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Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics

In research, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics stands highest in Engineering (#361 of 6,636 worldwide), Civil and Structural Engineering (#58 of 896 worldwide) and Mechanics of Materials (#37 of 458 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality — Mechanics of Materials is 25.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,045
of 28,054 · #4,965 all time
Rank in China
#759
of 3,058
Research works
3.8k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Institute of Rock and Soil 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 #361 of 6,636 31.3%809 #566
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #58 of 896 27.2%302 #204
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #37 of 458 34.4%204 #151
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #28 of 324 41.9%79 #151
Physical SciencesDomain #1,708 of 12,888 32.0%1,123 #3061
Environmental ScienceField #650 of 3,551 35.7%180 #1313
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #67 of 286 33.0%97 #230
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #591 of 1,351 33.2%70 #1349
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #723 of 1,209 32.3%67 #1630
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield #53 of 84 33.0%61 #134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Rock and Soil 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#566 #361
  2. Civil and Structural Engineering#204 #58
  3. Mechanics of Materials#151 #37
  4. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#151 #28
  5. Physical Sciences#3,061 #1,708
  6. Environmental Science#1,313 #650
  7. Ocean Engineering#230 #67
  8. Mechanical Engineering#1,349 #591
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,630 #723
  10. Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality#134 #53
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 Rock and Soil Mechanics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanics of Materials takes 25.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 204.4 works25×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 302.1 works23×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 60.9 works22×
  4. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 97.1 works16×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 79.5 works12×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 21.9 works8.8×
  7. GeophysicsSubfield · 34.2 works8.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.76× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.32× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.76× its world share, 809 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.20× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics?

Ranked on the composite score, Xia‐Ting Feng, Chunhe Yang and Quan Jiang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics.

  1. 1 Xia‐Ting Feng China · #68,893 worldwide 674 citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Chunhe Yang China · #92,263 worldwide 747 citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Quan Jiang China · #145,540 worldwide 271 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Shaojun Li China · #146,992 worldwide 341 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Yongtao Yang China · #169,068 worldwide 204 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Tongtao Wang China · #210,529 worldwide 242 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Jianjun Liu China · #241,783 worldwide 191 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Hui Zhou China · #269,575 worldwide 144 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Xilin Shi China · #289,049 worldwide 182 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Xiaochun Li China · #300,785 worldwide 291 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Rock Mechanics, Fracture, Dynamic Behavior, Acoustic Emission, Numerical Modelling, Risk Assessment, CO2 Sequestration and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Rock Mechanics166▲ 150×4 topics
  2. Fracture140▲ 127×2 topics
  3. Dynamic Behavior138▲ 106×3 topics
  4. Acoustic Emission133▲ 194×1 topic
  5. Numerical Modelling133▲ 206×1 topic
  6. Risk Assessment117▲ 15×12 topics
  7. CO2 Sequestration104▲ 48×4 topics
  8. Remote Sensing92▲ 6.6×24 topics
  9. GIS-based Modeling81▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Liquefaction81▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Tunnel81▲ 79×2 topics
  12. Hazard79▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Landslide79▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Finite Element Analysis56▲ 21×7 topics
  15. Soil Properties55▲ 28×3 topics
  16. Spatial Variability54▲ 76×2 topics
  17. Numerical Simulation53▲ 16×8 topics
  18. Analysis53▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Reliability Analysis52▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Probabilistic Methods52▲ 118×1 topic
  21. Slope Stability Analysis52▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Pipeline50▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Earthquake49▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Seismic49▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Rheological Properties45▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Hydraulic Conductivity44▲ 87×2 topics
  27. Hydraulic Fracturing43▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Pore Structure42▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Fracture Propagation40▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Shale Gas Reservoirs40▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Vibration Analysis40▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Drilling Fluids39▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Well Integrity39▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Reactive Transport37▲ 63×2 topics
  35. Geological Conditions36▲ 81×2 topics
  36. Geosynthetics36▲ 62×2 topics
  37. Soil Reinforcement35▲ 47×2 topics
  38. Fiber Reinforcement34▲ 48×2 topics
  39. Soil Hydraulic Properties34▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics34▲ 92×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Landslides and related hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures.

Rock Mechanics and Model…133Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 133 fractional worksLandslides and related h…79Landslides and related hazards: 79 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…52Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 52 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 49 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 40 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 39 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 34 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 32 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 32 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 32 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 133 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 79 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 52 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 49 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 40 works
  6. 6 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 39 works
  7. 7 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 34 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 32 works
  9. 9 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 32 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 32 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics's research output changed?

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

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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.

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