430 #25
Physical SciencesDomain #1,137 of 12,888 19.5%1,398 #1962
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #135 of 1,209 19.0%697 #399
Environmental ScienceField #862 of 3,551 22.7%246 #1583
EngineeringField #2,040 of 6,636 20.0%244 #2537
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #986 of 1,884 17.7%134 #844
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #274 of 458 21.3%65 #823
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #202 of 301 29.6%66 #624
Computer ScienceField #3,171 of 4,667 17.6%140 #3389
Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield #10 of 13 17.9%92 #48

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 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. Geophysics#25 #15
  2. Physical Sciences#1,962 #1,137
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#399 #135
  4. Environmental Science#1,583 #862
  5. Engineering#2,537 #2,040
  6. Artificial Intelligence#844 #986
  7. Mechanics of Materials#823 #274
  8. Atmospheric Science#624 #202
  9. Computer Science#3,389 #3,171
  10. Geochemistry and Petrology#48 #10
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 Geological Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 83.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 430.0 works83×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 91.5 works61×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 697.4 works30×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 34.1 works19×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 31.5 works18×
  6. GeologySubfield · 33.1 works16×
  7. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 66.2 works10×
  8. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 30.6 works9.4×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30.00× its world share, 697 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.34× its world share, 246 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Dunyi Liu, Yue Zhao and Zhiming Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.

  1. 1 Dunyi Liu China · #15,570 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Yue Zhao China · #61,541 worldwide 418 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Zhiming Yang China · #62,681 worldwide 603 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Yusheng Wan China · #68,414 worldwide 626 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Zengqian Hou China · #74,613 worldwide 764 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Shuan‐Hong Zhang China · #109,130 worldwide 414 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Xiaochun Liu China · #116,170 worldwide 278 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Ping Jian China · #123,701 worldwide 612 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Yuruo Shi China · #123,948 worldwide 317 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Zhiqin Xu China · #129,369 worldwide 383 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Remote Sensing, Tectonics, Thermodynamic Modeling, Geochronology, Zircon, Support Vector Machines and Geological Mapping.

▲ 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. Plate Tectonics292▲ 129×3 topics
  2. Remote Sensing220▲ 12×32 topics
  3. Tectonics210▲ 119×3 topics
  4. Thermodynamic Modeling192▲ 114×3 topics
  5. Geochronology191▲ 188×1 topic
  6. Zircon191▲ 188×1 topic
  7. Climate Change156▲ 3.9×53 topics
  8. Machine Learning153▲ 3.2×22 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines134▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Geological Mapping133▲ 108×2 topics
  11. Hyperspectral Imaging131▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Compositional Data Analysis126▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity126▲ 126×1 topic
  14. Geodetic Measurements109▲ 68×2 topics
  15. Subduction108▲ 100×3 topics
  16. Earthquakes107▲ 127×1 topic
  17. Plate Boundaries107▲ 127×1 topic
  18. Tomography94▲ 35×4 topics
  19. Superconductivity77▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Crystal Structure Prediction77▲ 111×1 topic
  21. Mantle Dynamics77▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Geochemistry69▲ 77×4 topics
  23. Groundwater65▲ 54×6 topics
  24. Rare Earth Elements56▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Water Quality49▲ 8.3×10 topics
  26. Environmental Impacts48▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Risk Assessment47▲ 4.7×11 topics
  28. Shale Gas46▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Pore Structure45▲ 24×3 topics
  30. GIS-based Modeling43▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Gas Permeability42▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Mudstones42▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Manganese Oxides39▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Sedimentary Rocks39▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Paleoclimatology38▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Holocene38▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Sea Level38▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Glacial Cycles37▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Monsoon Dynamics37▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Nitrate36▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Geological and Geochemic…191Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 191 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 126 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 107 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…77High-pressure geophysics and materials: 77 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …42Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 42 fractional worksGeochemistry and Element…39Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 39 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 37 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 36 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 35 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 26 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of MaterialsGeochemistry and Petrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 191 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 126 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 107 works
  4. 4 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 77 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 42 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 39 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 37 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 36 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 35 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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