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Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection

In research, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,478 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,920 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,475 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 39.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,713
of 28,054 · #18,356 all time
Rank in China
#1,927
of 3,058
Research works
945
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection 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 #1,478 of 3,409 25.0%76 #2488
Environmental ScienceField #1,920 of 3,551 23.8%98 #2845
Physical SciencesDomain #7,475 of 12,888 22.8%114 #12145
Life SciencesDomain #5,874 of 7,800 22.5%108 #10478

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection 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#2,488 #1,478
  2. Environmental Science#2,845 #1,920
  3. Physical Sciences#12,145 #7,475
  4. Life Sciences#10,478 #5,874
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 Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 39.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 21.6 works39×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 28.6 works16×
  3. EcologySubfield · 28.6 works16×
← 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: 6.99× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.38× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.60× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection?

Ranked on the composite score, Lifu Shu, Xingyao Zhang and Yang ZhongQi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection.

  1. 1 Lifu Shu China · #410,591 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Xingyao Zhang China · #920,732 worldwide 32 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Yang ZhongQi China · #938,535 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Hongbin Wang China · #1,260,543 worldwide 26 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Yi Ding China · #1,429,341 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Xiang Niu China · #1,532,787 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Global Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Biological Invasions and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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 Change77▲ 12×53 topics
  2. Invasive Species30▲ 31×16 topics
  3. Biodiversity26▲ 15×16 topics
  4. Ecosystem Functioning21▲ 48×5 topics
  5. Global Change19▲ 31×6 topics
  6. Ecosystem Resilience18▲ 53×5 topics
  7. Biological Invasions18▲ 86×2 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 32×5 topics
  9. Biological Control16▲ 45×8 topics
  10. Remote Sensing15▲ 5.4×19 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis15▲ 22×9 topics
  12. Conservation15▲ 15×10 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation15▲ 17×8 topics
  14. Ecosystem14▲ 55×4 topics
  15. Global Warming13▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Biomass Estimation13▲ 36×3 topics
  17. Microbial Communities13▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Land Use Change12▲ 18×7 topics
  19. Soil Carbon Sequestration12▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services12▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Soil Fertility12▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Nutrient Limitation11▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Biochar Application11▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Nitrogen Cycle11▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Drought11▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Evapotranspiration11▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Aboveground Biomass11▲ 51×2 topics
  28. Carbon Balance11▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Fungal Pathogens11▲ 35×4 topics
  30. Species Richness11▲ 71×2 topics
  31. Tree Mortality11▲ 99×1 topic
  32. Community Ecology10▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Functional Diversity10▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Host Specificity10▲ 38×5 topics
  35. Tropical Forests9▲ 112×2 topics
  36. DNA Barcoding9▲ 24×6 topics
  37. Genomic Characterization9▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Allometric Models8▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Carbon Stocks8▲ 134×1 topic
  40. Endophytic Fungi8▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Forest ecology and management.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…11Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 11 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…11Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 11 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…10Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 10 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…8Forest ecology and management: 8 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 8 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 7 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…6Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 6 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 5 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 5 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 5 fractional works
Soil ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 11 works
  2. 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 7 works
  7. 7 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 6 works
  8. 8 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 5 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  10. 10 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 5 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher 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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