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Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 107k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics and characteristics of turbulent flows, including boundary layer transition, heat transfer, large-eddy simulation, vortex dynamics, and Reynolds number scaling. It also explores topics such as particle image velocimetry, coherent structures, and hydrodynamic turbulence.

  • Turbulent Flows
  • Vortex Dynamics
  • Large-Eddy Simulation
  • Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Reynolds Number Scaling
  • Coherent Structures
  • Hydrodynamic Turbulence
Research works
107k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Which countries lead Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.5k and 2.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.5k works
  2. 2 United States 2.4k works
  3. 3 India 1.9k works
  4. 4 France 682 works
  5. 5 Germany 637 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 591 works
  7. 7 Russia 564 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 493 works
  9. 9 Japan 492 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 404 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.

China: 30.0%United States: 20.7%India: 16.4%France: 5.8%6 others listed: 27.0%30%largest
China3,536 · 30.0%United States2,439 · 20.7%India1,937 · 16.4%France682 · 5.8%6 others listed3,181 · 27.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Beihang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 268 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 252 works
  3. 3 Beihang UniversityChina 188 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 182 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 167 works
  6. 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 139 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 136 works
  8. 8 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 128 works
  9. 9 China Aerodynamics Research and Development CenterChina 123 works
  10. 10 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 114 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows include Zhong Lin Wang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 John Joseph McGrath Australia 214k citations
  6. 6 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  7. 7 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  8. 8 Olaf Ronneberger Germany 188k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows?

The most cited paper in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows is "Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications" (Florian R. Menter, 1994), with 21,460 citations. Next come "Physics-informed neural networks: A deep learning framework for solving forward and inverse problems involving nonlinear partial differential equations" (19,776) and "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow" (19,616).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications Florian R. Menter · AIAA Journal Aug 1994 21,460
2 Physics-informed neural networks: A deep learning framework for solving forward and inverse problems involving nonlinear partial differential equations Maziar Raissi, Paris Perdikaris, George Em Karniadakis · Journal of Computational Physics Open access 3 Nov 2018 19,776
3 Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow Edward N. Lorenz · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Open access Mar 1963 19,616
4 Fronts propagating with curvature-dependent speed: Algorithms based on Hamilton-Jacobi formulations Stanley Osher, James A. Sethian · Journal of Computational Physics Open access Nov 1988 14,114
5 The numerical computation of turbulent flows Brian E. Launder, D. BRIAN SPALDING · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Mar 1974 12,847
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Where is Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research done?

The largest centres of Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhukovskiy, Sint-Genesius-Rode and Davanagere District.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 870 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 363 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 289 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 230 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 205 works
  6. 6 IslamabadPakistan 204 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 195 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 165 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 161 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 148 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhukovskiyRU · 37.1 works133×
  2. Sint-Genesius-RodeBE · 20.1 works110×
  3. Davanagere DistrictIN · 25.8 works60×
  4. HamptonUS · 63.1 works45×
  5. Wright-Patterson AFBUS · 48.7 works33×
  6. ÉcullyFR · 25.7 works31×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows?

Among universities, judged by research, King Khalid University, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan and Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Islamia University o…Abdul Wali Khan Univ…King Khalid UniversityPrince Sattam Bin Ab…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 78.936.8%13.7×68 +82.8%
2Abdul Wali Khan University MardanPakistan 67.541.8%14.5×18 +63.9%
3Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 65.431.4%8.2×28 +135.1%
4Islamia University of BahawalpurPakistan 65.445.7%9.3×20 +97.5%
5Davangere UniversityIndia 64.832.5%72.8×26 +122.1%
6Future University in EgyptEgypt 64.043.7%23.5×17 -
7Hazara UniversityPakistan 63.240.2%18.4×12 +54.6%
8China Medical UniversityTaiwan 62.637.4%8.2×15 +67.5%
9Northern Border UniversitySaudi Arabia 62.640.0%8.3×10 +191.5%
10Mohi-ud-Din Islamic UniversityPakistan 59.840.5%66.7×11 +210.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, country by country

Is Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.069% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows0.053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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