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Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications

Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 4.1k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis, modeling, and synthesis of mechanical and mechatronic systems, with an emphasis on failure analysis, vibration control, finite element method applications, sensitivity analysis, and integrated manufacturing systems. The topics covered include the investigation of failures in various mechanical components, the utilization of damping techniques for vibration control, and the integration of virtual modeling in system design.

  • Failure Analysis
  • Vibration Control
  • Finite Element Method
  • Mechatronic Systems
  • Structural Analysis
  • Dynamic Characteristics
  • Virtual Modeling
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Integrated Manufacturing Systems
  • Damping Techniques
Research works
4.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
404
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications

Which countries lead Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research?

By volume, Poland and China publish the most (103 and 56 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 103 works
  2. 2 China 56 works
  3. 3 Russia 49 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 27 works
  5. 5 Serbia 17 works
  6. 6 United States 16 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 14 works
  8. 8 Slovakia 14 works
  9. 9 Romania 14 works
  10. 10 India 13 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.

Poland: 32.0%China: 17.3%Russia: 15.3%Ukraine: 8.2%6 others listed: 27.2%32%largest
Poland103 · 32.0%China56 · 17.3%Russia49 · 15.3%Ukraine27 · 8.2%6 others listed88 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, AGH University of Krakow publishes the most Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research, followed by Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Silesian University of Technology.

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications include Dominic P. Kwiatkowski and Carlos Guedes Soares.

  1. 1 Dominic P. Kwiatkowski United Kingdom 109k citations
  2. 2 Carlos Guedes Soares Portugal 63k 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 Research and Applications?

The most cited paper in Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications is "Analysis of the effect of cracks on the natural frequencies of a cantilever beam" (Wiesław Mieczysław Ostachowicz, Marek Krawczuk, 1991), with 530 citations. Next come "Early fault diagnosis of bearing and stator faults of the single-phase induction motor using acoustic signals" (375) and "A new feature for monitoring the condition of gearboxes in non-stationary operating conditions" (306).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of the effect of cracks on the natural frequencies of a cantilever beam Wiesław Mieczysław Ostachowicz, Marek Krawczuk · Journal of Sound and Vibration Oct 1991 530
2 Early fault diagnosis of bearing and stator faults of the single-phase induction motor using acoustic signals Adam Głowacz, Witold Glowacz, Zygfryd Głowacz et al. · Measurement 26 Aug 2017 375
3 A new feature for monitoring the condition of gearboxes in non-stationary operating conditions Walter Bartelmus, Radosław Zimroz · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 8 Feb 2009 306
4 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AS AN AID TO GEARBOX DIAGNOSTICS Walter Bartelmus · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Sep 2001 183
5 Vibration control of 2 mass resonant system by resonance ratio control Kazuaki Yuki, Toshiyuki Murakami, Kouhei Ohnishi Conference paper 30 Dec 2002 163
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Where is Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Wrocław (Poland) and Gliwice (Poland).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 15 works
  2. 2 KrakowPoland 14 works
  3. 3 WrocławPoland 13 works
  4. 4 GliwicePoland 12 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 12 works
  6. 6 BelgradeSerbia 10 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 8 works
  8. 8 KharkivUkraine 7 works
  9. 9 RzeszówPoland 7 works
  10. 10 KyivUkraine 6 works
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Where is the best place to study Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, AGH University of Krakow, University of Belgrade and Wrocław University of Science and 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.

0%10%20%mean 11.425%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →AGH University of Kr…Wrocław University o…Silesian University …University of Belgrade
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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
1AGH University of KrakowPoland 74.818.9%85.2×12 -64.5%
2University of BelgradeSerbia 50.56.6%33.4×8 -9.9%
3Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 26.111.1%174.8×11 -56.6%
4Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 22.49.1%113.5×10 -76.7%

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 Research and Applications, country by country

Is Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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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 Research and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mechanical Engineering Research and Applications 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 Research and Applications10.4% 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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