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South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology

In research, South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,193 of 12,888 worldwide), Oceanography (#55 of 156 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,490 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science — Oceanography is 64.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,819
of 28,054 · #6,958 all time
Rank in China
#1,073
of 3,058
Research works
2.6k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology 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 #3,193 of 12,888 21.2%467 #5125
OceanographySubfield #55 of 156 21.8%110 #291
Environmental ScienceField #1,490 of 3,551 21.0%184 #1900
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #582 of 1,209 21.7%220 #1150
Life SciencesDomain #4,434 of 7,800 21.1%105 #5238

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology 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. Physical Sciences#5,125 #3,193
  2. Oceanography#291 #55
  3. Environmental Science#1,900 #1,490
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,150 #582
  5. Life Sciences#5,238 #4,434
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 South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 64.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 110.0 works65×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 220.2 works23×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 40.9 works15×
  4. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 20.1 works15×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 31.3 works15×
← 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: 1.03× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23.11× its world share, 220 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.11× its world share, 184 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× 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, 23.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology?

Ranked on the composite score, Xuefeng Zhou, Jianhua Ju and Zhen Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology.

  1. 1 Xuefeng Zhou China · #365,900 worldwide 152 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Jianhua Ju China · #375,444 worldwide 172 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Zhen Sun China · #379,717 worldwide 145 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Danling Tang China · #387,662 worldwide 178 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Si Zhang China · #411,733 worldwide 252 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Xinpeng Tian China · #474,144 worldwide 69 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Bin Yang China · #713,574 worldwide 83 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Yonghong Liu China · #772,554 worldwide 225 citations · 150 works
  9. 9 Liangmin Huang China · #852,878 worldwide 103 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Xian‐Wen Yang China · #929,955 worldwide 107 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology

Which keywords describe research at South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Oceanic Modeling, Tidal Analysis, Tropical Cyclones and Ocean Acidification.

▲ 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 Change136▲ 8.3×52 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation64▲ 81×3 topics
  3. Global Warming62▲ 25×7 topics
  4. Data Assimilation42▲ 44×4 topics
  5. Oceanic Modeling36▲ 181×1 topic
  6. Tidal Analysis36▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Environmental Impact30▲ 2.9×34 topics
  8. Ocean Acidification30▲ 68×3 topics
  9. Tropical Cyclones30▲ 91×2 topics
  10. Plate Tectonics29▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Aquaculture29▲ 18×7 topics
  12. Harmful Algal Blooms26▲ 56×3 topics
  13. Eutrophication25▲ 40×3 topics
  14. Hydrological Cycle23▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions23▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Benthic Communities23▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Climate Modeling23▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Extreme Events23▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Marine Biodiversity23▲ 65×2 topics
  20. Nutrient Limitation23▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Dissolved Organic Matter23▲ 90×1 topic
  22. Oceanic Carbon Cycle23▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Marine Natural Products22▲ 89×2 topics
  24. Marine Environment21▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services20▲ 8.7×7 topics
  26. Wave Modeling20▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Marine Ecosystems20▲ 61×2 topics
  28. Coastal Protection19▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Microbial Communities19▲ 7.3×8 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise19▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Continental Margin18▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Crustal Structure18▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Cenozoic Evolution16▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Rifting16▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Drug Discovery16▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Antibiotics16▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Secondary Metabolites16▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Tectonics16▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Climate Change Impacts16▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 36 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 23 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…23Marine and coastal ecosystems: 23 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…16Geological and Geophysical Studies: 16 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 15 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 15 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…15Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 15 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 15 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 14 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…14Marine and fisheries research: 14 fractional works
OceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeologyAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 36 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 23 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 23 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 16 works
  5. 5 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 15 works
  6. 6 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 15 works
  7. 7 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 15 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 15 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 14 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 14 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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