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Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute

In research, Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,685 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,306 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 26.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,542
of 28,054 · #25,577 all time
Rank in China
#2,151
of 3,058
Research works
370
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Sichuan Highway Design and 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,685 of 12,888 23.9%127 #13630
EngineeringField #4,306 of 6,636 20.9%89 #4874

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sichuan Highway Design and 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 Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 26.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 42.5 works26×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.31× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 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.

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Risk Assessment, GIS-based Modeling, Hazard, Landslide, Dynamic Interaction, Finite Element Analysis and Footbridges.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing16▲ 9.5×13 topics
  2. Risk Assessment13▲ 14×6 topics
  3. GIS-based Modeling10▲ 86×2 topics
  4. Hazard10▲ 103×1 topic
  5. Landslide10▲ 103×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning8▲ 1.75×17 topics
  7. Dynamic Interaction8▲ 90×2 topics
  8. Finite Element Analysis8▲ 25×4 topics
  9. Footbridges7▲ 140×1 topic
  10. Vibration Serviceability7▲ 140×1 topic
  11. Liquefaction7▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Tunnel7▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Recycled Materials6▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Soil Properties6▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Rock Mechanics6▲ 45×4 topics
  16. Dynamic Behavior6▲ 36×3 topics
  17. Analysis6▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Life Cycle Assessment5▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 5.1×3 topics
  20. Defect Detection5▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Acoustic Emission5▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Fracture5▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Image Processing5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  24. Numerical Modelling5▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Nanomaterials5▲ 3.3×6 topics
  26. Slope Stability Analysis5▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Spatial Variability5▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Crack Detection4▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Mechanical Properties4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  30. Pavement4▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Pipeline4▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Rheology4▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Earthquake4▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Seismic4▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Numerical Simulation4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  36. Hydrology4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Asphalt4▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Bitumen Modification4▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Construction3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute publish most on?

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

Landslides and related h…10Landslides and related hazards: 10 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 7 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 5 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 5 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 4 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…4Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 4 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 3 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality1 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  2. 2 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 5 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
  5. 5 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 3 works
  9. 9 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 3 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% 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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