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Guizhou Normal University

In research, Guizhou Normal University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#106 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,475 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#479 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Earth-Surface Processes is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,408
of 28,054 · #4,202 all time
Rank in China
#419
of 3,058
Research works
8.3k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Guizhou Normal University 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #106 of 3,409 32.1%299 #774
Physical SciencesDomain #1,475 of 12,888 19.5%1,301 #3514
Environmental ScienceField #479 of 3,551 30.1%329 #1393
Life SciencesDomain #1,264 of 7,800 27.0%465 #4367
Social SciencesDomain #2,162 of 10,521 29.5%253 #4473
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #313 of 1,209 29.5%103 #1109
Plant ScienceSubfield #371 of 1,395 30.8%140 #1328
Health SciencesDomain #4,458 of 11,982 23.4%86 #11496
EngineeringField #2,477 of 6,636 12.9%289 #3869
Computer ScienceField #1,880 of 4,667 19.5%234 #3382

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guizhou Normal University 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#774 #106
  2. Physical Sciences#3,514 #1,475
  3. Environmental Science#1,393 #479
  4. Life Sciences#4,367 #1,264
  5. Social Sciences#4,473 #2,162
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,109 #313
  7. Plant Science#1,328 #371
  8. Health Sciences#11,496 #4,458
  9. Engineering#3,869 #2,477
  10. Computer Science#3,382 #1,880
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 Guizhou Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 24.3 works9.7×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 39.9 works6.3×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 58.5 works5.9×
  4. EcologySubfield · 82.8 works5.0×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 51.1 works4.7×
← 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: 2.99× its world share, 299 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 234 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 103 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 289 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.15× its world share, 329 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.47× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.85× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.13× its world share, 100 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guizhou Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Weihua Ou, Wang Yong and Ming Tang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guizhou Normal University.

  1. 1 Weihua Ou China · #210,517 worldwide 300 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Wang Yong China · #355,796 worldwide 30 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Ming Tang China · #460,861 worldwide 103 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 杨玉华 China · #468,318 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Qiuhua Li China · #586,206 worldwide 127 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Xiaoyao Xie China · #609,483 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Anping Wang China · #633,273 worldwide 133 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Chaojun Li China · #654,294 worldwide 122 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Yangbing Li China · #671,113 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Lunzhi Deng China · #752,903 worldwide 48 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Guizhou Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Guizhou Normal University?

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

▲ 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 Change189▲ 3.3×68 topics
  2. Deep Learning115▲ 1.59×71 topics
  3. Land Use Change97▲ 15×8 topics
  4. Remote Sensing82▲ 3.2×32 topics
  5. Sustainability81▲ 1.58×42 topics
  6. Biodiversity72▲ 4.6×24 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services69▲ 8.4×11 topics
  8. Machine Learning68◆ 0.99×62 topics
  9. Environmental Impact63▲ 1.77×36 topics
  10. Urbanization51▲ 5.9×7 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation50▲ 6.3×9 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis45▲ 7.1×14 topics
  13. Invasive Species42▲ 4.7×18 topics
  14. Biogeography40▲ 7.3×17 topics
  15. Groundwater38▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Gene Expression36▲ 2.8×15 topics
  17. Social-Ecological Systems36▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Environmental Policy35▲ 8.2×2 topics
  19. Geohazards35▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Global Impact35▲ 9.7×1 topic
  21. Spatial Dynamics35▲ 18×1 topic
  22. Antioxidant Activity34▲ 2.6×21 topics
  23. Global Change34▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Conservation32▲ 3.5×16 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 6.8×5 topics
  26. Water Quality31▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Water Resources30▲ 6.0×7 topics
  28. Ecosystem Functioning29▲ 7.2×7 topics
  29. Adaptation29▲ 4.8×11 topics
  30. Geochemistry28▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Ecosystem25▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Transcription Factors25▲ 9.9×5 topics
  33. Biochar Application25▲ 11×2 topics
  34. DNA Barcoding23▲ 6.8×9 topics
  35. Global Carbon Budget23▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Nutrient Limitation23▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Hydrogeology22▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Cave22▲ 150×1 topic
  39. Karst22▲ 150×1 topic
  40. Agricultural Sustainability20▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Guizhou Normal University publish most on?

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

Land Use and Ecosystem S…35Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 35 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrog…22Karst Systems and Hydrogeology: 22 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 19 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 18 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 17 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…17Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 17 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 13 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactio…13Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 13 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEarth-Surface ProcessesSoil SciencePlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 35 works
  2. 2 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 22 works
  3. 3 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 19 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 18 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 17 works
  6. 6 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 17 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 17 works
  8. 8 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  9. 9 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 13 works
  10. 10 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 13 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.6%domestic only95.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guizhou Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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