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Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering

Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 9.5k 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 modeling, optimization, energy efficiency, failure analysis, and maintenance of belt conveyor systems. It covers topics such as machine vision-based inspection, speed control for green operations, predictive maintenance, and material characterization for surface composites. The research also delves into multi-motor drives and the impact of tension forces on conveyor belts.

  • Belt Conveyors
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Failure Analysis
  • Machine Vision
  • Optimization
  • Conveyor Belt Damage
  • Speed Control
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Material Characterization
  • Multi-Motor Drives
Research works
9.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
946
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+27%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering

Which countries lead Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (645 and 342 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 645 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 342 works
  3. 3 India 157 works
  4. 4 United States 94 works
  5. 5 Russia 90 works
  6. 6 Poland 72 works
  7. 7 Canada 47 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 45 works
  9. 9 ?? 34 works
  10. 10 Australia 33 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: 41.4%Indonesia: 21.9%India: 10.0%United States: 6.0%6 others listed: 20.7%41%largest
China645 · 41.4%Indonesia342 · 21.9%India157 · 10.0%United States94 · 6.0%6 others listed322 · 20.7%

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

Which institutions lead Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research?

By volume in 2022-now, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research, followed by AGH University of Krakow and Bandung Islamic University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 36 works
  2. 2 AGH University of KrakowPoland 21 works
  3. 3 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 19 works
  4. 4 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 18 works
  5. 5 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 17 works
  6. 6 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 15 works
  7. 7 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 13 works
  8. 8 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 13 works
  9. 9 Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 13 works
  10. 10 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 12 works

What are the most cited papers in Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering?

The most cited paper in Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering is "Radial distribution test feeders" (W.H. Kersting, 2002), with 1,053 citations. Next come "The calculation of the temperature rise and load capability of cable systems" (439) and "A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning" (379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Radial distribution test feeders W.H. Kersting · 2001 IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting. Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.01CH37194) Conference paper 13 Nov 2002 1,053
2 The calculation of the temperature rise and load capability of cable systems Jack Neher, M. H. McGrath · Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Part III Power Apparatus and Systems Apr 1957 439
3 A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning Alexandra M. Newman, Enrique Rubio, Rodrigo Caro et al. · INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Open access 8 Apr 2010 379
4 MODROC: an extension of rank order clustering for group technology M. P. CHANDRASEKHARAN, R. Rajagopalan · International Journal of Production Research Sep 1986 361
5 A new approach to on-line turn fault detection in AC motors Gerald B. Kliman, William J. Premerlani, R.A. Koegl et al. Conference paper 23 Dec 2002 302
All 102 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Bandung (Indonesia), Xuzhou (China) and Taiyuan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 103 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 43 works
  3. 3 XuzhouChina 39 works
  4. 4 TaiyuanChina 32 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 32 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 31 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 30 works
  8. 8 QingdaoChina 28 works
  9. 9 SurabayaIndonesia 27 works
  10. 10 KrakowPoland 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XuzhouCN · 39.5 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering than the world average.

See Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering on the map

Where is the best place to study Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu University and AGH University of Krakow 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.

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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
1China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 68.924.6%25.2×36 +57.8%
2Jiangsu UniversityChina 65.066.7%7.4×11 +207.3%
3AGH University of KrakowPoland 51.919.2%30.4×21 -28.4%
4University of AlbertaCanada 51.841.4%5.3×8 +0.7%
5Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 51.325.3%20.5×15 +16.1%
6Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 48.912.7%21.1×18 +62.0%
7Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 48.127.4%31.9×13 +19.9%
8McGill UniversityCanada 45.835.1%5.0×9 -20.9%
9Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 45.225.2%43.8×13 -22.5%
10VSB - Technical University of OstravaCzechia 40.713.5%35.3×8 +19.3%

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 Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering, country by country

Is Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering.

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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 Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering0.0088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering 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%Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering10.5% 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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