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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. 10.1% 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%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering

Which countries lead Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 Russia 1.8k works
  3. 3 United States 413 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 318 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 177 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 175 works
  7. 7 India 141 works
  8. 8 Japan 110 works
  9. 9 Poland 80 works
  10. 10 Canada 78 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: 37.8%Russia: 33.7%United States: 7.9%Ukraine: 6.1%6 others listed: 14.5%38%largest
China1,986 · 37.8%Russia1,771 · 33.7%United States413 · 7.9%Ukraine318 · 6.1%6 others listed762 · 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-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research, followed by China University of Mining and Technology and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 581 works
  2. 2 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 211 works
  3. 3 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 82 works
  4. 4 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 65 works
  5. 5 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 65 works
  6. 6 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54 works
  7. 7 Central South UniversityChina 50 works
  8. 8 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 49 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 48 works
  10. 10 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering include Kostya S. Novoselov, Kai You Wang and Harry Eugene Stanley.

  1. 1 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  4. 4 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering?

The most cited paper in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering is "The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems" (John Douglas Eshelby, 1957), with 13,025 citations. Next come "Friction of rocks" (4,060) and "Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials" (2,576).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems John Douglas Eshelby · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences Open access 20 Aug 1957 13,025
2 Friction of rocks James D. Byerlee · Pure and Applied Geophysics Jul 1978 4,060
3 Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials John W. Rudnicki, JAMES R. RICE · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Dec 1975 2,576
4 Discrete particle simulation of two-dimensional fluidized bed Yutaka Tsuji, Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Toshitsugu Tanaka · Powder Technology Oct 1993 2,460
5 Elastic Waves in Layered Media William M. Ewing, W. S. Jardetzky, Frank Press et al. · Physics Today Dec 1957 2,379
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 568 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 421 works
  3. 3 XuzhouChina 216 works
  4. 4 Saint PetersburgRussia 167 works
  5. 5 NovosibirskRussia 150 works
  6. 6 TashkentUzbekistan 110 works
  7. 7 KyivUkraine 105 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 91 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 85 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 85 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ObninskRU · 27.8 works98×
  2. KhabarovskRU · 32.5 works53×
  3. KaragandaKZ · 31.2 works49×
  4. KemerovoRU · 34.8 works43×
  5. XuzhouCN · 215.8 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, Northeastern University and Central South 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 30.71%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Central South Univer…Northeastern Univers…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 83.031.4%49.1×211 +50.4%
2Northeastern UniversityChina 70.836.3%7.0×34 +77.1%
3Central South UniversityChina 67.136.9%4.8×50 +88.8%
4Chongqing UniversityChina 64.232.4%5.6×33 +122.0%
5Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.924.4%20.3×54 +15.9%
6Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 59.726.2%33.5×44 +156.7%
7Shenzhen UniversityChina 59.436.4%2.5×10 +337.4%
8University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 58.823.7%10.5×45 +75.9%
9Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.126.1%28.1×35 +167.1%
10Sichuan UniversityChina 56.233.3%1.6×19 +88.7%

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 Geomechanical Engineering, country by country

Is Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.030% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geotechnical and Geomechanical 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%Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering10.3% 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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