Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on modeling pedestrian dynamics, crowd behavior, and emergency evacuations using techniques such as cellular automaton, social force model, and agent-based modeling. It explores various aspects of pedestrian movement, evacuation decision-making, and crowd simulations in both normal and emergency situations.
- Pedestrian Dynamics
- Evacuation
- Crowd Behavior
- Simulation
- Cellular Automaton
- Social Force Model
- Emergency Evacuation
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Human Behavior
- Crowd Simulation
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 645 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 United States 645 works
- 3 Japan 459 works
- 4 India 250 works
- 5 South Korea 171 works
- 6 United Kingdom 160 works
- 7 Germany 155 works
- 8 Italy 124 works
- 9 France 111 works
- 10 Canada 110 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 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology of China publishes the most Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research, followed by Tsinghua University and Tongji University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 60 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 54 works
- 3 Tongji UniversityChina 54 works
- 4 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 52 works
- 5 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 45 works
- 6 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 44 works
- 7 Central South UniversityChina 39 works
- 8 The University of TokyoJapan 39 works
- 9 Southeast UniversityChina 39 works
- 10 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics include Fei–Yue Wang.
- 1 Fei–Yue Wang China 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research done?
The largest centres of Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XuzhouCN · 46.9 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics?
Among universities, judged by research, Massey University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and China University of Mining and 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 | Massey UniversityNew Zealand | 68.5 | 41.8% | 9.4× | 9 | +205.4% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 64.5 | 44.4% | 6.6× | 32 | -38.0% |
| 3 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 60.2 | 27.8% | 10.2× | 44 | -29.0% |
| 4 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 58.8 | 36.8% | 6.5× | 21 | +2.8% |
| 5 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 58.3 | 20.0% | 9.0× | 60 | -6.1% |
| 6 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 58.1 | 20.0% | 12.1× | 52 | -17.6% |
| 7 | Marche Polytechnic UniversityItaly | 57.6 | 20.4% | 10.0× | 11 | +451.4% |
| 8 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 55.3 | 27.3% | 7.8× | 35 | +33.2% |
| 9 | Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina | 53.9 | 14.3% | 13.2× | 45 | -12.0% |
| 10 | UNSW SydneyAustralia | 52.9 | 39.9% | 4.0× | 18 | +88.9% |
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 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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