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Oceanography research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Oceanography research in 2022–2025 (#1 worldwide), followed by Wuhan University and Ocean University of China.

China's world rank
#1
of 43 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
13k
Top-10% rate
23.8%
Ranked institutions
44

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

What is the best university for Oceanography in China?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1100.025.5%581
2Wuhan UniversityWuhan #286.346.2%195
3Ocean University of ChinaQingdao #378.218.6%592
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #568.127.0%338
5National University of Defense TechnologyChangsha #664.523.1%218
6Ministry of Natural ResourcesBeijing #761.521.9%335
7Xiamen UniversityXiamen #858.826.0%225
8Institute of OceanologyQingdao #956.521.7%246
9Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)Guangzhou #1349.224.3%223
10Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyQingdao #1645.119.2%248
11Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an #1743.922.7%165
12Hohai UniversityNanjing #2139.725.8%162
13Tongji UniversityShanghai #2238.831.3%116
14Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing #2337.918.8%193
15Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou #2437.124.5%170
16Shanghai Ocean UniversityShanghai #2536.324.9%157
17Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai #2635.524.9%148
18China University of GeosciencesWuhan #2734.728.8%108
19Harbin Engineering UniversityHarbin #3231.417.1%197
20Guangdong Ocean UniversityZhanjiang #3330.826.5%111
21Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou #3629.020.5%149
22Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing #3728.531.3%72
23Shandong University of Science and TechnologyQingdao #3828.023.8%114
24Tsinghua UniversityBeijing #3927.528.2%85
25Tianjin UniversityTianjin #4425.123.8%105
26Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)Zhuhai #4723.822.9%114
27Zhejiang Ocean UniversityZhoushan #4922.920.3%136
28Second Institute of OceanographyHangzhou #5022.521.1%120
29South China Sea Institute Of OceanologyGuangzhou #5520.621.8%110
30East China Normal UniversityShanghai #5719.927.9%83
31First Institute of OceanographyQingdao #5919.219.1%118
32Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin #6417.627.5%85
33Xidian UniversityXi'an #6517.327.4%80
34Dalian University of TechnologyDalian #6916.124.0%80
35Beihang UniversityBeijing #7514.531.2%64
36China University of Petroleum, East ChinaQingdao #8013.221.5%73
37Shandong UniversityJinan #8611.827.1%67
38Nanjing UniversityNanjing #8711.622.4%75
39Hainan UniversityHaikou #9410.025.9%61
40Fudan UniversityShanghai #959.818.2%82
41Dalian Maritime UniversityDalian #999.019.4%72
42Naval University of EngineeringWuhan #1087.323.8%60
43China Meteorological AdministrationBeijing #1106.915.5%81
44Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsBeijing #1146.217.0%62

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

Who are the top Oceanography researchers in China?

Junsheng Li, Yunlin Zhang and Tianjun Zhou rank highest among researchers based in China.

  1. 1Junsheng Li#55,077 worldwide overall681 citations · 19 works
  2. 2Yunlin Zhang#79,541 worldwide overall410 citations · 13 works
  3. 3Tianjun Zhou#91,948 worldwide overall861 citations · 16 works
  4. 4Nianzhi Jiao#118,098 worldwide overall518 citations · 18 works
  5. 5Zhengyou Liu#172,406 worldwide overall518 citations · 10 works
  6. 6Fanlin Yang#180,056 worldwide overall145 citations · 12 works
  7. 7Boqiang Qin#189,102 worldwide overall428 citations · 16 works
  8. 8Jin Wu#198,662 worldwide overall356 citations · 14 works
  9. 9Jing‐Jia Luo#199,307 worldwide overall282 citations · 12 works
  10. 10Ran Tao#203,436 worldwide overall803 citations · 10 works
  11. 11Zhaoyong Guan#214,948 worldwide overall261 citations · 10 works
  12. 12Hongwei Liu#231,974 worldwide overall744 citations · 10 works
  13. 13Ronghua Ma#234,029 worldwide overall237 citations · 11 works
  14. 14Gang Zheng#235,115 worldwide overall586 citations · 11 works
  15. 15Chuang Shi#237,345 worldwide overall222 citations · 10 works

How China compares with other countries in Oceanography