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Arup Group (United States)

In research, Arup Group (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,009 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,453 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,994
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,210
of 7,310
Research works
250
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Arup Group (United States)

What is Arup Group (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,009 of 17,446 7.8%193
EngineeringField #8,453 of 9,532 7.6%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arup Group (United States) 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 Arup Group (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Arup Group (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Social Sciences (8%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 75.9% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 56.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 21.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArup Group(United States)63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3656.9%
    2. Environmental Science57.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences35.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering11.6%
    6. Computer Science11.4%
    7. Energy00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences58.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.8%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine22.8%
    2. Health Professions22.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.52× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.79× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.52×1 works
  2. Engineering3.79×36 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.51×4 works
  4. Environmental Science1.45×5 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.07×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.05×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.99×2 works
  8. Psychology0.83×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.63×5 works
  11. Energy0.48×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.43×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  20. Medicine0.14×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arup Group (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, David Barber, Ibrahim Almufti and Alban A. Bassuet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arup Group (United States).

  1. 1 David Barber United States · #2,729,144 worldwide 705 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Ibrahim Almufti United States · #2,881,888 worldwide 399 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Alban A. Bassuet United States · #3,391,214 worldwide 75 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Terence Caulkins United States · #3,870,225 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Chu Eu Ho United States · #5,411,697 worldwide 146 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Arup Group (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Arup Group (United States)?

The most cited paper from Arup Group (United States) is "Rethinking drug design in the artificial intelligence era" (Petra Schneider, W. Patrick Walters, Alleyn T. Plowright et al., 2019), with 940 citations. Next come "A shear wall element for nonlinear seismic analysis of super-tall buildings using OpenSees" (396) and "On the BFGS monolithic algorithm for the unified phase field damage theory" (300).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rethinking drug design in the artificial intelligence era Petra Schneider, W. Patrick Walters, Alleyn T. Plowright et al. · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review 4 Dec 2019 940
2 A shear wall element for nonlinear seismic analysis of super-tall buildings using OpenSees Xinzheng Lu, Xinzheng Lu, Linlin Xie et al. · Finite Elements in Analysis and Design Open access 11 Feb 2015 396
3 On the BFGS monolithic algorithm for the unified phase field damage theory Jian‐Ying Wu, Yuli Huang, Vinh Phu Nguyen · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Nov 2019 300
4 A study on student perceptions of higher education classrooms: Impact of classroom attributes on student satisfaction and performance Zheng Yang, Burçin Becerik-Gerber, Laura Mino · Building and Environment 11 Sep 2013 213
5 Comprehensive implementations of phase-field damage models in Abaqus Jian‐Ying Wu, Yuli Huang · Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 29 Dec 2019 190
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arup Group (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Finite Element Analysis, Risk Assessment, Digital Fabrication, Parametricism, Urban Morphology, Construction, Energy Simulation and Soil Properties.

▲ 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. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 25×4 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 1.91×15 topics
  3. Sustainable Development3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  4. Risk Assessment3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  5. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.6×2 topics
  7. Digital Fabrication2▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  9. Construction2▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Parametricism2▲ 158×1 topic
  11. Urban Morphology2▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Energy Simulation2▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Soil Properties2▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  15. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  16. Thermal Comfort2▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Bayesian Optimization2▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Pipeline2▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Reliability Analysis2▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  21. Dynamic Interaction2▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Sensors2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Slope Stability Analysis2▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Spatial Variability2▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Vibration Control2▲ 40×3 topics
  27. Liquefaction2▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  29. Tunnel2▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Acoustic Metamaterials1▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Analysis1▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Building Energy Consumption1▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Concrete Strengthening1▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites1▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Model Predictive Control1▲ 9.0×1 topic
  36. Phononic Crystals1▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Structural Engineering1▲ 47×2 topics
  38. Battery Management Systems1▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Masonry Strengthening1▲ 111×1 topic
  40. Seismic Analysis1▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Arup Group (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Architecture and Computational Design, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

Architecture and Computa…2Architecture and Computational Design: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…2Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 2 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 1 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 1 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksSeismic Performance and …1Seismic Performance and Analysis: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksTransport Systems and Technology: 1 fractional works
ArchitectureSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityBuilding and ConstructionBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 2 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  3. 3 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 1 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arup Group (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Arup Group (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Arup Group (United States)0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

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