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3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications

3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the applications and integration of 3D city models, including topics such as CityGML, BIM-GIS integration, indoor navigation, cadastral systems, urban development, spatial data management, energy simulation, building information modeling, and land administration.

  • CityGML
  • BIM-GIS Integration
  • Indoor Navigation
  • Cadastral Systems
  • Urban Development
  • Spatial Data Management
  • Energy Simulation
  • Building Information Modeling
  • Geospatial Environments
  • Land Administration
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications

Which countries lead 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (510 and 259 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 510 works
  2. 2 United States 259 works
  3. 3 Germany 199 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 175 works
  5. 5 Russia 170 works
  6. 6 Italy 129 works
  7. 7 Poland 115 works
  8. 8 India 108 works
  9. 9 Japan 89 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 84 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: 27.8%United States: 14.1%Germany: 10.8%Indonesia: 9.5%6 others listed: 37.8%28%largest
China510 · 27.8%United States259 · 14.1%Germany199 · 10.8%Indonesia175 · 9.5%6 others listed694 · 37.8%

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

Which institutions lead 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Technology Malaysia publishes the most 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research, followed by Delft University of Technology and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 29 works
  2. 2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 24 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  4. 4 Technical University of MunichGermany 18 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 16 works
  6. 6 Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia 14 works
  7. 7 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 14 works
  8. 8 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 12 works
  9. 9 Wuhan UniversityChina 11 works
  10. 10 Beijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureChina 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications include Philippe Ciais, Trevor J. Darrell and David Alan Bennett.

  1. 1 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  2. 2 Trevor J. Darrell United States 206k citations
  3. 3 David Alan Bennett United States 190k citations
  4. 4 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications?

The most cited paper in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications is "Gmsh: A 3‐D finite element mesh generator with built‐in pre‐ and post‐processing facilities" (Christophe Geuzaine, Jean‐François Remacle, 2009), with 7,914 citations. Next come "Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure" (4,387) and "Computational Geometry--An Introduction." (4,274).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gmsh: A 3‐D finite element mesh generator with built‐in pre‐ and post‐processing facilities Christophe Geuzaine, Jean‐François Remacle · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering Open access 7 May 2009 7,914
2 Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure Franz Aurenhammer · ACM Computing Surveys Sep 1991 4,387
3 Computational Geometry--An Introduction. Mikhail J. Atallah, Franco P. Preparata, Michael Ian Shamos · Mathematics of Computation Oct 1986 4,274
4 Spatial Tessellations: Concepts and Applications of Voronoi Diagrams Atsuyuki Okabe, Barry N. Boots, Kōkichi Sugihara 1992 3,585
5 Multivariable geostatistics in S: the gstat package Edzer J Pebesma · Computers & Geosciences 31 May 2004 3,088
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Where is 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research done?

The largest centres of 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Johor Bahru and Delft.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 108 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 54 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 46 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 41 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 36 works
  6. 6 WarsawPoland 31 works
  7. 7 Johor BahruMalaysia 29 works
  8. 8 MunichGermany 26 works
  9. 9 KyivUkraine 25 works
  10. 10 DelftNetherlands 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Johor BahruMY · 28.8 works19×
  2. DelftNL · 24.7 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Delft University of Technology, Technical University of Munich and University of Technology Malaysia 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 23.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of TwenteTechnical University…Delft University of …University of Techno…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 76.221.7%13.3×24 -43.1%
2Technical University of MunichGermany 68.528.4%7.6×18 -20.2%
3University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 66.95.9%23.0×29 +107.2%
4University of TwenteNetherlands 66.535.4%11.8×9 -7.1%
5Politecnico di TorinoItaly 57.222.1%7.9×9 +30.6%
6Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 51.126.9%9.5×9 +14.6%
7Wuhan UniversityChina 50.230.2%3.0×11 +14.4%
8TU WienAustria 50.232.0%10.3×8 -11.4%
9Politecnico di MilanoItaly 47.216.2%6.5×12 -23.8%
10Beijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureChina 45.511.3%31.0×11 +245.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications, country by country

Is 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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