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Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques

In research, Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,966 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,165 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,667
of 28,054 · #19,437 all time
Rank in China
#2,166
of 3,058
Research works
471
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,966 of 12,888 29.9%98 #10866
Environmental ScienceField #2,165 of 3,551 29.5%71 #3238

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques 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).

What does Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 70.7 works13×
← 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: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.41× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.85× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques?

Ranked on the composite score, Zengyuan Li, Liyong Fu and Erxue Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques.

  1. 1 Zengyuan Li China · #700,907 worldwide 195 citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Liyong Fu China · #975,353 worldwide 76 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Erxue Chen China · #999,762 worldwide 93 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Lei Zhao China · #1,197,073 worldwide 40 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Yuancai Lei China · #1,244,104 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Huaiqing Zhang China · #1,336,657 worldwide 41 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Huiru Zhang China · #1,367,765 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Shouzheng Tang China · #1,389,231 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Qingwang Liu China · #1,519,066 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomass Estimation, Remote Sensing, Aboveground Biomass, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Climate Change, Forest Carbon Stocks, Lidar Remote Sensing and Global Change.

▲ 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. Biomass Estimation40▲ 239×3 topics
  2. Remote Sensing30▲ 22×22 topics
  3. Aboveground Biomass28▲ 278×2 topics
  4. Climate Change18▲ 6.2×33 topics
  5. Terrestrial Laser Scanning18▲ 129×2 topics
  6. Forest Carbon Stocks16▲ 238×1 topic
  7. Global Change16▲ 57×5 topics
  8. Lidar Remote Sensing16▲ 238×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning14▲ 3.9×11 topics
  10. Phenology13▲ 183×1 topic
  11. Vegetation Monitoring13▲ 183×1 topic
  12. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 30×6 topics
  13. Allometric Models12▲ 215×2 topics
  14. Carbon Stocks11▲ 368×1 topic
  15. Tropical Forests11▲ 286×1 topic
  16. Land Use Change11▲ 32×7 topics
  17. Deep Learning8▲ 2.1×21 topics
  18. Sustainability8▲ 2.8×10 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services7▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 38×4 topics
  21. Biodiversity6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  22. Urbanization6▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Global Impact5▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Spatial Dynamics5▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Forest Management4▲ 65×4 topics
  26. Hyperspectral4▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Support Vector Machines4▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Forest Carbon Sequestration4▲ 168×1 topic
  30. Sustainable Forest Management4▲ 168×1 topic
  31. Urban Heat Island4▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Invasive Species4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  33. Drought4▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Tree Mortality4▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Feature Extraction4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem3▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Change Detection3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Forest ecology and management and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Remote Sensing and LiDAR…16Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 16 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 13 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 11 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 4 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 13 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 3 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  10. 10 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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