Icing and De-icing Technologies
Icing and De-icing Technologies is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 30.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and evaluation of various techniques to mitigate icing on wind turbines and aircraft. It covers topics such as anti-icing systems, de-icing techniques, aerodynamic performance under icing conditions, ultrasonic de-icing, and surface engineering issues critical to performance.
- Icing Mitigation
- Wind Turbines
- Aircraft Icing
- De-icing Techniques
- Ice Accretion
- Anti-icing Systems
- Atmospheric Icing
- Aerodynamic Performance
- Ultrasonic De-icing
- Surface Engineering
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Icing and De-icing Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 280 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 United States 280 works
- 3 Canada 103 works
- 4 Russia 82 works
- 5 Germany 77 works
- 6 India 76 works
- 7 Japan 70 works
- 8 United Kingdom 69 works
- 9 France 57 works
- 10 Italy 55 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Icing and De-icing Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chongqing University publishes the most Icing and De-icing Technologies research, followed by China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chongqing UniversityChina 40 works
- 2 China Aerodynamics Research and Development CenterChina 36 works
- 3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 36 works
- 4 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 34 works
- 5 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 29 works
- 6 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 27 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 26 works
- 8 Beihang UniversityChina 26 works
- 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 26 works
- 10 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Icing and De-icing Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Icing and De-icing Technologies include Lei Jiang.
- 1 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Icing and De-icing Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Icing and De-icing Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mianyang and Ames.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MianyangCN · 40.3 works28×
- AmesUS · 22.4 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Icing and De-icing Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Icing and De-icing Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Iowa State University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 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 | Iowa State UniversityUnited States | 72.1 | 52.0% | 23.5× | 22 | +256.6% |
| 2 | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway | 69.0 | 61.7% | 23.9× | 10 | +816.7% |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 63.6 | 50.3% | 15.5× | 36 | -10.7% |
| 4 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 59.1 | 56.3% | 9.0× | 17 | — |
| 5 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 58.8 | 83.9% | 15.6× | 11 | -50.0% |
| 6 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 58.0 | 45.5% | 12.5× | 17 | +15.6% |
| 7 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 57.8 | 33.7% | 14.2× | 40 | -31.8% |
| 8 | Beihang UniversityChina | 57.6 | 55.6% | 8.9× | 26 | -22.2% |
| 9 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 56.7 | 55.0% | 8.6× | 12 | +73.4% |
| 10 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 56.2 | 32.9% | 18.0× | 24 | +66.7% |
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 Icing and De-icing Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Icing and De-icing Technologies.
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.