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Institute of Mechanics

In research, Institute of Mechanics stands highest in Engineering (#705 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,646 of 12,888 worldwide) and Computational Mechanics (#76 of 376 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering — Computational Mechanics is 24.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,807
of 28,054 · #2,581 all time
Rank in China
#708
of 3,058
Research works
4k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Institute of Mechanics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #705 of 6,636 25.0%593 #924
Physical SciencesDomain #1,646 of 12,888 24.3%866 #1677
Computational MechanicsSubfield #76 of 376 26.0%136 #282
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #317 of 1,351 24.5%126 #527
Materials ScienceField #882 of 2,468 16.6%109 #1012
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #225 of 458 22.1%70 #301
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #391 of 795 40.6%71 #714
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,034 of 1,556 15.5%79 #1103

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Mechanics 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#924 #705
  2. Physical Sciences#1,677 #1,646
  3. Computational Mechanics#282 #76
  4. Mechanical Engineering#527 #317
  5. Materials Science#1,012 #882
  6. Mechanics of Materials#301 #225
  7. Aerospace Engineering#714 #391
  8. Materials Chemistry#1,103 #1,034
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute of Mechanics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 24.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 136.0 works25×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 70.3 works10×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 126.2 works7.3×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 70.7 works6.4×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 29.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.90× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.19× its world share, 593 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.31× its world share, 109 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.21× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Mechanics?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaolei Wu, Fuping Yuan and Youshi Hong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Mechanics.

  1. 1 Xiaolei Wu China · #20,561 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Fuping Yuan China · #81,521 worldwide 566 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Youshi Hong China · #130,377 worldwide 270 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Quanhua Sun China · #230,736 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Ping Jiang China · #252,009 worldwide 290 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Bingchen Wei China · #252,506 worldwide 180 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Feng Bin China · #342,376 worldwide 311 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Muxin Yang China · #352,755 worldwide 313 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 王淑云 China · #477,409 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Z. M. Hu China · #956,547 worldwide 70 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Mechanics

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Mechanics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Microstructure, Numerical Simulation, Vortex Dynamics, Turbulent Flows and Fluid-Structure Interaction.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Mechanical Properties78▲ 8.5×32 topics
  2. Heat Transfer77▲ 16×17 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation60▲ 33×5 topics
  4. Microstructure53▲ 11×16 topics
  5. Numerical Simulation40▲ 14×14 topics
  6. Vortex Dynamics37▲ 34×4 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows36▲ 38×3 topics
  8. Fluid-Structure Interaction36▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Boundary Layer Transition31▲ 47×1 topic
  10. Fluid Mechanics31▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Particle Image Velocimetry31▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Turbulent Flow31▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Radial Basis Functions30▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Multiphase Flow29▲ 35×4 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications26▲ 2.4×27 topics
  16. Additive Manufacturing25▲ 8.4×8 topics
  17. Adaptive Mesh Refinement24▲ 42×2 topics
  18. High-Order Schemes24▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Microstructural Evolution23▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Shock-Wave Interactions23▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Turbulence Modeling23▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Phase Stability20▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Kinetic Theory20▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Fluid Dynamics20▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Polymer Films20▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Flow Control19▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Combustion Instabilities18▲ 31×2 topics
  28. CFD Simulation18▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Chemical Kinetics17▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Grain Refinement17▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Dynamic Behavior17▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Surface Tension16▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Bioinspired Materials15▲ 16×3 topics
  34. High-Entropy Alloys15▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Multi-Component Alloys15▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Biomimetic15▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Mechanical Metamaterials14▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Two-Phase Flow14▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Material Characterization14▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Fracture14▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Mechanics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, High Entropy Alloys Studies and Combustion and flame dynamics.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 31 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 23 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Studies: 15 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 14 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 14 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 13 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibra…12Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 12 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 12 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 11 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Heat …10Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer: 10 fractional works
Computational MechanicsMechanical EngineeringApplied MathematicsAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 31 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 23 works
  3. 3 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 14 works
  5. 5 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 14 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 12 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 12 works
  9. 9 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Computational Mechanics 10 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Mechanics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

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