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Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation

Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses advancements in asphalt materials and technology, including research on bitumen modification, rheological properties, recycled materials, polymer modification, warm mix technologies, rejuvenators, nanomaterials, pavement engineering, and life cycle assessment.

  • Asphalt
  • Bitumen Modification
  • Rheology
  • Recycled Materials
  • Polymer Modification
  • Warm Mix
  • Rejuvenators
  • Nanomaterials
  • Pavement Engineering
  • Life Cycle Assessment
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+64%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 730 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 United States 730 works
  3. 3 India 532 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 237 works
  5. 5 Iran 194 works
  6. 6 Iraq 186 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 137 works
  8. 8 Italy 132 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 124 works
  10. 10 Brazil 122 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: 52.7%United States: 14.4%India: 10.5%Indonesia: 4.7%6 others listed: 17.7%53%largest
China2,671 · 52.7%United States730 · 14.4%India532 · 10.5%Indonesia237 · 4.7%6 others listed895 · 17.7%

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

Which institutions lead Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chang'an University publishes the most Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research, followed by Southeast University and Tongji University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chang'an UniversityChina 237 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 140 works
  3. 3 Tongji UniversityChina 117 works
  4. 4 Changsha University of Science and TechnologyChina 115 works
  5. 5 Chongqing Jiaotong UniversityChina 71 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 62 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 61 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 58 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 49 works
  10. 10 University of BaghdadIraq 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation include David R. Smith, Wei Huang and Sabu Thomas.

  1. 1 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  3. 3 Sabu Thomas India 2.4k citations

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

Where is Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research done?

The largest centres of Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Changsha (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 302 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 288 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 250 works
  4. 4 Changsha China 206 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 168 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 141 works
  7. 7 Chongqing China 127 works
  8. 8 Harbin China 113 works
  9. 9 Baghdad Iraq 103 works
  10. 10 Jinan China 96 works
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Where is the best place to study Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation?

Among universities, judged by research, Southeast University, Chang'an University and Michigan 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.

0%20%40%mean 31.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southeast University: 140, 35.5%Chang'an University: 237, 30.3%Michigan Technological University: 18, 45.9%Iran University of Science and Technology: 23, 31.2%Tongji University: 117, 28.3%Wuhan University of Technology: 62, 31.5%Changsha University of Science and Technology: 115, 25.6%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 37, 33.8%Southwest Jiaotong University: 58, 22.9%University of Guilan: 14, 32.1%Michigan Technologic…Southeast UniversityIran University of S…Chang'an University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Southeast UniversityChina 71.135.5%15.4×140 +15.1%
2 Chang'an UniversityChina 68.230.3%93.2×237 -14.8%
3 Michigan Technological UniversityUnited States 66.045.9%28.9×18 +9.1%
4 Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 65.831.2%12.5×23 +159.5%
5 Tongji UniversityChina 65.528.3%13.6×117 +25.9%
6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 60.531.5%11.4×62 -20.0%
7 Changsha University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.225.6%68.2×115 -17.8%
8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 60.133.8%6.3×37 +65.9%
9 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 59.122.9%11.2×58 +55.6%
10 University of GuilanIran 58.732.1%16.2×14 +78.0%

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 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation.

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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.

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.