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Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics

Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in grouting technology, particularly in the context of tunnel construction and soil stabilization. It covers topics such as cementitious grouts, colloidal silica, polyurethane, rock fractures, and permeation grouting for mitigating liquefaction risk.

  • Grouting
  • Tunnel
  • Cementitious
  • Colloidal Silica
  • Liquefaction
  • Polyurethane
  • Rock Fractures
  • Soil Stabilization
  • Hydraulic Grouts
  • Permeation Grouting
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
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Which countries lead Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.4k and 477 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.4k works
  2. 2 India 477 works
  3. 3 United States 334 works
  4. 4 Iran 168 works
  5. 5 Japan 131 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 120 works
  7. 7 Iraq 113 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 107 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 90 works
  10. 10 France 87 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: 9.5%United States: 6.6%Iran: 3.4%6 others listed: 12.9%68%largest
China3,395 · 67.6%India477 · 9.5%United States334 · 6.6%Iran168 · 3.4%6 others listed648 · 12.9%

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

Which institutions lead Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research, followed by Tongji University and Hohai University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Mining and Technology China 133 works
  2. 2 Tongji University China 102 works
  3. 3 Hohai University China 75 works
  4. 4 Central South University China 74 works
  5. 5 Chang'an University China 60 works
  6. 6 Southwest Jiaotong University China 51 works
  7. 7 Southeast University China 51 works
  8. 8 Chongqing University China 47 works
  9. 9 Shandong University of Science and Technology China 46 works
  10. 10 Shandong University China 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics include Xiaogang Wang, Y. Arai and Karen Scrivener.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang 13k citations
  2. 2 Y. Arai 6k citations
  3. 3 Karen Scrivener 2.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research done?

The largest centres of Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fuxin, Xuzhou and Jiaozuo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 511 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 195 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 193 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 179 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 177 works
  6. 6 Xuzhou China 140 works
  7. 7 Changsha China 137 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 133 works
  9. 9 Jinan China 107 works
  10. 10 Chongqing China 106 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FuxinCN · 34.0 works32×
  2. XuzhouCN · 140.3 works25×
  3. JiaozuoCN · 44.4 works23×
  4. HuainanCN · 39.7 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guilan, China University of Mining and Technology 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%25%50%75%mean 25.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Guilan: 11, 66.2%China University of Mining and Technology: 133, 17.4%Tongji University: 102, 20.2%Chang'an University: 60, 28.5%Hohai University: 75, 15.7%Southwest Jiaotong University: 51, 22.0%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 46, 18.1%Nanyang Technological University: 19, 32.2%University of Technology - Iraq: 17, 7.9%Southeast University: 51, 29.2%University of GuilanChang'an UniversityTongji UniversityChina University of …
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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
1University of Guilan Iran 74.366.2%13.6×11 +400.0%
2China University of Mining and Technology China 55.517.4%27.7×133 -20.4%
3Tongji University China 54.620.2%13.2×102 -43.3%
4Chang'an University China 54.128.5%26.1×60 -42.7%
5Hohai University China 49.815.7%22.4×75 -49.6%
6Southwest Jiaotong University China 49.222.0%10.9×51 -63.7%
7Shandong University of Science and Technology China 48.618.1%15.4×46 -12.0%
8Nanyang Technological University Singapore 47.432.2%3.8×19 +117.0%
9University of Technology - Iraq Iraq 46.27.9%12.1×17 +127.9%
10Southeast University China 46.129.2%6.2×51 -12.8%

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 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics.

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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.