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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. 10.0% 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%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization

Which countries lead Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.5k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.5k works
  2. 2 India 1.4k works
  3. 3 United States 655 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 595 works
  5. 5 Iran 331 works
  6. 6 Japan 306 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 274 works
  8. 8 Iraq 273 works
  9. 9 Brazil 242 works
  10. 10 Australia 201 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: 44.9%India: 18.1%United States: 8.4%Indonesia: 7.7%6 others listed: 20.9%45%largest
China3,486 · 44.9%India1,405 · 18.1%United States655 · 8.4%Indonesia595 · 7.7%6 others listed1,627 · 20.9%

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

Which institutions lead Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tongji University publishes the most Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research, followed by Hohai University and Central South University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tongji UniversityChina 139 works
  2. 2 Hohai UniversityChina 103 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 76 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 72 works
  5. 5 Southeast UniversityChina 70 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 69 works
  7. 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 68 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 68 works
  9. 9 Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 64 works
  10. 10 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 59 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization include Stephen S Lim, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Stephen S Lim United States 294k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  5. 5 Rattan Lal United States 126k 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 Soil Stabilization?

The most cited paper in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization is "Simplified Procedure for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction Potential" (H. Bolton Seed, Izzat M. Idriss, 1971), with 2,940 citations. Next come "The strength and dilatancy of sands" (2,738) and "Mechanical properties of nylon 6-clay hybrid" (2,430).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Simplified Procedure for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction Potential H. Bolton Seed, Izzat M. Idriss · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division Sep 1971 2,940
2 The strength and dilatancy of sands Malcolm D. Bolton · Géotechnique Mar 1986 2,738
3 Mechanical properties of nylon 6-clay hybrid Yoshitsugu Kojima, Arimitsu Usuki, Masaya Kawasumi et al. · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources May 1993 2,430
4 Nonlinear Analysis of Stress and Strain in Soils James Michael Duncan, Chin-Yung Chang · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division Sep 1970 2,420
5 Shear Modulus and Damping in Soils: Design Equations and Curves Bobby Ott Hardin, Vincent P. Drnevich · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division Jul 1972 2,292
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research done?

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

  1. 1 BeijingChina 464 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 267 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 264 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 194 works
  5. 5 ChangshaChina 162 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 155 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 146 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 139 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 123 works
  10. 10 BaghdadIraq 122 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RoorkeeIN · 74.4 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guilan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 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.

0%20%40%mean 26.99%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GuilanHong Kong University…Hong Kong Polytechni…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
1University of GuilanIran 69.146.5%21.9×25 -1.6%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 67.928.3%4.1×31 +64.0%
3Tongji UniversityChina 67.317.3%10.2×139 +13.9%
4Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.035.4%4.2×15 +42.3%
5Southeast UniversityChina 64.123.3%5.3×70 +58.4%
6Thammasat UniversityThailand 62.426.5%12.4×20 +249.4%
7Shenzhen UniversityChina 62.128.2%4.7×31 +298.1%
8Beijing University of TechnologyChina 61.620.0%8.6×53 +122.2%
9University of Hong KongChina 60.330.1%1.8×15 +29.9%
10Hohai UniversityChina 60.014.3%19.9×103 +12.3%

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 Soil Stabilization, country by country

Is Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

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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 Soil Stabilization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.046% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization0.042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization 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 Soil Stabilization9.9% 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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