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Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth

In research, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,849 of 21,541 worldwide), Environmental Science (#957 of 6,208 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#473 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,045
of 28,054 · #2,789 all time
Rank in China
#2,215
of 3,058
Research works
2.3k
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #1,849 of 21,541 22.0%2,115
Environmental ScienceField #957 of 6,208 23.7%771
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #473 of 2,661 17.6%546
EngineeringField #2,215 of 11,412 27.3%501
Media TechnologySubfield #172 of 468 24.4%152
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #446 of 1,013 16.2%429
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #564 of 1,262 23.6%285
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #821 of 1,730 38.5%186
Computer ScienceField #3,450 of 7,020 17.1%239
EcologySubfield #819 of 1,512 25.1%162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth 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 Remote Sensing and Digital Earth specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 27.3 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: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.90× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.43× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth?

Ranked on the composite score, Junjie Zhu, Bing Zhang and Liping Lei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth.

  1. 1 Junjie Zhu China · #358,522 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Bing Zhang China · #580,594 worldwide 377 citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Liping Lei China · #718,816 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Chao Wang China · #760,595 worldwide 379 citations · 246 works
  5. 5 Quan Chen China · #829,940 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Shen Shen China · #1,124,552 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Xinyuan Wang China · #1,246,826 worldwide 72 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Weili Jiao China · #1,271,388 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Liwei Li China · #1,280,108 worldwide 29 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Dongmei Yan China · #1,388,322 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Climate, Land Use Change, Machine Learning, Global Change and Phenology.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing19▲ 23×28 topics
  2. Climate Change16▲ 9.1×40 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 3.6×13 topics
  4. Biomass Estimation7▲ 73×3 topics
  5. Climate6▲ 109×2 topics
  6. Land Use Change6▲ 28×6 topics
  7. Global Change5▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Phenology5▲ 114×1 topic
  9. Sustainability5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  10. Vegetation Monitoring5▲ 114×1 topic
  11. Urban Heat Island4▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services3▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Global Warming3▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Air Quality3▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Satellite Observations3▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Urbanization3▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Aboveground Biomass3▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Drought3▲ 42×3 topics
  23. Evapotranspiration2▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Global Impact2▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Environmental Policy2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Terrestrial Laser Scanning2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Forest Carbon Stocks2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Human-Nature Interactions2▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Lidar Remote Sensing2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Sea Level Rise2▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Spatial Dynamics2▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Ocean Circulation2▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Carbon Balance2▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Hydrology2▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Tree Mortality2▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Data Assimilation2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Thermal Comfort2▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Vegetation2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Remote Sensing in Agricu…5Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 5 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…2Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land Use: 2 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …2Cryospheric studies and observations: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…2Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…2Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and …1Climate variability and models: 1 fractional works
EcologyEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric Science

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 2 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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