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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. 1.4% 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%
383
per year above
Top-10% rate
1.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-82%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental Quality and Pollution research?

By volume, China and Vietnam publish the most (841 and 16 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 841 works
  2. 2 Vietnam 16 works
  3. 3 United States 16 works
  4. 4 ?? 13 works
  5. 5 India 7 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Australia 6 works
  8. 8 Japan 5 works
  9. 9 Russia 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: 91.4%Vietnam: 1.8%United States: 1.7%??: 1.4%6 others listed: 3.7%91%largest
China841 · 91.4%Vietnam16 · 1.8%United States16 · 1.7%??13 · 1.4%6 others listed34 · 3.7%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental Quality and Pollution research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Environmental Quality and Pollution research, followed by China Geological Survey and China University of Mining and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 16 works
  2. 2 China Geological SurveyChina 15 works
  3. 3 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 14 works
  4. 4 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 13 works
  5. 5 Guilin University of TechnologyChina 9 works
  6. 6 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 8 works
  7. 7 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 8 works
  8. 8 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 8 works
  9. 9 Chang'an UniversityChina 7 works
  10. 10 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesChina 7 works

Where is Environmental Quality and Pollution research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Quality and Pollution research in 2022–2025 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, Kunming and Chongqing.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 194 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 39 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 38 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 31 works
  5. 5 Lanzhou China 28 works
  6. 6 Chongqing China 25 works
  7. 7 Kunming China 24 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 23 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 23 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LanzhouCN · 28.5 works15×
  2. KunmingCN · 23.6 works13×
  3. ChongqingCN · 24.9 works6.4×
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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, Sichuan Agricultural University and Guilin University of Technology 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 73.726.2%19.0×14 -83.0%
2 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 34.712.0%32.6×8 -84.4%
3 Guilin University of TechnologyChina 28.97.1%48.1×9 -79.1%

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 Quality and Pollution research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.

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.