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Institute of Soil Science

In research, Institute of Soil Science stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#125 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#430 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,239 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution — Soil Science is 41.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,355
of 28,054 · #3,328 all time
Rank in China
#611
of 3,058
Research works
4.6k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
163k
35.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Institute of Soil Science 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 #125 of 3,409 34.5%260 #198
Environmental ScienceField #430 of 3,551 30.4%281 #589
Physical SciencesDomain #2,239 of 12,888 28.5%446 #3052
Plant ScienceSubfield #250 of 1,395 43.0%110 #396
Life SciencesDomain #1,626 of 7,800 34.6%289 #2271
Soil ScienceSubfield #32 of 139 29.1%94 #38
PollutionSubfield #127 of 178 22.5%64 #173

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Soil Science 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#198 #125
  2. Environmental Science#589 #430
  3. Physical Sciences#3,052 #2,239
  4. Plant Science#396 #250
  5. Life Sciences#2,271 #1,626
  6. Soil Science#38 #32
  7. Pollution#173 #127
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 Soil Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 41.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 94.1 works41×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 37.0 works22×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 64.3 works21×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 25.2 works14×
  5. EcologySubfield · 59.0 works9.9×
  6. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 21.0 works8.5×
  7. Plant ScienceSubfield · 109.9 works8.3×
← 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: 7.19× its world share, 260 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.43× its world share, 281 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Soil Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Haiyan Chu, Yongcun Zhao and Weixin Ding lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Soil Science.

  1. 1 Haiyan Chu China · #61,503 worldwide 679 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Yongcun Zhao China · #103,972 worldwide 307 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Weixin Ding China · #105,540 worldwide 237 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Hu Zhou China · #120,147 worldwide 241 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Bo Sun China · #137,623 worldwide 315 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Herbert J. Kronzucker China · #151,358 worldwide 225 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Xuezheng Shi China · #274,009 worldwide 232 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Yuting Liang China · #317,650 worldwide 246 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Zhongpei Li China · #348,829 worldwide 155 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Chen Jian China · #354,897 worldwide 64 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Soil Science

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Soil Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Soil Fertility, Ecosystem Functioning, Nutrient Limitation, Soil Carbon Sequestration, 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 Change133▲ 6.5×61 topics
  2. Microbial Communities98▲ 30×9 topics
  3. Soil Fertility81▲ 47×8 topics
  4. Ecosystem Functioning69▲ 48×5 topics
  5. Nutrient Limitation62▲ 77×2 topics
  6. Soil Carbon Sequestration60▲ 104×2 topics
  7. Biochar Application58▲ 74×1 topic
  8. Nitrogen Cycle58▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Toxicity58▲ 18×16 topics
  10. Heavy Metals49▲ 27×7 topics
  11. Environmental Impact49▲ 3.8×33 topics
  12. Remote Sensing46▲ 4.9×28 topics
  13. Pollution44▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Contamination37▲ 54×5 topics
  15. Remediation33▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Water Quality32▲ 11×13 topics
  17. Wastewater Treatment30▲ 16×9 topics
  18. Bioavailability29▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Microbial Ecology28▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Health Risk28▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Soil28▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Health Effects26▲ 5.8×16 topics
  23. Marine Microbes26▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Microbial Biogeography26▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Adsorption26▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Phosphorus23▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Nutrient Cycling23▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture22▲ 9.3×10 topics
  29. Food Security22▲ 5.3×14 topics
  30. Eutrophication21▲ 27×5 topics
  31. Genetic Improvement19▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Drought Resistance19▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Land Use Change19▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Waste Management19▲ 6.0×8 topics
  35. Biochar18▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Desertification17▲ 60×2 topics
  37. Surface Modification17▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Soil Properties17▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Environmental Impacts17▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Nitrate16▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Soil Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Heavy metals in environment, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Soil and Environmental Studies.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…58Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 58 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…28Heavy metals in environment: 28 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…26Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 26 fractional worksSoil and Environmental Studies: 16 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 16 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…13Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 13 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 12 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 11 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 10 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and Mapping: 10 fractional works
Soil SciencePollutionEcologyEnvironmental Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 58 works
  2. 2 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 28 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 26 works
  4. 4 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 16 works
  5. 5 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 16 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 13 works
  7. 7 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 11 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 10 works
  10. 10 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 10 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Soil Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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