Engineering Applied Research
Engineering Applied Research is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 4.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the structural analysis, design optimization, and material properties in various engineering fields such as mechanical, marine, automotive, and aerospace. It includes topics like finite element method, fatigue analysis, numerical simulation, fluid dynamics, and failure analysis.
- Structural Analysis
- Design Optimization
- Finite Element Method
- Fatigue Analysis
- Mechanical Engineering
- Numerical Simulation
- Fluid Dynamics
- Material Properties
- Failure Analysis
- Product Development
- Research works
- 39k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Engineering Applied Research research?
By volume, China and Japan publish the most (2.1k and 913 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 Japan 913 works
- 3 United States 486 works
- 4 South Korea 408 works
- 5 India 366 works
- 6 Indonesia 204 works
- 7 Germany 137 works
- 8 United Kingdom 108 works
- 9 Italy 92 works
- 10 Türkiye 87 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 Engineering Applied Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Engineering Applied Research research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 38 works
- 2 Southwest Jiaotong University China 32 works
- 3 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 31 works
- 4 Wuhan University of Technology China 28 works
- 5 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China) China 28 works
- 6 Beihang University China 27 works
- 7 Zhejiang University China 26 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 26 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 26 works
- 10 Tongji University China 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Engineering Applied Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Engineering Applied Research include Soo‐Jin Park.
- 1 Soo‐Jin Park 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Engineering Applied Research research done?
The largest centres of Engineering Applied Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), 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 Kokubunji and Kitakyushu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KokubunjiJP · 23.4 works195×
- KitakyushuJP · 20.7 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Engineering Applied Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Engineering Applied Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Southwest Jiaotong University, Harbin Engineering University and Dalian University 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.
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 | Southwest Jiaotong University China | 64.7 | 16.7% | 7.2× | 32 | -52.3% |
| 2 | Harbin Engineering University China | 51.6 | 11.0% | 7.4× | 22 | -36.6% |
| 3 | Dalian University of Technology China | 49.4 | 14.6% | 4.0× | 22 | -21.7% |
| 4 | Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia Malaysia | 44.7 | 1.5% | 10.7× | 11 | +36.9% |
| 5 | Northwestern Polytechnical University China | 44.6 | 9.0% | 4.6× | 31 | -56.9% |
| 6 | Jiangsu University of Science and Technology China | 44.3 | 8.7% | 7.8× | 14 | -17.2% |
| 7 | Tongji University China | 44.0 | 12.3% | 3.2× | 24 | -48.6% |
| 8 | Shanghai Maritime University China | 43.7 | 7.3% | 9.0× | 13 | -21.6% |
| 9 | Central South University China | 42.1 | 18.6% | 1.5× | 14 | -67.7% |
| 10 | Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology Indonesia | 40.2 | 2.0% | 7.6× | 19 | — |
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 Engineering Applied Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Engineering Applied Research.
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.