Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
Earthquake and Tsunami Effects is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 6.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of tsunamis on structures and infrastructure, including experimental investigations of tsunami forces, debris impact, coastal protection measures, and numerical modeling of tsunami-induced forces. The research aims to understand and mitigate the destructive effects of tsunamis on buildings, bridges, coastal walls, and other infrastructure.
- Tsunami
- Impact
- Structures
- Infrastructure
- Experimental Investigation
- Debris
- Coastal
- Forces
- Hydrodynamic
- Numerical Modeling
- Research works
- 6.1k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 629 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Earthquake and Tsunami Effects research?
By volume, Japan and China publish the most (174 and 153 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Japan 174 works
- 2 China 153 works
- 3 United States 88 works
- 4 Indonesia 65 works
- 5 India 55 works
- 6 United Kingdom 33 works
- 7 South Korea 25 works
- 8 Italy 25 works
- 9 Russia 20 works
- 10 Australia 16 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 Tsunami Effects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Dalian University of Technology publishes the most Earthquake and Tsunami Effects research, followed by Kyoto University and Bandung Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Dalian University of Technology China 9 works
- 2 Kyoto University Japan 9 works
- 3 Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia 8 works
- 4 National Institute of Technology Karnataka India 7 works
- 5 Indian Institute of Technology Madras India 7 works
- 6 Tohoku University Japan 7 works
- 7 The University of Tokyo Japan 7 works
- 8 Universitas Syiah Kuala Indonesia 6 works
- 9 Zhejiang University China 6 works
- 10 Southwest Jiaotong University China 6 works
Where is Earthquake and Tsunami Effects research done?
The largest centres of Earthquake and Tsunami Effects research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and Kyoto (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tokyo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TokyoJP · 56.0 works8.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Earthquake and Tsunami Effects than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Earthquake and Tsunami Effects?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian University of Technology, Kyoto University and Bandung Institute of 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalian University of Technology China | 57.7 | 23.0% | 11.9× | 9 | -16.8% |
| 2 | Kyoto University Japan | 35.4 | 1.4% | 14.4× | 9 | +12.8% |
| 3 | Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia | 19.3 | 15.3% | 14.5× | 8 | -30.6% |
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 Tsunami Effects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Earthquake and Tsunami Effects.
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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.