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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. 9.9% 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%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+48%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
68% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics

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

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.8k and 510 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.8k works
  2. 2 India 510 works
  3. 3 United States 380 works
  4. 4 Iran 183 works
  5. 5 Japan 148 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 128 works
  7. 7 Iraq 125 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 117 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 103 works
  10. 10 Australia 98 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: 68.1%India: 9.1%United States: 6.8%Iran: 3.3%6 others listed: 12.8%68%largest
China3,826 · 68.1%India510 · 9.1%United States380 · 6.8%Iran183 · 3.3%6 others listed719 · 12.8%

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

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

By volume in 2022-now, 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-now

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 150 works
  2. 2 Tongji UniversityChina 110 works
  3. 3 Hohai UniversityChina 87 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 79 works
  5. 5 Chang'an UniversityChina 64 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 60 works
  7. 7 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 57 works
  8. 8 Southeast UniversityChina 56 works
  9. 9 Chongqing UniversityChina 54 works
  10. 10 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 51 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics include Frank B. Hu, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics?

The most cited paper in Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics is "Microbial Carbonate Precipitation as a Soil Improvement Technique" (Victoria S. Whiffin, Leon A. van Paassen, Marien P. Harkes, 2007), with 1,948 citations. Next come "Bio-mediated soil improvement" (1,768) and "Influence of limestone on the hydration of Portland cements" (1,677).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microbial Carbonate Precipitation as a Soil Improvement Technique Victoria S. Whiffin, Leon A. van Paassen, Marien P. Harkes · Geomicrobiology Journal 14 Aug 2007 1,948
2 Bio-mediated soil improvement Jason T. DeJong, Brina M. Mortensen, Brian C. Martinez et al. · Ecological Engineering 14 Feb 2009 1,768
3 Influence of limestone on the hydration of Portland cements Barbara Lothenbach, Gwenn Le Saoût, Emmanuel Gallucci et al. · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 6 Mar 2008 1,677
4 A Model for the Mechanics of Jointed Rock Richard E. Goodman, Robert L. Taylor, Tor L. Brekke · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division May 1968 1,611
5 Microbially Induced Cementation to Control Sand Response to Undrained Shear Jason T. DeJong, Michael B. Fritzges, Klaus R. Nüsslein · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Nov 2006 1,585
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

The largest centres of Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics 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 Fuxin, Xuzhou and Jiaozuo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 581 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 215 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 213 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 196 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 195 works
  6. 6 XuzhouChina 157 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 155 works
  8. 8 ChangshaChina 148 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 119 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 117 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FuxinCN · 35.8 works30×
  2. XuzhouCN · 156.7 works25×
  3. JiaozuoCN · 50.0 works23×
  4. HuainanCN · 43.6 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, Nanyang Technological University and China University of Mining and Technology score highest, combining citation 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%60%mean 21.79%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GuilanNanyang Technologica…China University of …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.

Citation 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 66.652.4%15.8×12 +121.8%
2Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 65.929.4%4.5×22 +18.9%
3China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 61.612.1%31.9×150 +53.2%
4Tongji UniversityChina 59.412.0%12.0×110 +54.1%
5Southeast UniversityChina 58.621.9%6.3×56 +33.7%
6Chongqing UniversityChina 58.122.4%8.3×54 +97.2%
7Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 56.822.9%4.2×22 +129.7%
8Chang'an UniversityChina 56.618.8%28.4×64 +27.5%
9Hohai UniversityChina 55.211.7%24.7×87 +24.8%
10Central South UniversityChina 54.714.3%6.8×79 +50.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics, country by country

Is Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics 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%Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics9.9% 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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