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Research Institute of Forestry

In research, Research Institute of Forestry stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#800 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#464 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,015 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 21.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,490
of 28,054 · #12,773 all time
Rank in China
#1,354
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Research Institute of Forestry 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #800 of 3,409 33.6%171 #1735
Plant ScienceSubfield #464 of 1,395 37.3%111 #1069
Life SciencesDomain #3,015 of 7,800 29.4%291 #6175
Environmental ScienceField #1,820 of 3,551 24.1%99 #3321
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,839 of 3,579 23.5%117 #4038
Physical SciencesDomain #7,247 of 12,888 23.2%153 #12199
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,438 of 2,175 23.3%88 #2936

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Institute of Forestry 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,735 #800
  2. Plant Science#1,069 #464
  3. Life Sciences#6,175 #3,015
  4. Environmental Science#3,321 #1,820
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,038 #1,839
  6. Physical Sciences#12,199 #7,247
  7. Molecular Biology#2,936 #1,438
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 Research Institute of Forestry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 21.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 24.6 works22×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 111.3 works14×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 32.4 works9.0×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 171.4 works7.7×
← 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: 7.66× its world share, 171 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.64× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.25× its world share, 100 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Institute of Forestry?

Ranked on the composite score, Libing Wang, Guixi Wang and Dong Pei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Institute of Forestry.

  1. 1 Libing Wang China · #353,510 worldwide 143 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Guixi Wang China · #490,605 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Dong Pei China · #1,233,390 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Bingyu Zhang China · #1,285,360 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Research Institute of Forestry

Which keywords describe research at Research Institute of Forestry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Transcription Factors, Gene Expression, Epigenetic Regulation, Anthocyanins, MicroRNA, Development and Plant.

▲ 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 Change76▲ 6.0×53 topics
  2. Transcription Factors55▲ 98×4 topics
  3. Gene Expression51▲ 18×12 topics
  4. Epigenetic Regulation33▲ 32×5 topics
  5. Anthocyanins29▲ 90×2 topics
  6. MicroRNA29▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Development29▲ 17×1 topic
  8. Plant29▲ 133×1 topic
  9. Regulation27▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Biodiversity27▲ 7.6×14 topics
  11. Metabolic Pathways26▲ 107×3 topics
  12. Flavonoid Biosynthesis26▲ 205×1 topic
  13. MYB26▲ 205×1 topic
  14. Invasive Species24▲ 12×12 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation22▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Antioxidants21▲ 10×9 topics
  17. Biomass Estimation21▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services20▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Global Change20▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning19▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species18▲ 9.2×8 topics
  22. Aboveground Biomass17▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Soil Carbon Sequestration17▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience16▲ 23×5 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Conservation16▲ 7.6×12 topics
  27. Metabolic Engineering15▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Land Use Change15▲ 10×8 topics
  29. Signal Transduction15▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Allometric Models15▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Drought Resistance14▲ 31×4 topics
  32. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 9.9×9 topics
  33. Plant Responses14▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Abiotic Stress14▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Soil Fertility14▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Climate Change Impact14▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Isoprenoid Pathway14▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Salt Tolerance14▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Stress Signaling14▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Terpenoid Biosynthesis14▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Research Institute of Forestry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis.

Plant Molecular Biology Research: 29 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 26 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 14 fractional worksPlant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 14 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 13 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 12 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…10Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 10 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 9 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 9 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology: 8 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 29 works
  2. 2 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 26 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 14 works
  4. 4 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 14 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 9 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  10. 10 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 8 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Institute of Forestry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher 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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