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Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures

Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 5.3k 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 geodetic engineering, infrastructure monitoring, and the use of advanced technologies such as total stations, laser scanning, and digital terrain models. It also covers topics related to foundation slabs, BIM for roads, and the environmental impact of construction projects.

  • Geodetic
  • Monitoring
  • Infrastructure
  • Leveling
  • Digital Terrain Models
  • Total Stations
  • Laser Scanning
  • Foundation Slab
  • BIM for Roads
  • Environmental Impact
Research works
5.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
521
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+47%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Vietnam
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures

Which countries lead Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research?

By volume, Vietnam and Russia publish the most (639 and 230 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Vietnam 639 works
  2. 2 Russia 230 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 188 works
  4. 4 United States 138 works
  5. 5 China 101 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 93 works
  7. 7 ?? 63 works
  8. 8 Poland 43 works
  9. 9 Czechia 41 works
  10. 10 Japan 27 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.

Vietnam: 40.9%Russia: 14.7%Indonesia: 12.0%United States: 8.8%6 others listed: 23.6%41%largest
Vietnam639 · 40.9%Russia230 · 14.7%Indonesia188 · 12.0%United States138 · 8.8%6 others listed368 · 23.6%

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

Which institutions lead Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research?

By volume in 2022-now, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology - Ho Chi Minh City publishes the most Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research, followed by Vietnam Sweden hospital and Thuongmai University.

Who are the leading researchers in Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures include James J. Collins.

  1. 1 James J. Collins United States 118k 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 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures?

The most cited paper in Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures is "Finite Element Method Accuracy for Wave Propagation Problems" (Roger L. Kuhlemeyer, John Lysmer, 1973), with 1,457 citations. Next come "Analysis of Ultimate Loads of Shallow Foundations" (1,171) and "Contributions to the theory of atmospheric refraction" (847).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Finite Element Method Accuracy for Wave Propagation Problems Roger L. Kuhlemeyer, John Lysmer · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division May 1973 1,457
2 Analysis of Ultimate Loads of Shallow Foundations Aleksandar Sedmak Vesić · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division 1973 1,171
3 Contributions to the theory of atmospheric refraction Jouko H. Saastamoinen · Bulletin Géodésique Mar 1973 847
4 National Technical Information Service Suzanne L. Holcombe · Reference Reviews 2 May 2008 613
5 The gravitational attraction of a right rectangular prism Dezsö Nagy · Geophysics Apr 1966 570
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research done?

The largest centres of Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research in 2022-now are Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Hanoi (Vietnam), Moscow (Russia) and Nha Trang (Vietnam). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thành Phố Uông Bí, Trai Ngau and Nha Trang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 169 works
  2. 2 HanoiVietnam 151 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 82 works
  4. 4 Nha TrangVietnam 43 works
  5. 5 Thành Phố Uông BíVietnam 40 works
  6. 6 Trai NgauVietnam 35 works
  7. 7 Thái NguyênVietnam 34 works
  8. 8 Saint PetersburgRussia 32 works
  9. 9 KyivUkraine 23 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Thành Phố Uông BíVN · 40.2 works981×
  2. Trai NgauVN · 35.2 works828×
  3. Nha TrangVN · 43.1 works529×
  4. Biên HòaVN · 21.6 works318×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures?

Among universities, judged by research, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy and Lviv Polytechnic National University 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.

0%10%20%mean 11.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Archit…Hanoi University of …Lviv Polytechnic Nat…Thuongmai University
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

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
1Hanoi University of Civil EngineeringVietnam 75.223.1%386.8×11 +655.7%
2University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and GeodesyBulgaria 69.723.8%199.3×9 +425.9%
3Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 62.415.3%35.4×15 +38.5%
4Thuongmai UniversityVietnam 59.88.2%657.8×40 +1251.9%
5Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 53.413.0%135.6×30 -27.6%
6University of Khanh HoaVietnam 51.34.4%1286.4×39 +980.6%
7Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất ThànhVietnam 50.67.5%230.8×24 -
8Trung Vuong UniversityVietnam 48.04.1%1021.9×35 +1185.3%
9Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 48.06.3%30.1×21 +544.4%
10Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia 46.410.6%92.4×10 +20.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures, country by country

Is Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures.

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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 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures 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%Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures9.7% 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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