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Atmospheric Science research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Atmospheric Science research in 2022–2025 (#1 worldwide), followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.

China's world rank
#1
of 50 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
30k
Top-10% rate
22.7%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Atmospheric Science in China?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1100.026.9%1,697
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #287.828.5%821
3Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing #475.718.4%896
4Wuhan UniversityWuhan #571.830.2%326
5China University of GeosciencesWuhan #668.631.5%309
6Peking UniversityBeijing #765.929.4%329
7China Meteorological AdministrationBeijing #863.616.0%761
8Tsinghua UniversityBeijing #961.531.1%274
9Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and ResourcesLanzhou #1059.729.3%360
10Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou #1256.524.3%415
11Nanjing UniversityNanjing #1453.826.6%356
12Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing #1552.526.6%358
13Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou #1651.426.0%321
14Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin #1849.327.1%176
15Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsBeijing #1948.420.4%350
16Ministry of Natural ResourcesBeijing #2047.523.2%307
17Fudan UniversityShanghai #2146.724.2%257
18Institute of Tibetan Plateau ResearchBeijing #2345.134.8%147
19Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchBeijing #2444.332.1%161
20Hohai UniversityNanjing #2642.923.6%243
21Chinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesBeijing #2841.616.3%328
22Ocean University of ChinaQingdao #2941.016.8%325
23Northwest UniversityXi'an #3040.430.3%92
24Chengdu University of TechnologyChengdu #3239.332.3%143
25Tianjin UniversityTianjin #3338.726.7%189
26Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou #3438.224.6%235
27Aerospace Information Research InstituteBeijing #3736.726.8%183
28Tongji UniversityShanghai #3836.323.4%229
29Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)Guangzhou #4035.422.6%256
30State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote SensingWuhan #4334.142.3%76
31Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai #4632.926.1%179
32Jilin UniversityChangchun #5230.826.6%129
33Central South UniversityChangsha #5330.431.9%127
34State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution ControlBeijing #5828.945.1%81
35Chang'an UniversityXi'an #6028.330.7%122
36China University of Mining and TechnologyXuzhou #6526.925.4%168
37Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing #6726.322.7%113
38China Agricultural UniversityBeijing #7125.332.0%84
39Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu #7524.429.0%123
40National University of Defense TechnologyChangsha #7624.114.9%249
41Dalian University of TechnologyDalian #7823.724.4%146
42Xidian UniversityXi'an #8023.233.0%108
43Yunnan UniversityKunming #8721.825.8%132
44China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing #9021.127.2%155
45Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an #9420.421.7%136
46Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)Zhuhai #9520.223.2%162
47East China Normal UniversityShanghai #9819.729.8%109
48Shandong UniversityJinan #9919.524.7%123
49Chongqing UniversityChongqing #10019.329.8%84
50University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei #10219.018.5%180
51Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen #10318.835.4%83
52China Geological SurveyBeijing #10418.626.3%110
53Sichuan UniversityChengdu #11217.323.8%101
54Xinjiang UniversityÜrümqi #12215.821.2%121
55Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an #12615.326.8%92
56State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing ScienceBeijing #13314.321.5%103
57Northwest A&F UniversityYangling #13414.233.3%76
58Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing #13514.126.3%91
59Nanjing Normal UniversityNanjing #14612.726.0%83
60Institute of Mountain Hazards and EnvironmentChengdu #14912.332.8%65

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Atmospheric Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Atmospheric Science researchers in China?

Shilong Piao, Dahe Qin and Qingyun Duan rank highest among researchers based in China.

  1. 1Shilong Piao#1,710 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 21 works
  2. 2Dahe Qin#6,487 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 24 works
  3. 3Qingyun Duan#9,325 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 22 works
  4. 4Yihui Ding#9,376 worldwide overall805 citations · 19 works
  5. 5Bo Zheng#12,371 worldwide overall923 citations · 23 works
  6. 6Hanqiu Xu#12,665 worldwide overall1k citations · 16 works
  7. 7Lianru Gao#15,374 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 17 works
  8. 8Shutao Li#17,641 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 14 works
  9. 9Hai Cheng#18,099 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 95 works
  10. 10Peng Gong#18,186 worldwide overall2k citations · 21 works
  11. 11Jian Ni#18,338 worldwide overall956 citations · 19 works
  12. 12Zhisheng An#22,288 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 63 works
  13. 13Liangpei Zhang#29,295 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 77 works
  14. 14Bingfang Wu#33,084 worldwide overall757 citations · 23 works
  15. 15Kebin He#37,730 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 49 works

How China compares with other countries in Atmospheric Science