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Ministry of Natural Resources

In research, Ministry of Natural Resources stands highest in Environmental Science (#45 of 3,551 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#19 of 1,209 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#352 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics — Oceanography is 27.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#577
of 28,054 · #1,749 all time
Rank in China
#187
of 3,058
Research works
9.5k
▲ 229% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Natural Resources 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
Environmental ScienceField #45 of 3,551 29.7%1,301 #349
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #19 of 1,209 21.3%1,174 #342
Physical SciencesDomain #352 of 12,888 26.0%3,743 #1300
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #16 of 535 30.7%333 #224
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #11 of 324 48.1%129 #116
OceanographySubfield #7 of 156 21.9%335 #182
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #20 of 301 23.2%307 #274
EcologySubfield #41 of 578 29.0%243 #424
EngineeringField #537 of 6,636 28.3%831 #1339
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #326 of 3,409 32.0%185 #935

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Natural Resources 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. Environmental Science#349 #45
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#342 #19
  3. Physical Sciences#1,300 #352
  4. Global and Planetary Change#224 #16
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#116 #11
  6. Oceanography#182 #7
  7. Atmospheric Science#274 #20
  8. Ecology#424 #41
  9. Engineering#1,339 #537
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#935 #326
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 Ministry of Natural Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 27.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 335.1 works28×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 82.7 works19×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 266.7 works18×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 1,173.9 works17×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 307.1 works16×
  6. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 74.9 works15×
  7. GeologySubfield · 69.2 works12×
  8. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 107.6 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: 0.90× its world share, 185 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 107 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 213 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.39× its world share, 1,174 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.35× its world share, 53 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 831 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.08× its world share, 1,301 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 87 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Natural Resources?

Ranked on the composite score, Haibin Lv, Baoyun Zhang and Ouyang Yongzhong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Natural Resources.

  1. 1 Haibin Lv China · #403,900 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Baoyun Zhang China · #550,217 worldwide 61 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Ouyang Yongzhong China · #565,997 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Xiaojia Liu China · #609,437 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Xiyang Dong China · #618,337 worldwide 77 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Yi Yu China · #623,105 worldwide 46 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Xiugen Fu China · #846,213 worldwide 103 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Hao Wu China · #852,690 worldwide 113 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Ma Xiao China · #942,334 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Liang Wang China · #978,575 worldwide 80 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Natural Resources

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Natural Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Ecosystem Services, Plate Tectonics, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 Change713▲ 6.2×83 topics
  2. Remote Sensing610▲ 12×37 topics
  3. Land Use Change251▲ 19×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning240▲ 1.70×54 topics
  5. Sustainability227▲ 2.2×58 topics
  6. Environmental Impact215▲ 2.9×55 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services209▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Plate Tectonics187▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Global Warming186▲ 11×11 topics
  10. Ocean Circulation182▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation161▲ 10×11 topics
  12. Urbanization156▲ 8.8×10 topics
  13. Tectonics141▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Hyperspectral Imaging140▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Data Assimilation133▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Support Vector Machines130▲ 9.4×7 topics
  17. Microbial Communities124▲ 6.7×9 topics
  18. Environmental Policy119▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Global Impact114▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Social-Ecological Systems114▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Human-Nature Interactions113▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Spatial Dynamics113▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Thermodynamic Modeling110▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Sea Level Rise107▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Geochronology106▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Zircon106▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Climate Change Impact100▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Shale Gas100▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Nutrient Limitation99▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Tropical Cyclones96▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Oceanic Modeling93▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Pore Structure93▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Tidal Analysis93▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Eutrophication91▲ 20×5 topics
  35. Geodetic Measurements88▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Harmful Algal Blooms88▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Biomass Estimation88▲ 13×3 topics
  38. GIS-based Modeling85▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Hydrology85▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Wave Modeling85▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Natural Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Landslides and related hazards.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…113Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 113 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…106Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 106 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 93 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 76 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 76 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 75 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 72 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…70Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 70 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 65 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 56 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsOceanographyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 113 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 106 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 93 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 76 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 76 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 75 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 72 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 70 works
  9. 9 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 65 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 56 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Natural Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 229% 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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