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National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China

In research, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,989 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,085
of 28,054 · #8,540 all time
Rank in China
#2,221
of 3,058
Research works
921
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China 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 #6,989 of 12,888 18.5%101 #5180

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China 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).

What does National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.7 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: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.80× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.54× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.13× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China?

Ranked on the composite score, Peng Shu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China.

  1. 1 Peng Shu China · #1,196,928 worldwide 25 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China

Which keywords describe research at National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Citizen Science, Medicinal Plants, Semantic Web, Urban Heat Island, Geospatial Crowdsourcing and Volunteered Geographic Information.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing34▲ 21×30 topics
  2. Land Use Change16▲ 41×7 topics
  3. Machine Learning14▲ 3.4×21 topics
  4. Climate Change12▲ 3.6×31 topics
  5. Deep Learning12▲ 2.8×27 topics
  6. Citizen Science12▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Medicinal Plants11▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Semantic Web11▲ 91×2 topics
  9. Geospatial Crowdsourcing11▲ 439×1 topic
  10. Urban Heat Island11▲ 88×2 topics
  11. Volunteered Geographic Information11▲ 439×1 topic
  12. Hyperspectral Imaging11▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Geohazards10▲ 154×2 topics
  14. Earthquake Damage10▲ 177×1 topic
  15. Vegetation Classification10▲ 177×1 topic
  16. Sustainability8▲ 2.4×11 topics
  17. Data Integration6▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Biomass Estimation6▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Risk Assessment6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services6▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Urbanization5▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Ontology5▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Wavelet Analysis5▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Control Systems5▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Expert Systems5▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Terrestrial Laser Scanning5▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Global Impact4▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Social-Ecological Systems4▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Spatial Dynamics4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Logistics4▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Cultural Heritage4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  34. Global Change4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Climate4▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Phenology4▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Sea Level Rise4▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Vegetation Monitoring4▲ 46×1 topic
  39. International Trade3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Support Vector Machines3▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographic Information Systems Studies, Remote Sensing and Land Use, Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Geographic Information S…11Geographic Information Systems Studies: 11 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land …10Remote Sensing and Land Use: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Computational Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 4 fractional worksE-commerce and Technolog…3E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 3 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 2 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 2 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentAtmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 11 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 10 works
  3. 3 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 3 works
  7. 7 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 2 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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