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Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps

Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 16k 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 phenomenon of cavitation in hydropower systems and turbines. It covers topics such as numerical simulation of turbulent cavitating flows, fluid-structure interaction analysis, pump operation as turbine, vortex dynamics, and the impact of cavitation on energy production. The papers also discuss cavitation prediction, large eddy simulation, and the influence of cavitation on hydropower efficiency.

  • Cavitation
  • Hydropower
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Cavitation Prediction
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Pump as Turbine
  • Vortex Dynamics
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Energy Production
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps

Which countries lead Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 223 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 India 223 works
  3. 3 United States 220 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 178 works
  5. 5 Germany 103 works
  6. 6 Japan 97 works
  7. 7 Italy 95 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 92 works
  9. 9 South Korea 87 works
  10. 10 Russia 76 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: 64.0%India: 6.8%United States: 6.7%Indonesia: 5.5%6 others listed: 16.9%64%largest
China2,088 · 64.0%India223 · 6.8%United States220 · 6.7%Indonesia178 · 5.5%6 others listed551 · 16.9%

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

Which institutions lead Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research?

By volume in 2022-now, Jiangsu University publishes the most Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research, followed by Tsinghua University and Yangzhou University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Jiangsu UniversityChina 139 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 80 works
  3. 3 Yangzhou UniversityChina 57 works
  4. 4 Hohai UniversityChina 55 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 48 works
  6. 6 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 48 works
  7. 7 Xihua UniversityChina 47 works
  8. 8 Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 44 works
  9. 9 China Agricultural UniversityChina 44 works
  10. 10 Wuhan UniversityChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps include Xiaogang Wang, Lei Jiang and Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  4. 4 Seyedali Mirjalili Australia 154k citations
  5. 5 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps?

The most cited paper in Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps is "Dragonfly algorithm: a new meta-heuristic optimization technique for solving single-objective, discrete, and multi-objective problems" (Seyedali Mirjalili, 2015), with 2,779 citations. Next come "The 1993 IGTI Scholar Lecture: Loss Mechanisms in Turbomachines" (1,646) and "Mathematical Basis and Validation of the Full Cavitation Model" (1,629).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dragonfly algorithm: a new meta-heuristic optimization technique for solving single-objective, discrete, and multi-objective problems Seyedali Mirjalili · Neural Computing and Applications 28 May 2015 2,779
2 The 1993 IGTI Scholar Lecture: Loss Mechanisms in Turbomachines J. D. Denton · Journal of Turbomachinery Oct 1993 1,646
3 Mathematical Basis and Validation of the Full Cavitation Model Ashok Kumar Singhal, Mahesh M. Athavale, Huiying Li et al. · Journal of Fluids Engineering 19 Aug 2002 1,629
4 Cavitation erosion by single laser-produced bubbles A. Philipp, Werner H. Lauterborn · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 25 Apr 1998 1,043
5 Artificial hummingbird algorithm: A new bio-inspired optimizer with its engineering applications Weiguo Zhao, Liying Wang, Seyedali Mirjalili · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Open access 9 Nov 2021 991
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Where is Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research done?

The largest centres of Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Zhenjiang (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pitong, Zhenjiang and Yangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 383 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 165 works
  3. 3 ZhenjiangChina 156 works
  4. 4 HangzhouChina 145 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 132 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 110 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 107 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 105 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 88 works
  10. 10 YangzhouChina 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PitongCN · 22.9 works207×
  2. ZhenjiangCN · 155.8 works34×
  3. YangzhouCN · 60.4 works22×
  4. RoorkeeIN · 22.7 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Tsinghua University and Zhejiang Sci-Tech 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%10%20%mean 18.7%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Wuhan UniversityZhejiang Sci-Tech Un…Jiangsu UniversityTsinghua University
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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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 77.416.6%46.7×139 +32.9%
2Tsinghua UniversityChina 75.815.6%9.3×80 +31.3%
3Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 72.718.4%42.8×48 +132.4%
4Wuhan UniversityChina 72.119.9%8.0×42 +23.9%
5Hohai UniversityChina 71.119.6%25.2×55 +30.3%
6Yangzhou UniversityChina 69.519.0%27.9×57 +176.2%
7China Jiliang UniversityChina 67.023.8%19.0×15 +862.2%
8Chalmers University of TechnologySweden 64.820.2%12.3×12 +53.4%
9Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 64.216.8%36.6×44 +77.3%
10Xihua UniversityChina 64.017.1%76.5×47 +125.9%

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 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps, country by country

Is Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps.

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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 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps 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.

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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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