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Institute of Applied Ecology

In research, Institute of Applied Ecology stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#230 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#659 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,130 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Pollution — Soil Science is 35.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,276
of 28,054 · #5,259 all time
Rank in China
#810
of 3,058
Research works
2.8k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Institute of Applied Ecology 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 #230 of 3,409 36.8%136 #447
Environmental ScienceField #659 of 3,551 29.9%189 #898
Physical SciencesDomain #3,130 of 12,888 27.5%272 #4614
Life SciencesDomain #2,291 of 7,800 35.1%162 #3790

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Applied Ecology 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#447 #230
  2. Environmental Science#898 #659
  3. Physical Sciences#4,614 #3,130
  4. Life Sciences#3,790 #2,291
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 Institute of Applied Ecology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 35.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 48.4 works36×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.7 works22×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 23.5 works13×
  4. EcologySubfield · 37.7 works11×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 36.2 works11×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 189.0 works8.4×
← 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: 6.31× its world share, 136 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.39× its world share, 189 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Applied Ecology?

Ranked on the composite score, Dexin Guan, Jiabing Wu and Changjie Jin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Applied Ecology.

  1. 1 Dexin Guan China · #329,158 worldwide 232 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Jiabing Wu China · #434,071 worldwide 173 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Changjie Jin China · #515,557 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Qingkui Wang China · #563,558 worldwide 150 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Yuanman Hu China · #667,712 worldwide 173 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Jiaojun Zhu China · #674,405 worldwide 136 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Wei Chen China · #768,731 worldwide 78 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Sun Tieheng China · #771,900 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Chenggang Zhang China · #809,684 worldwide 145 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Jiaxi Zhang China · #946,181 worldwide 116 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Applied Ecology

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Applied Ecology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Microbial Communities, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Soil Fertility, Nutrient Limitation, Biochar Application and Nitrogen Cycle.

▲ 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 Change121▲ 9.9×55 topics
  2. Ecosystem Functioning60▲ 69×7 topics
  3. Microbial Communities53▲ 27×7 topics
  4. Soil Carbon Sequestration43▲ 126×2 topics
  5. Soil Fertility43▲ 42×4 topics
  6. Nutrient Limitation42▲ 88×2 topics
  7. Biochar Application41▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Nitrogen Cycle41▲ 144×1 topic
  9. Biodiversity32▲ 9.6×20 topics
  10. Remote Sensing30▲ 5.4×27 topics
  11. Invasive Species28▲ 14×18 topics
  12. Ecosystem Resilience26▲ 39×5 topics
  13. Global Change24▲ 21×6 topics
  14. Environmental Impact21▲ 2.8×34 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation21▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Conservation21▲ 11×11 topics
  17. Toxicity20▲ 10×13 topics
  18. Nutrient Cycling19▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem19▲ 39×4 topics
  20. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Land Use Change18▲ 13×8 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services17▲ 9.6×8 topics
  23. DNA Barcoding17▲ 23×8 topics
  24. Biological Invasions16▲ 40×3 topics
  25. Water Quality15▲ 8.3×10 topics
  26. Community Ecology15▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Species Richness15▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Functional Diversity14▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Heavy Metals14▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Drought14▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Evapotranspiration14▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Health Effects13▲ 4.9×14 topics
  33. Carbon Balance13▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Tree Mortality13▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Pollution13▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Microbial Ecology12▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Contamination12▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Mycorrhizal Fungi12▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Biomass Estimation12▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Hydrology11▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Applied Ecology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…41Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 41 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…14Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 14 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…13Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 13 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 10 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 10 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient …9Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 9 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 8 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 8 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 7 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 7 fractional works
Soil ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 41 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  3. 3 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 10 works
  5. 5 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 10 works
  6. 6 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 9 works
  7. 7 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 8 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  9. 9 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 7 works
  10. 10 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Applied Ecology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher 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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