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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works74×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 29.1 works31×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 48.8 works25×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 51.7 works8.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.87× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.31× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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. 1 Jun Shi China · #745,134 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Jinghui Ma China · #1,241,443 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Ji Zhou China · #1,595,642 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Meteorological Bureau

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.

▲ 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 Change55▲ 16×35 topics
  2. Global Warming32▲ 63×9 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation25▲ 152×3 topics
  4. Remote Sensing24▲ 15×20 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle20▲ 169×2 topics
  6. Extreme Events17▲ 159×2 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions17▲ 51×4 topics
  8. Climate Modeling17▲ 192×1 topic
  9. Precipitation Extremes17▲ 192×1 topic
  10. Data Assimilation16▲ 81×3 topics
  11. Boundary Layer13▲ 85×2 topics
  12. Probabilistic Forecasting13▲ 53×3 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise12▲ 78×3 topics
  14. Tropical Cyclones12▲ 181×2 topics
  15. Convective Parameterization12▲ 177×1 topic
  16. Ensemble Kalman Filter12▲ 95×1 topic
  17. Hurricanes10▲ 239×1 topic
  18. Storm Surge10▲ 239×1 topic
  19. Air Quality9▲ 39×4 topics
  20. Mortality8▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 25×5 topics
  22. Arctic7▲ 49×3 topics
  23. Particulate Matter7▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Health Effects6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  25. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.8×7 topics
  26. Satellite Observations6▲ 46×3 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.7×4 topics
  28. Hydrology5▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Air Pollution5▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Decline5▲ 141×1 topic
  32. Sea Ice5▲ 141×1 topic
  33. Atmospheric Aerosols4▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Black Carbon4▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Climate4▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Vulnerability4▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Land Use Change4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Climate Change Impact3▲ 12×3 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 12 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 10 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 5 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 works
  10. 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.

openly available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

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.

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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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