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Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research

Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research 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 aerodynamic characteristics, crosswind effects, turbulent wakes, and drag reduction techniques for high-speed trains and vehicles. It includes research on ground effect, flow structures, and feedback control to improve the performance and stability of trains in various wind conditions.

  • Aerodynamics
  • High-Speed Trains
  • Crosswind
  • Turbulent Wake
  • Ground Effect
  • Wind Tunnel
  • Flow Structures
  • Drag Reduction
  • Vehicle Dynamics
  • Railway Bridges
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research

Which countries lead Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 624 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 United States 624 works
  3. 3 India 453 works
  4. 4 Japan 284 works
  5. 5 Germany 268 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 262 works
  7. 7 Italy 154 works
  8. 8 South Korea 148 works
  9. 9 Russia 147 works
  10. 10 France 142 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: 52.0%United States: 12.1%India: 8.8%Japan: 5.5%6 others listed: 21.7%52%largest
China2,687 · 52.0%United States624 · 12.1%India453 · 8.8%Japan284 · 5.5%6 others listed1,120 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Southwest Jiaotong University publishes the most Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research, followed by Central South University and Beihang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 147 works
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina 90 works
  3. 3 Beihang UniversityChina 84 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 81 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 76 works
  6. 6 Tongji UniversityChina 76 works
  7. 7 China Aerodynamics Research and Development CenterChina 65 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 61 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 55 works
  10. 10 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 52 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research include Zhong Lin Wang, Kai You Wang and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 Jacob Cohen Israel 170k citations
  5. 5 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 135k 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 Fluid Dynamics Research?

The most cited paper in Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research is "AIJ guidelines for practical applications of CFD to pedestrian wind environment around buildings" (Yoshihide Tominaga, Akashi Mochida, Ryuichiro Yoshie et al., 2008), with 2,475 citations. Next come "Theory of the lattice Boltzmann method: From the Boltzmann equation to the lattice Boltzmann equation" (1,740) and "Sources and properties of non-exhaust particulate matter from road traffic: A review" (1,717).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AIJ guidelines for practical applications of CFD to pedestrian wind environment around buildings Yoshihide Tominaga, Akashi Mochida, Ryuichiro Yoshie et al. · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 16 Apr 2008 2,475
2 Theory of the lattice Boltzmann method: From the Boltzmann equation to the lattice Boltzmann equation Xiaoyi He, Li‐Shi Luo · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics Dec 1997 1,740
3 Sources and properties of non-exhaust particulate matter from road traffic: A review Alistair J. Thorpe, Roy M. Harrison · The Science of The Total Environment 17 Jul 2008 1,717
4 The law of the wake in the turbulent boundary layer Donald Coles · Journal of Fluid Mechanics Jul 1956 1,697
5 Airflow control by non-thermal plasma actuators Éric Moreau · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 19 Jan 2007 1,597
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Where is Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research done?

The largest centres of Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hampton, Cranfield and Mianyang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 467 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 274 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 187 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 182 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 150 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 145 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 105 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 105 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 87 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 77 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HamptonUS · 21.6 works35×
  2. CranfieldGB · 22.9 works27×
  3. MianyangCN · 70.6 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Central South University and Southwest Jiaotong 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.

0%20%40%mean 21.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Central South Univer…Hong Kong University…Southwest Jiaotong U…
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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
1Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 81.938.8%6.5×33 +130.0%
2Central South UniversityChina 77.228.7%8.0×90 +84.2%
3Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 72.319.3%32.9×147 +72.0%
4Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.827.5%5.1×12 +61.7%
5Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.423.3%6.4×61 +60.7%
6Tongji UniversityChina 58.214.8%8.5×76 +38.1%
7Chongqing UniversityChina 56.818.4%6.5×41 +95.3%
8Beihang UniversityChina 54.88.5%13.2×84 +57.6%
9Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 54.610.8%14.8×76 +82.2%
10Concordia UniversityCanada 54.123.5%5.7×10 +60.7%

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 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research, country by country

Is Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research.

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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 Fluid Dynamics Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research 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 Fluid Dynamics Research9.8% 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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