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First Institute of Oceanography

In research, First Institute of Oceanography stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,652 of 12,888 worldwide), Oceanography (#59 of 156 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#489 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science — Oceanography is 72.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,510
of 28,054 · #6,162 all time
Rank in China
#1,022
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is First Institute of Oceanography 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,652 of 12,888 20.4%515 #3888
OceanographySubfield #59 of 156 19.1%118 #288
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #489 of 1,209 17.6%241 #932
Environmental ScienceField #1,443 of 3,551 21.8%179 #2145
EngineeringField #4,186 of 6,636 28.2%61 #5439
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #284 of 301 15.6%61 #756

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Institute of Oceanography 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. Physical Sciences#3,888 #2,652
  2. Oceanography#288 #59
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#932 #489
  4. Environmental Science#2,145 #1,443
  5. Engineering#5,439 #4,186
  6. Atmospheric Science#756 #284
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 First Institute of Oceanography specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 72.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 117.6 works72×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 240.8 works26×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 61.4 works24×
  4. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 22.1 works17×
  5. EcologySubfield · 46.5 works10×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26.46× its world share, 241 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.22× its world share, 179 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 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 First Institute of Oceanography?

Ranked on the composite score, Chengjun Sun, Mingyan Zhu and Guangquan Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is First Institute of Oceanography.

  1. 1 Chengjun Sun China · #423,513 worldwide 198 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Mingyan Zhu China · #432,546 worldwide 117 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Guangquan Chen China · #520,951 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Xinghua Zhou China · #614,789 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Xinfang Li China · #622,688 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Jihua Liu China · #678,296 worldwide 120 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Yanguang Liu China · #703,762 worldwide 163 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Jian Chen China · #706,192 worldwide 73 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Jingxi Li China · #790,105 worldwide 102 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Xuefa Shi China · #806,471 worldwide 276 citations · 108 works
All ranked researchers at First Institute of Oceanography

Which keywords describe research at First Institute of Oceanography?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Climate Change Impact, Oceanic Modeling and Tidal Analysis.

▲ 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 Change137▲ 8.8×56 topics
  2. Remote Sensing63▲ 8.8×31 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation62▲ 82×3 topics
  4. Global Warming45▲ 19×8 topics
  5. Data Assimilation44▲ 49×4 topics
  6. Climate Change Impact37▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Oceanic Modeling37▲ 194×1 topic
  8. Tidal Analysis37▲ 194×1 topic
  9. Tropical Cyclones35▲ 109×2 topics
  10. Wave Modeling33▲ 112×2 topics
  11. Environmental Impact28▲ 2.9×32 topics
  12. Rogue Waves24▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Ocean Waves23▲ 181×1 topic
  14. Wind Stress23▲ 181×1 topic
  15. Microbial Communities23▲ 9.4×7 topics
  16. Harmful Algal Blooms22▲ 50×3 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services22▲ 9.7×7 topics
  18. Eutrophication21▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Holocene21▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise21▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Sea Level20▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Nutrient Limitation20▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Sea-Level Rise20▲ 30×4 topics
  24. Dissolved Organic Matter19▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Oceanic Carbon Cycle19▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Paleoclimatology19▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Glacial Cycles18▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Monsoon Dynamics18▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Arctic18▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Climate Change Impacts18▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Coastal Protection18▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Marine Sediments17▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Anaerobic16▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Methane Oxidation16▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Tectonics16▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Ocean Acidification15▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Benthic Communities15▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity15▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Plate Tectonics15▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Hydrological Cycle14▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does First Institute of Oceanography publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Oceanographic and Atmosp…37Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 37 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 23 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…19Marine and coastal ecosystems: 19 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…18Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 18 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 16 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 13 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…13Underwater Acoustics Research: 13 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 12 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 11 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 10 fractional works
OceanographyAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 37 works
  2. 2 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 23 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 19 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 18 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 16 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  7. 7 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 13 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 12 works
  9. 9 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 10 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has First Institute of Oceanography's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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