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Civil and Structural Engineering research in United States

University of California, Berkeley ranks first in United States for Civil and Structural Engineering research in 2022-now (#39 worldwide), followed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

United States's world rank
#2
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
17k
Top-10% rate
8.5%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Civil and Structural Engineering in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #3946.212.6%193
2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #4942.914.3%302
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #5740.615.4%92
4Stanford UniversityStanford #6239.413.6%109
5University of MichiganAnn Arbor #7137.413.3%162
6University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #7436.814.0%128
7Northwestern UniversityEvanston #7736.215.5%70
8University of California San DiegoSan Diego #7935.810.6%129
9The University of Texas at AustinAustin #8734.48.1%189
10New York UniversityNew York #9832.721.2%67
11Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #10332.09.7%228
12Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #10631.519.6%67
13Columbia UniversityNew York #11230.715.0%63
14University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #12429.211.9%92
15Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #13128.49.5%184
16Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #13627.98.0%209
17University of California, DavisDavis #13927.512.8%152
18Iowa State UniversityAmes #15026.411.2%178
19University of WashingtonSeattle #15326.18.9%85
20Virginia TechBlacksburg #16025.59.7%208
21Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton #16724.918.8%88
22University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #16924.710.0%85
23Colorado State UniversityFort Collins #17624.110.4%92
24Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #18123.77.0%237
25Arizona State UniversityTempe #19023.09.2%145
26University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #20621.812.6%87
27Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick #20821.613.8%88
28Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken #21021.523.4%78
29North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #21321.38.2%152
30University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxville #22020.812.0%85
31University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #22620.49.9%67
32University of ArizonaTucson #24219.410.6%90
33Oregon State UniversityCorvallis #24619.28.4%128
34University of FloridaGainesville #25518.68.2%95
35The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #25618.610.3%75
36University of PittsburghPittsburgh #26118.35.8%81
37University of Nevada, RenoReno #26718.07.7%103
38Colorado School of MinesGolden #26817.98.6%82
39University of HoustonHouston #28117.212.1%64
40University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkBuffalo #28617.011.6%79
41The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington #29416.68.1%158
42Lehigh UniversityBethlehem #29716.412.7%66
43Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing #30416.18.8%109
44University of South CarolinaColumbia #31215.77.2%88
45Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge #31715.410.3%140
46University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln #32415.18.1%118
47Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla #33914.514.8%155
48University of UtahSalt Lake City #36213.57.4%68
49University of Central FloridaOrlando #37712.912.9%74
50Clemson UniversityClemson #37812.99.0%99
51Washington State UniversityPullman #38012.814.7%62
52University of DelawareNewark #38412.68.6%71
53University of OklahomaNorman #39112.46.1%67
54Florida International UniversityMiami #42111.38.3%82
55Texas State UniversitySan Marcos #43310.912.6%73
56United States Department of DefenseWashington #44110.63.5%319
57National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationWashington #45210.25.0%60
58Sandia National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque #5796.62.8%119
59Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater #6065.95.5%60
60ORCIDBethesda #6125.86.9%125

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Civil and Structural Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Civil and Structural Engineering researchers in United States?

Victor C. Li, Surendra P. Shah and Zhanping You rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Civil and Structural Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Victor C. Li#10,540 worldwide overall109.4 of 236 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Surendra P. Shah#23,060 worldwide overall113.4 of 286 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Zhanping You#33,186 worldwide overall98.6 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Baoshan Huang#25,022 worldwide overall88.2 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Satish Nagarajaiah#23,167 worldwide overall73.6 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Togay Ozbakkaloglu#8,178 worldwide overall68.7 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Zdeněk P. Bažant#33,458 worldwide overall78.4 of 258 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8H. Bolton Seed#23,830 worldwide overall65.2 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Serji N. Amirkhanian#49,192 worldwide overall67.6 of 195 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Kamal Henri Khayat#94,366 worldwide overall81.5 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Dale P. Bentz#72,411 worldwide overall62.0 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Gang Chen#65,985 worldwide overall51.7 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Kejin Wang#57,681 worldwide overall57.1 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Venkatesh K.R. Kodur#139,816 worldwide overall66.5 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Dan M. Frangopol#399,621 worldwide overall94.0 of 374 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Civil and Structural Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Civil and Structural Engineering