Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1959. 28.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment and enhancement of infrastructure resilience, particularly in the context of interdependent systems and disaster management. It explores quantitative analysis, network interdependencies, and vulnerability assessment of critical infrastructure, with a specific emphasis on seismic resilience and transportation networks.
- Infrastructure Resilience
- Interdependent Systems
- Disaster Resilience
- Critical Infrastructure
- Quantitative Analysis
- Network Interdependencies
- Seismic Resilience
- Transportation Networks
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Analysis
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1959
- In the world top 10%
- 3.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +65% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1k and 801 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1k works
- 2 United States 801 works
- 3 United Kingdom 165 works
- 4 India 136 works
- 5 Italy 128 works
- 6 Iran 109 works
- 7 Germany 102 works
- 8 Canada 87 works
- 9 Japan 80 works
- 10 Türkiye 73 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research, followed by Tsinghua University and Southeast University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji UniversityChina 32 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 27 works
- 3 Southeast UniversityChina 24 works
- 4 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 23 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 18 works
- 6 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 18 works
- 7 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 18 works
- 8 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 9 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 17 works
- 10 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis include M. Fehling–Kaschek, Zhao Yang Dong and Karl Henrik Johansson.
- 1 M. Fehling–Kaschek Germany 4k citations
- 2 Zhao Yang Dong Australia 3.1k citations
- 3 Karl Henrik Johansson Sweden 2.5k citations
- 4 Enrico Zio Italy 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China).
Where is the best place to study Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dalian Maritime University and Delft University of Technology 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 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 68.9 | 46.5% | 5.4× | 18 | +146.0% |
| 2 | Dalian Maritime UniversityChina | 68.8 | 55.3% | 9.8× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 64.1 | 33.5% | 7.3× | 18 | +170.9% |
| 4 | Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina | 63.8 | 26.0% | 10.0× | 23 | +132.2% |
| 5 | Texas A&M UniversityUnited States | 62.0 | 54.5% | 6.4× | 18 | +32.5% |
| 6 | Tongji UniversityChina | 61.8 | 37.5% | 6.7× | 32 | +61.1% |
| 7 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 60.0 | 51.4% | 3.4× | 10 | +478.2% |
| 8 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 59.4 | 33.2% | 11.6× | 16 | — |
| 9 | Southeast UniversityChina | 55.2 | 25.9% | 4.8× | 24 | +237.4% |
| 10 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 52.5 | 42.3% | 4.9× | 12 | +80.8% |
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 Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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