3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
3D Shape Modeling and Analysis is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1951. 24.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis, reconstruction, and representation of three-dimensional shapes using deep learning techniques, point clouds, and mesh processing. It covers topics such as 3D classification, segmentation, object recognition, shape reconstruction from single images, surface parameterization, mesh deformation, and texture mapping.
- Deep Learning
- Point Clouds
- 3D Reconstruction
- Mesh Segmentation
- Shape Representation
- Neural Radiance Fields
- Surface Parameterization
- Mesh Deformation
- Texture Mapping
- Point Set Surfaces
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 6.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 815 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.7k works
- 2 United States 815 works
- 3 Germany 294 works
- 4 Japan 220 works
- 5 United Kingdom 205 works
- 6 South Korea 194 works
- 7 France 190 works
- 8 India 167 works
- 9 Hong Kong 142 works
- 10 Canada 140 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 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 98 works
- 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 77 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 75 works
- 4 Peking UniversityChina 64 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 49 works
- 6 Beihang UniversityChina 43 works
- 7 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 40 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
- 9 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 36 works
- 10 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis include Xiaogang Wang, Jitendra Malik and James Hays.
- 1 Xiaogang Wang Russia 13k citations
- 2 Jitendra Malik United States 12k citations
- 3 James Hays United States 11k citations
- 4 Deva Ramanan United States 11k citations
- 5 Sebastian Thrun United States 10k citations
- 6 Wei Liu China 9.7k citations
- 7 Hao Su United States 9.2k citations
- 8 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 8.5k citations
- 9 Alan Yuille United States 8.4k citations
- 10 Stanley Osher United States 8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research done?
The largest centres of 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hangzhou (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San Jose and Mountain View.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- San JoseUS · 26.1 works13×
- Mountain ViewUS · 23.1 works6.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University, ShanghaiTech University and Nanyang Technological 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 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 59.8 | 42.1% | 8.2× | 98 | -14.4% |
| 2 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 58.4 | 52.5% | 14.0× | 16 | — |
| 3 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 58.1 | 44.7% | 8.3× | 40 | -43.7% |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 57.1 | 41.5% | 11.7× | 29 | +10.8% |
| 5 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 55.8 | 49.8% | 7.1× | 29 | +7.1% |
| 6 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 55.3 | 43.7% | 8.8× | 21 | -35.2% |
| 7 | Peking UniversityChina | 55.1 | 42.8% | 6.9× | 64 | +11.7% |
| 8 | Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina | 53.1 | 36.3% | 10.3× | 12 | — |
| 9 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 52.0 | 47.2% | 5.8× | 30 | -20.1% |
| 10 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 51.0 | 27.8% | 5.8× | 26 | +276.2% |
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 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025.
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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.