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Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1951. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the strengthening and analysis of masonry structures, particularly in the context of seismic events and historic constructions. It covers topics such as textile reinforced mortar, FRP strengthening, structural assessment, nonlinear behavior, seismic vulnerability, limit analysis, and damage assessment.

  • Masonry Strengthening
  • Seismic Analysis
  • Historic Constructions
  • Textile Reinforced Mortar
  • FRP Strengthening
  • Structural Assessment
  • Nonlinear Behavior
  • Seismic Vulnerability
  • Limit Analysis
  • Damage Assessment
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Which countries lead Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research?

By volume, China and Italy publish the most (815 and 750 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 815 works
  2. 2 Italy 750 works
  3. 3 India 367 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 313 works
  5. 5 United States 199 works
  6. 6 Canada 142 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 140 works
  8. 8 Iran 125 works
  9. 9 Portugal 121 works
  10. 10 France 107 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.

China: 26.5%Italy: 24.4%India: 11.9%Türkiye: 10.2%6 others listed: 27.1%26%largest
China815 · 26.5%Italy750 · 24.4%India367 · 11.9%Türkiye313 · 10.2%6 others listed834 · 27.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research, followed by University of Naples Federico II and University of Minho.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 92 works
  2. 2 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 81 works
  3. 3 University of MinhoPortugal 53 works
  4. 4 Tongji UniversityChina 49 works
  5. 5 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 45 works
  6. 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 37 works
  7. 7 Southeast UniversityChina 35 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 33 works
  9. 9 University of FlorenceItaly 32 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis include Lude Franke and Arabella Martelli.

  1. 1 Lude Franke Netherlands 107k citations
  2. 2 Arabella Martelli France 101k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis?

The most cited paper in Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis is "Reinforced Concrete Response to Simulated Earthquakes" (Toshikazu Takeda, Mete A. Sözen, N. Norby Nielsen, 1970), with 1,340 citations. Next come "The 1997 NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures" (1,163) and "Multisurface Interface Model for Analysis of Masonry Structures" (899).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reinforced Concrete Response to Simulated Earthquakes Toshikazu Takeda, Mete A. Sözen, N. Norby Nielsen · Journal of the Structural Division Dec 1970 1,340
2 The 1997 NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures William T. Holmes · Earthquake Spectra Feb 2000 1,163
3 Multisurface Interface Model for Analysis of Masonry Structures Paulo Barbosa Lourenço, Jan Gerrit Rots · Journal of Engineering Mechanics Jul 1997 899
4 Macroseismic and mechanical models for the vulnerability and damage assessment of current buildings Sergio Lagomarsino, Sonia Giovinazzi · Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 29 Sep 2006 862
5 Capacity spectrum method based on inelastic demand spectra Peter Fajfar · Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics Open access Sep 1999 842
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Where is Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Milan (Italy), Naples (Italy) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Braga, Pavia and Naples.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 137 works
  2. 2 MilanItaly 104 works
  3. 3 NaplesItaly 93 works
  4. 4 RomeItaly 91 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 75 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 69 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 68 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 65 works
  9. 9 BragaPortugal 53 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BragaPT · 53.3 works29×
  2. PaviaIT · 44.6 works25×
  3. NaplesIT · 93.0 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Erzurum Technical University and Tongji 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 22.82%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Erzurum Technical Un…Xi'an University of …Tongji UniversityPolitecnico di Milano
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Politecnico di MilanoItaly 61.211.6%32.2×92 +5.8%
2Erzurum Technical UniversityTürkiye 61.154.3%31.9×8 +172.6%
3Tongji UniversityChina 58.719.3%8.1×49 +19.4%
4Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 57.721.0%37.8×45 +48.7%
5University of Naples Federico IIItaly 56.911.3%28.2×81 -6.4%
6Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 56.436.6%3.0×10 +145.1%
7Southeast UniversityChina 56.123.2%5.9×35 +47.3%
8University of MinhoPortugal 55.216.9%38.1×53 -8.0%
9University of British ColumbiaCanada 50.422.7%4.1×20 +48.6%
10Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain 46.511.3%17.3×24 +4.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis, country by country

Is Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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