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Geomechanics and Mining Engineering

Geomechanics and Mining Engineering is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1951. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of rock mechanics in the context of deep mining engineering, with a particular emphasis on topics such as support technology, surrounding rock stability, ground pressure, and the mechanical behavior and deformation mechanism of rock formations. The papers cover a wide range of issues related to mining operations in deep and challenging geological environments.

  • Rock Mechanics
  • Mining Engineering
  • Support Technology
  • Surrounding Rock Stability
  • Deep Mining
  • Coal Seam
  • Bolting Technology
  • Ground Pressure
  • Mechanical Behavior
  • Deformation Mechanism
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+31%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
89% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geomechanics and Mining Engineering

Which countries lead Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2k and 49 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 United States 49 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 36 works
  4. 4 India 32 works
  5. 5 Russia 28 works
  6. 6 Japan 27 works
  7. 7 ?? 24 works
  8. 8 Australia 22 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 Canada 13 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: 89.3%United States: 2.2%Indonesia: 1.6%India: 1.4%6 others listed: 5.6%89%largest
China2,040 · 89.3%United States49 · 2.2%Indonesia36 · 1.6%India32 · 1.4%6 others listed128 · 5.6%

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

Which institutions lead Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research?

By volume in 2022-now, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research, followed by Shandong University of Science and Technology and Henan Polytechnic University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 293 works
  2. 2 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 90 works
  3. 3 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 81 works
  4. 4 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 73 works
  5. 5 Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 68 works
  6. 6 Liaoning Technical UniversityChina 50 works
  7. 7 China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp (China)China 44 works
  8. 8 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 37 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 33 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geomechanics and Mining Engineering?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geomechanics and Mining Engineering include Xiaogang Wang, Kai You Wang and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Hao Chen China 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 Geomechanics and Mining Engineering?

The most cited paper in Geomechanics and Mining Engineering is "Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses" (Evert Hoek, Edwin T. Brown, 1980), with 1,717 citations. Next come "Empirical estimation of rock mass modulus" (1,295) and "STUDY ON ROCK MECHANICS IN DEEP MINING ENGINEERING" (554).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses Evert Hoek, Edwin T. Brown · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division Sep 1980 1,717
2 Empirical estimation of rock mass modulus Evert Hoek, Mark S. Diederichs · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 16 Aug 2005 1,295
3 STUDY ON ROCK MECHANICS IN DEEP MINING ENGINEERING Yaodong Jiang · Chinese journal of rock mechanics and engineering 2005 554
4 Very strong low temperature bainite Francisca García Caballero, H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia, K. J. A. Mawella et al. · Materials Science and Technology Mar 2002 540
5 A case study on large deformation failure mechanism of deep soft rock roadway in Xin'An coal mine, China Sheng‐Qi Yang, Miao Chen, Hongwen Jing et al. · Engineering Geology 28 Dec 2016 476
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xuzhou (China), Xi'an (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuzhou, Fuxin and Huainan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 394 works
  2. 2 XuzhouChina 300 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 123 works
  4. 4 QingdaoChina 105 works
  5. 5 HuainanChina 83 works
  6. 6 JiaozuoChina 83 works
  7. 7 TaiyuanChina 62 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 61 works
  9. 9 FuxinChina 50 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XuzhouCN · 300.3 works143×
  2. FuxinCN · 49.6 works126×
  3. HuainanCN · 83.4 works125×
  4. JiaozuoCN · 83.3 works115×
  5. XiangtanCN · 23.1 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geomechanics and Mining Engineering than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geomechanics and Mining Engineering?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Guizhou Minzu University and Chongqing 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%20%40%mean 14.64%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guizhou Minzu Univer…Central South Univer…Chongqing UniversityChina University of …
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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.

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
1China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 74.515.1%186.0×293 +7.6%
2Guizhou Minzu UniversityChina 67.233.6%97.5×12 +331.0%
3Chongqing UniversityChina 60.917.0%9.5×21 +44.7%
4Central South UniversityChina 55.017.1%7.0×27 +86.3%
5Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.511.3%92.9×90 +5.0%
6Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.912.7%158.7×72 +81.9%
7Northeastern UniversityChina 50.714.5%10.5×19 +50.7%
8Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 50.09.8%141.6×68 +60.2%
9Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 49.37.4%142.1×81 +140.7%
10University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 47.77.9%21.1×33 +15.6%

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 Geomechanics and Mining Engineering, country by country

Is Geomechanics and Mining Engineering research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Geomechanics and Mining Engineering.

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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 Geomechanics and Mining Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Geomechanics and Mining Engineering0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geomechanics and Mining Engineering 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%Geomechanics and Mining Engineering10.2% 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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