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Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the modelling, analysis, and optimization of composite springs, particularly for vehicle suspension systems. It includes topics such as finite element analysis, fatigue life prediction, mechanical behavior, helical springs, cam design, leaf springs, and the application of genetic algorithms in optimal design.

  • Composite Springs
  • Vehicle Suspension
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Optimization
  • Fatigue Life Prediction
  • Mechanical Behavior
  • Helical Springs
  • Cam Design
  • Leaf Springs
  • Genetic Algorithms
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

Which countries lead Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.9k and 913 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 India 913 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 607 works
  4. 4 United States 373 works
  5. 5 Germany 225 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 208 works
  7. 7 Japan 174 works
  8. 8 Italy 166 works
  9. 9 Russia 155 works
  10. 10 South Korea 120 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: 39.5%India: 18.8%Indonesia: 12.5%United States: 7.7%6 others listed: 21.6%40%largest
China1,921 · 39.5%India913 · 18.8%Indonesia607 · 12.5%United States373 · 7.7%6 others listed1,048 · 21.6%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research, followed by Chongqing University and Jilin University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 51 works
  2. 2 Chongqing UniversityChina 49 works
  3. 3 Jilin UniversityChina 41 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 40 works
  5. 5 Mahindra Group (India)India 37 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 33 works
  7. 7 State University of MalangIndonesia 32 works
  8. 8 University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia 31 works
  9. 9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 31 works
  10. 10 Tongji UniversityChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research include Wei Huang, Kai You Wang and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  6. 6 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k 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 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research?

The most cited paper in Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research is "Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review" (Xue Li, Lope G. Tabil, Satyanarayan Panigrahi, 2007), with 2,905 citations. Next come "Natural fibres: can they replace glass in fibre reinforced plastics?" (2,649) and "Natural fiber polymer composites: A review" (2,302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review Xue Li, Lope G. Tabil, Satyanarayan Panigrahi · Journal of Polymers and the Environment 3 Jan 2007 2,905
2 Natural fibres: can they replace glass in fibre reinforced plastics? Paul M. Wambua, Jan Ivens, Ignace Verpoest · Composites Science and Technology Open access 19 May 2003 2,649
3 Natural fiber polymer composites: A review D. Nabi Saheb, Jyoti Prakash Jog · Advances in Polymer Technology 1999 2,302
4 A review on the tensile properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites Harry S Ku, Hao Wang, N. Pattarachaiyakoop et al. · Composites Part B Engineering 18 Jan 2011 2,277
5 Chemical treatments on plant-based natural fibre reinforced polymer composites: An overview Mohammad Mazedul Kabir, Hao Wang, Kin-tak Lau et al. · Composites Part B Engineering 14 May 2012 1,829
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karawang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 270 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 128 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 123 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 116 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 103 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 98 works
  7. 7 ChongqingChina 93 works
  8. 8 MumbaiIndia 81 works
  9. 9 PuneIndia 71 works
  10. 10 JakartaIndonesia 71 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KarawangID · 31.1 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Chongqing University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 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.

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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
1Saveetha UniversityIndia 82.843.1%5.1×28 +101.2%
2Chongqing UniversityChina 72.335.9%8.0×49 -16.6%
3Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 70.019.0%10.2×51 +32.4%
4Northeastern UniversityChina 68.534.2%4.5×23 +58.7%
5Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 63.219.0%6.2×40 +61.9%
6Wenzhou UniversityChina 60.742.5%8.1×10 -
7Central South UniversityChina 60.437.9%1.8×20 +11.1%
8PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHIndia 60.331.5%12.8×11 +21.2%
9Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 58.022.9%6.3×27 +62.1%
10Jilin UniversityChina 55.921.4%6.2×40 -10.9%

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 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research, country by country

Is Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research.

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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 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research 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%Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research9.9% 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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