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Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology

In research, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology stands highest in Environmental Science (#292 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,857 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Chemistry (#18 of 79 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Ecology — Environmental Chemistry is 58.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,858
of 28,054 · #4,846 all time
Rank in China
#714
of 3,058
Research works
2.4k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology 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 #292 of 3,551 31.1%330 #676
Physical SciencesDomain #1,857 of 12,888 31.2%477 #3366
Environmental ChemistrySubfield #18 of 79 30.5%71 #105
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #403 of 1,209 33.1%114 #789
EcologySubfield #224 of 578 33.9%72 #578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology 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#676 #292
  2. Physical Sciences#3,366 #1,857
  3. Environmental Chemistry#105 #18
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#789 #403
  5. Ecology#578 #224
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 Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 58.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 70.9 works58×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 54.0 works34×
  3. EcologySubfield · 71.9 works16×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 39.8 works16×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 42.3 works15×
  6. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 59.9 works14×
  7. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 113.5 works13×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.97× its world share, 114 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.91× its world share, 330 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology?

Ranked on the composite score, Weiping Hu, Yunlin Zhang and Boqiang Qin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology.

  1. 1 Weiping Hu China · #77,169 worldwide 224 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Yunlin Zhang China · #79,541 worldwide 410 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Boqiang Qin China · #189,102 worldwide 428 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Wu Wei China · #226,422 worldwide 1 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Ronghua Ma China · #234,029 worldwide 237 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Guangwei Zhu China · #260,982 worldwide 159 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Kun� Shi China · #329,917 worldwide 185 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Gao Li Qun China · #360,625 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Hongtao Duan China · #449,095 worldwide 223 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Chen Huan China · #519,059 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Blooms, Water Quality, Global Warming, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing and Phosphorus.

▲ 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 Change226▲ 15×55 topics
  2. Eutrophication110▲ 192×5 topics
  3. Harmful Algal Blooms93▲ 219×3 topics
  4. Water Quality86▲ 39×12 topics
  5. Global Warming59▲ 26×8 topics
  6. Land Use Change53▲ 31×8 topics
  7. Remote Sensing53▲ 7.6×28 topics
  8. Phosphorus50▲ 105×3 topics
  9. Cyanobacteria50▲ 206×2 topics
  10. Nutrient Limitation49▲ 83×2 topics
  11. Toxins48▲ 89×2 topics
  12. Freshwater Ecosystems48▲ 298×1 topic
  13. Nutrient Control48▲ 298×1 topic
  14. Dissolved Organic Matter45▲ 192×1 topic
  15. Oceanic Carbon Cycle45▲ 192×1 topic
  16. Hydrological Modeling38▲ 29×5 topics
  17. Environmental Impact35▲ 3.7×35 topics
  18. Sustainability30▲ 2.2×28 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services30▲ 14×9 topics
  20. Water Resources29▲ 21×8 topics
  21. Sediment Transport29▲ 32×6 topics
  22. Urbanization28▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Microbial Ecology24▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Model Evaluation23▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Marine Microbes22▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Microbial Biogeography22▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Global Hydrology21▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Uncertainty Assessment21▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Paleoclimatology20▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 8.9×5 topics
  31. Holocene18▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Sea Level18▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Glacial Cycles17▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics17▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Microbial Communities17▲ 7.0×9 topics
  36. Invasive Species17▲ 7.0×10 topics
  37. Environmental Policy16▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Social-Ecological Systems15▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Global Impact15▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Human-Nature Interactions15▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Aquatic Ecosystems and P…48Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 48 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…45Marine and coastal ecosystems: 45 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 22 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 21 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…15Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 15 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 14 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 12 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 10 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 9 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryOceanographyEcologyWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 48 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 45 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 22 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 21 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 17 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  7. 7 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 14 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 10 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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