Geoscience and Mining Technology
Geoscience and Mining Technology is a research topic within Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 4.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advancements in mining technology, safety measures, and risk assessment related to coal mining. It includes topics such as water inrush, coal seam stability, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, directional drilling, geological conditions, gas outburst, and numerical simulation.
- Mining Technology
- Water Inrush
- Coal Seam
- Safety Evaluation
- Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
- Directional Drilling
- Geological Conditions
- Risk Assessment
- Gas Outburst
- Numerical Simulation
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -65% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Geoscience and Mining Technology research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 43 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 United States 43 works
- 3 ?? 32 works
- 4 India 30 works
- 5 Australia 18 works
- 6 Russia 17 works
- 7 Indonesia 16 works
- 8 Japan 15 works
- 9 United Kingdom 14 works
- 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Geoscience and Mining Technology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Geoscience and Mining Technology research, followed by Shandong University of Science and Technology and Henan Polytechnic University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Mining and Technology China 245 works
- 2 Shandong University of Science and Technology China 79 works
- 3 Henan Polytechnic University China 77 works
- 4 Xi'an University of Science and Technology China 70 works
- 5 Anhui University of Science and Technology China 63 works
- 6 Liaoning Technical University China 54 works
- 7 China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp (China) China 47 works
- 8 Taiyuan University of Technology China 32 works
- 9 Central South University China 31 works
- 10 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Geoscience and Mining Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Geoscience and Mining Technology include Kefa Cen and Haibo Liu.
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Geoscience and Mining Technology research done?
The largest centres of Geoscience and Mining Technology research in 2022–2025 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 Fuxin, Xuzhou and Huainan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- FuxinCN · 53.8 works129×
- XuzhouCN · 250.2 works114×
- HuainanCN · 73.7 works106×
- JiaozuoCN · 78.8 works104×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geoscience and Mining Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Geoscience and Mining Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Chongqing University and Taiyuan 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 | China University of Mining and Technology China | 69.4 | 22.8% | 130.2× | 245 | -69.2% |
| 2 | Chongqing University China | 63.5 | 29.6% | 9.3× | 24 | -79.7% |
| 3 | Taiyuan University of Technology China | 62.3 | 28.2% | 32.0× | 32 | -85.0% |
| 4 | Xi'an University of Science and Technology China | 61.4 | 24.3% | 128.0× | 70 | -69.6% |
| 5 | Guizhou Minzu University China | 59.7 | 32.3% | 70.7× | 11 | -57.1% |
| 6 | Shandong University of Science and Technology China | 59.1 | 19.7% | 67.6× | 79 | -55.9% |
| 7 | Liaoning Technical University China | 58.2 | 24.3% | 129.4× | 54 | -86.0% |
| 8 | Central South University China | 58.2 | 27.3% | 8.0× | 31 | -87.0% |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology Beijing China | 58.2 | 23.2% | 15.9× | 30 | -76.2% |
| 10 | Guizhou University China | 57.9 | 26.7% | 13.0× | 16 | -82.3% |
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 Geoscience and Mining Technology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 65% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.