Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies is a research topic within Transportation. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 6.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on disaster recovery, urban reconstruction planning, and the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis on housing, communities, and coastal vegetation. It also explores topics related to community resilience, geological nomenclature, biotechnology education, and STEM research in the context of disaster-affected areas.
- Disaster Recovery
- Urban Reconstruction
- Housing Recovery
- Community Resilience
- Earthquake Impact
- Coastal Vegetation
- Tsunami Evacuation
- Geological Nomenclature
- Biotechnology Education
- STEM Research
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research?
By volume, Japan and the United States publish the most (460 and 459 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Japan 460 works
- 2 United States 459 works
- 3 United Kingdom 101 works
- 4 France 53 works
- 5 China 46 works
- 6 Switzerland 43 works
- 7 Australia 42 works
- 8 India 39 works
- 9 Germany 38 works
- 10 Canada 35 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.
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Which institutions lead Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland) publishes the most Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research, followed by The University of Tokyo and Tohoku University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Switzerland 33 works
- 2 The University of TokyoJapan 20 works
- 3 Tohoku UniversityJapan 15 works
- 4 Health & Medical Publishing GroupSouth Africa 12 works
- 5 Kyoto UniversityJapan 12 works
- 6 Health AffairsUnited States 11 works
- 7 Chiba UniversityJapan 10 works
- 8 The Nature ConservancyUnited States 10 works
- 9 Kyushu UniversityJapan 9 works
- 10 Hokkaido UniversityJapan 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies include R. W. L. Jones and Dennis W. Organ.
- 1 R. W. L. Jones United Kingdom 8.3k citations
- 2 Dennis W. Organ United States 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research done?
The largest centres of Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom), Basel (Switzerland) and Kyoto (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Basel, Sendai and Tsukuba.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BaselCH · 33.7 works35×
- SendaiJP · 23.9 works19×
- TsukubaJP · 22.3 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Kyoto University, Kyushu University and The University of Tokyo 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 | Kyoto UniversityJapan | 49.8 | 9.4% | 10.5× | 12 | +20.7% |
| 2 | Kyushu UniversityJapan | 45.7 | 7.4% | 10.7× | 9 | +126.7% |
| 3 | The University of TokyoJapan | 43.6 | 5.2% | 10.8× | 20 | +28.8% |
| 4 | Tohoku UniversityJapan | 29.9 | 2.2% | 15.7× | 15 | +17.2% |
| 5 | Hokkaido UniversityJapan | 24.4 | 3.7% | 13.7× | 9 | -22.1% |
| 6 | Chiba UniversityJapan | 23.5 | 1.1% | 28.9× | 10 | +102.1% |
| 7 | Nihon UniversityJapan | 16.4 | 1.9% | 31.1× | 9 | +29.4% |
| 8 | Kindai UniversityJapan | 4.1 | 0.0% | 31.8× | 8 | -51.6% |
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 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies.
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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.