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Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research

Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research is a research topic within General Engineering. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1951. 6.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of multidisciplinary engineering research and development, including numerical simulation, experimental studies, technology optimization, and design analysis. The topics span from civil engineering to mechanical engineering, with a focus on innovative technologies and practical applications in various engineering fields.

  • Engineering
  • Research
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Experimental Study
  • Technology
  • Analysis
  • Design
  • Monitoring
  • Optimization
  • Development
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research?

By volume, China and Japan publish the most (1.2k and 48 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 Japan 48 works
  3. 3 India 45 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 42 works
  5. 5 United States 40 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 25 works
  7. 7 ?? 21 works
  8. 8 Australia 19 works
  9. 9 Russia 17 works
  10. 10 Iran 13 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: 81.2%Japan: 3.4%India: 3.1%Indonesia: 2.9%6 others listed: 9.4%81%largest
China1,165 · 81.2%Japan48 · 3.4%India45 · 3.1%Indonesia42 · 2.9%6 others listed136 · 9.4%

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

Which institutions lead Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Southwest Jiaotong University publishes the most Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research, followed by Tongji University and Central South University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 85 works
  2. 2 Tongji UniversityChina 50 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 41 works
  4. 4 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 38 works
  5. 5 China Railway Group (China)China 31 works
  6. 6 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 24 works
  7. 7 China Academy of Railway SciencesChina 21 works
  8. 8 Merchants Chongqing Communications Research and Design InstituteChina 19 works
  9. 9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 19 works
  10. 10 Chang'an UniversityChina 17 works

Where is Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research done?

The largest centres of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Shanghai (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lanzhou, Chengdu and Nanchang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 251 works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 104 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 97 works
  4. 4 Changsha China 54 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 48 works
  6. 6 Chongqing China 47 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 45 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 37 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 37 works
  10. 10 Lanzhou China 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LanzhouCN · 35.2 works11×
  2. ChengduCN · 104.0 works10.0×
  3. NanchangCN · 20.9 works7.6×
  4. ChongqingCN · 46.6 works7.1×
  5. ChangshaCN · 54.2 works7.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University and Central South 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 14.03%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southwest Jiaotong University: 85, 14.9%Beijing Jiaotong University: 38, 16.5%Central South University: 41, 13.6%Tongji University: 50, 11.5%China University of Mining and Technology: 19, 18.2%Chongqing Jiaotong University: 13, 19.0%Chang'an University: 17, 14.7%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 11, 12.6%East China Jiaotong University: 14, 11.7%Lanzhou Jiaotong University: 24, 7.6%Beijing Jiaotong Uni…Southwest Jiaotong U…Central South Univer…Tongji 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 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 69.614.9%71.0×85 -72.6%
2 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 64.816.5%39.5×38 -70.0%
3 Central South UniversityChina 63.013.6%16.0×41 -80.3%
4 Tongji UniversityChina 62.811.5%25.3×50 -77.3%
5 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 60.918.2%15.2×19 -78.4%
6 Chongqing Jiaotong UniversityChina 57.619.0%43.8×13 -88.5%
7 Chang'an UniversityChina 56.814.7%29.4×17 -85.6%
8 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 47.512.6%14.5×11 -80.2%
9 East China Jiaotong UniversityChina 46.611.7%67.2×14 -57.4%
10 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina 43.07.6%67.0×24 -86.7%

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 Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.