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Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Concrete and Cement Materials Research is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advances in geopolymer technology, alternative cementitious materials, and their applications in sustainable concrete production. It covers topics such as the utilization of fly ash, alkali-activated materials, carbon emissions, nanotechnology in concrete, hydration mechanisms, and the environmental impact of cement production.

  • Geopolymer
  • Cementitious Materials
  • Fly Ash
  • Alkali-Activated Materials
  • Sustainable Concrete
  • Carbon Emissions
  • Nanotechnology
  • Hydration Mechanisms
  • Environmental Impact
  • CO2 Sequestration
Research works
58k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+52%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Which countries lead Concrete and Cement Materials Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (7.9k and 2.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 7.9k works
  2. 2 India 2.5k works
  3. 3 United States 1k works
  4. 4 Türkiye 617 works
  5. 5 Brazil 605 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 438 works
  7. 7 Iraq 417 works
  8. 8 Iran 402 works
  9. 9 Australia 399 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 395 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: 53.7%India: 17.0%United States: 6.9%Türkiye: 4.2%6 others listed: 18.2%54%largest
China7,857 · 53.7%India2,490 · 17.0%United States1,013 · 6.9%Türkiye617 · 4.2%6 others listed2,657 · 18.2%

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

Which institutions lead Concrete and Cement Materials Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Southeast University publishes the most Concrete and Cement Materials Research research, followed by Tongji University and Wuhan University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Southeast UniversityChina 245 works
  2. 2 Tongji UniversityChina 204 works
  3. 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 171 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 138 works
  5. 5 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 133 works
  6. 6 Hohai UniversityChina 130 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 121 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 118 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 113 works
  10. 10 Shenzhen UniversityChina 111 works

Who are the leading researchers in Concrete and Cement Materials Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Concrete and Cement Materials Research include Wei Huang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  6. 6 Hui–Ming Cheng China 183k citations
  7. 7 Avelino Corma Spain 176k 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 Concrete and Cement Materials Research?

The most cited paper in Concrete and Cement Materials Research is "Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art" (Peter Duxson, A. Fernández‐Jiménez, John L. Provis et al., 2006), with 4,678 citations. Next come "Geopolymers" (4,247) and "Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry" (3,484).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art Peter Duxson, A. Fernández‐Jiménez, John L. Provis et al. · Journal of Materials Science 18 Dec 2006 4,678
2 Geopolymers Joseph Davidovits · Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Aug 1991 4,247
3 Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry Karen Louise Scrivener, Vanderley Moacyr John, Ellis M. Gartner · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 28 Jun 2018 3,484
4 Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) emissions: A comparison between geopolymer and OPC cement concrete Louise K. Turner, Frank Collins · Construction and Building Materials Open access 15 Mar 2013 2,407
5 Composition of reactive powder concretes Pierre Richard, Marcel Cheyrezy · Cement and Concrete Research Oct 1995 2,338
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Concrete and Cement Materials Research research done?

The largest centres of Concrete and Cement Materials Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Krakow, Rolla and Jiaozuo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 911 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 581 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 523 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 384 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 370 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 308 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 236 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 224 works
  9. 9 ZhengzhouChina 222 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 214 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KrakowPL · 26.7 works17×
  2. RollaUS · 33.9 works14×
  3. JiaozuoCN · 81.6 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Concrete and Cement Materials Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Concrete and Cement Materials Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunan University and Southeast 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 25.12%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Hunan UniversitySoutheast UniversityTongji 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.

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 83.028.7%7.2×118 +122.2%
2Hunan UniversityChina 70.426.9%6.2×84 +48.5%
3Southeast UniversityChina 70.117.8%8.7×245 +102.0%
4Tongji UniversityChina 64.316.4%7.0×204 +64.1%
5Shenzhen UniversityChina 61.817.9%8.0×111 +92.3%
6Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 61.614.9%11.2×171 +36.5%
7Suez UniversityEgypt 61.438.1%11.4×13 +149.2%
8City University of Hong KongChina 60.226.8%2.3×25 +171.3%
9National University of SingaporeSingapore 60.122.3%1.9×42 +46.6%
10Bingöl UniversityTürkiye 60.041.4%7.1×13 +98.6%

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 Concrete and Cement Materials Research, country by country

Is Concrete and Cement Materials Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Concrete and Cement Materials Research.

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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 Concrete and Cement Materials Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.089% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Concrete and Cement Materials Research 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%Concrete and Cement Materials Research9.8% 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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