Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanical behavior, strength, and reinforcement techniques of soil, particularly in the context of geosynthetics, fiber reinforcement, stone columns, sand mixtures, clay stabilization, and embankment construction. The research covers topics such as bearing capacity, numerical analysis, and shear strength of reinforced soils.
- Soil Reinforcement
- Geosynthetics
- Fiber Reinforcement
- Stone Columns
- Sand Mixtures
- Clay Stabilization
- Bearing Capacity
- Numerical Analysis
- Shear Strength
- Embankment Construction
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +59% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (3k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
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 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research, followed by Hohai University and Central South University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji UniversityChina 126 works
- 2 Hohai UniversityChina 91 works
- 3 Central South UniversityChina 71 works
- 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 65 works
- 5 Southeast UniversityChina 64 works
- 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 62 works
- 7 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 62 works
- 8 Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 55 works
- 9 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 49 works
- 10 Chang'an UniversityChina 48 works
Who are the leading researchers in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization include David R. Smith and Amir H. Gandomi.
- 1 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
- 2 Amir H. Gandomi Australia 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research done?
The largest centres of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Roorkee.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RoorkeeIN · 65.1 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Guilan, National Institute of Technology Agartala and Tongji 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.
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 | University of GuilanIran | 80.3 | 47.8% | 19.7× | 23 | +284.8% |
| 2 | National Institute of Technology AgartalaIndia | 63.1 | 33.9% | 30.7× | 18 | +111.1% |
| 3 | Tongji UniversityChina | 61.1 | 16.5% | 11.0× | 126 | +0.9% |
| 4 | Thammasat UniversityThailand | 58.9 | 29.6% | 11.3× | 17 | — |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia | 57.5 | 9.8% | 13.7× | 56 | +125.6% |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia | 56.9 | 9.4% | 9.9× | 30 | +217.8% |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadIndia | 56.7 | 12.5% | 9.8× | 21 | +212.1% |
| 8 | National Institute of Technology PatnaIndia | 55.6 | 24.6% | 19.2× | 25 | — |
| 9 | Hohai UniversityChina | 55.2 | 12.7% | 18.3× | 91 | -15.3% |
| 10 | Beijing University of TechnologyChina | 54.4 | 22.5% | 7.7× | 49 | +56.3% |
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 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.
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.