merics.org
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
Last scanned Jul 26, 2026, 2:19 PM · 1 view
Overall score
Great
Summary
The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is a Berlin-based, independent think tank and leading European provider of policy-oriented research on contemporary China. This website uses Drupal behind Cloudflare CDN. SEO is good (75/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores excellent (100/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: No H1 heading found.
Mercator Institute for China Studies
The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is a Berlin-based, independent think tank and leading European provider of policy-oriented research on contemporary China. Founded by Stiftung Mercator, MERICS analyzes current trends in China’s economy, politics, and society and their implications for Europe.
- Alte Jakobstraße 85-86, Berlin, 10179, Deutschland
Top issues to fix
5 issues found · 1 high priority
No H1 heading found
SEOAdd exactly one H1 describing the page's main topic — it anchors the document outline for search engines and screen readers.
Missing OpenGraph tags
SEOAdd og:title/og:description/og:image so shared links render a proper preview card.
robots.txt not found
SEOPublish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.
sitemap.xml not found
SEOPublish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.
20 broken links on the page
SEOFix or remove broken links — they waste crawl budget and erode user trust.
SEO
4 issue(s) found
Performance
1.90 s
Security
HTTPS & header checks
Accessibility
1 issue(s) found
Organization
Company details published in this site's own structured data.
Mercator Institute for China Studies
The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is a Berlin-based, independent think tank and leading European provider of policy-oriented research on contemporary China. Founded by Stiftung Mercator, MERICS analyzes current trends in China’s economy, politics, and society and their implications for Europe.
Contact
Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.
- info@merics.de
- Phone
- +49 30 3440 999-0
- Address
- Alte Jakobstraße 85-86, Berlin, 10179, Deutschland
Meta tags
- Title
- Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
- Description
- Since its founding in 2013, the Mercator Institute for China Studies has become one of Europe's most important institutions for questions about today’s China.
- Canonical
- https://merics.org/en
- Language
- en
- Charset
- utf-8
- Viewport
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
- Robots meta
- Manifest
- https://merics.org/themes/custom/merics/icons/manifest.json
Technologies
Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.
Hosting & CDN
- Hosting provider
- —
- CDN provider
- Cloudflare
- IP address
- —
- ASN
- —
DNS records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | — |
| AAAA | — |
| MX | — |
| TXT | — |
| NS | — |
| CAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| IPv6 support | No |
TLS / SSL certificate
- Version
- TLS 1.3
- Issuer
- Google Trust Services
- Subject
- merics.org
- Valid from
- Jul 19, 2026
- Valid to
- Oct 17, 2026
- Days until expiry
- 80
- SAN domains
- merics.org, *.merics.org
Security headers
- Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
- Content-Security-PolicyEnabled
- X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
- X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
- Referrer-PolicyMissing
- Permissions-PolicyMissing
Compression: gzip · 1 cookie(s) observed
Content & assets
Headings
H1 0 · H2 33 · H3 0
Links
62 internal · 10 external · 20 broken
Images
35 total · 0 missing alt
Scripts / Styles
11 scripts · 8 stylesheets
JS / CSS size
7.0 KB · 0 B
Page size
144 KB
Robots.txt & Sitemap
- robots.txt
- Not found
- Disallow rules
- 0
- sitemap.xml
- Not found
- URLs in sitemap
- 0
SEO issues
- No H1 heading found
- Missing OpenGraph tags
- robots.txt not found
- sitemap.xml not found
Accessibility issues
- No H1 heading found
Scan details
- Requested URL
- https://merics.org
- Final URL
- https://merics.org/en
- HTTP status
- 200
- HTTP version
- HTTP/2
- Response time
- 1.90 s
- HTML size
- 144 KB
- Redirect chain
- https://merics.org → https://merics.org/en
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Frequently asked questions
- What technology does merics.org use?
- merics.org is built with Drupal, jQuery.
- Is merics.org secure (HTTPS)?
- Yes. merics.org uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Oct 17, 2026.
- Who hosts merics.org?
- Hosting provider information for merics.org is not available yet.
- What is merics.org's SEO score?
- merics.org scored 75/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
- What is merics.org's overall website score?
- merics.org has an overall SiteGraph score of 88/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
- What company operates merics.org?
- merics.org is operated by Mercator Institute for China Studies. The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is a Berlin-based, independent think tank and leading European provider of policy-oriented research on contemporary China. Founded by Stiftung Mercator, MERICS analyzes current trends in China’s economy, politics, and society and their implications for Europe.
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