Guangdong Academy of Sciences
In research, Guangdong Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#586 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#241 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#654 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Biomaterials (Pollution is 8.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,101 of 22,385 · #1,042 all time
- Rank in China
- #259 of 2,481
- Research works
- 3.2k ▲ 114% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 64k 19.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 15.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.25× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 35% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is Guangdong Academy of Sciences known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #586 of 10,670 | 14.9% | 1,063 | #659 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #241 of 3,334 | 15.8% | 262 | #231 | |
| EngineeringField | #654 of 5,901 | 14.6% | 410 | #769 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #900 of 6,403 | 13.9% | 380 | #827 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #459 of 3,157 | 15.9% | 178 | #535 | |
| Mechanical EngineeringSubfield | #205 of 1,319 | 16.7% | 151 | #333 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #475 of 2,276 | 13.6% | 218 | #574 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,145 of 9,902 | 20.5% | 120 | #2084 | |
| MedicineField | #2,155 of 8,541 | 19.5% | 106 | #2199 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #339 of 1,317 | 17.5% | 77 | #457 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangdong Academy of 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#659 #586
- Environmental Science#231 #241
- Engineering#769 #654
- Life Sciences#827 #900
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#535 #459
- Mechanical Engineering#333 #205
- Materials Science#574 #475
- Health Sciences#2,084 #2,145
- Medicine#2,199 #2,155
- Plant Science#457 #339
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Guangdong Academy of Sciences work in?
In 2022-now, 66% of research at Guangdong Academy of Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Environmental Science (17%), Materials Science (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,16966.0%
- Engineering44725.3%
- Environmental Science29516.7%
- Materials Science23413.2%
- Chemistry543.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences462.6%
- Energy402.3%
- Physics and Astronomy201.1%
- Computer Science191.1%
- Chemical Engineering110.6%
- Mathematics20.1%
- Life Sciences41823.6%
- Health Sciences1347.6%
- Medicine1176.6%
- Nursing80.5%
- Health Professions40.2%
- Dentistry20.1%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Social Sciences502.8%
What does Guangdong Academy of Sciences specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- PollutionSubfield · 59.1 works8.5×
- Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 32.0 works8.3×
- BiomaterialsSubfield · 46.7 works6.2×
- Insect ScienceSubfield · 27.4 works5.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Materials Science3.79×234 works
- Environmental Science3.36×295 works
- Energy2.45×40 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.35×198 works
- Chemistry1.94×54 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×176 works
- Chemical Engineering1.84×11 works
- Engineering1.68×447 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×46 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.38×25 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×8 works
- Nursing0.94×8 works
- Veterinary0.79×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.51×20 works
- Neuroscience0.40×12 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×14 works
- Medicine0.35×118 works
- Dentistry0.24×2 works
- Computer Science0.14×19 works
- Decision Sciences0.13×2 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.12×7 works
- Social Sciences0.10×22 works
- Health Professions0.09×4 works
- Mathematics0.07×2 works
- Psychology0.06×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.04×2 works
- Materials Science 3.8×
- Environmental Science 3.4×
- Energy 2.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.4×
- Chemistry 1.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.9×
- Chemical Engineering 1.8×
- Engineering 1.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.4×
- Nursing 0.9×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Decision Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Health Professions 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Guangdong Academy of Sciences?
Ranked on the quality score, Fangbai Li, Weimin Sun and Baoqin Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guangdong Academy of Sciences.
- 1
Fangbai Li
China · #47,712 worldwide 20k citations · 426 works
- 2
Weimin Sun
China · #70,808 worldwide 3.4k citations · 79 works
- 3
Baoqin Li
China · #85,493 worldwide 3.5k citations · 96 works
- 4
Liping Fang
China · #104,778 worldwide 6.2k citations · 171 works
- 5
Fei Liu
China · #107,960 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
- 6
Jianghu Cui
China · #114,862 worldwide 4.8k citations · 70 works
- 7
Liwei Xie
China · #118,638 worldwide 6.3k citations · 188 works
- 8
Xiaoxu Sun
China · #133,221 worldwide 6.4k citations · 189 works
- 9
Tongxu Liu
China · #134,035 worldwide 8.3k citations · 196 works
- 10
Li Zhuang
China · #141,557 worldwide 5.7k citations · 83 works
Which keywords describe research at Guangdong Academy of Sciences?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Nanoparticles, Toxicity, Biomedical Applications, Graphene, Nanocomposites and Nanomaterials.
- Thermal Conductivity
- Phase Stability
- Spark Plasma Sintering
- Aluminum Alloy
- Sintering
- Friction Stir Processing
- Genomics
- Water Splitting
- Processing Techniques
- Contamination
- Heavy Metals
- Pollution
- Microstructural Evolution
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Catalysis
- Toxicity
- Nanocomposites
- Climate Change
- Biomedical Applications
- Microstructure
- Mechanical Properties
- Nanoparticles
- Environmental Impact
- Nanomaterials
- Graphene
- Microbial Communities
- Health Effects
- Biodiversity
- Wastewater Treatment
- Tissue Engineering
- Adsorption
- Invasive Species
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Additive Manufacturing
- Grain Refinement
- Metal Matrix Composites
- Reinforcement
- Microstructure Evolution
- Corrosion Resistance
- Groundwater
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
- Mechanical Properties156▲ 9.0×35 topics
- Microstructure125▲ 14×18 topics
- Nanoparticles88▲ 4.0×39 topics
- Biomedical Applications81▲ 3.9×34 topics
- Environmental Impact73▲ 2.4×43 topics
- Climate Change68▲ 1.42×69 topics
- Nanomaterials64▲ 3.4×18 topics
- Nanocomposites63▲ 4.5×22 topics
- Graphene61▲ 5.1×12 topics
- Toxicity60▲ 7.8×19 topics
- Microbial Communities47▲ 6.2×9 topics
- Catalysis41▲ 3.5×22 topics
- Health Effects41▲ 3.8×21 topics
- Carbon Nanotubes40▲ 6.8×9 topics
- Biodiversity40▲ 2.9×25 topics
- Microstructural Evolution39▲ 15×4 topics
- Wastewater Treatment38▲ 8.6×8 topics
- Pollution36▲ 11×4 topics
- Tissue Engineering36▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Heavy Metals36▲ 8.5×6 topics
- Adsorption35▲ 9.3×7 topics
- Contamination34▲ 21×5 topics
- Invasive Species32▲ 4.3×19 topics
- Processing Techniques32▲ 20×2 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis30▲ 5.5×16 topics
- Water Splitting30▲ 4.5×4 topics
- Additive Manufacturing29▲ 5.3×7 topics
- Genomics29▲ 5.6×10 topics
- Grain Refinement28▲ 14×4 topics
- Friction Stir Processing26▲ 21×2 topics
- Metal Matrix Composites26▲ 19×2 topics
- Sintering26▲ 11×5 topics
- Reinforcement26▲ 21×2 topics
- Aluminum Alloy26▲ 23×1 topic
- Microstructure Evolution24▲ 18×5 topics
- Spark Plasma Sintering24▲ 13×2 topics
- Corrosion Resistance24▲ 19×4 topics
- Phase Stability24▲ 19×2 topics
- Groundwater23▲ 14×5 topics
- Thermal Conductivity23▲ 8.1×6 topics
Which research topics does Guangdong Academy of Sciences publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, High-Temperature Coating Behaviors, High Entropy Alloys Studies and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 26 works
- 2 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 21 works
- 3 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 20 works
- 4 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 18 works
- 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 16 works
- 6 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 16 works
- 7 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 16 works
- 8 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications Biomaterials 16 works
- 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 15 works
- 10 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 14 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Guangdong Academy of Sciences's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 114% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Guangdong Academy of Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.
Fractional works of Guangdong Academy of Sciences 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2004.
Other research institutions in Guangzhou
- Sun Yat-sen University
- South China University of Technology
- Southern Medical University
- Jinan University
- Guangdong University of Technology
- South China Normal University
- South China Agricultural University
- Guangzhou Medical University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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