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Fuel Technology research

Fuel Technology is a subfield of Energy. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: technology used in the extraction, processing and consumption of fuel resources.

Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+51%
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Which countries lead Fuel Technology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China and Russia rank highest in Fuel Technology. By volume, Russia and China publish the most (728 and 332 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 25.9% top 10% · 332 works
  2. 2 Russia · #3 all time 5.8% top 10% · 728 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 2 countries ranked in Fuel Technology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Fuel Technology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 728 works
  2. 2 China 332 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 140 works
  4. 4 United States 103 works
  5. 5 Kazakhstan 57 works
  6. 6 Poland 43 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 41 works
  8. 8 India 33 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 33 works
  10. 10 Azerbaijan 16 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 47.7%China: 21.7%Ukraine: 9.2%United States: 6.8%6 others listed: 14.6%48%largest
Russia728 · 47.7%China332 · 21.7%Ukraine140 · 9.2%United States103 · 6.8%6 others listed224 · 14.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Fuel Technology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Fuel Technology research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 29 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 25 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 20 works
  4. 4 Melentiev Energy Systems InstituteRussia 17 works
  5. 5 Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityRussia 15 works
  6. 6 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 15 works
  7. 7 Kuzbass State Technical UniversityRussia 14 works
  8. 8 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  9. 9 Eastern Research Institute of Coal ChemistryRussia 13 works
  10. 10 Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and GasRussia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fuel Technology?

Among the most productive authors in Fuel Technology, John Platt, James E. Hansen and Donald D. Van Slyke rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 John Platt United States · #1,085 worldwide 2.7k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 James E. Hansen United States · #1,607 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Donald D. Van Slyke United States · #2,292 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 William A. Steele United States · #3,265 worldwide 1.9k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Paul L. Joskow United States · #6,238 worldwide 831 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 William L. Barnes United Kingdom · #9,544 worldwide 1.4k citations · 146 works
  7. 7 M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer United Kingdom · #10,623 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Frank R. Mayo United States · #15,627 worldwide 761 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Klaus Kaiser Germany · #16,698 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Ivan Đikić Germany · #16,759 worldwide 680 citations · 53 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 1,596 highest-output authors in Fuel Technology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Fuel Technology researchers

Where is Fuel Technology research done?

The largest centres of Fuel Technology research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Yekaterinburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kemerovo and Irkutsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 219 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 69 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 43 works
  4. 4 Yekaterinburg Russia 41 works
  5. 5 Novosibirsk Russia 40 works
  6. 6 Kemerovo Russia 38 works
  7. 7 Kharkiv Ukraine 37 works
  8. 8 Irkutsk Russia 36 works
  9. 9 Kyiv Ukraine 34 works
  10. 10 Xuzhou China 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KemerovoRU · 37.8 works162×
  2. IrkutskRU · 36.1 works57×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fuel Technology than the world average.

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Fuel Technology research by country

The best places for Fuel Technology research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Fuel Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Taiyuan University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.24%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China University of Mining and Technology: 29, 29.5%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 15, 19.6%Taiyuan University of Technology: 13, 39.5%Saint Petersburg Mining University: 12, 24.5%Kemerovo State University: 11, 12.3%Kuzbass State Technical University: 14, 4.3%Xi'an University of Science and Technology: 11, 23.8%Ufa State Petroleum Technological University: 15, 3.2%National University of Science and Technology: 9, 12.4%Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas: 12, 3.3%Taiyuan University o…China University of …Saint Petersburg Min…National Technical U…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 70.629.5%21.8×29 -20.6%
2 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 65.819.6%83.5×15 +226.9%
3 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 64.339.5%18.8×13 -57.3%
4 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 55.724.5%121.0×12 —
5 Kemerovo State UniversityRussia 53.312.3%77.0×11 +557.9%
6 Kuzbass State Technical UniversityRussia 52.44.3%320.8×14 +258.7%
7 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 51.923.8%27.3×11 +18.3%
8 Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityRussia 51.83.2%132.1×15 +597.1%
9 National University of Science and TechnologyZimbabwe 50.812.4%86.1×9 —
10 Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and GasRussia 48.93.3%200.9×12 +189.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Fuel Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Coal and Coke Industries Research.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Fuel Technology include?