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Shandong Geological Sciences Institute

In research, Shandong Geological Sciences Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,221 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 24.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,389
of 22,385 · #25,763 all time
Rank in China
#2,308
of 2,481
Research works
439
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Shandong Geological Sciences Institute

What is Shandong Geological Sciences Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,221 of 10,670 11.1%67 #11442

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shandong Geological Sciences Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Shandong Geological Sciences Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Shandong Geological Sciences Institute is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (39%), Engineering (20%), Environmental Science (20%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 95.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 38.7% of its workGeophysics: 16 fractional works · 20.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShandongGeological…82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3238.7%
    2. Engineering1619.9%
    3. Environmental Science1619.7%
    4. Computer Science810.2%
    5. Materials Science33.5%
    6. Chemistry11.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    9. Energy00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    2. Social Sciences10.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Nursing10.7%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shandong Geological Sciences Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 24.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 31.8 works25×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.71× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.97× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.71×32 works
  2. Environmental Science3.97×16 works
  3. Nursing1.45×1 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.35×0 works
  5. Engineering1.33×16 works
  6. Computer Science1.31×8 works
  7. Materials Science1.01×3 works
  8. Chemistry0.86×1 works
  9. Energy0.50×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.42×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.06×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shandong Geological Sciences Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Kun Shen, Yingxin Song and Zhenguo Ning lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shandong Geological Sciences Institute.

  1. 1 Kun Shen China · #1,049,225 worldwide 3.3k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Yingxin Song China · #1,203,296 worldwide 879 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Zhenguo Ning China · #1,768,480 worldwide 154 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Jierui Dai China · #2,060,084 worldwide 498 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Du Shengxian China · #2,932,546 worldwide 95 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Zengsheng Li China · #2,953,062 worldwide 772 citations · 72 works
  7. 7 Kemin Xu China · #3,008,481 worldwide 115 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Zhiyong Song China · #3,531,678 worldwide 554 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Xinglei Tian China · #3,749,662 worldwide 374 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Lei Shu China · #3,809,075 worldwide 87 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Shandong Geological Sciences Institute

What are the most cited papers from Shandong Geological Sciences Institute?

The most cited paper from Shandong Geological Sciences Institute is "A major reorganization of Asian climate by the early Miocene" (Zhengtang Guo, Bainian Sun, Zhongshi Zhang et al., 2008), with 630 citations. Next come "Drosophila RNAi screen identifies host genes important for influenza virus replication" (435) and "Late Cretaceous charnockite with adakitic affinities from the Gangdese batholith, southeastern Tibet: Evidence for Neo-Tethyan mid-ocean ridge subduction?" (401).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A major reorganization of Asian climate by the early Miocene Zhengtang Guo, Bainian Sun, Zhongshi Zhang et al. · Climate of the past Open access 18 Aug 2008 630
2 Drosophila RNAi screen identifies host genes important for influenza virus replication Linhui Hao, Akira Sakurai, Tokiko Watanabe et al. · Nature Open access 9 Jul 2008 435
3 Late Cretaceous charnockite with adakitic affinities from the Gangdese batholith, southeastern Tibet: Evidence for Neo-Tethyan mid-ocean ridge subduction? Zeming Zhang, Guochun Zhao, M. Santosh et al. · Gondwana Research 31 Oct 2009 401
4 Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang’e-5 Xiaochao Che et al. · Science Open access 21 Oct 2021 354
5 ∼2.7Ga juvenile crust formation in the North China Craton (Taishan-Xintai area, western Shandong Province): Further evidence of an understated event from U–Pb dating and Hf isotopic composition of zircon Yusheng Wan, Dunyi Liu, Shijin Wang et al. · Precambrian Research 2 Feb 2011 333
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shandong Geological Sciences Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Remote Sensing, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Geological Mapping, Hyperspectral Imaging and Support Vector Machines.

▲ 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-now 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. Plate Tectonics13▲ 105×3 topics
  2. Remote Sensing11▲ 11×17 topics
  3. Tectonics10▲ 100×2 topics
  4. Geochronology9▲ 164×1 topic
  5. Zircon9▲ 164×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning9▲ 3.3×9 topics
  7. Geological Mapping8▲ 127×2 topics
  8. Hyperspectral Imaging8▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines8▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Compositional Data Analysis7▲ 141×1 topic
  11. Mineral Prospectivity7▲ 141×1 topic
  12. Climate Change6▲ 2.8×21 topics
  13. Geochemistry5▲ 96×4 topics
  14. Rare Earth Elements5▲ 43×3 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts5▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Manganese Oxides4▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Sedimentary Rocks4▲ 148×1 topic
  18. Toxicity3▲ 9.4×8 topics
  19. Earthquakes3▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  21. Subduction3▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Tomography3▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Crystal Structure Prediction3▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Mantle Dynamics3▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Groundwater3▲ 35×4 topics
  26. Heavy Metals3▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Contamination2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Pore Structure2▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Land Use Change2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  30. Microbial Communities2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Water Quality2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  32. Remediation2▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Marine Sediments2▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Health Risk2▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Metal Recovery2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Pollution2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Soil2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Paleoproductivity2▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Paleoredox2▲ 64×1 topic
  40. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Shandong Geological Sciences Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geological and Geochemic…9Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 9 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…7Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 4 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …3earthquake and tectonic studies: 3 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…3High-pressure geophysics and materials: 3 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…2Heavy metals in environment: 2 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 2 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceGeochemistry and PetrologyPollution3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 4 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 3 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 2 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 2 works
  8. 8 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 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 available18.0%not open82.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shandong Geological Sciences Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shandong Geological Sciences Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Shandong Geological Sciences Institute0.00044% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Shandong Geological Sciences Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Shandong Geological Sciences Institute10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2025.

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