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Nanjing Forestry University

In research, Nanjing Forestry University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#191 of 10,670 worldwide), Plant Science (#36 of 1,317 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#92 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials and Process Chemistry and Technology (Polymers and Plastics is 8.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#418
of 22,385 · #456 all time
Rank in China
#98
of 2,481
Research works
23k
▲ 106% vs 2018-21
Citations
363k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.40×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%

What is Nanjing Forestry University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #191 of 10,670 16.7%6,373 #254
Plant ScienceSubfield #36 of 1,317 14.6%830 #76
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #92 of 3,157 16.0%1,260 #151
Environmental ScienceField #99 of 3,334 16.4%1,078 #171
EngineeringField #181 of 5,901 17.9%2,524 #278
Materials ScienceField #107 of 2,276 14.9%1,289 #187
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #104 of 1,539 16.9%698 #152
ChemistryField #94 of 1,299 16.0%572 #196
Building and ConstructionSubfield #33 of 438 22.6%271 #44
Social SciencesDomain #731 of 9,585 22.1%539 #607

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing Forestry University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#254 #191
  2. Plant Science#76 #36
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#151 #92
  4. Environmental Science#171 #99
  5. Engineering#278 #181
  6. Materials Science#187 #107
  7. Biomedical Engineering#152 #104
  8. Chemistry#196 #94
  9. Building and Construction#44 #33
  10. Social Sciences#607 #731
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Nanjing Forestry University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Nanjing Forestry University is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Materials Science (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,245 fractional works · 67.7% of its workEngineering: 2,881 fractional works · 26.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 791 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 409 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 368 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 349 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 309 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 143 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 107 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1,451 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 487 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomaterials: 376 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 361 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 158 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,221 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 227 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 199 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 171 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 150 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 120 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 632 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 384 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 369 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 132 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 287 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 280 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 134 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2,473 fractional works · 23.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,452 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPlant Science: 966 fractional works · 9.0% of its workFood Science: 122 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 109 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 902 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 617 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCell Biology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 619 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 212 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 367 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 271 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 141 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNanjing ForestryUniversity11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,88126.9%
    2. Materials Science1,45113.6%
    3. Environmental Science1,22111.4%
    4. Chemistry6325.9%
    5. Computer Science3693.4%
    6. Energy2872.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1341.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering1061.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy880.8%
    10. Mathematics760.7%
  1. Life Sciences2,47323.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,45213.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9028.4%
    3. Neuroscience500.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics500.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology200.2%
    1. Social Sciences2122.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1151.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1000.9%
    4. Psychology990.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities590.5%
    6. Decision Sciences340.3%
    1. Medicine2712.5%
    2. Nursing530.5%
    3. Health Professions320.3%
    4. Veterinary60.1%
    5. Dentistry50.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nanjing Forestry University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 360.9 works8.3×
  2. BiomaterialsSubfield · 376.0 works8.2×
  3. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 30.0 works6.8×
  4. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 57.4 works5.5×
  5. Plant ScienceSubfield · 966.0 works5.2×
  6. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 384.1 works4.8×
  7. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 309.4 works4.7×
  8. Materials ScienceField · 1,451.2 works3.9×
← 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: 2.86× its world share, 1,452 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 902 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.82× its world share, 106 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.77× its world share, 632 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 369 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 134 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.92× its world share, 287 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.79× its world share, 2,881 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.30× its world share, 1,221 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.88× its world share, 1,451 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 88 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 270 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 53 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 212 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.88×1,451 works
  2. Chemistry3.77×632 works
  3. Energy2.92×287 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.86×1,452 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.82×106 works
  6. Environmental Science2.30×1,221 works
  7. Engineering1.79×2,881 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.58×902 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×50 works
  10. Nursing1.00×53 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×134 works
  12. Mathematics0.60×76 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×369 works
  14. Veterinary0.44×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×100 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.37×88 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×115 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.33×34 works
  19. Psychology0.30×99 works
  20. Neuroscience0.29×50 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×20 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.19×59 works
  23. Social Sciences0.16×212 works
  24. Medicine0.13×270 works
  25. Health Professions0.12×32 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Forestry University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jingquan Han, Gaigai Duan and Shaohua Jiang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Forestry University.

  1. 1 Jingquan Han China · #961 worldwide 15k citations · 155 works
  2. 2 Gaigai Duan China · #1,833 worldwide 16k citations · 219 works
  3. 3 Shaohua Jiang China · #2,780 worldwide 18k citations · 309 works
  4. 4 Liming Yang China · #9,650 worldwide 105k citations · 302 works
  5. 5 Yiying Yue China · #10,204 worldwide 8.2k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Shuijian He China · #10,282 worldwide 14k citations · 250 works
  7. 7 Ranhua Xiong China · #13,950 worldwide 12k citations · 163 works
  8. 8 Chaobo Huang China · #15,214 worldwide 13k citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Changlei Xia China · #18,939 worldwide 15k citations · 352 works
  10. 10 Xiaoan Yan China · #22,988 worldwide 5.4k citations · 111 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Forestry University

What are the most cited papers from Nanjing Forestry University?

The most cited paper from Nanjing Forestry University is "Nanozymes: Classification, Catalytic Mechanisms, Activity Regulation, and Applications" (Yanyan Huang, Jinsong Ren, Xiaogang Qu, 2019), with 3,527 citations. Next come "Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands" (1,582) and "Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using semiconductor photocatalysts to clean industrial water pollution" (1,184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanozymes: Classification, Catalytic Mechanisms, Activity Regulation, and Applications Yanyan Huang, Jinsong Ren, Xiaogang Qu · Chemical Reviews Review 25 Feb 2019 3,527
2 Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands Lei Zhao, Xuhui Lee, Ronald B. Smith et al. · Nature 8 Jul 2014 1,582
3 Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using semiconductor photocatalysts to clean industrial water pollution Asma Rafiq, Muhammad Ikram, Salamat Ali et al. · Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 21 Feb 2021 1,184
4 Heavy Metal Stress and Some Mechanisms of Plant Defense Response Abolghassem Emamverdian, Yulong Ding, Farzad Mokhberdoran et al. · The Scientific World JOURNAL Open access 2015 1,110
5 Lattice Boltzmann methods for multiphase flow and phase-change heat transfer Q. Li, K.H. Luo, Q.J. Kang et al. · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Open access Dec 2015 944
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Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Forestry University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Mechanical Properties, Ionic Liquids, Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials, Graphene, Climate Change and Forest Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Biomedical Applications692▲ 5.5×35 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties556▲ 5.3×33 topics
  3. Climate Change521▲ 1.79×82 topics
  4. Nanomaterials461▲ 4.1×20 topics
  5. Nanocomposites430▲ 5.1×21 topics
  6. Sustainability398▲ 1.52×65 topics
  7. Environmental Impact386▲ 2.1×52 topics
  8. Ionic Liquids355▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Graphene325▲ 4.5×11 topics
  10. Remote Sensing272▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Energy Storage271▲ 3.9×12 topics
  12. Catalysis260▲ 3.6×28 topics
  13. Tissue Engineering255▲ 3.9×13 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services225▲ 5.4×11 topics
  15. Forest Management225▲ 35×4 topics
  16. Metal-Organic Frameworks222▲ 5.0×6 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation221▲ 5.5×13 topics
  18. Gene Expression217▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Drug Delivery209▲ 3.6×16 topics
  20. Transcription Factors208▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Polymeric Materials200▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance195▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Catalytic Transformation194▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Lignin Valorization194▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Water Splitting190▲ 4.8×4 topics
  26. Biodegradable Polymers185▲ 10.0×4 topics
  27. Renewable Resources177▲ 9.3×5 topics
  28. Cellulose Nanocrystals169▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Nanocellulose169▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Composite Materials169▲ 7.6×10 topics
  31. Lignocellulosic Biomass167▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Biomass166▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Green Chemistry156▲ 8.2×9 topics
  34. Carbon Sequestration153▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Heterogeneous Catalysts143▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Environmental Assessment140▲ 28×3 topics
  37. Biomass Estimation139▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Nutritional Properties136▲ 47×2 topics
  39. Bamboo135▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Structural Applications135▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Nanjing Forestry University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, Bamboo properties and applications and Wood Treatment and Properties.

  1. 1 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 194 works
  2. 2 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 169 works
  3. 3 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 135 works
  4. 4 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 134 works
  5. 5 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 128 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 119 works
  7. 7 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 110 works
  8. 8 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 96 works
  9. 9 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 94 works
  10. 10 Catalysis for Biomass Conversion Biomedical Engineering 92 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Forestry University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 106% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nanjing Forestry University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.043% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Nanjing Forestry University0.044% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanjing Forestry University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Nanjing Forestry University16.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2023.

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