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Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

In research, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,191 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#370 of 1,209 worldwide) and Paleontology (#14 of 31 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Paleontology is 196.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,062
of 28,054 · #4,467 all time
Rank in China
#936
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,191 of 12,888 35.3%240 #2497
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #370 of 1,209 37.7%189 #500
PaleontologySubfield #14 of 31 39.0%93 #42
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #131 of 255 18.9%109 #393
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,568 of 3,409 19.0%118 #3547
Life SciencesDomain #6,856 of 7,800 19.6%149 #11098

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology 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. Physical Sciences#2,497 #2,191
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#500 #370
  3. Paleontology#42 #14
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#393 #131
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,547 #2,568
  6. Life Sciences#11,098 #6,856
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 Geology and Paleontology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 196.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 93.4 works197×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 108.7 works59×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 189.4 works31×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 27.3 works16×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 20.0 works15×
← 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: 6.33× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30.70× its world share, 189 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology?

Ranked on the composite score, Xunlai Yuan, Maoyan Zhu and Chuanming Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology.

  1. 1 Xunlai Yuan China · #140,908 worldwide 332 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Maoyan Zhu China · #160,993 worldwide 298 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Chuanming Zhou China · #245,370 worldwide 227 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Jun Li China · #316,634 worldwide 142 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Shaolin Zheng China · #326,122 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Junyuan Chen China · #407,311 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Renbin Zhan China · #415,653 worldwide 223 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Shu‐zhong Shen China · #427,573 worldwide 475 citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Xiangdong Wang China · #435,319 worldwide 125 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Yue Wang China · #448,222 worldwide 89 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogenetics, Marine Sediments, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Cretaceous and Taxonomy.

▲ 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. Biogeography82▲ 80×18 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny72▲ 117×9 topics
  3. Phylogenetics59▲ 335×2 topics
  4. Marine Sediments57▲ 236×2 topics
  5. Paleoproductivity57▲ 505×1 topic
  6. Paleoredox57▲ 505×1 topic
  7. Climate Change54▲ 5.2×36 topics
  8. Cretaceous53▲ 636×2 topics
  9. Taxonomy47▲ 92×11 topics
  10. Evolution42▲ 43×12 topics
  11. Amber Fossils37▲ 1028×1 topic
  12. Insect Evolution37▲ 1028×1 topic
  13. Phylogeny37▲ 62×16 topics
  14. Diversification36▲ 237×2 topics
  15. Morphology36▲ 53×6 topics
  16. Biodiversity33▲ 11×18 topics
  17. Plate Tectonics32▲ 54×3 topics
  18. Holocene28▲ 62×3 topics
  19. Tectonics28▲ 60×3 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 23×12 topics
  21. Sea Level28▲ 73×2 topics
  22. Invasive Species28▲ 16×15 topics
  23. Paleoclimatology27▲ 83×2 topics
  24. Glacial Cycles27▲ 102×1 topic
  25. Monsoon Dynamics27▲ 102×1 topic
  26. DNA Barcoding25▲ 39×8 topics
  27. Angiosperm Phylogeny22▲ 212×1 topic
  28. Evolutionary History22▲ 188×2 topics
  29. Flowering Plants22▲ 212×1 topic
  30. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 23×5 topics
  31. Global Change19▲ 18×6 topics
  32. Continental Margin18▲ 74×2 topics
  33. Crustal Structure18▲ 74×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Services17▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Geochronology17▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Zircon17▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Plant-Animal Interactions16▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Pollinator Decline16▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Dinosaur16▲ 340×1 topic
  40. Paleontology16▲ 340×1 topic

Which research topics does Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Fossil Insects in Amber, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Plant Diversity and Evolution.

Paleontology and Stratig…57Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 57 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 37 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 27 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 22 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 17 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 16 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 16 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 15 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 14 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 10 fractional works
PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAtmospheric ScienceGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 57 works
  2. 2 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 37 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 27 works
  4. 4 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 16 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 15 works
  9. 9 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 10 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.4%domestic only52.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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