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BIM and Construction Integration

BIM and Construction Integration is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application, benefits, challenges, and future trends of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the construction industry. It covers topics such as BIM implementation, prefabrication, sustainability, facilities management, IoT integration, risk management, off-site construction, RFID technology, and lean construction.

  • BIM
  • Construction
  • Prefabrication
  • Sustainability
  • Facilities Management
  • IoT Integration
  • Risk Management
  • Off-Site Construction
  • RFID Technology
  • Lean Construction
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+52%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
BIM and Construction Integration

Which countries lead BIM and Construction Integration research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 1.5k works
  3. 3 India 937 works
  4. 4 Brazil 735 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 660 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 614 works
  7. 7 Germany 518 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 489 works
  9. 9 Italy 430 works
  10. 10 Australia 350 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: 28.6%United States: 16.9%India: 10.8%Brazil: 8.5%6 others listed: 35.3%29%largest
China2,484 · 28.6%United States1,465 · 16.9%India937 · 10.8%Brazil735 · 8.5%6 others listed3,061 · 35.3%

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

Which institutions lead BIM and Construction Integration research?

By volume in 2022-now, Hong Kong Polytechnic University publishes the most BIM and Construction Integration research, followed by University of Johannesburg and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 86 works
  2. 2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 78 works
  3. 3 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 69 works
  4. 4 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 68 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 65 works
  6. 6 Tongji UniversityChina 65 works
  7. 7 University of Hong KongChina 64 works
  8. 8 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 57 works
  9. 9 University of AlbertaCanada 54 works
  10. 10 Southeast UniversityChina 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in BIM and Construction Integration?

The most-cited researchers publishing on BIM and Construction Integration include Xiaogang Wang, Peter John Barnes and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  5. 5 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k 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 BIM and Construction Integration?

The most cited paper in BIM and Construction Integration is "Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science" (Ronald Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik et al., 1989), with 2,488 citations. Next come "Building Information Modeling (BIM) for existing buildings — Literature review and future needs" (2,199) and "Building information modelling framework: A research and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders" (1,733).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science Ronald Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik et al. · Computers in Physics Sep 1989 2,488
2 Building Information Modeling (BIM) for existing buildings — Literature review and future needs Rebekka Volk, Julian Stengel, Frank Schultmann · Automation in Construction Open access 14 Dec 2013 2,199
3 Building information modelling framework: A research and delivery foundation for industry stakeholders Bilal Succar · Automation in Construction 7 Dec 2008 1,733
4 Review of Metamodeling Techniques in Support of Engineering Design Optimization G. Gary Wang, Shuguang Shan · Journal of Mechanical Design 4 May 2006 1,711
5 Causes of delay in large construction projects Sadi Assaf, Sadiq Al-Hejji · International Journal of Project Management 16 Mar 2006 1,705
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is BIM and Construction Integration research done?

The largest centres of BIM and Construction Integration research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hong Kong (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moratuwa, Batu Pahat and Ipoh.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 332 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 175 works
  3. 3 Hong KongChina 151 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 148 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 141 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 136 works
  7. 7 CairoEgypt 134 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 126 works
  9. 9 JakartaIndonesia 125 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 125 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MoratuwaLK · 36.8 works25×
  2. Batu PahatMY · 34.4 works14×
  3. IpohMY · 32.7 works13×
  4. Palmerston NorthNZ · 32.1 works12×
  5. AkureNG · 28.5 works11×
  6. RichmondAU · 37.1 works11×
  7. PekanMY · 29.3 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in BIM and Construction Integration than the world average.

See BIM and Construction Integration on the map

Where is the best place to study BIM and Construction Integration?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Hong Kong and Western Sydney 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%20%40%mean 28.17%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong University…Western Sydney Unive…Hong Kong Polytechni…University of Hong K…
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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 Polytechnic UniversityChina 88.530.8%7.9×86 +55.6%
2University of Hong KongChina 82.429.5%5.4×64 +125.6%
3Western Sydney UniversityAustralia 77.933.1%10.5×37 +147.7%
4Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 74.234.6%4.7×24 +132.8%
5Southeast UniversityChina 68.826.7%2.9×54 +242.1%
6City University of Hong KongChina 66.438.1%2.2×16 +117.3%
7Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia 66.023.3%16.8×32 +61.5%
8University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 65.813.1%10.0×78 +88.7%
9Tongji UniversityChina 64.521.5%3.3×65 +61.5%
10Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 64.231.0%1.8×18 +27.5%

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 BIM and Construction Integration, country by country

Is BIM and Construction Integration research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are BIM and Construction Integration.

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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 BIM and Construction Integration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.069% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%BIM and Construction Integration0.069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BIM and Construction Integration 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%BIM and Construction Integration9.9% 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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