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Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources

In research, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#12 of 1,209 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#384 of 12,888 worldwide) and Atmospheric Science (#10 of 301 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Earth-Surface Processes — Atmospheric Science is 63.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#673
of 28,054 · #1,996 all time
Rank in China
#224
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▲ 398% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and 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
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #12 of 1,209 28.8%437 #197
Physical SciencesDomain #384 of 12,888 28.7%1,073 #1336
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #10 of 301 29.3%360 #153
Environmental ScienceField #285 of 3,551 30.8%439 #964
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #389 of 3,409 36.9%135 #1211
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #139 of 535 30.1%137 #538
EcologySubfield #202 of 578 34.0%72 #823
Life SciencesDomain #3,178 of 7,800 35.0%157 #7341
EngineeringField #2,878 of 6,636 24.7%134 #6113

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and 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. Earth and Planetary Sciences#197 #12
  2. Physical Sciences#1,336 #384
  3. Atmospheric Science#153 #10
  4. Environmental Science#964 #285
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,211 #389
  6. Global and Planetary Change#538 #139
  7. Ecology#823 #202
  8. Life Sciences#7,341 #3,178
  9. Engineering#6,113 #2,878
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 Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 63.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 359.6 works63×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 437.0 works22×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 30.7 works20×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 137.3 works14×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 49.2 works13×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 21.1 works7.5×
← 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: 2.20× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.69× its world share, 437 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.88× its world share, 439 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 21.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources?

Ranked on the composite score, Dongliang Luo, Xiaodong Wu and Anyuan Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources.

  1. 1 Dongliang Luo China · #239,167 worldwide 346 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Xiaodong Wu China · #247,987 worldwide 184 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Anyuan Li China · #255,068 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Defu Zou China · #317,554 worldwide 198 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ren Li China · #564,779 worldwide 105 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Xiaoming Wang China · #565,115 worldwide 100 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Zhangwen Liu China · #565,928 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Guojie Hu China · #687,107 worldwide 110 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Lin Zhao China · #690,977 worldwide 213 citations · 83 works
  10. 10 Chuntan Han China · #760,007 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Arctic, Methane Emissions, Permafrost, Carbon Feedback and Thawing.

▲ 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 Change574▲ 17×77 topics
  2. Remote Sensing284▲ 18×30 topics
  3. Hydrology239▲ 148×4 topics
  4. Arctic159▲ 110×4 topics
  5. Methane Emissions126▲ 188×2 topics
  6. Permafrost125▲ 227×2 topics
  7. Carbon Feedback118▲ 272×1 topic
  8. Thawing118▲ 272×1 topic
  9. Sea Level Rise114▲ 70×3 topics
  10. Glacier110▲ 196×1 topic
  11. Water Availability110▲ 196×1 topic
  12. Land Use Change82▲ 21×7 topics
  13. Ocean Circulation66▲ 40×3 topics
  14. Global Warming57▲ 11×12 topics
  15. Hydrological Modeling55▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Global Change52▲ 16×7 topics
  17. Sediment Transport52▲ 25×5 topics
  18. Biodiversity49▲ 5.1×17 topics
  19. Microbial Communities47▲ 8.7×9 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience47▲ 25×4 topics
  21. Ecosystem Functioning46▲ 19×6 topics
  22. Water Resources45▲ 14×10 topics
  23. Paleoclimatology43▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Extreme Events42▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Drought40▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Evapotranspiration38▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Water Quality38▲ 7.3×9 topics
  28. Hydrological Cycle37▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Decline35▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Greenhouse Gas Emissions35▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Sea Ice35▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Services34▲ 6.8×8 topics
  33. Satellite Observations33▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Carbon Balance33▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Tree Mortality33▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Data Assimilation32▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Holocene30▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Sea Level30▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Glacial Cycles30▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Monsoon Dynamics30▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate change and permafrost, Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Climate change and perma…118Climate change and permafrost: 118 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …110Cryospheric studies and observations: 110 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 35 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 33 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 30 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 29 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 28 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 26 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 24 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 22 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSoil Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 118 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 110 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 35 works
  4. 4 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 33 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 30 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  7. 7 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 28 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 26 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 24 works
  10. 10 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 22 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 398% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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