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Environmental Quality and Pollution

Environmental Quality and Pollution is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1965. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment of ecological health, urban development, and environmental management. It covers topics such as eco-cities, sustainable development, artificial neural network applications, heavy metals pollution, ecosystem health evaluation, and the use of GIS and remote sensing in analyzing land use change. The research encompasses a wide range of environmental and urban development issues, aiming to provide insights into sustainable practices and ecological security.

  • Ecological Assessment
  • Urban Development
  • Environmental Management
  • Eco-cities
  • Sustainable Development
  • Artificial Neural Network
  • Heavy Metals Pollution
  • Ecosystem Health
  • GIS and Remote Sensing
  • Land Use Change
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1965
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
91% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Environmental Quality and Pollution

Which countries lead Environmental Quality and Pollution research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (884 and 17 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 884 works
  2. 2 United States 17 works
  3. 3 Vietnam 16 works
  4. 4 ?? 14 works
  5. 5 India 7 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Australia 6 works
  8. 8 Russia 5 works
  9. 9 Japan 5 works
  10. 10 South Korea 5 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.

China: 91.5%United States: 1.7%Vietnam: 1.7%??: 1.4%6 others listed: 3.6%91%largest
China884 · 91.5%United States17 · 1.7%Vietnam16 · 1.7%??14 · 1.4%6 others listed35 · 3.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Environmental Quality and Pollution research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Environmental Quality and Pollution research, followed by Ministry of Natural Resources and China Geological Survey.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
  2. 2 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 21 works
  3. 3 China Geological SurveyChina 15 works
  4. 4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 15 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 10 works
  6. 6 Guilin University of TechnologyChina 9 works
  7. 7 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 9 works
  8. 8 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 8 works
  9. 9 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 8 works
  10. 10 Northwest Normal UniversityChina 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Quality and Pollution?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Quality and Pollution include Guangming Zeng, Jin Li and Li Yichong.

  1. 1 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  2. 2 Jin Li China 132k citations
  3. 3 Li Yichong China 125k citations
  4. 4 Yong‐Guan Zhu China 107k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Environmental Quality and Pollution?

The most cited paper in Environmental Quality and Pollution is "Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies" (Fangjie J. Zhao, Yibing Ma, Yong‐Guan Zhu et al., 2014), with 2,198 citations. Next come "Entropy method for determination of weight of evaluating indicators in fuzzy synthetic evaluation for water quality assessment" (1,070) and "Advanced Modelling of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Coal Mining Areas Using Integrated Spectral Analysis: A Dengcao Coal Mine Case Study" (958).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies Fangjie J. Zhao, Yibing Ma, Yong‐Guan Zhu et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 16 Dec 2014 2,198
2 Entropy method for determination of weight of evaluating indicators in fuzzy synthetic evaluation for water quality assessment Zhihong Zou, Yi Yun, Jing-nan SUN · Journal of Environmental Sciences Sep 2006 1,070
3 Advanced Modelling of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Coal Mining Areas Using Integrated Spectral Analysis: A Dengcao Coal Mine Case Study Gill Ammara, Xiaojun Nie, Chang Liu · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) Open access 14 Jun 2024 958
4 Review and challenges of policies of environmental protection and sustainable development in China Kunmin Zhang, Zongguo Wen · Journal of Environmental Management 5 Sep 2007 716
5 Heavy metal pollution in China: Origin, pattern and control Shuiping Cheng · Environmental Science and Pollution Research May 2003 666
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Environmental Quality and Pollution research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Quality and Pollution research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lanzhou and Kunming.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 200 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 41 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 38 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 33 works
  5. 5 LanzhouChina 30 works
  6. 6 ChongqingChina 26 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 25 works
  8. 8 KunmingChina 25 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 24 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LanzhouCN · 29.8 works15×
  2. KunmingCN · 24.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Quality and Pollution than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental Quality and Pollution?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Normal University and Sichuan Agricultural 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan Agricultural…Beijing Normal Unive…China University of …Guilin University of…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 60.417.3%21.7×14 +75.2%
2Beijing Normal UniversityChina 56.826.0%13.6×9 -14.8%
3Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 53.836.1%35.7×8 +92.6%
4Guilin University of TechnologyChina 27.615.4%52.3×9 +50.7%
5Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 5.59.7%33.5×8 -

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Environmental Quality and Pollution, country by country

Is Environmental Quality and Pollution research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Quality and Pollution.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Environmental Quality and Pollution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0051% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Environmental Quality and Pollution0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environmental Quality and Pollution over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Environmental Quality and Pollution11.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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