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Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering

Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 6.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of wave propagation, rock mechanics, and geomechanical processes in block media. It includes research on seismicity induced by mining activities, modeling of elastic wave propagation, analysis of pendulum waves in stressed geomedia, and the performance of drilling equipment in rock stiffness. The cluster also covers topics such as hydraulic drilling, geomechanical assessment, and the influence of nonmetallic inclusions on percussive machine endurance.

  • Wave Propagation
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Seismicity
  • Geomechanical Processes
  • Pendulum Waves
  • Mining Induced Seismicity
  • Hydraulic Drilling
  • Geomechanical Assessment
  • Elastic Wave Modeling
  • Block Media
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+65%
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Which countries lead Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (1.8k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 Russia 1.7k works
  3. 3 United States 392 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 298 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 171 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 165 works
  7. 7 India 129 works
  8. 8 Japan 98 works
  9. 9 Poland 77 works
  10. 10 Canada 72 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: 36.7%Russia: 34.8%United States: 8.0%Ukraine: 6.1%6 others listed: 14.5%37%largest
China1,805 · 36.7%Russia1,710 · 34.8%United States392 · 8.0%Ukraine298 · 6.1%6 others listed712 · 14.5%

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

Which institutions lead Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 193 works
  2. 2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 65 works
  3. 3 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 64 works
  4. 4 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 52 works
  5. 5 Institute of MiningRussia 51 works
  6. 6 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 48 works
  7. 7 Central South UniversityChina 45 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 41 works
  9. 9 Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 40 works
  10. 10 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 40 works

Where is Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Xuzhou (China) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Obninsk, Khabarovsk and Karaganda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 551 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 387 works
  3. 3 Xuzhou China 200 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 161 works
  5. 5 Novosibirsk Russia 144 works
  6. 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 106 works
  7. 7 Kyiv Ukraine 99 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 85 works
  9. 9 Qingdao China 81 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 78 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ObninskRU · 26.7 works97×
  2. KhabarovskRU · 29.7 works53×
  3. KaragandaKZ · 26.7 works44×
  4. KemerovoRU · 31.8 works40×
  5. YakutskRU · 30.6 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Dnipro University of Technology and Saint Petersburg Mining 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 9.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China University of Mining and Technology: 193, 21.0%Dnipro University of Technology: 26, 17.3%Saint Petersburg Mining University: 48, 7.2%Satbayev University: 31, 4.8%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 52, 16.0%Moscow State University of Civil Engineering: 64, 0.9%L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University: 19, 8.1%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 65, 2.2%Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas: 10, 15.6%Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University: 23, 4.0%China University of …Dnipro University of…Saint Petersburg Min…Satbayev University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 63.221.0%42.3×193 +7.7%
2 Dnipro University of TechnologyUkraine 60.117.3%82.9×26 +1057.0%
3 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 56.57.2%145.6×48 +1843.0%
4 Satbayev UniversityKazakhstan 54.94.8%73.7×31 +260.0%
5 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.816.0%18.3×52 +62.3%
6 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 54.00.9%80.4×64 +696.1%
7 L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstan 53.08.1%21.0×19 +634.3%
8 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 52.52.2%13.1×65 +102.8%
9 Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasUkraine 52.015.6%35.1×10 +625.4%
10 Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical UniversityKazakhstan 51.94.0%139.0×23 +435.4%

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 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Geotechnical and Geomechanical 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.

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.