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Institute of Zoology

In research, Institute of Zoology stands highest in Life Sciences (#925 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#775 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#673 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics — Insect Science is 26.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,363
of 28,054 · #3,832 all time
Rank in China
#617
of 3,058
Research works
3.9k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Institute of Zoology 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
Life SciencesDomain #925 of 7,800 24.6%499 #1482
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #775 of 3,579 27.7%228 #1209
Molecular BiologySubfield #673 of 2,175 28.4%124 #977
MedicineField #3,651 of 10,443 34.7%108 #4678
Environmental ScienceField #1,411 of 3,551 25.4%126 #1592
Health SciencesDomain #4,920 of 11,982 34.0%114 #6181
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,922 of 3,409 20.3%209 #1948
Physical SciencesDomain #7,435 of 12,888 24.1%182 #10684
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #152 of 255 17.1%97 #336
GeneticsSubfield #302 of 489 26.4%72 #594

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Zoology 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. Life Sciences#1,482 #925
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,209 #775
  3. Molecular Biology#977 #673
  4. Medicine#4,678 #3,651
  5. Environmental Science#1,592 #1,411
  6. Health Sciences#6,181 #4,920
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,948 #1,922
  8. Physical Sciences#10,684 #7,435
  9. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#336 #152
  10. Genetics#594 #302
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 Zoology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 26.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 59.7 works26×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 97.0 works26×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 71.6 works11×
← 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: 5.45× its world share, 209 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.29× its world share, 228 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.40× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.13× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.88× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Zoology?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel R. Gustafsson, Da‐Yuan Chen and Qing‐Yuan Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Zoology.

  1. 1 Daniel R. Gustafsson China · #527,480 worldwide 10 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Da‐Yuan Chen China · #552,566 worldwide 98 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Qing‐Yuan Sun China · #625,433 worldwide 199 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Enkui Duan China · #667,634 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ming Bai China · #884,669 worldwide 64 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Hongbin Liang China · #989,879 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Fasheng Zou China · #1,085,054 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Chao‐Dong Zhu China · #1,132,325 worldwide 58 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Hongxuan He China · #1,152,162 worldwide 52 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Jianwei Jiao China · #1,162,635 worldwide 61 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Zoology

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Zoology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Taxonomy, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Biogeography and Evolution.

▲ 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. Biodiversity112▲ 19×28 topics
  2. Climate Change88▲ 4.0×57 topics
  3. Invasive Species84▲ 24×21 topics
  4. Taxonomy62▲ 59×13 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding60▲ 45×9 topics
  6. Phylogeny58▲ 48×15 topics
  7. Biogeography56▲ 27×18 topics
  8. Evolution53▲ 26×14 topics
  9. Population Dynamics47▲ 23×12 topics
  10. Molecular Phylogeny46▲ 37×11 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis41▲ 17×15 topics
  12. Global Change41▲ 19×7 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation40▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Conservation38▲ 11×17 topics
  15. Biological Control37▲ 31×9 topics
  16. Microbiota31▲ 18×8 topics
  17. Conservation Biology31▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Morphology28▲ 20×6 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity24▲ 6.8×14 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services24▲ 7.7×9 topics
  21. Coleoptera24▲ 149×2 topics
  22. Species Delimitation23▲ 65×3 topics
  23. Ecosystem22▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota21▲ 7.6×6 topics
  25. Genomics21▲ 8.7×9 topics
  26. Community Ecology20▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Plant-Animal Interactions20▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Pollinator Decline20▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Habitat Selection19▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Model Evaluation18▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Ecological Niche18▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Species Distribution Modeling18▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Adaptive Evolution18▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Genetic Structure18▲ 32×4 topics
  35. Symbiosis18▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Cryptic Species18▲ 96×2 topics
  37. Speciation18▲ 57×3 topics
  38. Biological Invasions18▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Metabolic Regulation17▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Ecology17▲ 13×8 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Zoology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

Plant and animal studies20Plant and animal studies: 20 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…18Species Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 16 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…16Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 16 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…16Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 16 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 14 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 14 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…12Insect and Pesticide Research: 12 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 11 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 11 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingGeneticsInsect Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 18 works
  3. 3 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 16 works
  4. 4 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 16 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 16 works
  6. 6 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 14 works
  8. 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 12 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 11 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 11 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Zoology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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