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Shanxi Museum

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Research works
81
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
328
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Shanxi Museum

Not ranked overall: Shanxi Museum is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Shanxi Museum work in?

In all years, 47% of research at Shanxi Museum is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Arts and Humanities (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 47.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 42.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 13.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKShanxi Museum81fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1214.3%
    2. Engineering1011.8%
    3. Computer Science910.8%
    4. Environmental Science55.7%
    5. Materials Science22.5%
    6. Chemistry21.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Social Sciences1822.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1113.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.7%
    4. Psychology22.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine22.1%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Nursing00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.41× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.41×4 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.35×2 works
  3. Environmental Science1.82×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.79×1 works
  5. Engineering1.35×3 works
  6. Social Sciences0.95×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.88×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.50×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.24×0 works
  14. Medicine0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shanxi Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Lei Jia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanxi Museum.

  1. 1 Lei Jia China · #2,979,560 worldwide 182 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Shanxi Museum

What are the most cited papers from Shanxi Museum?

The most cited paper from Shanxi Museum is "Paleolithic human exploitation of plant foods during the last glacial maximum in North China" (Li Liu, Sheahan Bestel, Jinming Shi et al., 2013), with 278 citations. Next come "Plant exploitation of the last foragers at Shizitan in the Middle Yellow River Valley China: evidence from grinding stones" (142) and "Hydrogeochemical Indicators of Groundwater Flow Systems in the Yangwu River Alluvial Fan, Xinzhou Basin, Shanxi, China" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Paleolithic human exploitation of plant foods during the last glacial maximum in North China Li Liu, Sheahan Bestel, Jinming Shi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 18 Mar 2013 278
2 Plant exploitation of the last foragers at Shizitan in the Middle Yellow River Valley China: evidence from grinding stones Li Liu, Wei Ge, Sheahan Bestel et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science 29 Aug 2011 142
3 Hydrogeochemical Indicators of Groundwater Flow Systems in the Yangwu River Alluvial Fan, Xinzhou Basin, Shanxi, China Dongmei Han, Xing Liang, Menggui Jin et al. · Environmental Management 22 Jun 2009 86
4 Harvesting and processing wild cereals in the Upper Palaeolithic Yellow River Valley, China Liu Li, Maureece J. Levin, Michael F. Bonomo et al. · Antiquity Jun 2018 52
5 Altered fluvial patterns in North China indicate rapid climate change linked to the Permian-Triassic mass extinction Zhi-cai Zhu, Yongqing Liu, Hongwei Kuang et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 14 Nov 2019 48
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shanxi Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, China, Nationalism, History, Regulation, Philosophy, Confucianism and Religion.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Cultural Heritage8▲ 23×6 topics
  2. China7▲ 48×3 topics
  3. Nationalism7▲ 15×2 topics
  4. History7▲ 11×3 topics
  5. Regulation7▲ 14×2 topics
  6. Philosophy7▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Confucianism7▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Religion7▲ 14×1 topic
  9. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Conservation6▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Remote Sensing5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  12. Climate Change4▲ 2.1×15 topics
  13. Machine Learning4▲ 2.1×5 topics
  14. Risk Assessment4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  15. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Archaeological Science3▲ 174×1 topic
  17. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  18. X-Ray Fluorescence3▲ 174×1 topic
  19. Evolution3▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Land Use Change3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Phylogeny3▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Biodiversity3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  23. Economic Growth3▲ 4.4×4 topics
  24. Geohazards2▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Microbial Diversity2▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Coal Seam2▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Earthquake Damage2▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Urban Heat Island2▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Biodeterioration2▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Cultural Sustainability2▲ 65×2 topics
  31. Data Integration2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Geomycology2▲ 126×1 topic
  33. Multimedia Technology2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Biogeography2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  36. Expert Systems2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Informal Education2▲ 155×1 topic
  38. Museum Learning2▲ 155×1 topic
  39. Wavelet Analysis2▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Ecology2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Shanxi Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Building materials and conservation, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

Cultural Heritage Materi…1Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksBuilding materials and c…1Building materials and conservation: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…1Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Evoluti…1Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…0Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksCoal and Its By-products: 0 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 0 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…0Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyEarth-Surface ProcessesPaleontologyNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  3. 3 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 1 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  7. 7 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Coal and Its By-products Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  9. 9 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 0 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shanxi Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shanxi Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Shanxi Museum0.000061% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Shanxi Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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