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General Engineering research

General Engineering is a subfield of Engineering. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1951. 6.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: applied science.

Research works
28k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
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Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead General Engineering research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China rank highest in General Engineering. By volume, China and Japan publish the most (1.2k and 48 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #1 all time 10.9% top 10% · 1.2k 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 1 countries ranked in General Engineering. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in General Engineering

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 Japan 48 works
  3. 3 India 45 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 42 works
  5. 5 United States 40 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 25 works
  7. 7 ?? 21 works
  8. 8 Australia 19 works
  9. 9 Russia 17 works
  10. 10 Iran 13 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.

China: 81.2%Japan: 3.4%India: 3.1%Indonesia: 2.9%6 others listed: 9.4%81%largest
China1,165 · 81.2%Japan48 · 3.4%India45 · 3.1%Indonesia42 · 2.9%6 others listed136 · 9.4%

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

Which institutions lead General Engineering research?

Southwest Jiaotong University (China) ranks first in General Engineering on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by .

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southwest Jiaotong University China · Chengdu · #1 all time 14.9% top 10% · 85 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 1 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in General Engineering.

Top 100 General Engineering institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southwest Jiaotong University China 85 works
  2. 2 Tongji University China 50 works
  3. 3 Central South University China 41 works
  4. 4 Beijing Jiaotong University China 38 works
  5. 5 China Railway Group (China) China 31 works
  6. 6 Lanzhou Jiaotong University China 24 works
  7. 7 China Academy of Railway Sciences China 21 works
  8. 8 Merchants Chongqing Communications Research and Design Institute China 19 works
  9. 9 China University of Mining and Technology China 19 works
  10. 10 Chang'an University China 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in General Engineering?

Among the most productive authors in General Engineering, Ole Sigmund, Dong Wang and Shinji Kawabata rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ole Sigmund Denmark · #1,557 worldwide 2.9k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Dong Wang China · #6,624 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Shinji Kawabata Japan · #10,249 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Wanming Zhai China · #13,805 worldwide 784 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Xiaohui Liu United Kingdom · #14,614 worldwide 1.5k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Dameng Liu China · #17,833 worldwide 912 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Shui‐Long Shen China · #23,279 worldwide 934 citations · 112 works
  8. 8 Ming Cai Canada · #24,670 worldwide 510 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Y.B. Yang Taiwan · #26,688 worldwide 910 citations · 94 works
  10. 10 Mark Randolph Australia · #27,577 worldwide 1.6k citations · 214 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,144 highest-output authors in General Engineering. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 General Engineering researchers

Where is General Engineering research done?

The largest centres of General Engineering research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Shanghai (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lanzhou, Chengdu and Nanchang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 251 works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 104 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 97 works
  4. 4 Changsha China 54 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 48 works
  6. 6 Chongqing China 47 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 45 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 37 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 37 works
  10. 10 Lanzhou China 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LanzhouCN · 35.2 works11×
  2. ChengduCN · 104.0 works10.0×
  3. NanchangCN · 20.9 works7.6×
  4. ChongqingCN · 46.6 works7.1×
  5. ChangshaCN · 54.2 works7.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in General Engineering than the world average.

See General Engineering on the map

General Engineering research by country

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

Where is the best place to study General Engineering?

Among universities, judged by research, Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University and Central South University 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%10%20%mean 14.03%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southwest Jiaotong University: 85, 14.9%Beijing Jiaotong University: 38, 16.5%Central South University: 41, 13.6%Tongji University: 50, 11.5%China University of Mining and Technology: 19, 18.2%Chongqing Jiaotong University: 13, 19.0%Chang'an University: 17, 14.7%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 11, 12.6%East China Jiaotong University: 14, 11.7%Lanzhou Jiaotong University: 24, 7.6%Beijing Jiaotong Uni…Southwest Jiaotong U…Central South Univer…Tongji University
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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
1Southwest Jiaotong University China 69.614.9%71.0×85 -72.6%
2Beijing Jiaotong University China 64.816.5%39.5×38 -70.0%
3Central South University China 63.013.6%16.0×41 -80.3%
4Tongji University China 62.811.5%25.3×50 -77.3%
5China University of Mining and Technology China 60.918.2%15.2×19 -78.4%
6Chongqing Jiaotong University China 57.619.0%43.8×13 -88.5%
7Chang'an University China 56.814.7%29.4×17 -85.6%
8Shandong University of Science and Technology China 47.512.6%14.5×11 -80.2%
9East China Jiaotong University China 46.611.7%67.2×14 -57.4%
10Lanzhou Jiaotong University China 43.07.6%67.0×24 -86.7%

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 General Engineering research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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 General Engineering include?