Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies is a research topic within Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Science Explorer counts 53k research works in it since 1950. 19.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the chemical kinetics of combustion processes, including soot formation, internal combustion engines, fuel chemistry, oxidation mechanisms, laminar flame speeds, and emissions from various hydrocarbon and biofuels. It covers a wide range of topics related to the understanding and modeling of combustion reactions in different engine and fuel systems.
- Combustion
- Chemical Kinetics
- Soot Formation
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Fuel Chemistry
- Oxidation Mechanism
- Laminar Flame Speeds
- Hydrocarbon Fuels
- Emissions
- Biofuels
- Research works
- 53k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 10k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +20% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.9k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.9k works
- 2 India 1.1k works
- 3 United States 988 works
- 4 Germany 516 works
- 5 United Kingdom 321 works
- 6 Italy 288 works
- 7 Türkiye 284 works
- 8 Russia 271 works
- 9 Japan 266 works
- 10 South Korea 246 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.
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Which institutions lead Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research, followed by Tianjin University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 139 works
- 2 Tianjin UniversityChina 113 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 108 works
- 4 Beihang UniversityChina 93 works
- 5 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 90 works
- 6 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 89 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 88 works
- 8 Jiangsu UniversityChina 79 works
- 9 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 71 works
- 10 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 59 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies include Kai Wang.
- 1 Kai Wang China 3.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chennai (India) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Orléans and Lemont.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- OrléansFR · 31.3 works22×
- LemontUS · 33.7 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Tianjin University and Jiangsu 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 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 78.4 | 26.4% | 34.5× | 90 | +330.0% |
| 2 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 65.1 | 29.2% | 10.2× | 113 | +18.6% |
| 3 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 63.9 | 35.9% | 11.3× | 79 | -21.5% |
| 4 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 61.6 | 27.5% | 14.5× | 71 | +45.0% |
| 5 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia | 59.9 | 34.0% | 6.2× | 20 | +262.7% |
| 6 | Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyIndia | 59.9 | 30.0% | 10.0× | 13 | +319.7% |
| 7 | University of CanterburyNew Zealand | 59.1 | 55.5% | 6.9× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Beihang UniversityChina | 58.9 | 28.0% | 9.0× | 93 | +0.5% |
| 9 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 58.7 | 24.6% | 6.9× | 138 | +64.8% |
| 10 | Guangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina | 57.7 | 56.6% | 13.3× | 11 | -85.7% |
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 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies.
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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.