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Yunnan Academy of Forestry

In research, Yunnan Academy of Forestry stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,783 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,984
of 28,054 · #18,728 all time
Rank in China
#2,424
of 3,058
Research works
1.5k
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Yunnan Academy of Forestry 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,783 of 7,800 19.2%73 #11541

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yunnan Academy of Forestry 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 Yunnan Academy of Forestry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 21.2 works9.2×
← 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: 6.43× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.05× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.76× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 5.04× its world share, 3 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yunnan Academy of Forestry?

Ranked on the composite score, Hong Jiang, Delu Ning and Zhang Yan-li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yunnan Academy of Forestry.

  1. 1 Hong Jiang China · #1,325,572 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Delu Ning China · #1,553,794 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Zhang Yan-li China · #1,553,823 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Yi Wang China · #1,576,289 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Yunnan Academy of Forestry

Which keywords describe research at Yunnan Academy of Forestry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Global Change, Antioxidant Activity, Biogeography, Biomass Estimation and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 5.2×36 topics
  2. Biodiversity11▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Invasive Species9▲ 16×12 topics
  4. Global Change9▲ 26×5 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 11×15 topics
  6. Biogeography8▲ 25×12 topics
  7. Biomass Estimation8▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 20×9 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Antioxidant7▲ 7.5×19 topics
  11. Biological Activities6▲ 29×5 topics
  12. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  13. Aboveground Biomass6▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 22×5 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Conservation5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. Biological Invasions5▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Anti-inflammatory5▲ 13×10 topics
  19. Ecosystem5▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Medicinal Plants4▲ 8.6×12 topics
  22. Antioxidants4▲ 7.4×10 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  24. Land Use Change4▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Mycorrhizal Fungi4▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Fungal Diversity4▲ 65×2 topics
  28. Quality Assessment4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Species Richness4▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Community Ecology4▲ 32×1 topic
  31. DNA Barcoding4▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Functional Diversity4▲ 50×1 topic
  33. RNA-Seq4▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Secondary Metabolites4▲ 36×3 topics
  35. sequence alignment4▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Allometric Models4▲ 52×2 topics
  37. Natural Products4▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Polysaccharides4▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Phytochemistry3▲ 21×6 topics
  40. molecular systematics3▲ 104×2 topics

Which research topics does Yunnan Academy of Forestry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Forest ecology and management and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Ecology and Vegetation D…4Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…4Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 3 fractional worksFungal Biology and Appli…3Fungal Biology and Applications: 3 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…3Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 3 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationMolecular BiologyPharmacologyPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 3 works
  5. 5 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.1%domestic only96.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yunnan Academy of Forestry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower 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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