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Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis is a research topic within Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Science Explorer counts 29k 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, particularly on factors of safety and reliability. It covers topics such as slope stability analysis, spatial variability of soil properties, probabilistic methods for stability analysis, tunneling effects, and ground movements due to excavation. The papers also delve into finite element analysis, Bayesian optimization for predicting soil properties, and the impact of tunneling on existing infrastructure.

  • Slope Stability Analysis
  • Spatial Variability
  • Probabilistic Methods
  • Tunneling
  • Soil Properties
  • Reliability Analysis
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Bayesian Optimization
  • Ground Movements
  • Excavation
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
68% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Which countries lead Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (5k and 754 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5k works
  2. 2 India 754 works
  3. 3 United States 457 works
  4. 4 Iran 209 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 194 works
  6. 6 Australia 169 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 165 works
  8. 8 Italy 159 works
  9. 9 Japan 154 works
  10. 10 Canada 150 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: 67.6%India: 10.1%United States: 6.1%Iran: 2.8%6 others listed: 13.3%68%largest
China5,023 · 67.6%India754 · 10.1%United States457 · 6.1%Iran209 · 2.8%6 others listed991 · 13.3%

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

Which institutions lead Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tongji University publishes the most Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Central South University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tongji UniversityChina 207 works
  2. 2 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 168 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 162 works
  4. 4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 121 works
  5. 5 Hohai UniversityChina 114 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 112 works
  7. 7 China Railway Group (China)China 90 works
  8. 8 Chang'an UniversityChina 88 works
  9. 9 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 85 works
  10. 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 71 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis include Xiaogang Wang, Kai You Wang and Han Zhang.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Engineering and Analysis?

The most cited paper in Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis is "The Varnes classification of landslide types, an update" (Oldrich Hungr, Serge Leroueil, Luciano Picarelli, 2013), with 3,512 citations. Next come "Practical estimates of rock mass strength" (3,398) and "Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support" (2,937).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Varnes classification of landslide types, an update Oldrich Hungr, Serge Leroueil, Luciano Picarelli · Landslides 29 Nov 2013 3,512
2 Practical estimates of rock mass strength Evert Hoek, Edwin T. Brown · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Dec 1997 3,398
3 Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support Nick R. Barton, R. Lien, Jenny Lunde · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Dec 1974 2,937
4 Landslide hazard evaluation: a review of current techniques and their application in a multi-scale study, Central Italy Fausto Guzzetti, Alberto Carrara, Mauro Cardinali et al. · Geomorphology Dec 1999 2,669
5 Slope stability analysis by finite elements D. V. Griffiths, Paul Lane · Géotechnique Jun 1999 2,053
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fuxin, Xuzhou and Dhanbad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 866 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 375 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 323 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 317 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 249 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 248 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 235 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 157 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 154 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 134 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FuxinCN · 25.6 works16×
  2. XuzhouCN · 122.6 works14×
  3. DhanbadIN · 27.9 works14×
  4. PatnaIN · 48.6 works13×
  5. RoorkeeIN · 52.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis than the world average.

See Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis on the map

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

Among universities, judged by research, Tongji University, Beijing University of Technology and Thammasat 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%30%mean 19.42%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Thammasat UniversityBeijing University o…Central South Univer…Tongji University
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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
1Tongji UniversityChina 69.313.9%16.8×207 +25.5%
2Beijing University of TechnologyChina 68.921.6%12.2×69 +159.1%
3Thammasat UniversityThailand 67.525.1%17.4×25 +247.7%
4Central South UniversityChina 67.315.6%10.4×162 +25.3%
5Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 67.223.5%5.3×18 +28.7%
6University of Newcastle AustraliaAustralia 66.222.5%9.3×19 +43.8%
7Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 66.114.5%27.1×168 +64.2%
8Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 65.319.2%17.3×85 +46.9%
9China University of GeosciencesChina 64.619.3%18.6×68 +54.1%
10Shenzhen UniversityChina 64.219.0%8.9×53 +503.7%

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 Engineering and Analysis, country by country

Is Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

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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 Engineering and Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis0.038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis 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 Engineering and Analysis9.7% 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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