Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 16.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in 3D concrete printing technology, including topics such as additive manufacturing, rheology of printing materials, construction automation, geopolymer usage, fresh and hardened properties of printed concrete, and the mechanical performance of printed structures. The research explores the potential for digital fabrication in the construction industry and addresses challenges and opportunities for large-scale building projects.
- 3D Printing
- Concrete Extrusion
- Additive Manufacturing
- Rheology
- Construction Automation
- Geopolymer
- Fresh Properties
- Layered Structures
- Mechanical Performance
- Digital Fabrication
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +115% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.2k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 India 1.3k works
- 3 United States 876 works
- 4 Russia 495 works
- 5 Germany 449 works
- 6 Türkiye 335 works
- 7 Brazil 330 works
- 8 France 295 works
- 9 Italy 293 works
- 10 United Kingdom 284 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 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research, followed by Southeast University and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji UniversityChina 87 works
- 2 Southeast UniversityChina 62 works
- 3 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 57 works
- 4 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 53 works
- 5 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 37 works
- 6 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 36 works
- 7 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 34 works
- 8 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 34 works
- 9 Shenzhen UniversityChina 34 works
- 10 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials include Victor C. Li, Zdeněk P. Bažant and John L. Provis.
- 1 Victor C. Li United States 3k citations
- 2 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States 2.8k citations
- 3 John L. Provis United Kingdom 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research done?
The largest centres of Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Belgorod.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BelgorodRU · 30.8 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Technische Universität Braunschweig, ETH Zurich and Swinburne 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 | Technische Universität BraunschweigGermany | 72.1 | 31.3% | 12.3× | 29 | +671.2% |
| 2 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 72.0 | 27.9% | 7.1× | 53 | +220.0% |
| 3 | Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia | 65.6 | 45.1% | 7.7× | 22 | — |
| 4 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 64.2 | 36.0% | 6.3× | 25 | +116.5% |
| 5 | Tongji UniversityChina | 63.4 | 33.6% | 6.1× | 87 | +53.9% |
| 6 | Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnited States | 63.4 | 28.5% | 12.8× | 16 | +142.0% |
| 7 | Universidad de BurgosSpain | 62.1 | 28.1% | 12.5× | 11 | +233.3% |
| 8 | Technische Universität DresdenGermany | 61.6 | 26.3% | 7.3× | 37 | +134.0% |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 61.5 | 44.4% | 3.5× | 33 | +44.2% |
| 10 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 59.6 | 32.4% | 3.0× | 27 | +1037.9% |
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 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 115% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials.
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.