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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. 4.3% 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%
411
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (578 and 330 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 578 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 330 works
  3. 3 India 143 works
  4. 4 United States 85 works
  5. 5 Russia 82 works
  6. 6 Poland 68 works
  7. 7 Canada 44 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 40 works
  9. 9 ?? 33 works
  10. 10 Brazil 30 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: 40.3%Indonesia: 23.0%India: 10.0%United States: 5.9%6 others listed: 20.7%40%largest
China578 · 40.3%Indonesia330 · 23.0%India143 · 10.0%United States85 · 5.9%6 others listed297 · 20.7%

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

Which institutions lead Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 31 works
  2. 2 AGH University of KrakowPoland 21 works
  3. 3 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 19 works
  4. 4 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 16 works
  5. 5 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 16 works
  6. 6 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 14 works
  7. 7 Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 13 works
  8. 8 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 12 works
  9. 9 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 11 works
  10. 10 Jiangsu UniversityChina 11 works

Where is Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 92 works
  2. 2 Bandung Indonesia 42 works
  3. 3 Xuzhou China 34 works
  4. 4 Taiyuan China 30 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 28 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 28 works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 26 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 26 works
  9. 9 Krakow Poland 25 works
  10. 10 Qingdao China 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XuzhouCN · 33.8 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, AGH University of Krakow, Wrocław University of Science and Technology and China University of Mining and Technology 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 11.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →AGH University of Krakow: 21, 13.8%Wrocław University of Science and Technology: 13, 17.4%China University of Mining and Technology: 31, 8.1%Jiangsu University: 11, 47.2%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 16, 16.1%Taiyuan University of Technology: 14, 13.3%Bandung Islamic University: 19, 0.0%Bandung Institute of Technology: 16, 0.0%Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology: 8, 0.0%Technical University of Košice: 11, 0.0%Jiangsu UniversityWrocław University o…AGH University of Kr…China University of …
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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 AGH University of KrakowPoland 66.113.8%28.5×21 +131.2%
2 Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 56.017.4%40.6×13 +47.4%
3 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 53.38.1%21.1×31 -67.6%
4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 52.847.2%7.6×11 -31.6%
5 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 47.916.1%17.2×16 -72.8%
6 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 44.313.3%18.0×14 -60.1%
7 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 43.90.0%22.4×19 —
8 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 43.60.0%12.8×16 —
9 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 42.90.0%10.6×8 +609.5%
10 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 42.00.0%39.1×11 +71.2%

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 Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering.

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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.