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Geotechnical and construction materials studies

Geotechnical and construction materials studies is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 28k 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 geotechnical engineering, with an emphasis on road construction and soil properties. It covers topics such as the characterization of lateritic soils, pavement failures, stabilization techniques, geological identification, and foundation design. The research in this cluster contributes to the understanding and improvement of infrastructure development in various geographical locations.

Geotechnical Engineering
Road Construction
Soil Properties
Lateritic Soils
Pavement Failure
Stabilization Techniques
Geological Characterization
Highway Engineering
Compaction Characteristics
Foundation Design

Research works: 28k
In the world top 10%: 2.7k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +20%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Geotechnical and construction materials studies

Which countries lead Geotechnical and construction materials studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and Nigeria publish the most (8.2k and 295 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 8.2k works
2 Nigeria 295 works
3 India 293 works
4 ?? 256 works
5 United States 226 works
6 China 187 works
7 Malaysia 154 works
8 Iraq 105 works
9 Brazil 71 works
10 Canada 64 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.

Indonesia8,175 · 83.2%Nigeria295 · 3.0%India293 · 3.0%??256 · 2.6%6 others listed807 · 8.2%

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

Which institutions lead Geotechnical and construction materials studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tarumanagara University publishes the most Geotechnical and construction materials studies research, followed by Lampung University and Diponegoro University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia 140 works
2 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 132 works
3 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 121 works
4 Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SurabayaIndonesia 116 works
5 University of MataramIndonesia 109 works
6 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 107 works
7 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 107 works
8 State University of PadangIndonesia 103 works
9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 102 works
10 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia 99 works

What are the most cited papers in Geotechnical and construction materials studies?

The most cited paper in Geotechnical and construction materials studies is "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering" (Allen W. Hatheway, 1997), with 3,809 citations. Next come "On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays" (1,754) and "Theory of Infiltration" (1,558).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Allen W. Hatheway · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience	Mar 1997	3,809
2	On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays John Boscawen Burland · Géotechnique	Sep 1990	1,754
3	Theory of Infiltration J. R. Philip · Advances in hydroscience Book chapter	1969	1,558
4	Materials Today: Proceedings Thy Truc Doan · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2025	1,388
5	Lime stabilization of clay minerals and soils Fred G. Bell · Engineering Geology	Jul 1996	1,377

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Where is Geotechnical and construction materials studies research done?

The largest centres of Geotechnical and construction materials studies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Garut, Abepura and Parepare.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 827 works
2 SurabayaIndonesia 607 works
3 BandungIndonesia 429 works
4 SemarangIndonesia 399 works
5 MakassarIndonesia 368 works
6 MedanIndonesia 353 works
7 PadangIndonesia 334 works
8 MalangIndonesia 318 works
9 YogyakartaIndonesia 308 works
10 Bandar LampungIndonesia 246 works

Where it is the local speciality

Garut27.0 works127×
AbepuraID · 23.2 works72×
ParepareID · 36.7 works48×
BalikpapanID · 77.1 works42×
Bau-BauID · 28.6 works38×
BojonegoroID · 25.5 works33×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geotechnical and construction materials studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geotechnical and construction materials studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Universiti of Malaysia Sabah and Université de Dschang 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahMalaysia	66.0	53.5%	7.1×	14	-4.8%
2	Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia	58.7	45.0%	5.2×	10	+36.4%
3	Université de DschangCameroon	57.0	34.8%	10.9×	10	+89.9%
4	University of MataramIndonesia	53.2	6.9%	14.8×	109	+50.3%
5	Universitas Ibn Khaldun BogorIndonesia	52.7	22.4%	25.6×	29	+71.9%
6	State University of PadangIndonesia	52.3	4.8%	10.5×	103	+39.0%
7	Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	52.2	6.9%	17.8×	107	+7.7%
8	Andalas UniversityIndonesia	52.2	8.6%	19.6×	90	+20.2%
9	Lampung UniversityIndonesia	52.1	2.3%	26.2×	132	+42.9%
10	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	51.9	11.4%	12.2×	107	-8.1%
11	University of BrawijayaIndonesia	51.0	11.0%	9.2×	74	+56.6%
12	Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SurabayaIndonesia	50.9	4.2%	45.7×	116	+151.8%
13	Tun Hussein Onn University of MalaysiaMalaysia	50.2	28.6%	12.8×	21	-29.2%
14	Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia	49.1	4.3%	29.5×	90	+47.6%
15	Sultan Agung Islamic UniversityIndonesia	48.9	12.7%	25.9×	46	+124.1%
16	Sumatera Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	48.6	8.9%	58.1×	54	+84.5%
17	Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia	48.1	4.0%	22.3×	83	+108.8%
18	Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia	48.1	3.6%	18.1×	80	+65.9%
19	Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia	48.0	4.5%	16.7×	121	-1.6%
20	IPB UniversityIndonesia	47.8	21.7%	6.6×	34	+14.7%
21	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	47.7	7.3%	25.3×	98	-6.3%
22	Medan Area UniversityIndonesia	47.7	11.2%	29.4×	34	+31.7%
23	University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia	47.6	2.9%	14.3×	88	+282.6%
24	Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria	47.6	31.4%	7.6×	12	+182.7%
25	Universitas JemberIndonesia	47.5	5.8%	12.1×	63	+35.0%
26	University of Palangka RayaIndonesia	47.1	2.2%	43.4×	86	+188.2%
27	University of BengkuluIndonesia	46.5	10.4%	14.4×	48	+32.5%
28	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	46.0	3.5%	9.7×	67	+105.5%
29	Universitas BosowaIndonesia	45.8	4.3%	52.3×	64	+406.4%
30	University of Technology - IraqIraq	45.8	48.0%	4.7×	10	-28.3%
31	Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia	45.5	6.6%	18.9×	59	+14.7%
32	State University of GorontaloIndonesia	45.4	5.2%	16.0×	59	+302.4%
33	Tadulako UniversityIndonesia	44.9	2.0%	23.0×	61	+69.2%
34	State University of SemarangIndonesia	44.7	3.3%	8.9×	62	+43.8%
35	Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia	44.3	10.3%	17.5×	78	-6.6%
36	Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera BaratIndonesia	44.2	4.2%	37.4×	56	+114.8%
37	Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia	43.9	2.8%	50.1×	72	+9.8%
38	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	43.9	6.0%	8.6×	46	+40.0%
39	International University of BatamIndonesia	43.6	9.8%	28.6×	37	+205.7%
40	Universitas BalikpapanIndonesia	43.5	7.0%	61.1×	48	+45.2%
41	University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia	43.5	31.7%	3.0×	13	-28.0%
42	Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia	43.0	7.8%	12.0×	102	-20.8%
43	Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia	42.5	3.4%	29.6×	140	-20.1%
44	Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia	42.5	5.4%	25.2×	99	-33.5%
45	University of NigeriaNigeria	39.1	32.8%	4.3×	10	-64.6%
46	University of BabylonIraq	38.4	33.1%	3.7×	9	+1.5%
47	Federal University of TechnologyNigeria	35.8	18.3%	9.9×	13	-44.9%
48	University of BaghdadIraq	35.0	35.6%	1.6×	10	-45.2%
49	University of BeninNigeria	34.6	17.5%	8.8×	9	-3.9%
50	University of IbadanNigeria	33.9	12.6%	3.9×	10	+6.2%
51	National Institute of Science and TechnologyIndonesia	30.8	0.7%	54.1×	11	+97.5%

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 Geotechnical and construction materials studies, country by country

Is Geotechnical and construction materials studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Geotechnical and construction materials studies.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Geotechnical and construction materials studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

Fractional works of Geotechnical and construction materials studies 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.

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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Which countries lead Geotechnical and construction materials studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Geotechnical and construction materials studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Geotechnical and construction materials studies?

Where is Geotechnical and construction materials studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Geotechnical and construction materials studies?

Is Geotechnical and construction materials studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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