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Dunhuang Research Academy

In research, Dunhuang Research Academy stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,699 of 17,446 worldwide), Social Sciences (#12,950 of 14,833 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#3,784 of 4,066 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 14.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,752
of 22,385 · #15,077 all time
Rank in China
#1,575
of 2,481
Research works
542
▲ 148% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Dunhuang Research Academy

What is Dunhuang Research Academy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,699 of 17,446 8.3%211
Social SciencesDomain #12,950 of 14,833 5.1%291
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,784 of 4,066 4.7%155
Social SciencesField #8,748 of 9,330 4.6%192

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dunhuang Research Academy 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 fields of science does Dunhuang Research Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Dunhuang Research Academy is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Engineering (16%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 56.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 22.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 16 fractional works · 14.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 15.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 30.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 20.2% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDunhuang ResearchAcademy113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences30%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2622.7%
    2. Engineering1815.9%
    3. Environmental Science108.6%
    4. Computer Science65.8%
    5. Chemistry21.5%
    6. Materials Science11.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities2320.2%
    2. Social Sciences98.1%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine43.3%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dunhuang Research Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 25.6 works14×
← 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: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.48× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.98× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.48×26 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.98×23 works
  3. Environmental Science1.73×10 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.21×6 works
  5. Engineering1.06×18 works
  6. Chemistry0.94×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.74×6 works
  8. Social Sciences0.64×9 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  10. Energy0.56×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×3 works
  13. Psychology0.43×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.35×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  20. Nursing0.20×0 works
  21. Medicine0.17×4 works
  22. Health Professions0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dunhuang Research Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Fasi Wu, Dongpeng He and Qinglin Guo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dunhuang Research Academy.

  1. 1 Fasi Wu China · #142,370 worldwide 2.2k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Dongpeng He China · #349,078 worldwide 541 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Qinglin Guo China · #366,691 worldwide 1.9k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Bomin Su China · #796,313 worldwide 590 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Zhengmo Zhang China · #1,111,196 worldwide 259 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Wanfu Wang China · #1,116,537 worldwide 2.4k citations · 133 works
  7. 7 Shanlong Yang China · #1,326,742 worldwide 208 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Ruihong Xu China · #1,395,970 worldwide 175 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Zongren Yu China · #1,542,907 worldwide 247 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Yanwu Wang China · #1,556,234 worldwide 468 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Dunhuang Research Academy

What are the most cited papers from Dunhuang Research Academy?

The most cited paper from Dunhuang Research Academy is "Characterization, hypolipidemic and antioxidant activities of degraded polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum" (Yu Xu, Xuan Zhang, Xiaohui Yan et al., 2019), with 241 citations. Next come "Controlling biodeterioration of cultural heritage objects with biocides: A review" (154) and "Long-term exposure to high-concentration silver nanoparticles induced toxicity, fatality, bioaccumulation, and histological alteration in fish (Cyprinus carpio)" (146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization, hypolipidemic and antioxidant activities of degraded polysaccharides from Ganoderma lucidum Yu Xu, Xuan Zhang, Xiaohui Yan et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 23 May 2019 241
2 Controlling biodeterioration of cultural heritage objects with biocides: A review Mian Adnan Kakakhel, Fasi Wu, Ji‐Dong Gu et al. · International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Open access 2 Jul 2019 154
3 Long-term exposure to high-concentration silver nanoparticles induced toxicity, fatality, bioaccumulation, and histological alteration in fish (Cyprinus carpio) Mian Adnan Kakakhel, Fasi Wu, Wasim Sajjad et al. · Environmental Sciences Europe Open access 4 Feb 2021 146
4 Review: Effect of Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolite SCFAs on Radiation-Induced Intestinal Injury Yangyang Li, Yiming Zhang, Kong-Xi Wei et al. · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Open access 9 Jul 2021 117
5 Deterioration mechanisms of building materials of Jiaohe ruins in China Mingshen Shao, Li Li, Sijing Wang et al. · Journal of Cultural Heritage 19 Apr 2012 113
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dunhuang Research Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Conservation, Microbial Diversity, Bioremediation, Biodeterioration, Geomycology, Climate Change and Risk Assessment.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage32▲ 54×7 topics
  2. Conservation22▲ 45×4 topics
  3. Climate Change16▲ 5.0×21 topics
  4. Microbial Diversity14▲ 211×2 topics
  5. Bioremediation13▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Biodeterioration13▲ 423×1 topic
  7. Geomycology13▲ 423×1 topic
  8. Risk Assessment11▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Environmental Monitoring8▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Indoor Air Quality8▲ 185×2 topics
  11. Sea-Level Rise8▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Microclimate Control8▲ 375×1 topic
  13. Museum Environments8▲ 375×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing7▲ 5.4×14 topics
  15. Raman Spectroscopy7▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Hyperspectral Imaging7▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Archaeological Science7▲ 286×1 topic
  18. X-Ray Fluorescence7▲ 286×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.5×8 topics
  20. Sustainable Construction4▲ 42×2 topics
  21. History4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  22. Philosophy3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Religion3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Virtual Reality3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  26. Building Materials3▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Earth Construction3▲ 147×1 topic
  28. 3D Reconstruction2▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Photogrammetry2▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Point Clouds2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Sediment Transport2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. UAV2▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Desertification2▲ 52×2 topics
  34. Aeolian Processes2▲ 103×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  36. Wind Erosion2▲ 103×1 topic
  37. Multimedia Technology2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. China2▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Confucianism2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Dunhuang Research Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Building materials and conservation, Conservation Techniques and Studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis and Hygrothermal properties of building materials.

Building materials and c…13Building materials and conservation: 13 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 8 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…7Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 7 fractional worksHygrothermal properties of building materials: 3 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual Art: 2 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesConservationArcheologyBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 13 works
  2. 2 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 8 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 7 works
  4. 4 Hygrothermal properties of building materials Building and Construction 3 works
  5. 5 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 2 works
  6. 6 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dunhuang Research Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 148% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Dunhuang Research Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Dunhuang Research Academy0.00059% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Dunhuang Research Academy 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%Dunhuang Research Academy11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2024.

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