How does China rank in Global and Planetary Change research?

China ranks #1 of 72 countries on research quality in Global and Planetary Change (2022–2025), with 36k works.

Subfield · Global and Planetary Change · China

Global and Planetary Change research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Global and Planetary Change research in 2022–2025 (#1 worldwide), followed by Beijing Normal University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

China's world rank: #1
Works, 2022–2025: 36k
Top-10% rate: 27.2%
Ranked institutions: 60

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

What is the best university for Global and Planetary Change in China?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#1	100.0	30.5%	1,623
2	Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing	#2	89.0	38.1%	639
3	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#3	82.5	31.8%	846
4	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchBeijing	#4	77.9	37.5%	423
5	Peking UniversityBeijing	#5	74.4	37.5%	379
6	Wuhan UniversityWuhan	#6	71.5	34.8%	475
7	China University of GeosciencesWuhan	#7	69.0	38.3%	356
8	Tsinghua UniversityBeijing	#8	66.9	31.9%	364
9	Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing	#10	63.3	21.5%	718
10	Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing	#11	61.8	29.5%	383
11	Ministry of Natural ResourcesBeijing	#16	55.9	30.7%	333
12	Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou	#17	54.9	32.5%	338
13	Hohai UniversityNanjing	#18	54.0	29.4%	377
14	Northwest A&F UniversityYangling	#19	53.1	39.4%	234
15	Nanjing UniversityNanjing	#20	52.3	30.5%	319
16	Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou	#22	50.8	27.6%	363
17	Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou	#23	50.1	31.3%	286
18	China Agricultural UniversityBeijing	#27	47.5	38.4%	176
19	Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing	#32	44.8	33.9%	204
20	Ocean University of ChinaQingdao	#34	43.9	22.5%	375
21	China Meteorological AdministrationBeijing	#37	42.5	17.1%	524
22	Fudan UniversityShanghai	#41	40.9	24.3%	218
23	China University of Mining and TechnologyXuzhou	#45	39.4	28.3%	265
24	China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing	#50	37.7	31.2%	160
25	Tongji UniversityShanghai	#53	36.8	25.5%	197
26	Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsBeijing	#54	36.5	20.7%	277
27	Chongqing UniversityChongqing	#56	35.9	38.5%	121
28	Tianjin UniversityTianjin	#57	35.6	30.2%	191
29	Chengdu University of TechnologyChengdu	#58	35.4	38.2%	139
30	Yunnan UniversityKunming	#59	35.1	32.6%	175
31	Xinjiang UniversityÜrümqi	#62	34.3	29.8%	167
32	Northwest Normal UniversityLanzhou	#65	33.5	33.5%	150
33	Research Center for Eco-Environmental SciencesBeijing	#66	33.3	40.8%	103
34	East China Normal UniversityShanghai	#67	33.1	33.9%	145
35	Aerospace Information Research InstituteBeijing	#73	31.7	30.6%	174
36	State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote SensingWuhan	#82	29.9	46.6%	83
37	Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)Guangzhou	#85	29.3	25.1%	222
38	Central South UniversityChangsha	#87	28.9	32.9%	166
39	Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin	#92	28.0	24.0%	222
40	Chang'an UniversityXi'an	#96	27.4	35.2%	123
41	Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin	#97	27.2	30.7%	120
42	Southwest UniversityChongqing	#105	25.9	38.6%	115
43	Henan UniversityKaifeng	#110	25.2	33.9%	125
44	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan	#111	25.0	34.9%	116
45	Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou	#112	24.9	41.4%	75
46	State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing ScienceBeijing	#118	24.1	31.0%	114
47	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai	#125	23.1	32.2%	125
48	Northwest UniversityXi'an	#126	23.0	37.7%	89
49	Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu	#132	22.3	33.3%	109
50	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsBeijing	#133	22.2	27.6%	172
51	Nanjing Normal UniversityNanjing	#136	21.8	33.1%	110
52	Chinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesBeijing	#137	21.7	18.8%	234
53	Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing	#138	21.6	29.5%	144
54	Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and ResourcesLanzhou	#139	21.5	30.1%	137
55	Hainan UniversityHaikou	#143	21.0	31.0%	116
56	Guizhou UniversityGuiyang	#146	20.7	34.3%	94
57	China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchBeijing	#150	20.2	23.4%	201
58	Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai	#153	19.9	21.2%	212
59	South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou	#154	19.8	33.0%	84
60	Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and GeographyÜrümqi	#155	19.7	35.5%	107

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Global and Planetary Change, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Global and Planetary Change researchers in China?

Shilong Piao, Yansui Liu and Shushi Peng rank highest among researchers based in China.

1Shilong Piao#1,710 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 32 works
2Yansui Liu#3,553 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 26 works
3Shushi Peng#7,424 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 14 works
4Qingyun Duan#9,325 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 25 works
5Yihui Ding#9,376 worldwide overall805 citations · 24 works
6Jianchu Xu#11,738 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 22 works
7Bo Zheng#12,371 worldwide overall923 citations · 12 works
8Hanqiu Xu#12,665 worldwide overall1k citations · 14 works
9Yongguang Zhang#13,306 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 21 works
10Zhenzhong Zeng#15,035 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 24 works
11Hualou Long#15,981 worldwide overall727 citations · 13 works
12Peng Gong#18,186 worldwide overall2k citations · 41 works
13Zhu Liu#21,454 worldwide overall777 citations · 13 works
14Zhisheng An#22,288 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 14 works
15Bojie Fu#26,306 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 34 works

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