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Gansu Desert Control Research Institute

In research, Gansu Desert Control Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,666 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,221
of 28,054 · #18,266 all time
Rank in China
#1,607
of 3,058
Research works
520
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Gansu Desert Control Research Institute 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 #6,666 of 12,888 31.5%73 #12514

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gansu Desert Control Research Institute 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).

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: 4.68× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.06× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.60× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gansu Desert Control Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Jinchun Zhang and Zihui Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gansu Desert Control Research Institute.

  1. 1 Jinchun Zhang China · #846,246 worldwide 19 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Zihui Yang China · #1,289,429 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Gansu Desert Control Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Gansu Desert Control Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Services, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Urbanization and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change33▲ 11×41 topics
  2. Land Use Change21▲ 65×7 topics
  3. Remote Sensing16▲ 12×23 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 5.0×12 topics
  5. Ecosystem Services11▲ 27×7 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 26×8 topics
  7. Urbanization9▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Biodiversity9▲ 11×13 topics
  9. Global Impact7▲ 40×1 topic
  10. Spatial Dynamics7▲ 74×1 topic
  11. Global Carbon Budget7▲ 91×2 topics
  12. Agricultural Sustainability7▲ 56×1 topic
  13. Soil Erosion7▲ 167×1 topic
  14. Environmental Impact7▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Global Change6▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Water Resources6▲ 24×6 topics
  17. Sediment Transport6▲ 33×5 topics
  18. Geohazards5▲ 91×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem4▲ 39×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Invasive Species4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  22. Groundwater4▲ 48×3 topics
  23. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Adaptation4▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Microbial Communities4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  27. Nutrient Limitation4▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Conservation4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Model Evaluation4▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Soil Fertility4▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Biochar Application3▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Paleoclimatology3▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Nitrogen Cycle3▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Soil Carbon Sequestration3▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Geochemistry3▲ 48×2 topics
  36. Livelihoods3▲ 81×2 topics
  37. Spatial Patterns3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation3▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Hydrogeology3▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Karst3▲ 396×1 topic

Which research topics does Gansu Desert Control Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…7Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 7 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 7 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 3 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksLandslides and related h…2Landslides and related hazards: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSoil ScienceEarth-Surface ProcessesEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 7 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  4. 4 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  5. 5 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gansu Desert Control Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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