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Top Global and Planetary Change Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 535 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 30.5% 1.6k 22k#2
2 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 89.0 38.1% 639 11k#30
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 82.5 31.8% 846 12k#33
4 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina · Beijing 77.9 37.5% 423 7.2k#45
5 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 74.4 37.5% 379 6.5k#47
6 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 71.5 34.8% 475 6.8k#82
7 China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 69.0 38.2% 356 5.6k#95
8 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 66.9 31.9% 364 5.1k#80
9 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 65.0 37.4% 279 4.6k#5
10 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 63.3 21.5% 718 7.3k—
11 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 61.8 29.6% 383 4.3k—
12 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 60.4 34.6% 327 4.3k#7
13 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 59.2 24.6% 492 5.2k#8
14 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 58.0 31.9% 245 3.4k#9
15 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 56.9 38.4% 189 3.1k#26
16 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 55.9 30.7% 333 4.3k—
17 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 54.9 32.5% 338 4.3k—
18 Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 54.0 29.4% 377 4.1k—
19 Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 53.1 39.4% 234 3.7k—
20 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 52.3 30.5% 319 4.6k—
21 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 51.5 35.8% 168 2.6k—
22 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 50.8 27.6% 363 4.4k—
23 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 50.1 31.3% 286 3.6k—
24 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 49.4 34.1% 171 2.3k#64
25 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 48.8 35.5% 230 4k#31
26 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 48.1 28.1% 249 2.9k#18
27 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 47.5 38.4% 176 2.7k—
28 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 47.0 25.1% 256 3.1k#48
29 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 46.4 29.5% 167 2.8k#16
30 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 45.9 31.2% 238 2.6k#85
31 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 45.3 32.0% 166 2k#34
32 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 44.8 33.9% 204 2.7k—
33 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 44.3 36.9% 161 2.5k—
34 Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 43.9 22.5% 375 3.1k—
35 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 43.4 42.5% 123 2k—
36 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 43.0 28.8% 178 2.5k#42
37 China Meteorological AdministrationChina · Beijing 42.5 17.2% 524 4.3k—
38 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 42.1 28.1% 210 2.8k#67
39 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder 41.7 27.1% 208 2.7k#27
40 Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 41.3 22.1% 308 3.1k#25
41 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 40.9 24.3% 218 2.7k—
42 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 40.5 27.3% 268 3k#41
43 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 40.1 31.9% 176 2.4k#92
44 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 39.8 27.7% 179 2.4k#12
45 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina · Xuzhou 39.4 28.3% 265 2.9k—
46 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 39.1 31.8% 158 2.6k#29
47 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 38.7 27.9% 202 2k#43
48 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia · Kharagpur 38.4 28.0% 189 1.9k—
49 Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 38.1 31.3% 176 2.1k#73
50 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Beijing 37.7 31.2% 160 2k—
51 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 37.4 37.8% 126 2k#52
52 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 37.1 30.6% 197 2.2k#70
53 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 36.8 25.5% 197 1.9k—
54 Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsChina · Beijing 36.5 20.7% 277 3k—
55 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 36.2 28.4% 178 2.2k#10
56 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 35.9 38.5% 121 1.7k—
57 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 35.6 30.2% 191 2.4k—
58 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina · Chengdu 35.4 38.2% 139 1.7k—
59 Yunnan UniversityChina · Kunming 35.1 32.7% 175 2k—
60 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 34.8 26.3% 250 2.7k#3
61 NSF National Center for Atmospheric ResearchUnited States · Boulder 34.6 25.1% 225 2.9k#1
62 Xinjiang UniversityChina · Ürümqi 34.3 29.8% 167 2.2k—
63 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 34.1 30.2% 146 2.2k#11
64 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 33.8 32.3% 131 1.7k—
65 Northwest Normal UniversityChina · Lanzhou 33.6 33.5% 150 2k—
66 Research Center for Eco-Environmental SciencesChina · Beijing 33.3 40.8% 103 1.9k—
67 East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 33.1 34.0% 145 1.9k—
68 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 32.8 26.4% 157 1.8k#22
69 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 32.6 31.0% 153 2.3k#88
70 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 32.4 22.8% 237 2.1k#71
71 University of LisbonPortugal · Lisbon 32.1 24.8% 222 2.2k—
72 University of TwenteNetherlands · Enschede 31.9 35.6% 125 1.7k—
73 Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina · Beijing 31.7 30.6% 174 2.3k—
74 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 31.5 30.1% 151 2.1k#13
75 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany · Cologne 31.3 27.7% 190 2.2k#99
76 University of TehranIran · Tehran 31.1 24.6% 210 2.2k—
77 University of TasmaniaAustralia · Hobart 30.9 29.8% 159 1.9k—
78 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 30.7 30.9% 132 1.9k#15
79 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 30.4 19.9% 302 2.2k—
80 United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston 30.2 22.3% 232 2.2k#17
81 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 30.0 28.6% 156 1.8k#57
82 State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote SensingChina · Wuhan 29.9 46.6% 83 1.8k—
83 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 29.7 30.5% 141 2.1k#55
84 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 29.5 29.1% 170 1.9k#21
85 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou 29.3 25.1% 222 2.6k—
86 University of ArizonaUnited States · Tucson 29.1 24.6% 156 1.8k#32
87 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 28.9 32.9% 166 2k—
88 Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 28.7 32.4% 119 1.6k—
89 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 28.6 28.1% 144 1.8k#68
90 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 28.4 29.8% 192 2.1k#87
91 University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 28.2 33.4% 122 1.6k#69
92 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina · Harbin 28.0 24.0% 222 1.9k—
93 Griffith UniversityAustralia · Brisbane 27.9 27.7% 115 1.4k—
94 International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisAustria · Laxenburg 27.7 42.7% 77 1.4k—
95 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 27.5 32.0% 125 1.4k#93
96 Chang'an UniversityChina · Xi'an 27.3 35.1% 123 1.7k—
97 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 27.2 30.7% 120 1.4k—
98 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 27.0 27.1% 157 1.8k#49
99 University of ReadingUnited Kingdom · Reading 26.9 25.8% 157 1.8k#38
100 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 26.7 25.0% 186 2k#14

institutions ranked worldwide in Global and Planetary Change (535). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 1.6k works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 846 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 718 works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 639 works
  5. 5 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 524 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 492 works
  7. 7 Wuhan UniversityChina 475 works
  8. 8 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina 423 works
  9. 9 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 383 works
  10. 10 Peking UniversityChina 379 works
  11. 11 Hohai UniversityChina 377 works
  12. 12 Ocean University of ChinaChina 375 works
  13. 13 Tsinghua UniversityChina 363 works
  14. 14 Lanzhou UniversityChina 363 works
  15. 15 China University of GeosciencesChina 356 works

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