Nuclear Energy and Engineering research
Nuclear Energy and Engineering is a subfield of Energy. Science Explorer counts 5.3k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: power generated from nuclear reactions.
- Research works
- 5.3k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 738 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 1
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +148% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nuclear Energy and Engineering research?
On research quality in 2022–2025, Russia rank highest in Nuclear Energy and Engineering. By volume, Russia and China publish the most (570 and 174 works in 2022–2025).
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia · #1 all time 5.9% top 10% · 570 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 Nuclear Energy and Engineering. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.
All countries ranked in Nuclear Energy and EngineeringBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 570 works
- 2 China 174 works
- 3 Ukraine 90 works
- 4 United States 87 works
- 5 India 58 works
- 6 Uzbekistan 35 works
- 7 South Korea 29 works
- 8 Kazakhstan 28 works
- 9 Poland 24 works
- 10 Belarus 20 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Nuclear Energy and Engineering research?
Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (Russia) ranks first in Nuclear Energy and Engineering on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by .
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Russia · Moscow · #1 all time 6.0% top 10% · 83 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 Nuclear Energy and Engineering.
Top 100 Nuclear Energy and Engineering institutionsBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 83 works
- 2 Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia 35 works
- 3 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 23 works
- 4 Siberian Transport UniversityRussia 16 works
- 5 Belgorod State Technological UniversityRussia 16 works
- 6 Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringRussia 13 works
- 7 Russian University of TransportRussia 13 works
- 8 Samara State Technical UniversityRussia 12 works
- 9 Gersevanov Research Institute of Bases and Underground StructuresRussia 11 works
- 10 Research Design and Technological Institute of Concrete and Reinforced ConcreteRussia 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nuclear Energy and Engineering?
Among the most productive authors in Nuclear Energy and Engineering, F. M. Giorgi, Andrea C. Ferrari and I. Štekl rank highest on the composite score.
- 1 F. M. Giorgi Germany · #515 worldwide 5.5k citations · 227 works
- 2 Andrea C. Ferrari United Kingdom · #1,795 worldwide 3.2k citations · 101 works
- 3 I. Štekl Czechia · #1,847 worldwide 3.2k citations · 163 works
- 4 Bryant Mather ?? · #6,012 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
- 5 C. Leroy Israel · #6,820 worldwide 7.3k citations · 480 works
- 6 C. Petta Italy · #8,384 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
- 7 L. E. Cross United States · #8,426 worldwide 2.4k citations · 176 works
- 8 Ian A. Kinloch United Kingdom · #8,841 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
- 9 G. N. Taylor Australia · #9,151 worldwide 7.7k citations · 522 works
- 10 Wilbur A. Franklin United States · #10,757 worldwide 1.1k citations · 108 works
Re-ranked on the composite score from the 1,554 highest-output authors in Nuclear Energy and Engineering. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.
Top 100 Nuclear Energy and Engineering researchersWhere is Nuclear Energy and Engineering research done?
The largest centres of Nuclear Energy and Engineering research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Rostov-on-Don (Russia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rostov-on-Don and Saint Petersburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 206 works
- 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 75 works
- 3 Rostov-on-Don Russia 32 works
- 4 Beijing China 28 works
- 5 Kyiv Ukraine 27 works
- 6 Novosibirsk Russia 26 works
- 7 Tashkent Uzbekistan 21 works
- 8 Samara Russia 16 works
- 9 Belgorod Russia 16 works
- 10 Dnipro Ukraine 14 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Rostov-on-DonRU · 32.4 works47×
- Saint PetersburgRU · 75.1 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear Energy and Engineering than the world average.
Nuclear Energy and Engineering research by country
The best places for Nuclear Energy and Engineering research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.
Where is the best place to study Nuclear Energy and Engineering?
Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Samara State Technical University and Don State Technical 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia | 74.9 | 6.0% | 434.8× | 83 | +952.7% |
| 2 | Samara State Technical UniversityRussia | 74.9 | 14.3% | 113.7× | 12 | +1244.2% |
| 3 | Don State Technical UniversityRussia | 59.5 | 8.4% | 139.6× | 23 | — |
| 4 | Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia | 58.6 | 6.4% | 380.4× | 35 | — |
| 5 | Belgorod State Technological UniversityRussia | 52.9 | 2.5% | 239.9× | 16 | +536.9% |
| 6 | Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan | 52.5 | 7.8% | 101.0× | 9 | — |
| 7 | Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringRussia | 51.1 | 2.4% | 257.5× | 13 | +676.3% |
| 8 | Russian University of TransportRussia | 47.7 | 0.4% | 147.1× | 13 | +820.4% |
| 9 | Ural Federal UniversityRussia | 47.1 | 2.8% | 20.6× | 8 | — |
| 10 | Ukrainian State University of Science and TechnologiesUkraine | 43.9 | 1.4% | 151.5× | 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 Nuclear Energy and Engineering research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 148% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Energy Technologies and Civil Engineering Innovations.
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.