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Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute

In research, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute stands highest in Engineering (#1,378 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,919 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,768
of 28,054 · #11,520 all time
Rank in China
#1,689
of 3,058
Research works
799
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute 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 #1,378 of 6,636 16.9%262 #1285
Physical SciencesDomain #4,919 of 12,888 18.0%332 #6718

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute 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).

What does Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 55.8 works13×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 20.6 works11×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 30.1 works7.6×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 40.8 works6.1×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.79× its world share, 262 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 12 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.

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Speed Trains, Deep Learning, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Dynamic Interaction, Numerical Simulation, Vibration Analysis, Ground Vibration and Railway Dynamics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning36▲ 2.9×48 topics
  2. High-Speed Trains24▲ 103×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning23▲ 1.90×40 topics
  4. Neural Networks22▲ 3.8×28 topics
  5. Rolling Contact Fatigue20▲ 92×2 topics
  6. Dynamic Interaction19▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency18▲ 5.3×17 topics
  8. Numerical Simulation18▲ 17×11 topics
  9. Vibration Analysis16▲ 17×6 topics
  10. Ground Vibration16▲ 162×1 topic
  11. Railway Dynamics16▲ 162×1 topic
  12. Analysis15▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Traffic Management14▲ 82×3 topics
  14. Optimal Control13▲ 51×3 topics
  15. Finite Element Analysis13▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Liquefaction13▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Tunnel13▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Railway Timetabling13▲ 209×1 topic
  19. Train Scheduling13▲ 209×1 topic
  20. Optimization12▲ 7.0×11 topics
  21. Fault Diagnosis11▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Pipeline11▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Nonlinear Dynamics10▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Earthquake10▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Intelligent Transportation Systems10▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Seismic10▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Reliability Analysis10▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Traffic Flow10▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Urban Traffic10▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Soil Properties9▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Spatial Variability9▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Control Systems9▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Probabilistic Forecasting9▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Probabilistic Methods9▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Slope Stability Analysis9▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Short-Term Forecasting8▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Time Series Analysis8▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Simulation8▲ 8.6×5 topics
  39. Travel Behavior8▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Graph Convolutional Networks8▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 16 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 13 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…10Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 10 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…9Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 9 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 8 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 6 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…6Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 6 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 5 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 5 fractional worksCivil and Geotechnical Engineering Research: 5 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 others

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

  1. 1 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 9 works
  5. 5 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 8 works
  6. 6 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 6 works
  7. 7 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research General Engineering 5 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design & Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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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