Landslides and related hazards
Landslides and related hazards is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 31.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment, mapping, and management of landslide hazards, including factors such as rainfall triggering, earthquake-induced landslides, and spatial prediction models using GIS and remote sensing. It also covers topics related to debris flows, risk assessment, and the use of advanced modeling techniques for landslide susceptibility mapping.
- Landslide
- Hazard
- Susceptibility Mapping
- Rainfall Triggering
- GIS-based Modeling
- Risk Assessment
- Earthquake-induced Landslides
- Spatial Prediction
- Debris Flows
- Remote Sensing
- Research works
- 60k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 19k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 31.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +49% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Landslides and related hazards research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (6.5k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 6.5k works
- 2 United States 1.3k works
- 3 India 1.1k works
- 4 Italy 562 works
- 5 Japan 431 works
- 6 France 360 works
- 7 United Kingdom 332 works
- 8 Indonesia 322 works
- 9 Canada 291 works
- 10 Germany 261 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 Landslides and related hazards research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Landslides and related hazards research, followed by Chengdu University of Technology and Central South University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 244 works
- 2 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 167 works
- 3 Central South UniversityChina 165 works
- 4 China University of GeosciencesChina 153 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 149 works
- 6 Chang'an UniversityChina 133 works
- 7 Tongji UniversityChina 124 works
- 8 Hohai UniversityChina 124 works
- 9 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 119 works
- 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 109 works
Who are the leading researchers in Landslides and related hazards?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Landslides and related hazards include Xiaogang Wang.
- 1 Xiaogang Wang Russia 13k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Landslides and related hazards research done?
The largest centres of Landslides and related hazards research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuzhou, Chengdu and Fuxin.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XuzhouCN · 250.1 works19×
- Chengdu46.2 works18×
- FuxinCN · 41.5 works17×
- RestonUS · 52.5 works16×
- HuainanCN · 62.2 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Landslides and related hazards than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Landslides and related hazards?
Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, China University of Geosciences and Chang'an 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.
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 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 73.6 | 35.2% | 21.4× | 244 | +212.0% |
| 2 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 69.7 | 60.9% | 23.1× | 153 | -26.4% |
| 3 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 65.9 | 47.1% | 24.5× | 133 | +37.9% |
| 4 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 63.5 | 48.9% | 10.7× | 119 | +1.4% |
| 5 | Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina | 61.6 | 28.7% | 15.6× | 54 | +224.7% |
| 6 | Shaoxing UniversityChina | 61.6 | 40.3% | 10.8× | 21 | +257.0% |
| 7 | Chengdu University of TechnologyChina | 61.3 | 45.8% | 40.9× | 167 | -45.0% |
| 8 | Central South UniversityChina | 61.2 | 50.4% | 7.0× | 165 | +45.5% |
| 9 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 60.2 | 58.4% | 5.9× | 33 | +61.5% |
| 10 | BOKU UniversityAustria | 59.3 | 48.1% | 12.0× | 18 | +25.6% |
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 Landslides and related hazards research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Landslides and related hazards.
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.