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AECOM (China)

In research, AECOM (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,865 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,502 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 22.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,962
of 22,385 · #15,406 all time
Rank in China
#2,012
of 2,481
Research works
606
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
AECOM (China)

What is AECOM (China) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,865 of 10,670 4.8%117 #6447
EngineeringField #5,502 of 5,901 4.4%84 #5525

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AECOM (China) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does AECOM (China) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at AECOM (China) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (58%), Environmental Science (15%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 137 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 58.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 43 fractional works · 26.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAECOM (China)165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9658.4%
    2. Environmental Science2414.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences84.7%
    4. Computer Science42.3%
    5. Materials Science31.7%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences42.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting42.3%
    3. Decision Sciences31.6%
    4. Psychology21.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Health Professions63.6%
    2. Medicine21.0%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.3%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AECOM (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 42.9 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.89× its world share, 96 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.89×96 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.02×8 works
  3. Environmental Science2.93×24 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.68×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.37×6 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.25×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×4 works
  9. Nursing0.65×0 works
  10. Energy0.59×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.50×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×4 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×1 works
  14. Psychology0.33×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.29×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.25×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.19×4 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  22. Medicine0.05×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AECOM (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, V. Nasri, Dan Ellison and Yousef Alostaz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AECOM (China).

  1. 1 V. Nasri China · #2,795,119 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Dan Ellison China · #2,940,067 worldwide 176 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Yousef Alostaz China · #3,463,496 worldwide 338 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 W P ANDREWS China · #4,048,141 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Justin Vandever China · #4,146,955 worldwide 274 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Paul L. Burgé China · #4,583,865 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Robin Sham China · #4,650,685 worldwide 48 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Jim Marx China · #4,865,593 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Terry Goss China · #4,878,584 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Arre Verweerd China · #5,115,727 worldwide 69 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at AECOM (China)

What are the most cited papers from AECOM (China)?

The most cited paper from AECOM (China) is "Distribution Characteristics of In-Grain Misorientation Axes in Cold-Rolled Commercially Pure Titanium and Their Correlation with Active Slip Modes" (Y.B. Chun, Michael Battaini, Chris H. J. Davies et al., 2010), with 505 citations. Next come "Carbon emissions from energy consumption in China: Its measurement and driving factors" (452) and "Surface Modification of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Used in the Fabrication of Microanalytical Devices" (318).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Distribution Characteristics of In-Grain Misorientation Axes in Cold-Rolled Commercially Pure Titanium and Their Correlation with Active Slip Modes Y.B. Chun, Michael Battaini, Chris H. J. Davies et al. · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 30 Sep 2010 505
2 Carbon emissions from energy consumption in China: Its measurement and driving factors Xiaojun Ma, Cynthia Wang, Biying Dong et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 20 Aug 2018 452
3 Surface Modification of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Used in the Fabrication of Microanalytical Devices Alyssa C. Henry, Tumari J. Tutt, Michelle Galloway et al. · Analytical Chemistry 27 Sep 2000 318
4 Liquefied strength ratio from liquefaction flow failure case histories Scott M. Olson, Timothy D. Stark · Canadian Geotechnical Journal Jun 2002 265
5 High-Entropy Alloys in Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure Michael C. Gao, Boliang Zhang, Shengmin Guo et al. · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Open access 27 Aug 2015 224
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AECOM (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Liquefaction, Tunnel, Soil Properties, Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Bayesian Optimization, Numerical Simulation and Health Effects.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Liquefaction10▲ 73×2 topics
  2. Tunnel10▲ 73×2 topics
  3. Soil Properties10▲ 34×3 topics
  4. Analysis9▲ 59×2 topics
  5. Sustainable Development8▲ 3.2×10 topics
  6. Sustainability8▲ 1.94×20 topics
  7. Finite Element Analysis8▲ 20×3 topics
  8. Health Effects7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  9. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.4×20 topics
  10. Bayesian Optimization7▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Numerical Simulation7▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Reliability Analysis6▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Pipeline6▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Slope Stability Analysis6▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Spatial Variability6▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Earthquake6▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Seismic6▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Risk Assessment6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  19. Spatial Planning6▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Sustainability Assessment6▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Remote Sensing6▲ 2.7×16 topics
  22. Infrastructure5▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Urban Underground Space5▲ 268×1 topic
  24. Utility Tunnels5▲ 268×1 topic
  25. Environmental Noise5▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Noise Pollution5▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Dynamic Interaction4▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Risk Management4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Cementitious4▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Grouting4▲ 82×1 topic
  31. Geological Conditions4▲ 61×2 topics
  32. Rock Mechanics4▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Fiber Reinforcement4▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Dynamic Behavior4▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Geotechnical Engineering4▲ 32×4 topics
  36. Construction3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Lateritic Soils3▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Performance Prediction3▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Road Construction3▲ 44×1 topic
  40. TBM3▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does AECOM (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Underground infrastructure and sustainability and Noise Effects and Management.

Geotechnical Engineering…6Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 6 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…6Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional worksUnderground infrastructu…5Underground infrastructure and sustainability: 5 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…5Noise Effects and Management: 5 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 4 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical and constru…3Geotechnical and construction materials studies: 3 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…3Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…3Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…3Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionSpeech and Hearing

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 5 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  5. 5 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.9%domestic only54.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AECOM (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 AECOM (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%AECOM (China)0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of AECOM (China) 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025AECOM (China)7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2014.

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