Coal Properties and Utilization
Coal Properties and Utilization is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 22.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the recovery and utilization of coalbed methane, including topics such as CO2 sequestration, coal permeability, methane adsorption, pore structure of coals, low-rank coals, spontaneous combustion, microbial methane generation, enhanced recovery techniques, and the geological controls on coalbed methane reservoirs.
- Coalbed Methane
- CO2 Sequestration
- Coal Permeability
- Methane Adsorption
- Pore Structure
- Low-Rank Coals
- Spontaneous Combustion
- Microbial Methane Generation
- Enhanced Recovery
- Geological Controls
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +48% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Coal Properties and Utilization research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.4k and 130 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.4k works
- 2 United States 130 works
- 3 India 107 works
- 4 Russia 98 works
- 5 Australia 95 works
- 6 Poland 52 works
- 7 ?? 44 works
- 8 United Kingdom 42 works
- 9 Indonesia 33 works
- 10 Canada 31 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Coal Properties and Utilization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Coal Properties and Utilization research, followed by Xi'an University of Science and Technology and Henan Polytechnic University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 522 works
- 2 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 163 works
- 3 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 136 works
- 4 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 125 works
- 5 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 116 works
- 6 Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 105 works
- 7 Liaoning Technical UniversityChina 105 works
- 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 85 works
- 9 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 67 works
- 10 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina 62 works
Who are the leading researchers in Coal Properties and Utilization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Coal Properties and Utilization include Huan Liu and Kefa Cen.
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Coal Properties and Utilization research done?
The largest centres of Coal Properties and Utilization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xuzhou (China), Xi'an (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fuxin, Xuzhou and Jiaozuo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- FuxinCN · 105.2 works147×
- XuzhouCN · 533.0 works141×
- JiaozuoCN · 138.5 works106×
- HuainanCN · 121.3 works101×
- DhanbadIN · 24.4 works27×
- DaqingCN · 26.5 works24×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coal Properties and Utilization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Coal Properties and Utilization?
Among universities, judged by research, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology and Xi'an University of Science 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 78.0 | 41.5% | 62.1× | 125 | +95.8% |
| 2 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 72.6 | 30.4% | 161.1× | 522 | +23.9% |
| 3 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 67.4 | 33.2% | 172.4× | 163 | +13.5% |
| 4 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 67.2 | 31.6% | 18.9× | 85 | +42.8% |
| 5 | Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina | 63.1 | 30.3% | 67.9× | 116 | -7.2% |
| 6 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 63.1 | 19.8% | 21.0× | 41 | +287.6% |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia | 62.9 | 26.5% | 16.6× | 14 | +222.2% |
| 8 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China | 62.0 | 30.5% | 55.5× | 67 | -9.8% |
| 9 | The University of QueenslandAustralia | 59.3 | 32.3% | 5.1× | 17 | +158.3% |
| 10 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 59.2 | 32.5% | 15.4× | 50 | -40.8% |
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 Coal Properties and Utilization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coal Properties and Utilization.
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.