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Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows

Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the aeroacoustic analysis of jet noise, covering topics such as turbulent flow, acoustic sources, large-eddy simulation, flow control, noise prediction, boundary conditions, spectral analysis, and acoustic holography.

  • Jet Noise
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Acoustic Sources
  • Large-Eddy Simulation
  • Aeroacoustics
  • Flow Control
  • Noise Prediction
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Spectral Analysis
  • Acoustic Holography
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows

Which countries lead Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 889 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 889 works
  3. 3 India 325 works
  4. 4 France 275 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 269 works
  6. 6 Germany 263 works
  7. 7 Japan 217 works
  8. 8 Russia 144 works
  9. 9 Italy 133 works
  10. 10 Canada 113 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: 36.9%United States: 21.4%India: 7.8%France: 6.6%6 others listed: 27.3%37%largest
China1,536 · 36.9%United States889 · 21.4%India325 · 7.8%France275 · 6.6%6 others listed1,139 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research?

By volume in 2022-now, Northwestern Polytechnical University publishes the most Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research, followed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 91 works
  2. 2 National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUnited States 89 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 86 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 80 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 68 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 65 works
  7. 7 Beihang UniversityChina 64 works
  8. 8 China Aerodynamics Research and Development CenterChina 61 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works
  10. 10 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 51 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows include Lídia Morawska, Hua Zhang and Jacob Cohen.

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations
  2. 2 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  3. 3 Jacob Cohen Israel 170k citations
  4. 4 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows?

The most cited paper in Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows is "A new k-ϵ eddy viscosity model for high reynolds number turbulent flows" (Tsan-Hsing Shih, William W. Liou, Aamir Shabbir et al., 1995), with 6,067 citations. Next come "On sound generated aerodynamically I. General theory" (4,969) and "Sound generation by turbulence and surfaces in arbitrary motion" (3,512).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A new k-ϵ eddy viscosity model for high reynolds number turbulent flows Tsan-Hsing Shih, William W. Liou, Aamir Shabbir et al. · Computers & Fluids Mar 1995 6,067
2 On sound generated aerodynamically I. General theory Michael James Lighthill · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 20 Mar 1952 4,969
3 Sound generation by turbulence and surfaces in arbitrary motion John E. Ffowcs Williams, D. L. Hawkings · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 8 May 1969 3,512
4 Boundary conditions for direct simulations of compressible viscous flows Thierry J. Poinsot, S.K Lelef · Journal of Computational Physics Open access Jul 1992 3,489
5 On density effects and large structure in turbulent mixing layers Garry L. Brown, A. Roshko · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 24 Jul 1974 3,393
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Where is Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research done?

The largest centres of Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhukovskiy, Hampton and Écully.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 292 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 166 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 149 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 120 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 90 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 75 works
  7. 7 CologneGermany 74 works
  8. 8 ChangshaChina 70 works
  9. 9 MianyangChina 68 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 63 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhukovskiyRU · 23.6 works265×
  2. HamptonUS · 56.5 works125×
  3. ÉcullyFR · 29.9 works114×
  4. Wright-Patterson AFBUS · 23.3 works49×
  5. MianyangCN · 67.7 works25×
  6. ProvoUS · 26.1 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Northwestern Polytechnical University score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 18.48%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong University…Hong Kong Polytechni…University of BristolNorthwestern Polytec…
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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.

Citation 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
1Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 69.522.8%12.0×21 +23.7%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 69.422.5%8.6×32 +61.2%
3Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 67.215.1%18.5×91 +40.3%
4University of BristolUnited Kingdom 66.722.3%14.1×34 +37.8%
5Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 64.925.6%5.8×44 +33.2%
6National University of Defense TechnologyChina 63.915.8%15.4×51 +33.5%
7Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 61.712.1%17.4×50 -0.0%
8Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 59.811.3%17.8×68 +62.3%
9Beihang UniversityChina 57.310.7%13.5×64 +26.6%
10Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 57.026.6%2.9×20 +51.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows, country by country

Is Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows.

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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 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows 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%Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows9.6% 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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