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Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

In research, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#237 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#325 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,479 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science — Soil Science is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,874
of 28,054 · #3,427 all time
Rank in China
#512
of 3,058
Research works
3.8k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #237 of 3,409 39.8%237 #559
Environmental ScienceField #325 of 3,551 35.3%350 #759
Physical SciencesDomain #1,479 of 12,888 30.4%619 #2694
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #228 of 1,209 23.9%143 #612
Life SciencesDomain #1,699 of 7,800 35.2%346 #3569
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #155 of 535 35.5%107 #458
Plant ScienceSubfield #443 of 1,395 40.7%109 #986
EcologySubfield #185 of 578 36.7%81 #581
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,923 of 3,579 24.9%100 #4197
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,372 of 2,175 25.3%67 #2744

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#559 #237
  2. Environmental Science#759 #325
  3. Physical Sciences#2,694 #1,479
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#612 #228
  5. Life Sciences#3,569 #1,699
  6. Global and Planetary Change#458 #155
  7. Plant Science#986 #443
  8. Ecology#581 #185
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,197 #1,923
  10. Molecular Biology#2,744 #1,372
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 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 47.0 works15×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 107.3 works14×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 60.9 works13×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 44.2 works12×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.1 works10×
  6. EcologySubfield · 81.3 works10.0×
← 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: 4.80× its world share, 237 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.80× its world share, 143 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.78× its world share, 350 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography?

Ranked on the composite score, Yingnian Li, Guangmin Cao and Junli Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography.

  1. 1 Yingnian Li China · #176,995 worldwide 342 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Guangmin Cao China · #238,758 worldwide 194 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Junli Li China · #246,869 worldwide 102 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Huakun Zhou China · #312,338 worldwide 327 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Chen Yaning China · #326,043 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Alim Samat China · #356,299 worldwide 179 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Dongwei GUI China · #395,474 worldwide 131 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Xinquan Zhao China · #432,725 worldwide 159 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Jiaqiang Lei China · #446,198 worldwide 177 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Fanjiang Zeng China · #469,227 worldwide 86 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

Which keywords describe research at Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Biodiversity, Global Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Global Warming and Invasive Species.

▲ 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 Change298▲ 11×80 topics
  2. Remote Sensing125▲ 9.7×32 topics
  3. Land Use Change72▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Sustainability69▲ 2.7×45 topics
  5. Biodiversity63▲ 8.1×27 topics
  6. Global Change59▲ 22×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Functioning48▲ 24×6 topics
  8. Global Warming47▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Invasive Species46▲ 10×18 topics
  10. Environmental Impact44▲ 2.5×39 topics
  11. Microbial Communities43▲ 9.8×9 topics
  12. Water Resources43▲ 17×9 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services41▲ 10×12 topics
  14. Drought40▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Ecosystem Resilience37▲ 25×5 topics
  16. Hydrological Modeling36▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation35▲ 9.1×14 topics
  18. Urbanization35▲ 8.1×7 topics
  19. Plate Tectonics34▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Sediment Transport34▲ 21×6 topics
  21. Conservation34▲ 7.5×16 topics
  22. Evapotranspiration34▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Hydrology33▲ 26×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem31▲ 27×4 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation30▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Model Evaluation30▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 8.9×14 topics
  28. Nutrient Limitation27▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Soil Fertility27▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Extreme Events27▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Hyperspectral Imaging27▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. Soil Carbon Sequestration26▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Adaptation26▲ 8.7×10 topics
  34. Tectonics25▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Biochar Application25▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Nitrogen Cycle25▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Carbon Balance25▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Tree Mortality25▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Greenhouse Gas Emissions25▲ 8.8×7 topics
  40. Biomass Estimation24▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…25Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 25 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…25Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 25 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 23 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…23Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 23 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…20Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 20 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 19 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 18 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…18Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 18 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 17 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 17 fractional works
Soil ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 25 works
  2. 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 25 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 23 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 23 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 20 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 19 works
  7. 7 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 17 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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