Maritime Ports and Logistics
Maritime Ports and Logistics is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 17.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the optimization of container terminal operations and logistics, utilizing operations research methods to address challenges such as berth allocation, quay crane scheduling, port efficiency, and intermodal freight transport. The research also explores the role of container terminals in supply chain management and the development of port infrastructure.
- Container Terminals
- Operations Research
- Port Development
- Logistics
- Intermodal Freight Transport
- Berth Allocation
- Quay Crane Scheduling
- Port Efficiency
- Supply Chain Management
- Intermodal Transportation
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +45% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Maritime Ports and Logistics research?
By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (1.5k and 351 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 Indonesia 351 works
- 3 Türkiye 277 works
- 4 United States 272 works
- 5 Brazil 187 works
- 6 France 160 works
- 7 Italy 157 works
- 8 India 150 works
- 9 United Kingdom 136 works
- 10 Spain 127 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 Maritime Ports and Logistics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Shanghai Maritime University publishes the most Maritime Ports and Logistics research, followed by Dalian Maritime University and Wuhan University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina 168 works
- 2 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 140 works
- 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 81 works
- 4 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 49 works
- 5 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 49 works
- 6 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 33 works
- 7 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 30 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 27 works
- 9 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 26 works
- 10 Shanghai UniversityChina 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Maritime Ports and Logistics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Maritime Ports and Logistics include Moshe Ben‐Akiva and C. Guedes Soares.
- 1 Moshe Ben‐Akiva United States 2.9k citations
- 2 C. Guedes Soares Portugal 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Maritime Ports and Logistics research done?
The largest centres of Maritime Ports and Logistics research in 2022–2025 are Shanghai (China), Beijing (China), Dalian (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Malmo and Piraeus.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MalmoSE · 21.2 works39×
- PiraeusGR · 20.5 works37×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maritime Ports and Logistics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Maritime Ports and Logistics?
Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Liverpool John Moores University and Dalian Maritime 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 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 70.6 | 35.1% | 10.5× | 49 | +11.0% |
| 2 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom | 70.0 | 52.5% | 13.4× | 11 | +59.0% |
| 3 | Dalian Maritime UniversityChina | 62.2 | 29.3% | 71.4× | 140 | -43.0% |
| 4 | World Maritime UniversitySweden | 61.6 | 37.2% | 287.5× | 21 | +40.3% |
| 5 | Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina | 57.9 | 20.1% | 126.0× | 168 | -50.0% |
| 6 | National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology?? | 57.2 | 37.1% | 21.3× | 10 | — |
| 7 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 56.7 | 22.6% | 9.2× | 33 | +45.0% |
| 8 | University of Reggio CalabriaItaly | 55.6 | 35.8% | 42.3× | 16 | -3.9% |
| 9 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 55.3 | 22.1% | 18.8× | 81 | -36.8% |
| 10 | California Maritime AcademyUnited States | 53.5 | 10.4% | 128.5× | 18 | +80.9% |
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 Maritime Ports and Logistics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Maritime Ports and Logistics.
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.