Environmental Changes in China
Environmental Changes in China is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 3.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of land use change, its environmental impact, and sustainability in China. It covers topics such as remote sensing, ecosystem services, climate change, wetland landscape, urbanization, and grassland degradation.
- Land Use Change
- Environmental Impact
- China
- Sustainability
- Remote Sensing
- Ecosystem Services
- Climate Change
- Wetland Landscape
- Urbanization
- Grassland Degradation
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 673 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 3.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -72% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Environmental Changes in China research?
By volume, China and Vietnam publish the most (1.2k and 34 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 Vietnam 34 works
- 3 United States 30 works
- 4 Indonesia 18 works
- 5 India 17 works
- 6 ?? 12 works
- 7 Japan 10 works
- 8 United Kingdom 9 works
- 9 Australia 8 works
- 10 South Korea 7 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Environmental Changes in China research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Environmental Changes in China research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
- 3 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 21 works
- 4 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 18 works
- 5 Hohai UniversityChina 18 works
- 6 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina 17 works
- 7 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 13 works
- 8 China University of GeosciencesChina 12 works
- 9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 12 works
- 10 China Geological SurveyChina 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Changes in China?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Changes in China include Shilong Piao.
- 1 Shilong Piao China 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Environmental Changes in China research done?
The largest centres of Environmental Changes in China research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Lanzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guiyang, Lanzhou and Ürümqi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GuiyangCN · 27.6 works15×
- LanzhouCN · 43.7 works15×
- ÜrümqiCN · 21.5 works14×
- KunmingCN · 29.0 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Changes in China than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Environmental Changes in China?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Forestry University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 74.7 | 41.9% | 21.6× | 21 | -73.8% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 64.5 | 28.7% | 10.2× | 24 | -81.0% |
| 3 | Beijing Forestry UniversityChina | 55.9 | 34.0% | 27.5× | 11 | -91.3% |
| 4 | Northwest Normal UniversityChina | 53.8 | 35.2% | 34.8× | 12 | -88.7% |
| 5 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 51.9 | 20.6% | 19.1× | 12 | -87.7% |
| 6 | Lanzhou UniversityChina | 51.0 | 29.1% | 11.5× | 9 | -87.0% |
| 7 | Hohai UniversityChina | 50.5 | 16.7% | 22.9× | 18 | -77.7% |
| 8 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 49.4 | 25.1% | 10.7× | 12 | -84.4% |
| 9 | Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina | 48.0 | 24.4% | 32.3× | 13 | -85.3% |
| 10 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China | 47.8 | 22.0% | 25.0× | 10 | -83.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Environmental Changes in China research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 72% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.