Shanghai Meteorological Bureau
In research, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,453 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 73.6× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #6,072 of 28,054 · #10,889 all time
- Rank in China
- #1,285 of 3,058
- Research works
- 625 ▲ 18% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 9.9k 15.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 18.6% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 30% world 28%
What is Shanghai Meteorological Bureau known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,453 of 12,888 | 17.5% | 114 | #6239 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Meteorological Bureau 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 Shanghai Meteorological Bureau specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 73.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works74×
- Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 29.1 works31×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 48.8 works25×
- Environmental ScienceField · 51.7 works8.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 24.9×
- Environmental Science 8.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Decision Sciences 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.2×
- Energy 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Meteorological Bureau?
Ranked on the composite score, Jun Shi, Jinghui Ma and Ji Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
- 1 Jun Shi China · #745,134 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
- 2 Jinghui Ma China · #1,241,443 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
- 3 Ji Zhou China · #1,595,642 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Meteorological Bureau?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Extreme Events, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Modeling.
- Water Resources
- Infectious Diseases
- Vulnerability
- Black Carbon
- Sea Ice
- Global Burden of Disease
- Hydrology
- Satellite Observations
- Health Effects
- Arctic
- Mortality
- Storm Surge
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Tropical Cyclones
- Probabilistic Forecasting
- Data Assimilation
- Climate Modeling
- Extreme Events
- Remote Sensing
- Global Warming
- Climate Change
- Ocean Circulation
- Hydrological Cycle
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Precipitation Extremes
- Boundary Layer
- Sea Level Rise
- Convective Parameterization
- Hurricanes
- Air Quality
- Hydrological Modeling
- Particulate Matter
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Air Pollution
- Decline
- Atmospheric Aerosols
- Climate
- Land Use Change
- Climate Change Impact
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
- Climate Change55▲ 16×35 topics
- Global Warming32▲ 63×9 topics
- Ocean Circulation25▲ 152×3 topics
- Remote Sensing24▲ 15×20 topics
- Hydrological Cycle20▲ 169×2 topics
- Extreme Events17▲ 159×2 topics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions17▲ 51×4 topics
- Climate Modeling17▲ 192×1 topic
- Precipitation Extremes17▲ 192×1 topic
- Data Assimilation16▲ 81×3 topics
- Boundary Layer13▲ 85×2 topics
- Probabilistic Forecasting13▲ 53×3 topics
- Sea Level Rise12▲ 78×3 topics
- Tropical Cyclones12▲ 181×2 topics
- Convective Parameterization12▲ 177×1 topic
- Ensemble Kalman Filter12▲ 95×1 topic
- Hurricanes10▲ 239×1 topic
- Storm Surge10▲ 239×1 topic
- Air Quality9▲ 39×4 topics
- Mortality8▲ 11×2 topics
- Hydrological Modeling7▲ 25×5 topics
- Arctic7▲ 49×3 topics
- Particulate Matter7▲ 36×2 topics
- Health Effects6▲ 8.0×7 topics
- Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.8×7 topics
- Satellite Observations6▲ 46×3 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.7×4 topics
- Hydrology5▲ 32×3 topics
- Air Pollution5▲ 30×1 topic
- Global Burden of Disease5▲ 16×1 topic
- Decline5▲ 141×1 topic
- Sea Ice5▲ 141×1 topic
- Atmospheric Aerosols4▲ 64×1 topic
- Black Carbon4▲ 64×1 topic
- Climate4▲ 38×2 topics
- Vulnerability4▲ 15×5 topics
- Land Use Change4▲ 9.4×4 topics
- Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Climate Change Impact3▲ 12×3 topics
- Water Resources3▲ 11×5 topics
Which research topics does Shanghai Meteorological Bureau publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Air Quality and Health Impacts.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 17 works
- 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 12 works
- 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 10 works
- 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
- 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 5 works
- 6 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
- 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
- 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 3 works
- 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 works
- 10 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 3 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Shanghai Meteorological Bureau's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Shanghai
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Tongji University
- Fudan University
- Shanghai University
- East China Normal University
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Donghua University
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.