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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Physical Sciences#659 #586
  2. Environmental Science#231 #241
  3. Engineering#769 #654
  4. Life Sciences#827 #900
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#535 #459
  6. Mechanical Engineering#333 #205
  7. Materials Science#574 #475
  8. Health Sciences#2,084 #2,145
  9. Medicine#2,199 #2,155
  10. Plant Science#457 #339
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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.

Physical Sciences: 1,169 fractional works · 66.0% of its workEngineering: 447 fractional works · 25.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 164 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 80 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 74 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 295 fractional works · 16.7% of its workPollution: 59 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 38 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 234 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomaterials: 47 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 54 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 418 fractional works · 23.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 198 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 176 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 134 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGuangdong Academyof Sciences1,771fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences3%

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
    1. Engineering44725.3%
    2. Environmental Science29516.7%
    3. Materials Science23413.2%
    4. Chemistry543.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences462.6%
    6. Energy402.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy201.1%
    8. Computer Science191.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering110.6%
    10. Mathematics20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences19811.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1769.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology251.4%
    4. Neuroscience120.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.5%
    1. Medicine1176.6%
    2. Nursing80.5%
    3. Health Professions40.2%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Social Sciences221.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance140.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting70.4%
    4. Psychology30.2%
    5. Decision Sciences20.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 59.1 works8.5×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 32.0 works8.3×
  3. BiomaterialsSubfield · 46.7 works6.2×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 27.4 works5.5×
← 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: 2.35× its world share, 198 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 176 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.84× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.94× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.45× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 447 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.36× its world share, 295 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.79× its world share, 234 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Materials Science3.79×234 works
  2. Environmental Science3.36×295 works
  3. Energy2.45×40 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.35×198 works
  5. Chemistry1.94×54 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×176 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.84×11 works
  8. Engineering1.68×447 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×46 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×25 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×8 works
  12. Nursing0.94×8 works
  13. Veterinary0.79×2 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.51×20 works
  15. Neuroscience0.40×12 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×14 works
  17. Medicine0.35×118 works
  18. Dentistry0.24×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.14×19 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.13×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×7 works
  22. Social Sciences0.10×22 works
  23. Health Professions0.09×4 works
  24. Mathematics0.07×2 works
  25. Psychology0.06×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.04×2 works

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. 1 Fangbai Li China · #47,712 worldwide 20k citations · 426 works
  2. 2 Weimin Sun China · #70,808 worldwide 3.4k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Baoqin Li China · #85,493 worldwide 3.5k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Liping Fang China · #104,778 worldwide 6.2k citations · 171 works
  5. 5 Fei Liu China · #107,960 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
  6. 6 Jianghu Cui China · #114,862 worldwide 4.8k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Liwei Xie China · #118,638 worldwide 6.3k citations · 188 works
  8. 8 Xiaoxu Sun China · #133,221 worldwide 6.4k citations · 189 works
  9. 9 Tongxu Liu China · #134,035 worldwide 8.3k citations · 196 works
  10. 10 Li Zhuang China · #141,557 worldwide 5.7k citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Guangdong Academy of Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Guangdong Academy of Sciences?

The most cited paper from Guangdong Academy of Sciences is "Using clusterProfiler to characterize multiomics data" (Shuangbin Xu, Erqiang Hu, Yantong Cai et al., 2024), with 1,415 citations. Next come "Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers: Sources, occurrence, toxicity and human exposure" (1,312) and "Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants" (936).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Using clusterProfiler to characterize multiomics data Shuangbin Xu, Erqiang Hu, Yantong Cai et al. · Nature Protocols 17 Jul 2024 1,415
2 Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers: Sources, occurrence, toxicity and human exposure Gaoling Wei, Ding-Qiang Li, Zhuo Mu-ning et al. · Environmental Pollution 4 Oct 2014 1,312
3 Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants Linwei Wu et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access145 authors 13 May 2019 936
4 Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetables near an e-waste processing site, south China Chunling Luo, Chuanping Liu, Yan Wang et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 13 Nov 2010 714
5 Identifying and Characterizing circRNA-Protein Interaction William Weidong Du, Chao Zhang, Weining Yang et al. · Theranostics Open access 2017 678
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties156▲ 9.0×35 topics
  2. Microstructure125▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Nanoparticles88▲ 4.0×39 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications81▲ 3.9×34 topics
  5. Environmental Impact73▲ 2.4×43 topics
  6. Climate Change68▲ 1.42×69 topics
  7. Nanomaterials64▲ 3.4×18 topics
  8. Nanocomposites63▲ 4.5×22 topics
  9. Graphene61▲ 5.1×12 topics
  10. Toxicity60▲ 7.8×19 topics
  11. Microbial Communities47▲ 6.2×9 topics
  12. Catalysis41▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Health Effects41▲ 3.8×21 topics
  14. Carbon Nanotubes40▲ 6.8×9 topics
  15. Biodiversity40▲ 2.9×25 topics
  16. Microstructural Evolution39▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Wastewater Treatment38▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Pollution36▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Tissue Engineering36▲ 3.4×12 topics
  20. Heavy Metals36▲ 8.5×6 topics
  21. Adsorption35▲ 9.3×7 topics
  22. Contamination34▲ 21×5 topics
  23. Invasive Species32▲ 4.3×19 topics
  24. Processing Techniques32▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis30▲ 5.5×16 topics
  26. Water Splitting30▲ 4.5×4 topics
  27. Additive Manufacturing29▲ 5.3×7 topics
  28. Genomics29▲ 5.6×10 topics
  29. Grain Refinement28▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Friction Stir Processing26▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Metal Matrix Composites26▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Sintering26▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Reinforcement26▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Aluminum Alloy26▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Microstructure Evolution24▲ 18×5 topics
  36. Spark Plasma Sintering24▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Corrosion Resistance24▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Phase Stability24▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Groundwater23▲ 14×5 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 26 works
  2. 2 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 18 works
  5. 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 16 works
  6. 6 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 16 works
  7. 7 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  8. 8 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications Biomaterials 16 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 15 works
  10. 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.

openly available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

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.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Guangdong Academy of Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Guangdong Academy of Sciences0.0070% in 20251990200020102020

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.

still counting10%20%30%Guangdong Academy of Sciences14.3% 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 24.4% in 2004.

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