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Kunming Institute of Zoology

In research, Kunming Institute of Zoology stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,838 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,845 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,309 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics — Genetics is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,516
of 28,054 · #5,795 all time
Rank in China
#1,023
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Kunming 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 #1,838 of 7,800 26.1%187 #2287
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,845 of 3,579 26.0%114 #2154
MedicineField #6,309 of 10,443 32.7%61 #9432
Health SciencesDomain #8,022 of 11,982 32.4%64 #11392
Physical SciencesDomain #9,185 of 12,888 23.1%72 #14544
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,596 of 2,175 23.9%62 #1900

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kunming 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#2,287 #1,838
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,154 #1,845
  3. Medicine#9,432 #6,309
  4. Health Sciences#11,392 #8,022
  5. Physical Sciences#14,544 #9,185
  6. Molecular Biology#1,900 #1,596
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 Kunming Institute of Zoology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 33.3 works12×
← 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: 2.28× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.44× its world share, 114 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.37× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.71× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kunming Institute of Zoology?

Ranked on the composite score, Wen‐Hwa Lee, Lin Xu and Ya‐Ping Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kunming Institute of Zoology.

  1. 1 Wen‐Hwa Lee China · #45,360 worldwide 564 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Lin Xu China · #49,834 worldwide 359 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Ya‐Ping Zhang China · #440,841 worldwide 335 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Yong‐Gang Yao China · #469,107 worldwide 175 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Jing Che China · #542,357 worldwide 63 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Bing Su China · #654,193 worldwide 106 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Yuanye Ma China · #688,505 worldwide 73 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Wang Ym China · #800,056 worldwide 29 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Tingting Yin China · #826,052 worldwide 91 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Yun Zhang China · #886,362 worldwide 109 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Kunming Institute of Zoology

Which keywords describe research at Kunming Institute of Zoology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Phylogenetic Analysis, Conservation Biology, Habitat Fragmentation, Genetic Diversity and Invasive Species.

▲ 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 Change39▲ 4.4×44 topics
  2. Biodiversity25▲ 10×21 topics
  3. Population Dynamics23▲ 28×9 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 22×14 topics
  5. Conservation Biology20▲ 59×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology20▲ 1.50×58 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation17▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress17▲ 3.1×43 topics
  9. Cancer17▲ 3.8×41 topics
  10. Inflammation16▲ 2.2×65 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity15▲ 10×13 topics
  12. Gene Expression15▲ 7.2×17 topics
  13. Invasive Species14▲ 10×17 topics
  14. Evolution14▲ 18×12 topics
  15. Conservation13▲ 9.2×13 topics
  16. Population Genetics13▲ 29×5 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny12▲ 23×12 topics
  18. Biodiversity Loss11▲ 66×3 topics
  19. DNA Barcoding10▲ 19×9 topics
  20. Biogeography10▲ 12×16 topics
  21. Vaccine10▲ 7.4×10 topics
  22. Genetic Variation10▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Amphibian Declines10▲ 124×1 topic
  24. Chytridiomycosis10▲ 124×1 topic
  25. RNA-Seq10▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation9▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Immune Response9▲ 4.6×16 topics
  28. Model Evaluation8▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Adaptive Evolution8▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Ecological Niche8▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Species Distribution Modeling8▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Innate Immunity8▲ 7.5×11 topics
  33. Genetic Structure8▲ 33×4 topics
  34. genome annotation7▲ 34×1 topic
  35. sequence alignment7▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Species Delimitation7▲ 49×3 topics
  37. Taxonomy7▲ 16×9 topics
  38. Adaptation7▲ 7.4×7 topics
  39. Metabolic Rate6▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Phylogeny6▲ 12×13 topics

Which research topics does Kunming Institute of Zoology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 10 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 8 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…7Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 7 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…5Genetic diversity and population structure: 5 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingMolecular BiologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 8 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 5 works
  5. 5 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 4 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 3 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kunming Institute of Zoology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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