Concrete Properties and Behavior
Concrete Properties and Behavior is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1951. 23.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanisms and mitigation strategies for autogenous shrinkage in high-performance cement-based materials. It explores the use of internal curing, superabsorbent polymers, and shrinkage-reducing admixtures to address early-age behavior, cracking resistance, and hygro-thermo-chemo-mechanical modeling of concrete. The research also delves into the effects of drying shrinkage and the development of strategies to control autogenous shrinkage in concrete.
- Autogenous Shrinkage
- Internal Curing
- Superabsorbent Polymers
- Concrete
- Shrinkage-reducing Admixtures
- High-performance Cement-based Materials
- Early-age Behavior
- Cracking Resistance
- Hygro-thermo-chemo-mechanical Modeling
- Drying Shrinkage
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +34% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Concrete Properties and Behavior research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.2k and 198 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 India 198 works
- 3 United States 173 works
- 4 Japan 103 works
- 5 France 74 works
- 6 South Korea 72 works
- 7 Brazil 60 works
- 8 Germany 60 works
- 9 Canada 52 works
- 10 Iran 51 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 Concrete Properties and Behavior research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Southeast University publishes the most Concrete Properties and Behavior research, followed by Hohai University and Tongji University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Southeast UniversityChina 46 works
- 2 Hohai UniversityChina 46 works
- 3 Tongji UniversityChina 40 works
- 4 Central South UniversityChina 27 works
- 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 24 works
- 6 Chang'an UniversityChina 23 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 22 works
- 8 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 19 works
- 9 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 19 works
- 10 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Concrete Properties and Behavior?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Concrete Properties and Behavior include Victor C. Li, Zdeněk P. Bažant and John L. Provis.
- 1 Victor C. Li United States 3k citations
- 2 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States 2.8k citations
- 3 John L. Provis United Kingdom 2.8k citations
- 4 Karen Scrivener Switzerland 2.4k citations
- 5 Caijun Shi China 2.3k citations
- 6 Jay Sanjayan Australia 1.8k citations
- 7 Surendra P. Shah United States 1.8k citations
- 8 Nele De Belie Belgium 1.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Concrete Properties and Behavior research done?
The largest centres of Concrete Properties and Behavior research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanjing and Zhengzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NanjingCN · 128.2 works4.8×
- ZhengzhouCN · 34.9 works4.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Concrete Properties and Behavior than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Concrete Properties and Behavior?
Among universities, judged by research, Southeast University, Hunan University and Tongji 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.
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 | Southeast UniversityChina | 76.0 | 35.1% | 12.7× | 46 | +39.7% |
| 2 | Hunan UniversityChina | 73.4 | 44.7% | 8.1× | 15 | +248.1% |
| 3 | Tongji UniversityChina | 67.9 | 31.2% | 11.7× | 40 | -8.1% |
| 4 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 65.1 | 32.3% | 22.5× | 23 | +46.7% |
| 5 | Hohai UniversityChina | 61.8 | 22.1% | 30.6× | 46 | -15.7% |
| 6 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 61.4 | 41.1% | 5.8× | 14 | +65.3% |
| 7 | Qingdao University of TechnologyChina | 60.5 | 39.7% | 26.0× | 11 | +10.7% |
| 8 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 53.7 | 30.3% | 8.8× | 19 | -11.0% |
| 9 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina | 53.7 | 25.9% | 23.1× | 19 | -10.7% |
| 10 | Central South UniversityChina | 51.1 | 33.5% | 6.0× | 26 | -9.5% |
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 Concrete Properties and Behavior research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Concrete Properties and Behavior.
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.