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Parsons Brinckerhoff

In research, Parsons Brinckerhoff stands highest in Engineering (#5,188 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,638 of 17,446 worldwide) and Civil and Structural Engineering (#942 of 1,663 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,549
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,657
of 7,310
Research works
777
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.64×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Parsons Brinckerhoff

What is Parsons Brinckerhoff 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
EngineeringField #5,188 of 9,532 5.6%460
Physical SciencesDomain #9,638 of 17,446 5.4%577
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #942 of 1,663 6.2%189
Social SciencesDomain #9,823 of 14,833 4.7%175

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Parsons Brinckerhoff 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 Parsons Brinckerhoff work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Parsons Brinckerhoff is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (59%), Social Sciences (11%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 577 fractional works · 74.3% of its workEngineering: 460 fractional works · 59.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 189 fractional works · 24.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 77 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 41 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 175 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 10.8% of its workTransportation: 61 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKParsonsBrinckerhoff777fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Engineering46059.2%
    2. Environmental Science719.1%
    3. Computer Science212.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences141.8%
    5. Materials Science50.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    7. Energy20.2%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences8410.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting324.1%
    3. Decision Sciences293.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.0%
    5. Psychology81.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.9%
    1. Health Professions101.2%
    2. Medicine81.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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.

Computer Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.28× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.35× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.28×8 works
  2. Health Professions2.80×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.78×0 works
  4. Environmental Science1.53×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.32×0 works
  6. Materials Science0.73×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.41×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.35×1 works
  9. Medicine0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Parsons Brinckerhoff?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark A. Bradley, Samer Sadek and William A. Davidson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Parsons Brinckerhoff.

  1. 1 Mark A. Bradley United States · #1,551,022 worldwide 3.9k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Samer Sadek United States · #1,879,535 worldwide 598 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 William A. Davidson United States · #1,904,722 worldwide 564 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Arne Fisher United States · #2,103,103 worldwide 1.4k citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Eric A. Petersen United States · #2,409,623 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  6. 6 Peter S. Vovsha United States · #2,490,792 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Nasri Munfah United States · #2,635,824 worldwide 184 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Theodore T. Knappen United States · #2,764,001 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Birger Schmidt United States · #2,776,507 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Robert J. Jenny United States · #2,830,877 worldwide 76 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Parsons Brinckerhoff

What are the most cited papers from Parsons Brinckerhoff?

The most cited paper from Parsons Brinckerhoff is "Liquefaction Resistance of Soils: Summary Report from the 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF Workshops on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Soils" (T. Leslie Youd et al., 2001), with 2,008 citations. Next come "Seismic design and analysis of underground structures" (1,377) and "Relation between traffic density and capacity drop at three freeway bottlenecks" (271).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Liquefaction Resistance of Soils: Summary Report from the 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF Workshops on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Soils T. Leslie Youd et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Oct 2001 2,008
2 Seismic design and analysis of underground structures Youssef M. A. Hashash, Jeffrey J. Hook, Birger Schmidt et al. · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology Oct 2001 1,377
3 Relation between traffic density and capacity drop at three freeway bottlenecks Koohong Chung, Jittichai Rudjanakanoknad, Michael J. Cassidy · Transportation Research Part B Methodological 22 Jun 2006 271
4 Modeling children’s school travel mode and parental escort decisions Amith Kumar Yarlagadda, Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan · Transportation 14 Nov 2007 230
5 Ground Movement Prediction for Deep Excavations in Soft Clay Youssef M. A. Hashash, Andrew John Whittle · Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Jun 1996 225
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Parsons Brinckerhoff?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Liquefaction, Tunnel, Risk Management, Sustainability, Travel Behavior, Service Quality, User Satisfaction and Public Transport.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Sustainability56▲ 4.0×31 topics
  2. Liquefaction52▲ 88×2 topics
  3. Tunnel52▲ 88×2 topics
  4. Risk Management47▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Travel Behavior40▲ 69×2 topics
  6. Service Quality40▲ 30×2 topics
  7. User Satisfaction40▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Public Transport40▲ 89×1 topic
  9. Route Choice40▲ 99×1 topic
  10. Finite Element Analysis39▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Pipeline39▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Analysis37▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Earthquake35▲ 86×1 topic
  14. Seismic35▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Construction32▲ 40×3 topics
  16. Soil Properties31▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management30▲ 7.5×10 topics
  18. Risk Assessment29▲ 6.3×11 topics
  19. Reliability Analysis28▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Sustainability Assessment28▲ 34×6 topics
  21. Dynamic Interaction27▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Bayesian Optimization26▲ 53×2 topics
  23. Slope Stability Analysis26▲ 127×1 topic
  24. Spatial Variability26▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Environmental Impacts25▲ 15×5 topics
  26. RFID Technology24▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Facilities Management23▲ 59×2 topics
  28. BIM23▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Prefabrication23▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Infrastructure23▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Spatial Planning23▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Health Impact Assessment23▲ 49×3 topics
  33. Urban Resilience23▲ 206×2 topics
  34. Urban Underground Space22▲ 303×1 topic
  35. Utility Tunnels22▲ 303×1 topic
  36. Numerical Simulation22▲ 8.5×8 topics
  37. Transportation21▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Construction Projects20▲ 73×2 topics
  39. Project Success20▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Stakeholder Analysis20▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Parsons Brinckerhoff publish most on?

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

Underground infrastructu…1Underground infrastructure and sustainability: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mecha…1Tunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…1Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…0Economic and Technological Innovation: 0 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionCivil and Structural EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySpeech and Hearing3 others

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

  1. 1 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 1 works
  2. 2 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Economic and Technological Innovation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 0 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 available9.2%not open90.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Parsons Brinckerhoff's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Parsons Brinckerhoff as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Parsons Brinckerhoff0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Parsons Brinckerhoff 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2017Parsons Brinckerhoff2.4% in 201720002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 2011.

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